Functional Spirituality

By Ava Irani

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Hi, my name is Ava and I’m delighted to offer you “Functional Spirituality”, a free resource of talks, trainings and guided meditations. I use an academic approach to invite critical thinking into energetic, mystical and heart-based practices. Spirituality has a history of disempowering the individual and worshiping the guru or priest, without question. In this podcast, I aim to reduce the dogma that has rendered so many schools and practices ineffective - (and strange AF) - and to elevate the conversation around spirituality. I want to EMPOWER the meditator and yogi, to place the power back in our hands, to live directly from our own experience. I hope you enjoy! For Q&A questions, topic suggestions email Ava at functionalspiritualityretreat@gmail.com Visit www.functionalspirituality.com Follow us @FunctionalSpirituality or @avairani_ and our Yoga Studio at @spandaschool

Episode Date
Facilitator Tips for the Community
May 11, 2026
Do You Think I'm Successful?
May 05, 2026
My Social Media Relationship Status: It's Complicated
Apr 14, 2026
Personal Healing & Trauma-Informed Meditation with Ryan Hassan
Mar 25, 2026
Guided Meditation: Loving Presence Through the Body
Feb 08, 2026
Interview with Ava by Emma Campbell
Feb 04, 2026
Guided Meditation: A Spacious Pause for Joy
Feb 01, 2026
How IFS changed my life
Jan 28, 2026
Guided Meditation: Revealing the Stillness Within
Jan 25, 2026
Guided Meditation: Softening Resistance to Meet the Moment
Jan 18, 2026
Guided Meditation: Hridaya Meditation & Awakening
Jan 11, 2026
Is there a huge problem with Vinyasa?
Dec 09, 2025
The Pyramid No One Wants to Admit Exists in Coaching
Nov 17, 2025
Privilege vs. Advantage
Oct 19, 2025
Loosing a loved one - how to cope with death and loss
Oct 08, 2025
Guided meditation: Coming home to yourself
Sep 28, 2025
I'm not good enough
Sep 14, 2025
What is an AWAKE teacher?
Aug 17, 2025
Guided meditation for putting your child to sleep
Aug 03, 2025
Intention vs control
Jul 27, 2025
How to heal from a traumatic event
Jul 20, 2025
What exactly does a Therapeutic Embodiment session look like?
Jul 07, 2025
How I'm being a good mum
Jun 29, 2025
Why are so many people turning Christian?
Jun 22, 2025
The Functional Spirituality 3 part method
Jun 15, 2025
Guided meditation: Gratitude for healing
Jun 01, 2025
Guided meditation: Deep sleep
May 18, 2025
My (2nd) intense birth story!
May 16, 2025
What is the root cause of our toxic culture? With Priya, Ava and Anaid
May 11, 2025
Q: What is Kundalini?
Apr 20, 2025
Guided meditation: Taking a sacred pause
Apr 13, 2025
Guided meditation: Embodying relaxation and joy
Mar 23, 2025
Guided meditation: Embracing gratitude with ease
Mar 16, 2025
Guided meditation: Light RAIN technique
Mar 09, 2025
Guided meditation: 5-minute relax and clear
Mar 02, 2025
The Natural Parent Fallacy
Feb 23, 2025
Guided meditation: Essence of Being
Feb 16, 2025
Guided meditation: Smiling energy technique
Feb 09, 2025
Guided meditation: Grounding in presence and curiosity
Feb 02, 2025
Guided meditation: Using the heart space for healing
Jan 26, 2025
Guided meditation: Awareness of the breath
Jan 19, 2025
Guided meditation: Creating a regenerative state
Jan 12, 2025
Guided meditation: Anchoring a word for 2025
Dec 29, 2024
Guided meditation: Return to presence
Dec 22, 2024
Staying Balanced this Holiday
Dec 15, 2024
Guided meditation: Calming the nervous system
Dec 08, 2024
Parenthood questions with Ava and Anaid
Dec 01, 2024
Conscious activism & the environment with Stephanie Poly
Nov 24, 2024
Guided meditation: Ease into now
Nov 17, 2024
Cultivating pleasure when you don't feel good part 2
Nov 10, 2024
Cultivating pleasure when you don't feel good part 1
Nov 03, 2024
Guided meditation: Grounding and presence with nature
Oct 27, 2024
Guided Meditation: Surrender to the heart
Oct 20, 2024
Mindwork Part 5: How to create a self suggestion tape
Oct 13, 2024
Mindwork Part 4: What is a self-suggestion tape?
