The Future of Meditation Is Here. Learn to be a Functional, Embodied & Trauma-informed Meditation Instructor.
"Meditation is an art to master."
The ultimate path to connection, awareness and deep peace.
We can learn to live from a beautiful, heartful, and centred place.
Yet, not all meditation practices are created equal.
Many are characterised by promises and one-off experiences, instead of logic, functionality and sustainability.
In 2025, there is an opportunity to learn a new paradigm of spiritual and healing practices.
An upgrade to your healing journey awaits you.
Join Ava Irani and The Centre for Healing in a one-of-a-kind journey to learn the NEW paradigm of being trauma-informed, and the mastery of meditation.
Build a practice that you love, and that nourishes you and your community.
Your guide, Ava, is an advanced meditation teacher and trainer who has:
- Founded her own successful yoga studio and meditation training centre in Fremantle, WA
- Run silent meditation retreats for thousands of students since 2013
- Has developed her own trauma informed philosophy and movement called Functional Spirituality
With powerful frameworks, techniques, templates and personal guidance from Ava monthly, you can transform your nervous system experience, heal trauma and master meditation as your own daily habit.
I AM READY TO START THE JOURNEYWho is Ava Irani?
Ava is the director of Functional Spirituality and the popular yoga and meditation centre Spanda School in Fremantle, W.A. She is a philosopher with a degree from the University of Sydney, retreat leader, business owner and somatic therapist. Her deepest passions are non-dual philosophy, community healing and looking at the impacts of spirituality. Her business has been offering meditation training and silent retreat to thousands of students over the past 10+ years.
Ava's path started with a fervor for awakening and non-duality. However over the years her path has matured with a more functional approach. Her work now considers the wide-spread complex trauma that lies at the heart of almost every obstacle to happy, healthy and connected living, and marries profound mystical approaches with nervous system regulation.
She has trained with Paul Muller-Ortega (Blue throat yoga), NARM (complex trauma), Cecily Milne (yoga detour), the Centre for Healing to name a few.
Ava is predominantly known for her thriving yoga studio, silent retreats in nature and the phenomenal teachers that emerge from her yoga and trauma-informed certifications. She lives in beautiful, rural Western Australia with her family and animals.
After enrolling you'll get access to...
Learn the difference between transcending and healing meditation and how to facilitate them
Significantly upgrade your own meditation, spiritual & healing pratices
Feel confident in a simple and easeful approach
Avoid key pitfalls in the spiritual industry
Remove disassociation from meditation techniques
 Reduce burnout and fatigue for a dysfunctional approach
Course Modules and Lessons
MODULE 1
Introduction to Ava's Approach
- A Functional Approach in SpiritualityÂ
- The 3 Types of Meditation
- The Attitudes of meditationÂ
- What is a trauma informed meditation instructor?
- History of Yoga and meditation
MODULE 2
Understanding Trauma & The New Paradigm of Healing
- The 3 Part Healing MethodÂ
- The Fundamental Imbalance
- The Biology of Suffering
- The Biology of SocietyÂ
MODULE 3
Foundations of A Trauma-Informed Meditation Practice
- Creating a regenerative state
- What are top down healing tools?
- Self-reflection in meditation
- The R.A.I.N. model
What are bottom up healing tools?
MODULEÂ 4
Structuring Your Offering
- Structuring your offeringÂ
- Setting up a business
- 6 Steps to a meditation session
- Structuring a meditation course
MODULEÂ 5
Guiding a Meditation Practice
- Guiding a meditation practice
- Posture, Breath and Warm ups
- The Heart Space
- Counting Techniques
- Gratitude
- The Inner smile technique
MODULEÂ 6
Awakening Meditation Techniques
- What is Non-duality
- Hridaya meditation
- Self enquiry of Ramana Maharshi
- Allowing everything to be as it is (AETBAII)
- How awakening contributes to healing
MODULEÂ 7
Trauma-Informed Principles as a Facilitator
- Trauma-informed principles as a facilitatorÂ
- Principles of being trauma-informed
- Cultivating safety vs. preventing harm
- Heart-based vs. Mind-based curiosity
- Embodied Consent
- Power dynamics
MODULEÂ 8
Review and Assessments
- Facilitating your practice sessions
We promise to provide you with simple yet powerful tools and frameworks to master meditation, heal trauma, and support both your own growth and your work with others.
But don't take it from us..
"Dear Ava, Listening to your journey and the paradigm of healing this morning. I was observing the overwhelming response from some of the communities, this made me realise how far I have traveled and emotionally grown with you. Thank you very much for creating such a wonderful, healing space and most of all for being you"
Yvonne
"I’d been searching far and wide for the right spiritual mentorship and heart-centred community. Ava’s teachings resonated with me perfectly from the first podcast and this expanded into a mentorship that has completely altered my life. Today, peace echoes through my whole being, and my life is unfolding in ways I never previously thought possible. Functional Spirituality is a tried and tested spiritual method that works."
Rose
"I just completed the 40 hour yin yoga/meditation course with Ava. She was such an inspiration, wealth of knowledge and supportive guide throughout this short course. I will definitely be exploring further courses for personal growth, education and to deepen my own practice. I loved every minute ❤️ thank you Ava xx"
