Meditation & Pranayama
Cultivate calm and clarity with Down Under's Meditation & Pranayama collection. This thoughtfully curated series offers guided practices to help you center your mind, reduce stress, and deepen your sense of inner peace. Explore a range of meditation techniques with expert guidance, creating space for stillness and renewal—all from the comfort of your home.
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Pranayama: Physiological Sighs • David Magone • 5 min
Literally translated as "expansion of the life-force", pranayama practices utilize a variety of guided breathing exercises in order to enhance mental and physical health and well-being.
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Meditation: Nadi Shodhana • Daniel Orlansky • 10 minutes
Nadi Shodhana, also known as alternate nostril breathing, clears and purifies the subtle channels of the mind-body while bringing balance to overall breathing.
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Pranayama: Golden Thread • Ally Hines • 12 minutes
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Meditation: Box Breathing • Daniel Orlansky • 10 minutes
Four-square or box breathing balances the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems to simultaneously cultivate energy and calm.
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Meditation: Resonant Breathing • Daniel Orlansky • 5 minutes
Coherent or resonant breathing is a simple but profound practice that slows the breath and quiets the mind.
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Meditation: Wake up meditation Sabbi Lall 10 min
10 minutes to rise, shine, and energize for the day.
Suggested prosp: 2 Blocks
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Slow Flow/Meditation: Stretch to meditate Sabbi Lall 10 min
A short stretching practice to prepare to sit for meditation (or for a quick yoga break!)
No props suggested
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Meditation: Sleep Time Muscle Relaxation • Charles Jacobs • 10 min
Ready to get cozy for bed? We'll use progressive muscle relaxation together so you can drift off to sleep with ease. This recording will end with no sound so you can drift right to sleep without looking at your phone.
Suggested Props: Two Blankets
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Meditation: Wind down meditation Sabbi Lall 11 min
A short meditation to promote relaxation and shake off the day.
Suggested props: Cushion or anywhere comfortable to sit for meditation.
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Meditation: Box Breathing • Charles Jacobs • 10 min
Discover what deep, intentional, and metered breathing can do for your peace of mind. Whether you are brand new to meditation and/or breath-work or have been practicing for years, this simple practice is for you.
Suggested Props: pillow, cushion, or bolster
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Meditation: Loving Kindness: Ease into Bliss • Charles Jacobs • 10 min
Learn how you can use your memory to invoke high-vibrational positive emotions to uplift your energy! Whether you are new or have years of experience practicing meditation, this will allow you to tap into bliss.
Suggested Props: Pillow, cushion, or bolster
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Iyengar: Unlocking the Breath's Potential: Pranayama Primer • Claire Carroll •
A short asana sequence to prepare for breath work, followed by two breathing techniques
This segment presents a streamlined sequence of postures to relax the body, open the chest, and smooth out the breath. We then practice two basic Pranayama techniques: Ujjayi I & IISuggested Props: 2-3 block...
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Prenatal: New Mom Meditation • Bec Conant • 15 min
Spend time with your baby and meditate as well! In this video, Bec leads a short mindfulness meditation specifically designed to incorporate the experience of motherhood as part of a spiritual practice. 10 minutes of mindfulness meditation with instruction- and yes your baby can be with you!
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Meditation: The Seven Point Posture Of Vairochana • Sam Glannon • 40 min
This session introduces the Seven Point Posture of Viarochana, a traditional meditation posture used commonly in Vajrayana Buddhism. The seven points implicit in the title are introduced in order. A meditation practice introducing each of the points is then given.
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Meditation: Midday meditation reset. Sabbi Lall 10 min
10-minute meditation to re-focus and find the center on a busy day.
Suggested props: Cushion or chair to comfortably sit.
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Meditation: Relax and Renew • David Magone • 60 min
A slow, mindful, floor-based practice for the entire body. Perfect for unwinding on a busy day.
Suggested Props: Yoga Mat
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Meditation: Yoga Nidra/Body Scan Meditation • Charles Jacobs • 15 min
This Yoga Nidra (or body scan meditation) will take you into a deep state of self-connection and relaxation. Because of the nature of Yoga Nidra, this is a great practice for bedtime and any other time you need to ground yourself into your body.
Suggested props: Blankets, bolster, and blocks
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Meditation: Totally Recharge • Daniel Orlansky • 10 minutes
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Meditation: Total Ecstasy • Daniel Orlansky • 16 minutes
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Mediation: Neutral Mind • Daniel Orlansky • 16 minutes
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Pranayama • Didi von Deck • 12 min
This Ashtanga breathing sequence will focus your attention inward to quiet your mind. Short breath retentions will keep the mind steady. This practice can be a prelude for sitting meditation or as a meditation in itself.
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Ashtanga: Four Purifications • Didi Von Deck • 30 min
The Four Purifications are pre-pranayama practices that work in conjunction with physical poses to strengthen the bandhas and purify the energy body and can be done before, after or instead of an asana practice.
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Meditation: Of the Heart (Part I) Sabbi Lall 25 min
This seated meditation practice focuses on the heart space as a way of centering.
Suggested props: Blanket
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Meditation: Meditations from the heart (Part II) • Sabbi Lall • 17 min
Sabbi gives some brief historical and philosophical context to metta (loving-kindness) meditation, regarded as a transformative practice, and then leads a seated meditation practice. The class discusses the hero's pose as a position for meditation. It briefly gives background and context to lovin...