We get really honest in this one about how we're doing our best—through the challenges, the uncertainty, and the practice itself. Crystal shares what it means to truly embody the teachings and be the prayer, not just speak it. A deep dive into walking the path with intention.
Hey Yogis! We’re back and ready for 2025! Who’s up for a Kapalabhati Challenge with us? In this episode, we get grounded, catch up on the new year, and share what we’re calling in as we prepare to welcome the year ahead. It’s all about replacing the negative with the positive. Andrea started her 21-day Kapalabhati Challenge and Crystal walks us through her New Year and what she's calling in.
In today’s episode, hosts Andrea and Crystal welcome our "Mother of Yoga," Kristin Campbell, to the show! We talk about her Daily Practice, how yoga has gone vanilla, and how the two of them are bringing yoga back to its roots in their upcoming yoga teacher training in Squamish this January. This talk will inspire you to hold the pose, show up to your mat wholly, and keep choosing to be the student.
If you're interested in their upcoming training, Kristin and Crystal combine their knowledge to create a program that deeply honours yoga tradition and philosophy. Certified by the Canadian Yoga Alliance, this training is designed to:
✨ Build a strong foundation in teaching asana safely, including the anatomy of the body.
✨ Teach a Hatha-Vinyasa style while diving into the wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita and Yoga Sutras.
✨ Develop intelligent sequencing skills and a deeper understanding of yoga’s ancient roots for your soul's evolution.
If you’re ready to root yourself in the tradition of yoga and teach with passion and purpose, Kristin Campbell and Crystal Rainbow are here to guide you. Plus, with registration, you’ll receive a free 2-month yoga pass with Crystal via Zoom to help prepare for the training.
🗓️ 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Details:
Dates: January 10th – March 9th, 2025
Schedule: Weekends & Wednesday evenings (via Zoom)
Duration: 9 weeks
This is a rare chance to learn from two passionate yogis committed to keeping the ancient wisdom of yoga alive and vibrant. Tune in to get inspired and find out more!
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Today, Crystal is here to guide Andrea—and all of us—through the concept of Constructive Interference and explore what truly is the highest frequency. 🌟 As we ground ourselves in this moment, we’ll uncover how these principles can help you re-align in the present, access your tools to elevate, and prepare for the journey ahead. We’re getting excited about stepping into a new year, new you with intention and clarity—and how a daily practice can guide us every step of the way. Are you ready to build your best year yet!
Sutra of the week // Yoga Sutra 1.3 ~ Tada drashtuh svarupe avasthanam
🎙️ Episode 19: We're Back! Talking Sadhana – A Spiritual Daily Practice 🧘♀️
After taking a year off, we’re thrilled to be back on the podcast! 🎉 Crystal and Andrea have been busy behind the scenes, and we’re excited to announce the launch of our brand-new Daily Practice iOS App! 📱✨ Stay tuned for all the details coming your way in the next few days. It’ll be available for your iPhones, iPads, and desktops – Android coming soon.
For now, tune in and get ready to buckle up as we dive into Sadhana. We’re also announcing another Kapalabhati 21-Day Challenge. This powerful breathwork practice will help you build strength and focus, perfectly preparing you to ring in the new year with intention and energy. 🌟🔥
Join us on this journey of a daily sadhana and an intentional and powerful 2025! 🙏✨
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In this one, we talk a lot about your dharma. Crystal share some big life teachings and continues to educate Andrea on all things Yogic. ßhagavad Gita ~ Chapter two, Verse 15 यं हि न व्यथयन्त्येते पुरुषं पुरुषर्षभ | समदु:खसुखं धीरं सोऽमृतत्वाय कल्पते ॥15॥ ~yaṁ hi na vyathayantyete puruṣhaṁ puruṣharṣhabha sama-duḥkha-sukhaṁ dhīraṁ so ’mṛitatvāya kalpate O Arjun, noblest amongst men, that person who is not affected by happiness and distress, and remains steady in both, becomes eligible for liberation.
We start with a Hari Om and go into quite a conversation centred around a student’s question about staying connected to your meditation practice as it continues to evolve.
Consistency is key!
T’s Question: Love it in LA traffic. I actually look forward to the commute. You had asked for any suggestions or topics. I’ve been wondering about your thoughts on meditation. Different techniques and styles and how to drop in. How did you start, and how did it evolve to what it is now? I found when I was deep in some stuff, it was actually easier to get into that space, but over the last few years, what used to work for me isn’t anymore. I really struggle to get to that bliss state where I feel I get clarity or messages. How to come back to what I know I used to be able to do? And has that happened to you and led you to other methods…
Listen in to hear all about finding consistency and peace alongside your daily practice.
Crystal + Andrea
It's the Spring Equinox and we're delivering up this week's podcast a a few days early with this chat and practice as we transition out of the hibernation of winter and welcome the crocuses and daffodils of the spring.
In this episode, we play an excerpt from our Mythic Mantra course. It's the story of Shiva & Shakti told by Crystal, and it will end with the Shiva Mantra. If you are interested in doing a deep dive into all things mantra, please check out our website at https://www.thedailypractice.life/ our Mantra course is $149.99 and takes you on a journey through yourself and find your way through the setting up a space to do mantras, learning about the mudras and different practices for chanting and singing your mantras.
