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ALTAR: The Podcast with Heather Briann

ALTAR: The Podcast with Heather Briann

By Heather Briann

Guided Practices. Life Explorations. Expansive Conversations.

A podcast for the open-minded spiritual seeker and mindful mover. Join Heather, founder of ALTAR movement studio, for guided instinctive meditation practices, life explorations in a variety of topics that will enhance your vitality and growth and expansive conversations with movers from across the globe.
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Season 2: Ep. 7 - Bodies Feed on Scents + Sounds

ALTAR: The Podcast with Heather BriannMar 10, 2022

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Season 2. Ep. 23 - Morning Meditation for Stressful and Busy Times
Jun 23, 202222:35
Season 2. Ep. 22 - Morning Meditation for Mothers
Jun 16, 202225:10
Season 2. Ep 21 - Morning Meditation for Difficult Times (10-minute)
Jun 09, 202217:19
Season 2: Ep. 20 - Morning Meditation for Difficult Times (20-minute)
Jun 02, 202222:42
Season 2: Ep. 19 - Meditate in May. Morning Meditation #5 (Guided Practice)
May 26, 202223:06
Season 2: Ep. 18 - Meditate in May. Morning Meditation #4 (Guided Practice)
May 19, 202212:40
Season 2: Ep. 17 - Meditate in May. Morning Meditation #3 (Guided Practice)
May 12, 202211:25
Season 2: Ep. 16 - Meditate in May. Morning Meditation #2 (Guided Practice)
May 05, 202217:23
Season 2: Ep. 15 - Meditate in May. The Ritual of Morning Meditation (Guided Practice)
Apr 30, 202227:20
Season 2: Ep. 14 - Invitation to Meditate in May. Morning Routines.
Apr 28, 202215:51
Season 2: Ep. 13 - Embracing the Inner Rebel
Apr 21, 202224:51
Season 2: Ep. 12 - Memories of Love (Guided Practice)

Season 2: Ep. 12 - Memories of Love (Guided Practice)

Inspired by Lorin Roche’s Sutra 47, Heather guides the listener through a meditative inquiry into the memory of love. She creates a space to explore the melting, yearning, and merging delight of a loving memory. Heather reminds listeners that this form of sense memory can be a deeply nourishing meditation.

We thank you for joining us this week and invite you to leave a review of the podcast on Apple Podcasts and on Spotify. For more guided practices and expansive conversations, visit our website www.altarmovementstudio.com or find us on YouTube at ALTAR movement studio.

Apr 14, 202219:55
Season 2: Ep. 11 - Freedom (Guided Practice)

Season 2: Ep. 11 - Freedom (Guided Practice)

Building upon their exploration of Sutra 7 in the previous episode, Heather and Tania lead a guided practice on freedom and inner exploration. They invite you to tap into your instinctive relationship with freedom as it exists in the body and beyond, to wander within and between these spaces and understandings in meditative practice.

We thank you for joining us this week and invite you to leave a review of the podcast on Apple Podcasts and on Spotify. For more guided practices and expansive conversations, visit our website www.altarmovementstudio.com or find us on YouTube at ALTAR movement studio. Find Tania on her instagram at @taniakazi1.

Apr 07, 202217:10
Season 2: Ep. 10 - Freedom + Liberation in Practice

Season 2: Ep. 10 - Freedom + Liberation in Practice

Heather and Tania explore Lorin Roche’s Sutra 7, asking how we might invite a sense of freedom or liberation into a space of meditative practice. They discuss the possibility of freedom when letting attention glide and the inner self run wild, creating a space for liberation within practice. Tania invites listeners to consider the possibility that freedom is not solely an actionable process, but can also be attributed to a state of being.

We thank you for joining us this week and invite you to leave a review of the podcast on Apple Podcasts and on Spotify. For more guided practices and expansive conversations, visit our website www.altarmovementstudio.com or find us on YouTube at ALTAR movement studio. Find Tania on her instagram at @taniakazi1.