Oct 06, 2024
Mindwork Part 3: What is hypnosis
Sep 29, 2024
Mindwork Part 2: Map of reality
Sep 22, 2024
Mindwork Part 1: Brain and the mind
Sep 15, 2024
Mindwork Series: Intro
Sep 08, 2024
Guided meditation: Transmuting tension into heart energy
Sep 01, 2024
The universe does not have your back: Manifestation series pt. 4
Aug 25, 2024
The universe does not have your back: Manifestation series pt. 3
Aug 18, 2024
The universe does not have your back: Manifestation series pt. 2
Aug 11, 2024
The universe does not have your back: Manifestation series pt. 1
Aug 04, 2024
Guided meditation: Using the breath to rest in the present moment
Jul 28, 2024
4 stages of spiritual seeking
Jul 21, 2024
Life update: taking a holiday this Australian winter
Jul 21, 2024
Guided meditation: Consecration practice
Jul 14, 2024
Guided meditation: Contemplation and peace
Jul 07, 2024
My advice for toddler parents
Jun 30, 2024
Guided meditation: Meeting the present moment with curiosity
Jun 23, 2024
How to have a daily yoga practice
Jun 16, 2024
Guided meditation: Attuning to the essence of your being
Jun 09, 2024
My advice for new parents
Jun 02, 2024
Guided meditation: Gratitude for resilience
May 26, 2024
The secret to Non-violent Communication
May 19, 2024
Guided cacao ceremony and meditation for abundance
May 12, 2024
Anaid and Ava launch their new business
May 05, 2024
Self-care, ritual and aromatherapy with Anaid Jimenez
Apr 28, 2024
Guided meditation: Using the breath to nourish yourself
Apr 21, 2024
My most valuable work
Apr 14, 2024
Guided meditation: Cultivating loving acceptance
Apr 07, 2024
Cultivating your dream life starts here
Mar 31, 2024
Mahashivaratri guided meditation
Mar 24, 2024
Guided meditation: Connection, presence and joy
Mar 17, 2024
How to heal from a traumatic event
Mar 10, 2024
Guided meditation: Short tension release
Mar 03, 2024
Should I go on a Silent Retreat
Feb 25, 2024
Guided meditation: Connecting to the sweetness of your middle
Feb 18, 2024
Having boundaries as a parent
Feb 11, 2024
Guided meditation: Body scan and relaxation with music
Feb 04, 2024
What if you are trapped in a toxic relationship?
Jan 28, 2024
Cacao ceremony and guided meditation
Jan 21, 2024
Healthy vs rigid boundaries
Jan 14, 2024
Guided meditation: Anchoring a word for 2024
Jan 07, 2024
How to create a morning routine
Dec 31, 2023
Guided meditation: Cultivating joy and relaxation
Dec 24, 2023
Staying Balanced during the Holidays
Dec 17, 2023
Guided meditation: Inner smile technique with music
Dec 10, 2023
How to maintain the peace of retreat
Dec 03, 2023
Guided meditation: Embodied awareness
Nov 26, 2023
The truth about Jasmine
Nov 19, 2023
Guided meditation: Effortless presence
Nov 12, 2023
Why I’m excited about TFSR
Nov 05, 2023
Guided meditation: Cultivating resilience
Oct 29, 2023
When you‘re at the bottom of the wave
Oct 22, 2023
Guided meditation: The joy of being
Oct 15, 2023
Manifesting - Part 4
Oct 08, 2023
Guided meditation: Drawing awareness back to its source
Oct 01, 2023
Guided self-reflection practice with Ava
Sep 24, 2023
Guided meditation: Experiencing the sweetness of trust
Sep 17, 2023
The universe does not have your back - Part 3
Sep 10, 2023
Guided meditation: Opening the heart to stillness
Sep 03, 2023
The universe does not have your back - Part 2
Aug 27, 2023
The universe does not have your back - Part 1
Aug 20, 2023
Guided meditation: Returning to the centre of your being
Aug 13, 2023
4 Stages of Spiritual Seeking
Aug 06, 2023
Guided meditation: Relaxing your body into stillness
Jul 30, 2023
How to integrate after retreat
Jul 23, 2023
Guided meditation: Breath awareness
Jul 16, 2023
Yoga and Mental Health
Jul 09, 2023
Guided meditation: Gratitude and abundance
Jul 02, 2023
Crying in Loving Arms
Jun 25, 2023
Guided meditation: Using the breath to relax your body
Jun 18, 2023
How to be more functional
Jun 11, 2023
Guided meditation: Connecting to the wisdom within
Jun 05, 2023
Should you trust your intuition
May 28, 2023
Guided meditation: Grounding into presence
May 21, 2023
How I am being a good mom
May 14, 2023
Guided meditation: 5-minute consecration practice
May 07, 2023
The Functional Spirituality 3 part method
Apr 30, 2023
Guided meditation: Gratitude for healing.
