The Prana + Patchouli Podcast
by Amy Davies
What if there was a more easeful path to your dreams? Inspired by the desire for a gentler, softer way of being, in this show we dive into topics like the magic of rest, creativity, self-love, connecting with your intuition, reducing stress and anxiety, honouring your energy, fulfilling your highest purpose, and more. With loving guidance, breathwork and meditations to support your mind, body and soul, every episode feels like a deep exhale. Give your nervous system a little love today!
Episodes
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86. Journalling Meditation
Tune in for a guided journalling meditation to support your practice. Grab your journal (or a piece of paper) and a pen. Through your breath, you’ll relax and attune with the loving energy of the Universe so you can receive spiritual guidance. Following the meditation, you’ll free-write. Links...
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85. Turn Inward For Answers
Do you have a journalling practice? Putting pen to paper can be a powerful way to connect with your inner wisdom, peace and Spirit. In this episode, I share some of my favourite tips to help you get going or fall in love with free-writing, so that you'll have a new tool for self-discovery and...
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84. Breathwork For Your Rising
Your breath is a miraculous tool you can use to magnetise life in your direction. Pranayama means breath control and our life force energy, prana, is influenced by the breath. Through your breathing practice, you can use the prana that you cultivate, to guide your life and get closer to your…
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83. How To Connect With Your Highest Self
Who is your Highest Self? How do you connect with that elevated part of you? In this episode, I'll show you how to bridge the material and the mystical, and become the expression of your soul's highest evolvement - both on and off the mat. Links Mentioned: Free Mini Retreat Join LIGHTER: Want…
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82. Soul Purpose Meditation
Tune in for a visualisation meditation that will help you relax into your intuition and open up your inner eye to get clarity on the big work you came here to do. Get ready to step into your purpose and say yes to your deepest desires. Links Mentioned: Free Mini Retreat Go Deeper: Join LIGHTER:...
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81. Embody Your Dharma
Are you embodying your dharma (your soul's purpose)? This episode is here to remind you that you're on this earth for a reason and to encourage you to share your gifts in a bigger way. Tune in to learn: How to align your life, work and energy to create more joy and meaning. Why your purpose is…
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80. Breathwork To Soothe Your Nervous System
The nervous system is a pro at automations and efficiency in the body, but sometimes these work against us. The beauty of mindful breathing is that we can start to shift some of these responses to soothe ourselves. In today's episode, I'll lead you through a simple pranayama practice called...
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79. Relax Like A Yogi
The practice of restorative yoga is calming, cosmic and otherworldly. That's because it's rooted in relearning the habit of relaxation. In today’s world, don't we all need that? *Deep sigh*. The poses - where we're completely supported by props - are designed to restore the natural processes of…
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78. Burn Bright, Not Out Meditation
You might be exhausted from your big work in the world, or taking care of others. Tune in for a short body scan meditation to restore and replenish your energy - so that you can continue to shine brightly. Links Mentioned: Ep.77 - How To Shine Brightly Without Burning Out Free Mini Retreat Go...
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77. How To Shine Brightly Without Burning Out
Feeling burnt out? This episode will help you light up the world again. I share a simple three-step plan to support you in your recovery (which goes beyond sleep and self-care,) and show you how to make it your own. Listen in to learn: What burnout is - what it looks and feels like, including…
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76. Breathwork For The In-Between Moments
In this guided breathing practice, we explore and embody the power of pauses (in Sanskrit, kumbhaka). As you linger in the quiet space between the inhale and the exhale, a deeper kind of wisdom and serenity can come through. Links Mentioned: Ep. 75 - The Sacred Pause Free Mini Retreat Go Deeper:...
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75. The Sacred Pause
How often do you honour the in-between moments? It’s the pause that invites peace, a loving perspective, and a sensitivity that allows us to respond to life with wisdom, rather than react out of fear. In this episode, we talk about how yoga naturally inspires these sacred pauses, and simple ways…
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74. Wind Down Well
Sleep is a time when we replenish both our physical and subtle bodies. It powers our lives and revitalises our energy, so that we can show up as our best selves. In this episode, I'll guide you through a sleep meditation, which uses body-melting breathwork and a visualisation of the setting sun…
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73. Sync Your Energy With Your Cycle
Did you know that the female body goes through four cycle phases each month? Hormonal changes happening at each stage can lead to big shifts in your mood, creativity and energy levels. This helps explain why some days when you get on your yoga mat, movement feels effortless; but other days, your...
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72. How To Heal Stress, Holistically
Do you ever wonder why it's so easy to get stressed, but so hard to relax? Yoga teaches us that we're multidimensional beings, and in this episode, I talk about why we experience stress holistically, how it manifests and the practices that can help us return to peace, through the lens of our...
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71. The Magic of Rest
Rest is when our body naturally heals itself, from the inside out. But if we can’t rest, we not only feel ill, but we also feel blocked. Our aura is weakened, which diminishes our presence and our power. So, how can we honour this need for rest in a world that always wants us to do more? In this...