Mar 31, 202220:13
Season 2: Ep. 9 - A Space of Nothingness (Guided Practice)
Mar 24, 202216:21
Season 2: Ep. 8 - The Joy of Tension + Release

Season 2: Ep. 8 - The Joy of Tension + Release

Considering the chakras through the lens of Lorin Roche’s Sutra 6, Heather and Tania discuss the energy of life that flows through the seven chakras. Particularly inspired by the notion of tension and release, they encourage listeners to stretch their capacity to pay attention, to allow tension to build, and give into the experience of release in moments of Tantra and meditative awareness.

We thank you for joining us this week and invite you to leave a review of the podcast on Apple Podcasts and on Spotify. For more guided practices and expansive conversations, visit our website www.altarmovementstudio.com or find us on YouTube at ALTAR movement studio. Find Tania on her instagram at @taniakazi1.

Mar 17, 202218:11
Season 2: Ep. 7 - Bodies Feed on Scents + Sounds
Mar 10, 202219:16
Season 2: Ep. 6 - How to Cherish Your Life

Season 2: Ep. 6 - How to Cherish Your Life

Heather and Tania discuss the importance of cherishing and ‘holding’ breath. Inspired by Sutra 4 from ‘The Radiance Sutras’ by Lorin Roche, they consider the interwoven communication that occurs between breath and body. Throughout the episode they also consider the health benefits of deep breathing as it can be a tool for calming the nervous system in moments of stress.

We thank you for joining us this week and invite you to leave a review of the podcast on Apple Podcasts and on Spotify. For more guided practices and expansive conversations, visit our website www.altarmovementstudio.com or find us on YouTube at ALTAR Digital. Find Tania on her instagram at @taniakazi1.

Mar 03, 202220:42
Season 2: Ep. 5 - Meditation is an Adventure

Season 2: Ep. 5 - Meditation is an Adventure

In this week’s episode, Heather and Tania consider Sutra 3 from ‘The Radiance Sutras’ by Lorin Roche. Through shared discussion, they invite listeners to be mindfully tuned to their rhythmic breathing, to cherish the moments when mind dissolves into heart, to sense life’s subtle vibrations, and adventure with breath. In essence, they consider the possibility of being ENGAGED with life when in tune with breath.

We thank you for joining us this week and invite you to leave a review of the podcast on Apple Podcasts and on Spotify. For more guided practices and expansive conversations, visit our website www.altarmovementstudio.com or find us on YouTube at ALTAR Digital. Find Tania on her instagram at @taniakazi1.

Feb 24, 202222:46
Season 2: Ep. 4 - Meditation is Terrifying

Season 2: Ep. 4 - Meditation is Terrifying

Heather and Tania read Sutra 2 from ‘The Radiance Sutras’ by Lorin Roche and consider the pulsation of life between the internal and external. They invite listeners to be at play with this idea of oscillation, to tune into the various dimensions of life. Interwoven short guided breathing and meditative exercises encourage listeners to identify any emotions or misalignment that may be present.

We thank you for joining us this week and invite you to leave a review of the podcast on Apple Podcasts and on Spotify. For more guided practices and expansive conversations, visit our website www.altarmovementstudio.com or find us on YouTube at ALTAR Digital. Find Tania on her instagram at @taniakazi1.

Feb 17, 202222:38
Season 2: Ep. 3 - Experience begins with Breath

Season 2: Ep. 3 - Experience begins with Breath

This week, Heather and Tania read the first sutra from ‘The Radiance Sutras’ by Lorin Roche and invite listeners to step away from the boredom of breath centred meditations to a more expansive and playful approach. They consider the importance of being curious about this instinct and fostering an awareness of breath as nourishment in the body. Heather and Tania remind listeners that experiencing the breath can be awe inspiring and fun!

We thank you for joining us this week and invite you to leave a review of the podcast on Apple Podcasts and on Spotify. For more guided practices and expansive conversations, visit our website www.altarmovementstudio.com or find us on YouTube at ALTAR Digital. Find Tania on her instagram at @taniakazi1.

