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Join the México Meditation Retreat!! Aug 21-27th.

México Meditation Retreat Summer 2022 | napua Immerse in practice together in a magical jungle resort, nestled in the Sierra Madre mountains just20 min. off the coast of México.

Registration for Fall's Yoga Teacher Training is now open.

NYTT Fall 2022 - napua Sanskrit introduction and recitation is incorporated to facilitate a more intimate connection with the Vedic and Ta***ic wisdom traditions.

Registration is now open for my online The Feminine Way course.

The course merges Tao arts + Ta**ra practices to support your journey home to being.

http://www.napua.org/the-feminine-way

Module 1: Āyurveda + Cycles
Align with nature

Learn the elemental wheels of Tao and Āyurveda, and how they apply to daily, seasonal and life stages. Tune into different feminine qualities within the feminine essence via archetypes and align your practices with the elements for optimal health.

Module 2: Opening + Movement
Soften into and receive the flow of qi/shakti

A combination of guided seated and moving meditations to support relaxation and subtle energy cultivation. Includes guided Qi self-massage and Tao Yin, Qi Kung, intuitive yoga and sensual dance practices to connect you with your physical and energetic bodies.

Module 3: Voice
Express your wild feminine

Use the voice as a tool to reconnect to your essence and reclaim the power of your self-expression. Includes warm-up exercises, vocal toning, primal vocalizations and ancient Taoist techniques, such as the Tao Six Sounds practice.

Module 4: Breasts
Enliven, heal and energize your breasts through loving self-touch

Learn the ancient Taoist breast massage techniques that actively cultivate sexual energy, open the heart and nourish self-love. These practices prepare the way for yoni cultivation, covered in the following module.

Module 5: Yoni
Cultivate intimacy with the wellspring of pleasure and creative power

Cultivate intimacy with your yoni and enliven your wellspring of sexual energy to support the cultivation of physical and emotional health. Includes pelvic anatomy, Ta***ic practices, and Tao wisdom and practices, including breath, reflexology and jade egg micro and macro articulation exercises. Learn to self-heal and self-empower through this loving relationship with your yoni.

Module 6: Breath
Breathe for vitalization and awakening

Learn to cultivate erotic energy through breath work. Includes instruction on prāṇāyāma foundations, basic techniques to vitalize the prāṇic and physical bodies, and a guided breath work journey. A combination of philosophy and practice.

Module 7: Consent + Conscious Sexuality
Heighten awareness of the energetic, emotional and spiritual connection with your lover

Sexuality and spirituality are intricately woven. Be guided through the journey of physical attraction, psychic flow, and the elevation into subtler states of consciousness through the Wheel of Consent, Erotic Languages, and ancient Taoist philosophy and partner practices. Includes philosophy and partner-work.

The Feminine Way - napua

Hosting Module 1 live in San Cristóbal de las Casas, México, next month!! DM for more info.

The pre-(Śabda) meditation āsana routine is now live. Āsana, or postural yoga, prepares the body-mind system for meditation. It keeps the physical body healthy and supple, and it also helps to relieve accumulated stress.

You can view and follow the Simple Āsana Practice here.

Simple Āsana Practice - Preparation for Meditation This is the āsana practice used in preparation for the Śabda Meditation practice.

Wed., Apr 6 at 5:30pm CDT

Meet José Ocampo, musician, and meditation and breath work teacher. He'll share his journey of healing chronic physical ailments through emotional transformation, and play some of his divine music for us.

The Masculine Principle: Introducing José | Insight Timer Live Meet José Ocampo, a spiritual teacher and musician from the Netherlands and Spain. In our talk, he’ll share how emotional transformation helped him to heal autoimmune disease, and close with a taste of his magical music. His main modalities: breath work and meditation.

Monday at 8am CST. Let's celebrate Navarātra and Begin a 12-Day Sun Worship Series.

Sattvic Fire: Introducing Sun Worship & Navaratri | Insight Timer Live Let's reunite today to celebrate the nine nights of Goddess Durga again. I'll also introduce a 12 day series of sun worship, honoring the 12 rays (Ādityas) of the sun. The sun or Sūryā represents our Self; the 12 Ādityas represent aspects of Self that we enliven to fully embody our true nature.

Morning Dinacaryā (Dinacharya) - The Āyurvedic Daily Routine Website: www.napua.orgHow to Abhyaṇga Video: https://youtu.be/ErSK70Bfx1o1. Wake durning Brāhma-muhūrta (~96 minutes before sunrise)2. Wash face with tap...

Enrollment is NOW OPEN for the On-Demand Meditation Course. Enroll before April and save over 60%.

On-Demand Meditation Course - napua Śabda Meditation is an effective stress-reducing technique that’s simple, effortless, and natural. Benefits come quickly.