Apr 23, 2023
Jarred shares about our birth
Apr 16, 2023
Guided meditation: Stillness and relaxation
Apr 09, 2023
The secret to Nonviolent Communication
Apr 02, 2023
Guided meditation: Connecting to yourself
Mar 26, 2023
What is Awakening?
Mar 19, 2023
Guided meditation: Using gratitude to heal
Mar 12, 2023
Healthy vs rigid boundaries
Mar 05, 2023
Guided meditation: Positive start to the day!
Feb 26, 2023
Special ingredient to heal anxiety
Feb 19, 2023
Guided meditation: Morning presence practice
Feb 12, 2023
The New Paradigm of Healing
Feb 05, 2023
Guided Cacao Ceremony Meditation
Jan 29, 2023
Guided meditation: Deep sleep affirmations
Jan 22, 2023
My Healing Journey
Jan 15, 2023
Guided meditation: Embodied loving presence
Jan 08, 2023
How to meditate more this year
Jan 01, 2023
Our intense birth story!
Dec 31, 2022
Guided meditation: Anchoring a word for 2023
Dec 25, 2022
Staying Balanced this Holiday
Dec 18, 2022
Guided meditation: RAIN technique and Being
Dec 11, 2022
A clear path to Awakening
Dec 04, 2022
Guided meditation: Presence and trust
Nov 27, 2022
Trapped in a toxic relationship
Nov 20, 2022
Guided Cacao Ceremony with Anaid
Nov 13, 2022
Should I go on a Silent Retreat?
Nov 06, 2022
Guided meditation: Connecting with your essence
Oct 30, 2022
How to have Healthy vs Rigid Boundaries
Oct 23, 2022
Guided meditation: Full body relaxation
Oct 16, 2022
My baby doesn’t have a soul
Oct 09, 2022
Guided meditation: Being in the now
Oct 02, 2022
Is natural birth Functional?
Sep 25, 2022
Guided meditation: Cultivating trust through the heart space
Sep 18, 2022
Shining light on the Fawn Response: Stop Fawning
Sep 11, 2022
Guided meditation: Grounding and peace in times of turmoil
Sep 04, 2022
Jarred and Ava chat about their relationship part 2
Sep 02, 2022
Guided meditation: Short practice for stillness and presence
Aug 28, 2022
Jarred and Ava chat about their relationship
Aug 25, 2022
Yoga and Mental Health with Deniz Aydoslu
Aug 19, 2022
Guided meditation: The joy of breathing
Aug 17, 2022
My Relationship with Jarred
Aug 16, 2022
Guided meditation: Blowing on the embers of the heart
Aug 09, 2022
Guided meditation: 5 minute practice for effortless presence
Aug 03, 2022
4 Stages of Spiritual Seeking
Aug 01, 2022
Guided meditation: Allowing and acceptance
Jul 26, 2022
Guided meditation: Exploring joy
Jul 21, 2022
Biggest update yet
Jul 20, 2022
Cultivating pleasure when you don’t feel good part 2
Jul 17, 2022
Cultivating pleasure when you don’t feel good part 1
Jul 11, 2022
Guided meditation: Consecration practice
Jul 06, 2022
Guided meditation: Relaxing tension through the heart
Jun 30, 2022
Enter the new paradigm of healing
Jun 24, 2022
Guided meditation: 5 minute drop in
Jun 21, 2022
How to support someone when they’re sick
Jun 16, 2022
Part 2: Injured by a healer
Jun 09, 2022
Guided meditation: Abundance
Jun 09, 2022
Wth just happened to me!
