Altered States of Consciousness Through Yoga Nidra Practice

Yoga Nidra is a “yogic sleep” - the deepest relaxation and heightened awareness and has a ton of benefits that lots of modern scientists speak too but often under a different name. Dr Joe Dispenza calls it a “laying down” meditation, and Andrew Huberman dubs it NSDR non-sleep deep relaxation. But you now know that this practice is nothing new, it’s thousands of years old and has a massive list of benefits.

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Belinda Matwali
How Do I Regulate My Nervous System?

When we hear about nervous system regulation, it's easy to imagine reaching a state of perfect calm, where nothing fazes us and we glide through life without anything alarming us. Nervous system regulation is far more nuanced than most people realise.

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Belinda Matwali
Spiritual Nutrition - Nourishing More Than Just Your Physical Body 

I want to invite you into the world of Spiritual Nutrition which is a whole new way to see nourishment compared to traditional physical nutrition.

Before I became a meditation teacher I studied Nutritional Therapy and saw that so often people were all trying to ‘fill’ a hole inside themselves with food or other substances - and not successfully. They were starving for Spiritual Nutrition.

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Belinda Matwali
Unlocking the Power of Pluto Cazimi: A Time for Transformation and Self-Care

Cazimis are a beautiful time for us to work with the heightened archetype of the planet.

Pluto is associated with depth, getting to the bottom of something, and clearing out. Sometimes it’s even referred to as the colonic of the universe, as it comes and cleans away anything that is old, rotting, and no longer needed. It’s a planet associated with change and transformation, often considered the alchemist. 

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Belinda Matwali
Spiritual Nutrition for Capricorn Season

Spiritual Nutrition for Capricorn season is about that mountain goat vibe of working to create structure to keep reaching towards your full potential (whilst looking after your energy body to avoid burnout!) We also look at the importance of our bones in meditation and energy work since Capricorn rules our bones, joints and skin..

Stunning image by Emma Expedition

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Belinda Matwali
Spiritual Nutrition Wintering Tips

Seasonal Affective Disorder is for real. However as an Australian living in London I’ve learnt some things over the years that really help when you can’t get away for some winter sun. These tips make a real difference, I hope you enjoy them!

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Belinda Matwali
Doing Deeper Emotional Work During Scorpio Season..

It’s funny this game of cosmic hide and seek that we come to earth to play. All the love, bliss, ecstasy and inner treasure is within us. Yet we get dropped into the ‘squid game’ of life where the conditions mean we often don’t REALLY feel safe to be connected to our essence. Our societal conditioning makes it very hard to see this, but it’s true #attachmentvsauthenticity.

As such we form a personality that we create to fit into life…

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Belinda Matwali
Spiritual Nutrition for Scorpio Season

Scorpio Season is deep. Spiritual Nutrition is about nourishing the ‘invisible’ aspects of us and Scorpio is very much about what’s going on underneath the visible reality. It’s also about depth and transformation, working with the subconscious mind, our wounding, and also sexual energy. We’ll explore all these through the lens of Spiritual Nutrition and how we can support ourselves during this season.

Art by Danielle Winter

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Belinda Matwali
Why invest in a meditation course when you can listen to free meditation audios?

In a world where free meditations are everywhere and you're wondering why on earth you'd do a course, that is my answer. In a society full of instant gratification, Spiritual Meditation is the antidote that wants to take you into a deeper more nourishing love affair with meditation and your inner most self.

It really is about building a relationship with yourself. Relationships have seasons, they are not always easy, but they are worth it. The relationship with yourself in meditation is the same - you can experience the greatest love and the deepest frustrations.

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Belinda Matwali
Spiritual Nutrition for Libra Season

For me Libra is about love, beauty and art - the essence of Venus it’s ruling planet, through the element of Air - which I think of as ether or prana. So what can spring to mind is breathing with love, breathing with beauty - how can I make each breath as beautiful as possible, like a work of art?

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Belinda Matwali
What does trauma informed mean?

It’s a buzz word at the moment, but what does Trauma Informed mean? Since I offer trauma informed sessions I think this is really important! I’ve trained in Compassionate Inquiry a psychotherapeutic approach by Dr Gabor Mate and now a mentee of his.

Trauma informed means we look at the point where coping mechanisms were developed to deal with specific life situations.

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Belinda Matwali