Hi everyone!! Look forward to meeting you soon.

Hi, meet Catrina Armendáriz Hi everyone! I'm Catrina Armendáriz. I'm a yoga teacher and Āyurvedic practitioner based in USA and México. I'm originally from Hawai'i and I relocated to ...

What is Āyurveda?

What is Āyurveda? Hi, I'm Catrina Armendáriz and I'm an āyurvedic practitioner based in the USA and México. In this video, I offer you a brief description of and introduction...

Buy One, Gift One Āyurvedic Consultations

Offering a limited time special Spring promotion for Āyurvedic Health Consultations.

On our 60 min. call, we'll evaluate and ID:

- your personal health goals
- your present challenges
- āyurvedic protocols/program to support your goals

Āyurvedic Consultation - BOGO - napua Please book your consult first. You will see a form to enter contact details for your gifted session along the way.To maximize our time together, please complete the following evaluation form ahead of our meeting: http://www.napua.org/ayurvedic-consultation-formIt is best if you spend a week or a

Meditation Teacher Training begins Jan. 2022.

Hi all! I'm thrilled to launch my Meditation Teacher Training.

I'm in so much gratitude and hope to meet those of you whom are interested in joining me on this journey.

I'm hosting a webinar on Sunday, Oct. 31st at 11a CDT to talk about the training and address Q&A. The registration link is copied below.

If you're ready to apply now, please visit the website, then copy and past your responses and email them directly to me [email protected].

Love you all.

Apply: www.napua.org/nmtt

Join Sunday's (OCT 31) Webinar: https://bit.ly/3nkAUwD

Napua Meditation Teacher Training - napua | Simple self-care.

Meditation Teacher Training begins Jan. 2022.

DM me for the link to Sunday's webinar.

If you're ready to apply now, please visit the website, then copy and past your responses and email them directly to me [email protected].

Yay!! Exciting.

Napua Meditation Teacher Training - napua | Simple self-care.

Nov. 7, 2021 - Jan. 9, 2022

Intro to Āyurveda - 7-Week Live Course - Begins Nov. 7, 2021 The root of Napua’s daily self-care practices, Āyurveda is an ancient medical system that remains one of India’s traditional healthcare systems. We'll cover...

DÍA DE LOS MU***OS: Oct 30 - Nov 2

I'm going to share Día de los Mu***os celebrations with you all. Aka "Day of the Dead", this celebration has roots over thousands of years old in Aztec and Mesoamerican México.


The customs are meant to honor death as a natural cycle of life, and have many implications for the living and deceased - akin to celebrations we see throughout the world regarding death.

I live in Chiapas, México, the southernmost state, where we have a higher population of indigenous cultures relative to the northern states, so I hope to be able to show you live footage of the celebrations.

I'll list the events this week. If I find makeup and costume, maybe I'll dress as La Catrina, for fun 😁💀

Follow me here to join:

https://insig.ht/Q319s5Gokkb

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Navarātrī

Join me for 9 nights of celebration, which begin today/tomorrow depending on your location. I'm hosting a daily chant circle in celebration of the nine forms of Goddess Durgā.

https://insighttimer.com/catrinaarmendariz

Catrina Armendariz | Insight Timer Catrina is a meditation teacher, Psychology graduate student and the founder of Napua, a virtual ashram for self-care. She has a special interest in trauma and women's health and has been practicing yogic techniques for 30 years, teaching for 7 years and recently returned from a 2.5 year pilgrimage....

Navarātrī
Join me for 9 nights of celebration, which begin today/tomorrow depending on your location. I'm hosting a daily chant circle in celebration of the nine forms of Goddess Durgā.https://insighttimer.com/catrinaarmendariz

Catrina Armendariz | Insight Timer Catrina is a meditation teacher, Psychology graduate student and the founder of Napua, a virtual ashram for self-care. She has a special interest in trauma and women's health and has been practicing yogic techniques for 30 years, teaching for 7 years and recently returned from a 2.5 year pilgrimage....

I N T E R D E P E N D E N C E

Dear meditators and aspirants, here’s a "Ladder of Spiritual Progression" you can explore:

taking your spiritual practice from internal, seated, isolated, and/or eyes-closed to socially engaged. From personal or individual-self to universal or interpersonal-self.

Once you’ve stabilized enough in your solo practice to re-integrate, perhaps it will be easier for you to start on the level of “friends” vs. “family”. In either case, the ideal is to hit every point on this ladder and not get stuck in one phase in your evolutionary progression. Each rung is mutually inclusive of the others.

Spiritual practice should allow you to integrate supremely in worldly life vs. shirk social engagements & responsibility.

In your own time. There’s no absolute timeline that applies to all beings.

Happy meditating.