Jun 01, 2022
Guided meditation: Deep sleep
May 25, 2022
Guided meditation: Short grounding session
May 17, 2022
Guided meditation: Creating a space for relaxation
May 10, 2022
Guided meditation: Creating a space to allow
May 04, 2022
Guided meditation: 5 Minute grounding practice
Apr 26, 2022
The ROOT of your trauma
Apr 21, 2022
Guided meditation: Cultivating compassion
Apr 20, 2022
How to LET IT GO
Apr 15, 2022
Guided meditation: Pure presence
Apr 13, 2022
The attitude of meditation
Apr 08, 2022
Guided meditation: Curiosity and music
Apr 05, 2022
Guided meditation: 5 minute tension release
Mar 29, 2022
4 ingredients for a successful business
Mar 24, 2022
Guided meditation: Settling the NS into Stillness
Mar 22, 2022
Guided meditation: What remains is I
Mar 15, 2022
Q&A with Chantelle Raven & Ava
Mar 14, 2022
Intention vs control
Mar 11, 2022
Guided meditation: Using Being for healing
Mar 09, 2022
What is an AWAKE teacher?
Mar 01, 2022
Guided meditation: Cultivating trust
Feb 28, 2022
Guided meditation: Love
Feb 22, 2022
3 ways to cultivate more Trust in your life
Feb 22, 2022
Reflection from retreat: How do I heal the planet?
Feb 17, 2022
Guided meditation: Slowing down with grace
Feb 15, 2022
Guided meditation: Healing breathwork
Feb 10, 2022
Retreat question: How do I deal with distractions in meditation?
Feb 08, 2022
Guided meditation: You are enough
Feb 03, 2022
False refuge: Compliance vs. conspiracy
Feb 01, 2022
Guided meditation: Daily drop in with music
Jan 27, 2022
A theory of how we got here
Jan 26, 2022
Guided meditation: Relax and ground
Jan 20, 2022
PSA: Ava’s status & effects on the community
Jan 18, 2022
Guided meditation: Connection
Jan 13, 2022
Personal insight from cacao ceremony
Jan 11, 2022
Guided meditation: Anchoring a word for 2022
Jan 07, 2022
Triggered in a conversation
Jan 04, 2022
Guided meditation: R.A.I.N technique for the new year
Jan 03, 2022
Q&A: Which content should I bypass in meditation?
Dec 28, 2021
Guided meditation: Joy and appreciation
Dec 28, 2021
Guided meditation: Releasing tension
Dec 23, 2021
Reflecting on the year
Dec 21, 2021
Guided meditation: Grounding
Dec 14, 2021
Passion vs fixation
Dec 08, 2021
Guided meditation: 3 part method
Dec 07, 2021
Avoid the real threat
Nov 29, 2021
Guided meditation: Stillness in the pauses
Nov 23, 2021
Guided meditation: Allowing
Nov 16, 2021
Guided meditation: Quick drop inward
Nov 09, 2021
Guided meditation: Deconditioning pain
Nov 01, 2021
3 Obstacles holding back your progress
Oct 28, 2021
Guided meditation: Digestive system healing
Oct 25, 2021
Guided meditation: R.A.I.N. technique
Oct 18, 2021
Guided meditation: Seated stretches for relaxation
Oct 12, 2021
Guided meditation: Spreading love into the body
Oct 05, 2021
Guided meditation: Gratitude practice
Sep 28, 2021
Guided Meditation: Connecting with your essential being
Sep 23, 2021
Guided meditation: Mid-day drop-in
Sep 22, 2021
Guided meditation: Inner smile into pure being
Sep 16, 2021
When you‘re at the bottom of the wave
Sep 10, 2021
Guided meditation: The heart of Being
Sep 09, 2021
Guided meditation: Opening the heart to love the body
Sep 02, 2021
Guided meditation: Healing smiling energy in the body
Aug 26, 2021
Should you trust your intuition?
