58a: Your Inner Sanctuary - Breathwork for Centering and Protection with Lauren Maxwell

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Deepen into this experience with Lauren Maxwell to practice the Gesture of the Inner Secret (Gupta Mudra), explore safety and centeredness, and expand the inner landscape of your mind and channels of the body with this basic meditation and yoga practice leading you towards and preparing you for breathwork. Take in the three healing statements that Lauren brings within this practice: As limiting beliefs are released, I rest in the sanctuary of my true inner being. Breathing in, I know that I am breathing in. Breathing out, I know that I am breathing out. Breathing in, I know that I am centered. Breathing out, I know that I am safe. Lauren is a writer and creative human who offers yoga, ritual, and intuitive coaching meant to help others find spaciousness in the everyday. Her zine, how to uncover SELF in chaotic times, suggests a softer paradigm for success and four everyday containers in which we all might nurture the truth of self. In yoga, Lauren specializes in back care and scoliosis. She loves helping others find pain relief and create soft open space to step into a more loving relationship with themselves. Links, Article, and Resources All Show Notes for This Episode 📝https://candicewu.com/lauren  Podcast Homepage 🎧 https://candicewu.com/podcast Newsletter & Embody Community 💌 https://candicewu.com/embody-community Patreon – Your Support Means So Much! 💝 https://candicewu.com/patreon Candice Wu Page on Facebook 👫 https://facebook.com/EmbodyYourNature Follow Candice on Instagram 📷 https://instagram.com/EmbodyYourNature Sponsored by My Dream Class on Skillshare Dreams are constantly revealing yourself to you and each bring a whole world of embedded knowledge and wisdom, waiting to be seen and bringing you new energies to cultivate in your life, possibility, and connection. Do you remember your dreams? It was actually a dream of being in Chiang Mai, Thailand, which unfolded into a lifestyle of location-independent living beginning with Thailand, a travel and romantic partner, practicing my healing work online with clients all over the world, and lots of new found inner and outer freedom and empowerment. If you’re interested in dreaming, I’ve started a series of dream work classes that will support remembering and harvesting dreams, and there’s much more to come about embodying the energies, wisdom, and messages of your dreams. This first class is about the basics: unfolding and awakening your dream life so that you can harness the power of dreams, how to cultivate the ability to remember your dreams, creating intentions and ways to record and harvest your dreams. This class is free through the end of Jan. ⠀⠀ Sweet dreams to you…❤ Learn more at CandiceWu.com/dreamclass1 Show Notes 0:00 Intro by Candice 1:09 Opening by Lauren 5:20 Preparations (Photos are on the website candicewu.com/lauren) 7:20 Starting of the first Practice 8:58 Explanation: Mudras and specifically the Gupta Mudra 10:05 Beginning the Mudra 12:52 Movement Segment 21:25 The Pranayama Practice 31:21 Outro