C O - D E P E N D E N C E

We didn't get to dive into co-dependence today; though, we did cover topics of incredible social relevance:

- Interdependence
- Social responsibility
- Social justice, as well as
- The root of co-dependence. That is, mis-identification with localized expression of self or changeable self (prajñāparādha) vs. essence self.

A few of the co-dependence slides. We'll cover this in the next class on Tue., Oct. 19.

Today at 7:30am CDT

Self-Compassion Practice: Codependence to Interdependence | Insight Timer Live Self-compassion practice as a pathway from codependence to interdependence. Insight into thriving relationships. Breaking through self-harming or toxic patterns, and cultivating healthier relating habits with self and others.

A peak at today’s Compassion Series slides: Codependence to Interdependence

From codependence to interdependence A peak at today’s Compassion Series slides 😎

Saturday at 6:30pm CDT

Explore the tri-doṣic (vāta, pitta, kapha) phases of the feminine cycle (menstrual years), signs of health and imbalance, and explore rasāyanas or restorative measures you can introduce to sustain or restore health and harmony in the system.

Āyurveda and the Menstrual Cycle | Insight Timer Live Explore the tri-doṣic (vāta, pitta, kapha) phases of the feminine cycle (menstrual years), signs of health and imbalance, and explore rasāyanas or restorative measures you can introduce to sustain or restore health and harmony in the system.

Wednesday at 5pm CDT

Pitta age predominates in mid-life or adulthood, around 30-60 years old. I'll share imbalances likely to occur in these years and simple antidotes to keep balance in these active years.

Āyurveda: Pitta Age (~30-60 years) | Insight Timer Live Pitta age predominates in mid-life or adulthood, around 30-60 years old. I'll share imbalances likely to occur in these years and simple antidotes to keep balance in these active years.

Wednesday at 8:30am CDT

Explore the nuances between sensuality and sexuality, as well as a feminine approach to pleasure. Will cover feverish vs. cosmic desire, the appropriation and objectification that happens when we attach to sensational experience, and the de-stigmatization of embodied sensuality or sexuality.

Normalizing Feminine Pleasure: Sensuality & Sexuality | Insight Timer Live Exploring the nuances between sensuality and sexuality, as well as a feminine approach to pleasure. Will cover feverish vs. cosmic desire, the appropriation and objectification that happens when we attach to sensational experience, and the de-stigmatization of embodied sensuality or sexuality.

This Saturday CDT

Āyurveda: Pitta Age (~30-60 years) | Insight Timer Live Pitta age predominates in mid-life or adulthood, around 30-60 years old. I'll share imbalances likely to occur in these years and simple antidotes to keep balance.

Here's a list of upcoming classes I have on Insight Timer (cdt timezone). See you there!

Sep 14, 6am: Intro to Āyurveda: Pitta Doṣa
Sep 17, 7:30pm: Embodied Sensuality vs. Sexuality
Sep 19, 7:00pm: Full-Moon Purṇimā Chant: Mahāmṛtyuñjaya Mantra
Sep 20, 7:30am: Self-Compassion Practice - Trauma Response
Oct 5, 7:30am: Self-Compassion Practice - From Codependence to Interdependence
Oct 6, 7:00am: Jyotish ("Vedic Astrology"): The Science of Light

The app is free, and the classes are donation-based.
Recordings will be made available.

Upcoming lives on IT! Thank you all for engaging online, it’s been a treasure to meet and connect with you. Soon, I’ll introduce more topic based lives vs. the technical information-dense classes. For those of you who enjoy watching more passively, these may be more accessible. See you soon 🤍🌈

Mon., Sep 20th at 7:30am cdt

Hi all, I've introduced trauma theory in our meditation classes. Let's dive a bit deeper into a defense cascade model as it relates to trauma theory (7 F's: Fight, Flight, Fright, Freeze, Fawn, Flag, Faint), and the ways we can incorporate self-compassion practices to antidote these acute stress responses.

https://insig.ht/e/FsFKoYRfsjb

Self-Compassion Practice - Trauma Response (Pt. 2) I'll intro an acute stress response sequence or defense cascade model via the 7 F's. In modern trauma theory: Fight, Flight, Fright, Freeze, Fawn, Flag & Faint. We'll explore the ways we internalize these reactions as well as specific self-compassion practices we can incorporate to antidote them.

Fri., Sep. 3 at 7pm CDT

Ethics from Advaita Vedānta (viveka, vairagya, śama...) Ethics from Advaita Vedānta (viveka, vairagya, śama...) by Catrina Armendariz - Friday, September 3, 2021 05:00 PM at 102 Knoll Crest Dr in . Buy tickets and find information on Universe.

INTRO TO ĀYURVEDA

Hi all! The beta version of the Intro course launches on Sun., Aug 22nd. Pre-registration is now open!

I'll be hosting Module 1 of the course on Insight Timer Live for the next few weeks if interested in popping in to get a view of the teachings.