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70. Stillness Is The Key To Success
Often, we get our sense of success wrong. We think it comes from pushing, controlling, hustling and making things happen around us. But when we experience success in our lives, what we’re really experiencing is a direct reflection of our inner world. In this episode, I talk about turning inwards...
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69. How To Meditate With A Mala
Meditating with a mala is a magical experience because it combines several sacred practices into one meditation, such as mantra, gemstone therapy, acupressure, breathwork and mindfulness. In today’s episode, I’ll show you how to meditate with a mala, so you can deepen your spiritual awareness,...
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68. Raise Your Vibe In Five
Need a happiness boost? In this episode, I guide you through a 5-minute Happiness Meditation that will not only raise your own vibration - but also that of the world. Finding a moment, just to feel happier, can help us lean into the light, and spark an inner source of hope, strength and…
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67. Choose Purpose Over Perfect
Do you struggle with perfectionism? If so, this episode is for you. We talk about the fearful energy behind that desire to be perfect, and how it can lead to anxiety, depression, burnout and persistent "not-enoughness," if left unchecked. But while those high inner standards can be motivated by…
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Courageously Manifest Your Dreams
#066 - What if your fear isn’t a bad thing, but rather a supportive, guiding sign from your soul? In this episode, I talk about how you can use fear as a compass to move in the direction of your dreams. The secret is getting quiet enough to hear the loving voice of your intuition, and then being...
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Gently Navigating Depression
#065 - In tough times, we may wish for magic and for someone to take away our pain. But even if that were possible, it would deprive us of a beautiful opportunity for growth. For me, depression has been a call to awakening, and the density of that has challenged me to the depths of my being, but...
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The Totally Invisible Relaxation
#064 - When life feels overwhelming, have you ever found yourself dreaming of that restorative yoga class you'd really love to take later? Or maybe wishing that you could just freeze time and snuggle up with your bolster... like now? In today’s episode, I’m sharing a totally invisible relaxation...
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Soothe Your Anxiety With A Heart Hold
#063 - In this episode, I'm giving you a short, sweet and loving dose of self-care by sharing a practice you can use to anytime to soothe anxiety when it arises. It's a self-holding technique that releases tension, regulates your nervous system and deepens relaxation. I often use this heart and...
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Your Power Is In The Present Moment
#062 - How often do you pause and take the time to make it all matter? Or are you always "on" and stuck in a cycle of overwhelm, exhaustion and "never-enoughness"? In this episode, I'm talking about how the magic is in the present moment. When you take the time to slow down and celebrate all that...
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Bring Your Dreams to Life With Creative Visualisation
#061 - Something that we use every day is our imagination, and it's the natural creative energy of the Universe in motion. We're always manifesting, whether we realise it or not, but to manifest what we really want and bring our dreams to life, we need to be intentional about where we're focusing...
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How To Create A Spiritual Practice You Can Stick To
#060 - Let me ask you this. Do you have a spiritual practice that you stick to? Or do you find yourself dabbling? Maybe you have good intentions and start well, but you easily fall off your path? Either way, in this episode, I want to bring the idea of a consistent spiritual practice into your...
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Your Inner Sanctuary
#059 - Join me for a guided visualisation meditation where you’ll create a safe, sacred space for yourself in order to manage daily stress and invite more ease. Every breath will inspire self-love, acceptance and peace, as you give yourself permission to rest. By the end of this episode, you’ll...
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One Breath At A Time
#058 - Do you ever feel stuck because you don’t have it all figured out or know exactly where life is leading you? Whenever I feel that way I have a five-word mantra that immediately calms and comforts me: One breath at a time. In this episode, I’ll show you how to avoid overwhelm and start where...
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Time to Restore
#057 - Want the antidote to stress? In this episode, we explore the spacious and other-worldly practice of restorative yoga. Daily rest has transformed my energy-levels, mood and creativity, and if you let it, it’ll do the same for you, too. Links Mentioned: Free Mini Retreat LIGHTER Membership
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Awakening Loving Kindness
#056 - Our heart chakra holds the energy of love and kindness - the ability to receive it, feel it, give it and be it. In this episode, we’ll tap into this with a guided loving kindness, or metta meditation. Links Mentioned: Free Mini Retreat
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Inviting Peace
#055 - Tune in to find out why peace is not something we find "out there", but uncover within ourselves. In this episode, I’ll guide you through a meditation that uses mantra and gentle breathing to invite peace into every moment. Links Mentioned: Free Mini Retreat
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With Love From Your Higher Self
#054 - We all have days where we feel like we’re not enough and these feelings stem from a root belief of unworthiness that holds us back in every area of our lives. Navigating our way out of that mindset can be a bumpy road at times! In this episode, I share a comforting visualisation that will...