This episode is with Dr. Amber Kirk, a chiropractor interested in functional medicine, functional neurology and how to focus on the present moment as we journey through life. She talks to us about the tone of our nervous system and how we need to evolve alongside our bodies. We went to her house in the Squamish Valley to record this podcast, and it delivered. We felt full and a little lighter at the end of this conversation. She brings a lot of insight and awareness to the podcast about what is happening in our nervous systems and the profound effect that mantra can have on them.
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Julia McCabe returns to the podcast with our second installment about neuroscience. She shares some neuromyths and then we discus them under the lens of Yoga and Neuroscience.
Julia McCabe is on the podcast this week. She is a catalyst in the lives of both Crystal and Andrea, who attended her 300-hour yoga teacher trainings (separately). She is a teachers teacher and a curious student for life that is back in school working on her Masters's in Neuroscience and Psychology of Mental Health at King’s College in London, UK. We are three really good friends that move in and out of friendly banter to deep teachings from the ancient and neuroscience lenses. This podcast talks about selective attention, how our attention spans are waning, how to breathe and why it’s important, teacher trainings, our triggers and how to deal with them. Today's teachings are ladder breath and adding a ‘what I did’ list to your nightly journal practice.
This is a small clip we recorded in December when we first decided to make a podcast. It’s a short episode because it’s potent. Actually, everything Crystal teaches needs to be out in the world… the podcast is slowly morphing into something… next week's podcast is going to be LONGER as we have our neuroscience YOGI Julia McCabe. This week has a teaching, a story and a mantra to Ram, “Shri Ram”. Declaring oneself a Spiritual Mess presents a ‘beauty’ in itself. Remember, we’re all just doing our best.
Crystal and Andrea talk about Unsolicited Advice and calling some of that divine Shakti energy in.
The mantra is "Om Maha Adi Shakti Kundalini Namo Namaha."
The energy to rise into the expansion of consciousness.
Calling All Light Workers ✨ Be The Prayer
We start with a grounding Aum, and then Crystal drops into a story of the Koshas. We go through a million tangents about the power of our words, energy, and intentions and ask the universe for what we need. We close the episode with ‘Om Anando Hum Anando Hum’ from the Vedic tradition. I AM BLISS // and remember our true self is: BLISSFUL, PEACEFUL, EXPANDABLE, HAPPY, FEARLESS // When we chant, we get out of our heads and into our hearts. We're here to have an experience. How can we hold ourselves in this place?
Crystal Rainbow Borrelli and Andrea Helleman
We start with a grounding Aum and then drop into how you start your day and the breath of life. Crystal goes over some of the Vayus, and then, ultimately, we speak on our last breath and death. The mantra this week is a healing mantra the ‘Prajnaparamitra Mantra’// The Heart Sūtra and it is "the single most commonly recited, copied and studied scripture in East Asian Buddhism." It is recited by adherents of Mahayana schools of Buddhism regardless of sectarian affiliation. Crystal calls it the serenade to the soul. Enlightenment. And we sang it to those we loved and wished white light around them.
Standing in Your Power. It’s a few weeks after the New Year, and many of us feel lulled as we have drifted from our resolutions or main intentions for the year. In today’s episode, we talk about how to check in with yourself. Crystal tells us that often this time of the year is when the universe challenges you to make sure you stay on your course. She tells us about how she did a ceremony in Mexico this New Year’s to aid in ‘standing in your power’ to embody your resolutions/words/themes/purpose/dharma for this year. Crystal grounds us in with 3 Aums and discusses finishing her manual for her advanced training ‘evolve 300hr’ in Bali, Indonesia, this spring. This will deepen your asana, pranayama, kriyas, mantra, mythology, meditation practice, and innate knowledge of functional anatomy. Our Mantra this week is Om Namah Shivaya & heya heyo. It’s time for a check-in, let’s recalibrate and get you back on track to stand in your true self and your POWER! Stand in your true self. Begin, and the pressure will be off. Start, and it will begin.
We started the daily practice because we want people to sing mantras daily. Mantras are from ancient teaching and are used with the intention of helping us shine a light on parts of ourselves we want to illuminate and dive deeper into. When we repeat a mantra it helps calm our minds and unites our body and mind. This podcast was created to make it really easy for you to listen to a new mantra each week and repeat it all week long. To embody the teachings and become the prayer. It’s mid-January and most people have thrown their hands in the air and abandoned their resolutions. Mostly because they try to do too much. Our resolution is to maintain consistency through simplicity with all things mantra. Anywhere, anytime! We encourage you to make the space daily to check out to check-in. So Hum is the mantra for this week, it’s a Bija Mantra and we love it. Your homework this week is to go out into nature and create some vibration in the world as you sing So Hum.
It's a new year which brings an opportunity to take stock of your life. What isn't serving you in your life? What word would you attach to that and than what word would you choose to become the opposite. Crystal sings the Om Tryambakam Yajamahe Mahamrityunjaya Mantra. Invoke this to help release any fears & doubts in your thoughts, physically or mentally. New decisions you are making in your life scare you but know in your heart it is the right decision. Shifting the fears into excitement and trusting in the higher self, this Mantra can support you in letting go of it all!