You may also view the syllabus by visiting the Welcome section of the course.

Napua Evolving at the convergence of beauty and being, we celebrate the cosmic rituals of daily living. Revive the healing force of your most innate-Self with practical wisdom from the worlds' most ancient, time-honored traditions.

Self-Love Affirmations

Copy of the transcript from our Friday evening “Love Showers” session.

Enliven qualities by allowing your attention, your flow of consciousness, to rest on the aspects of self you desire to nourish. Contemplate what arises in your internal experience. 🤍

Self-Love Affirmations - napua | Simple self-care. From our Insight Timer Live session on Fri., May 7, 2021 Love Showers: Barrage of Compliments Share & receive ‘interdependent love-bombs’. I’ll guide us through a communal self-love practice. Bring your best compliments: You are __ (beautiful, courageous, invincible…). Enliven qualities by a...

Vata! Tonight at 5pm cdt. The first class of our Ayurvedic dosha series.

Vata: Characteristics + Normal Functions + Abn. Symptoms Step beyond cursory identifications, i.e.

May 21 - 24: Learn to Meditate Course (Silent-Mantra). Donation-based.

Hola, the next silent mantra-based meditation initiation course begins on Friday, May 21 - Monday, May May 24.

I’m offering these on a donation-basis according to your financial readiness and/or need.

The free pre-requisite “Intro to Meditation” sessions are hosted weekly, live on Insight Timer.

Un abrazo enorme de Oaxaca (Big hug from Oaxaca).

Learn to Meditate - Silent-Mantra Initiation Learn to Meditate - Silent-Mantra Initiation by Catrina Armendariz - Friday, May 21, 2021 09:00 AM at 102 Knoll Crest Dr in . Buy tickets and find information on Universe.

Welcome to your self-abhyanga practice - one of the deepest experiences of self-love you can gift yourself daily. Enjoy this how-to guide for your personal practice; and join live, guided-sessions with Catrina Armendariz on Insight Timer through June.

How to Self-Abhyanga - Ayurvedic Daily Self-Massage Welcome to your self-abhyanga practice - one of the deepest experiences of self-love you can gift yourself daily. This is a how-to guide for your personal p...

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Pilgrimage: My 3-Year Absence 2018 - 2021: I spent 3-years on (spiritual) yoga pilgrimage, studying full-time with my yoga teachers and gurus, mostly in India. 

April 30th: Learn to Meditate Course. Donation-based.

Hola comunidad, the next silent mantra-based meditation initiation course begins on Friday, April 30th - Monday, May 3rd 12pm and 5:30pm CDT.

I’m offering these on a donation-basis according to your financial readiness and/or need.

The pre-requisite Intro to Meditation sessions are live on Insight Timer on Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays (depending on your time zone).

Un abrazo enorme de Oaxaca (Big hug from Oaxaca).

Learn to Meditate - Silent-Mantra Initiation Learn to Meditate - Silent-Mantra Initiation by Catrina Armendariz - Friday, April 30, 2021 10:00 AM at 102 Knoll Crest Dr in . Buy tickets and find information on Universe.

l e a r n t o m e d i t a t e

Alas, I’ve settled in Mexico until the end of year (then Europe) and am back to teaching again. I’ve also started graduate study in Psych with a focus on trauma and will include this additional knowledge in our training sessions.

Join an intro session asap and join the full 4-part course thereafter. I’ll host these virtual sessions liberally through June whilst I film the course.

Pricing is scaled according to financial need or readiness 🤍

DM me for the zoom link.

l e a r n t o m e d i t a t e Alas, I’ve settled in Mexico until the end of year (then Europe) and am back to teaching again. I’ve also started graduate study in Psych with a focus on trauma and will include this additional knowledge in our training sessions. Join an intro session asap and join the full 4-part course thereafter. I’ll host these virtual sessions liberally through June whilst I film the course. Pricing is scaled according to financial need or readiness 🤍 DM me for the zoom link.

Abundance + Luminosity | More Free Community Events - https://mailchi.mp/napua/intro-to-meditation-follow-up-7076733

A B U N D A N C E + I L L U M I N A T I O N

श्री Ś r ī

Happy Dīvāli.

On this festive day, known as "the festival of lights", we light dīyas, little ghee lamps, or candles, eat sweets, gather in love and honor these fundamental principles of nature: Abundance + Luminosity.

Imagine the threshold of your physical and subtle home (your house, your body, your awareness) as the gateway of darkness and illumination. We effortlessly fill our homes with light as a welcoming and celebratory gesture of wisdom and its sister law of nature: prosperity. Wherever there is wisdom, there is supreme abundance.

Let the cosmic effulgence of Śrī fill your heart and home.

* M A H A L A K Ṣ M Ī *

Oṃ