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Being The Witness
#053 - We often get wrapped up in the stories we tell ourselves and detour into fear. In this episode, we'll meditate to create space between ourselves and our thoughts so we can learn to see through the lens of love. From the perspective of the witness we see that we, in fact, are not our...
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Too Blessed to Be Stressed
#052 - We can often focus too much on lack in our lives, but through gratitude, we can shift our whole state of being. That’s because you can’t feel stressed when you’re blessed! It’s impossible to hold the vibration and frequency of those two feelings at the same time. In this episode, I’ll…
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Cool Your Inner Fire
#051 - If you’re feeling overheated or overwhelmed, Sitali (the Cooling Breath), can help you regulate your body temperature and calm your nervous system. In this episode, I’ll guide you through a short breathing practice to cool, calm and centre you this summer. Links Mentioned: Free Mini…
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Shake It Out
#050 - Shaking is a stress management technique that involves shaking the body to release tension and trauma, helping to regulate the nervous system. In this episode, I’ll show you how to “shake” to calm the body back down in times of stress and anxiety. Links Mentioned: Free Mini Retreat
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Calming the Nervous System
#049 - As humans, we’re the only mammals that don’t have a self-regulating nervous system and so with all the stress of our busy lives, we have to consciously create space for calm and relaxation. In this episode, we explore how to find our way back to peace through belly breathing, to nourish…
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Draw Your Energy from Deep Within
#048 - Tune in for an energising meditation that uses intention-setting, breathwork, mantra and visualisation techniques to connect with the part of yourself, that source, where you can draw your energy from deep within. Links Mentioned: Free Mini Retreat
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Your Body is the Home of Your Soul
#047 - We often have complicated relationships with our bodies, but they’re the vessels through which we create, love and share our light with the world. They’re also the home of our soul (in this lifetime). In this episode, you’ll release stress and relish stillness in a body scan meditation to...
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The Heart Breath
#046 - Sometimes, when things become too much, we think the safest thing to do is close our hearts and cut ourselves off from the world. But if we truly want to experience the highs, we need to embrace the lows, too. And in order to feel that fully, we need to keep our hearts open and breathe...
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Pray
#045 - Prayer is a deeply personal experience that can be practised in many different ways, no matter what your beliefs may be. The Sufi mystic poet, Rumi, said: “Prayer clears the mist and brings back peace to the soul”. In this episode, I share some simple prayers to help you surrender your...
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Boundaries for Free Spirits
#044 - If you’re a free spirit who thinks that boundaries are restrictive, then today’s episode is for you. Tune in to find out how building better boundaries actually creates more flow in your life and isn't just an act of self-love, but also service to others. You'll also learn to tap into your...
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Find Your Ground
#043 - If you’re not grounded, it’s easy to attract and absorb other people’s energy and mistake their moods for your own. Your boundaries become blurred and you can often feel overwhelmed as you struggle to define what’s theirs and what’s yours. You need to take extra care and time alone to fill...
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Your Body Knows How to Heal
#042 - When you’re in pain, that physical and emotional disharmony can be a reflection of what’s out of alignment and needs healing. It might feel like you’re broken or fragmented, but those cracks are where the light enters. In today's episode, I'll guide you through a mantra meditation to help...
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The One-Minute Breath to Reduce Stress
#041 - Want to stress less? If you answered an aligned YES, then I’m so happy you’re here because in today’s episode, I’m sharing a simple but powerful breath to reduce stress in 60 seconds. Links Mentioned: Free Mini Retreat
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How to Find Your True Purpose
#040 - “I don’t know what my real calling is”. Have you ever thought that? I have and at times, I felt lost, frustrated, stuck and confused. So, if you know you're on this earth for a reason, want to get crystal clarity on your calling and find your true purpose, this episode shines a light on...
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Emptying Out
#039 - As spiritual and human beings, we're magnetic and we absorb energy from the world around us all day long. If we don't have a way to release that energy, anxiousness, trauma or stress in the body, it can manifest in different ways, causing sickness, disease, overwhelm or burnout. This…
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Fall in Love with Meditation
#038 - There are many ways to meditate - with your breath, with a mantra, with a mala. The list goes on. But even just a few minutes a day has the potential to help you recalibrate your energy, reconnect with your inner wisdom, focus and feel at peace in your skin. Tune in for my tips on the best...
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Release to Receive
#037 - Everything you experience sends a wave of energy through your body and often leaves a trace. When you’re short on time, this 5-minute meditation will guide you to empty out and release any unwanted energetic imprints. After letting go of physical and emotional clutter, you’ll start to…
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About this show
What if there was a more easeful path to your dreams? Inspired by the desire for a gentler, softer way of being, in this show we dive into topics like the magic of rest, creativity, self-love, connecting with your intuition, reducing stress and anxiety, honouring your energy, fulfilling your highest purpose, and more. With loving guidance, breathwork and meditations to support your mind, body and soul, every episode feels like a deep exhale. Give your nervous system a little love today!
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