Feb 10, 202220:48
Season 2: Ep. 2 - Instinctive Meditation is…...
Feb 03, 202222:52
Season 2: Ep. 1 - Tania, our NEW Co-Host

Season 2: Ep. 1 - Tania, our NEW Co-Host

Heather returns to this season of the podcast, joined by seasonal co-host Tania Kazi. Tania is a 500 hour YA certified Yoga instructor as well as a 500 hour YA certified Instinctive Meditation coach. Highlighting instinctive meditation and “The Radiance Sutras: 112 Gateways to the Yoga of Wonder and Delight” by Lorin Roche, Heather and Tania introduce their future of podcast collaboration. In this episode, we meet Tania and begin to consider various perspectives on meditation, the importance of variety and self awareness in meditative approaches, and the value of instinctive meditation as a way to tap into your needs and desires. As Tania reminds listeners, with instinctive meditation, you don’t have to be anything other than who you are.

We thank you for joining us this week and invite you to leave a review of the podcast on Apple Podcasts and on Spotify. For more guided practices and expansive conversations, visit our website www.altarmovementstudio.com or find us on YouTube at ALTAR Digital.

Feb 03, 202215:34
Episode 7: Caroline Smith - EMBRACING WINTER
Dec 23, 202129:28
Episode 6: CHOOSE A DOORWAY - The Meditation

Episode 6: CHOOSE A DOORWAY - The Meditation

Expanding upon the inquiries of meditation that Heather offers in Episode 5, this episode invites the listener to spend a few moments in meditative practice. Reading one of the Radiance Sutras written by Lorin Roche, Heather opens one doorway into meditation.

If you are interested in reading the Radiance Sutras that Heather references, she recommends the book “The Radiance Sutras: 112 Gateways to the Yoga of Wonder and Delight” by Lorin Roche. We thank you for joining us this week and invite you to leave a review of the podcast on Apple Podcasts. For more guided practices and expansive conversations, visit our website www.altarmovementstudio.com or find us on YouTube at ALTAR Digital.

Dec 09, 202123:34
Episode 5: WHY MEDITATE?

Episode 5: WHY MEDITATE?

Returning to the Radiance Sutras as written by Lorin Roche, Heather considers the question, why meditate? Bringing emphasis to the individuality of this experience, while offering a series of questions and a description of several meditative doorways, Heather encourages a space of inquiry to question the who, what and why of your meditative practice.

We thank you for joining us this week and invite you to leave a review of the podcast on Apple Podcasts. For more guided practices and expansive conversations, visit our website www.altarmovementstudio.com or find us on YouTube at ALTAR Digital.

Nov 25, 202115:23
Episode 4: BREATH - The Practice
Nov 11, 202115:27
Episode 3: BREATH
Oct 28, 202111:21
Episode 2: RADIANCE - The Meditation
Oct 14, 202119:27
Episode 1: RADIANCE

Episode 1: RADIANCE

Welcome to the first episode of Altar: The Podcast - a space that aims to evolve the practices of yoga, meditation and mindfulness! This is a space dedicated to asking great questions of ourselves and our guests in order to weave a variety of tools into our lives that support our vitality and overall health and wellbeing.

In our first episode, Heather introduces the text known as the Radiance Sutras, written by Lorin Roche, and asks the listener to consider the question, ‘What are these dancing particles of condensed radiance?’. Reading the Banter Verses 1- 6, Heather inspires curiosity and expansive awareness. Through guided meditative practices, ruminations about movement, and grounded mindful stories, Heather encourages the listener to find radiance in their existence, to welcome all of the parts of themselves, and to be in awe and wonder of all that life offers.

Sep 27, 202113:46
Welcome to ALTAR!

Welcome to ALTAR!

Welcome to ALTAR: the Podcast with Heather Briann. Together we will explore guided practices and intimate conversations with mindful movers from across the globe in order to inspire more movement in your life. Here, you are invited to evolve the practices of yoga, meditation and mindful living with us.

Heather will use the text known as the Radiance Sutras, as written by Lorin Roche, teachings from Instinctive Meditation and the 19 years of teachings and experiential lessons she has absorbed from a variety of the most amazing teachers and guides from across the world as a foundation for all we move through together. You are invited to grow and learn to love deeper with us.

Sep 27, 202102:12