Did you know that meditation can feel completely effortless and as enjoyable as the things you do for fun? Instinctive Meditation™ is an approach based in embodiment and the traditions of tantra that invites a sense of ease flow and intuitive playfulness into meditation: no struggle or discipline required.

Join for a relaxing and liberating experience where you’ll learn how to weave together body emotions desires instincts and thoughts into a fulfilling meditation practice that’s unique to you. No prior experience with meditation is required.

Please bring a mat blanket and/or cushions for your comfort. You get to choose how you position yourself in this session (seated lying down standing moving around dancing...) You will be guided through two meditative experiences with time in-between and afterwards for rest journalling movement sharing and connection.

About your Instructor

Vaishali Iyer is a somatic wellness coach and writer. She works with people 1-1 to discover and create individualised practices that support healing personal development creativity and growth. The heart of her coaching is the central role of the felt body (or life force) in all aspects of life. She teaches you how to harmonise with your innate biological intelligence—so that you can flow with whatever's happening access your power and have fun in the process. Some of the approaches she currently offers include breath repatterning embodied meditation and yoga nidra as well as menstrual cycle and nervous system coaching.

Vaishali's background is in yoga and various forms of movement including dance swimming and qigong as well as meditation. She has been practicing teaching and continuously learning within the fields of somatics movement and meditation for over 10 years. She is certified in Hatha Yoga Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga Yin Yoga and Yoga Nidra and is an experienced restorative yoga teacher.

She has also trained in Laban/Bartenieff Movement as a Movement Analyst and Somatic Movement Educator as well as in Body-Mind Centering©. She is a certified Instinctive Meditation™ teacher a Total Immersion swimming coach and a certified Oxygen Advantage® Functional Breathing Instructor.

To connect with Vaishali and learn more about her please follow her on @vaishaliiyer or subscribe to her substack.