Aug 25, 2021
History of Hatha Yoga
Aug 23, 2021
Guided meditation: Compassion for self
Aug 16, 2021
Guided meditation: A loving space to connect
Aug 11, 2021
De-conditioning Part 4: Two ways healing tools work
Jul 27, 2021
Guided meditation: Exploring the heart space
Jul 21, 2021
Guided meditation: Short embodiment practice
Jul 19, 2021
Guided meditation: Melting the body
Jul 16, 2021
De-conditioning Part 3: Energy-body vagueness
Jul 14, 2021
Guided meditation: Healing and allowing
Jul 08, 2021
De-conditioning Part 2: How I healed myself
Jul 06, 2021
Guided meditation: Deep sleep
Jul 06, 2021
De-conditioning Part 1: Actually resolving your suffering
Jul 05, 2021
Guided meditation: Curiosity and stillness with music
Jun 30, 2021
Guided meditation: Relaxation and joy
Jun 14, 2021
I believe I am a bad person
Jun 10, 2021
Guided meditation: Emotions in the body
Jun 07, 2021
Guided meditation: Space for peacefulness
Jun 01, 2021
Guided meditation: Inner smile
May 31, 2021
Guided meditation: Using the breath to drop us in
May 26, 2021
Meditation tool: How to use the breath in meditation
May 25, 2021
Guided meditation: Attitudes of meditation
May 21, 2021
Guided meditation: Connecting to stillness
May 09, 2021
How to hold space for yourself as a daily practice
May 06, 2021
Life update from Ava
May 05, 2021
Guided meditation: Morning drop in
Apr 28, 2021
Guided meditation: Holding space for yourself
Apr 15, 2021
Guided meditation: Slowing down
Apr 14, 2021
Guided meditation: Compassion in the body
Apr 01, 2021
Guided meditation: Body scan
Mar 26, 2021
Guided meditation: Abundance
Mar 26, 2021
Sexuality part 1: My journey
Mar 15, 2021
Guided meditation: Arriving in the now
Mar 15, 2021
Guided meditation: Blowing on the embers of the heart
Mar 12, 2021
Guided meditation: Segment intending
Feb 19, 2021
What is Yoga Part 3: There is no such thing as traditional yoga
Feb 19, 2021
Guided meditation: Blowing on the embers of the heart
Feb 12, 2021
Guided meditation: Arriving into the now
Feb 06, 2021
What is Yoga Part 2: Dogma and egoic attachments
Feb 02, 2021
Guided meditation: The invitation from Mooji
Jan 29, 2021
What is Yoga Part 1: Debunking unhelpful assumptions
Jan 28, 2021
Guided meditation: Trusting life through the background of being
Jan 20, 2021
Guided meditation: Connecting to truth
Dec 31, 2020
Guided meditation: Embodying your centre
Dec 29, 2020
Guided meditation: Following the I feeling back to it's source
Nov 05, 2020
Meditation tool: The spiritual heart
Sep 12, 2020
Guided meditation: The centre of being
Sep 09, 2020
Guided meditation: Love
Aug 30, 2020
Guided meditation: Gratitude for resilience
Aug 30, 2020
Gratitude for Resilience Part 2: Discover how gratitude helps us
Aug 22, 2020
Gratitude for Resilience Part 1: Cultivating resilience
Aug 20, 2020
Guided meditation: Embodied presence
Aug 20, 2020
What is your presencing tool?
Aug 06, 2020
Guided meditation: Starting your day with awareness
Aug 05, 2020
Guided meditation: Presence
Jul 11, 2020
Guided meditation: Heart space connection
Jul 09, 2020
What are heart circles?
Jul 08, 2020
Guided meditation: Consecration practice
Jul 06, 2020
Consecration Practice Part 2: How to utilise it
Jul 06, 2020
Consecration Practice Part 1: What is it?
Jul 06, 2020
Guided meditation: Empty yourself
Jun 29, 2020
Practice: How to do a happenings diary
Jun 17, 2020
Guided meditation: Deep sleep
Jun 17, 2020
Guided meditation: Daily gratitude practice
Jun 14, 2020
Guided meditation: Emptiness of being
Jun 12, 2020
Guided meditation: Morning consecration prayer
Jun 12, 2020
Affirmations for healing the body
Jun 06, 2020
Mindwork Part 5: How to create a self suggestion tape
Jun 06, 2020
Guided meditation: Grounding amongst chaos
Jun 05, 2020
Mindwork Part 4: What is a self-suggestion tape?
Jun 04, 2020
Roger Castillo interview on functional spiritual practices.
May 26, 2020
Guided meditation: 20 minutes
May 06, 2020
Mindwork Part 3: What is hypnosis?
Apr 30, 2020
Guided meditation: for healing
Apr 25, 2020
Conscious activism & the environment with Stephanie Poly
Apr 21, 2020
Mindwork Part 2: map of reality
Apr 16, 2020
Mindwork Part 1: Brain and the mind
Apr 16, 2020
Mindwork Series: Intro
Apr 16, 2020
The three attitudes of meditation
Apr 14, 2020
Guided meditation: for students
Apr 13, 2020
A bit more about me
Apr 07, 2020
Sound healing relaxation 2
Apr 03, 2020
Sound healing relaxation
Mar 25, 2020
Guided meditation for relaxation
Mar 23, 2020
The foundational teaching of functional spirituality
Mar 23, 2020
Guided meditation: 5 Minutes
Mar 16, 2020
Introduction to the podcast
Mar 16, 2020