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1 Thing Vagus Nerve Experts Do that you Probably Don’t from 2023-12-03T17:48:38
Unlock the secret that experts like Stephen Porges, Deb Dana, and Stanley Rosenberg prioritize but you might not be! Dive into the intriguing world of polyvagal theory, the polyvagal ladder and the...
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The Secret Behind the Vagus Nerve Reset from 2023-12-02T16:50:44
To purchase my Book 🙏👉https://melissawest.com/book/ 💕Join Our Membership Community 💕http://bit.ly/ywmmembership In this short video, I will share with you the secrets behind the basic exercise...
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2 Easy Foot Acupressure Points Instant Headache Relief from 2023-11-30T16:42:47
In this video I will demonstrate 2 easy acupressure points on your feet to relieve headaches fast. Great surge: Also known as LIVER-3 or Tai Chong, this point sits in the valley between the big to...
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3 Breathing Exercises for Deep Sleep from 2023-11-29T16:59:07
Struggling with sleepless nights? 🌙✨ In this video I will share with you 3 breathing exercises to guide you into restful sleep. These three breathing techniques are designed to access your parasym...
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Self Massage Constipation Relief in 2 mins from 2023-11-28T15:48:15
Self Massage Constipation Relief in 2 mins💩Constipation Course 💩https://melissawest.com/constipationcourse💩Yoga for Constipation 💩http://bit.ly/youtubeconstipation Self Massage Constipation Re...
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Yin Yoga for Emotional Release|Worry from 2023-11-27T16:15:04
If your stomach and spleen meridian system is out of balance you might experience worry. One of the best poses to release worry in yin yoga is lunge pose. There are two ways to do it. One is more ...
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4 Vagus Nerve Massage for Stress&Anxiety from 2023-11-26T16:30:49
4 Vagus Nerve Massage for Stress&Anxiety Purchase my Book🙏👉https://melissawest.com/book/ 💕Join Our Membership Community 💕http://bit.ly/ywmmembership Vagus nerve massage, or vagal nerve stimula...
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Yoga Stretches for People Who Stand All Day|Relieve Pain&Fatigue from 2023-11-25T18:54:10
Yoga Stretches for People Who Stand All Day | Relieve Pain&Fatigue Stay Up to Date on My Forthcoming Book🙏👉https://melissawest.com/book/💕Join Our Membership Community 💕http://bit.ly/ywmmembersh...
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Don’t Make These 9 Mistakes in Earth Element Season from 2023-11-24T16:51:30
Nature is always writing codes that you can align with to experience harmony in your body and life. Through Traditional Chinese Medicine and Five Element theory you can activate the dormant nature ...
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Self-Massage for Headache-Relief from 2023-11-23T16:32:47
Unlock the soothing benefits of this head, neck and scalp self-massage for headaches and migraines. I know what it is like to suffer from frequent headaches and migraines. I also know how benefici...
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How&Why of my Barefoot Transition + Foot Exercises from 2023-11-22T16:12:13
How&Why of my Barefoot Transition + Foot Exercises👣Joomra Minimalist Shoes https://amzn.to/3KgI29r👣Join me as I share my beginner journey of transitioning safely and slowly to barefoot shoes and...
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Don’t Make These 5 Mistakes in Fire Element Season TCM from 2023-11-21T15:45:39
Nature is always writing codes that you can align with to experience harmony in your body and life. Through Traditional Chinese Medicine and Five Element theory you can activate the dormant nature ...
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Vagus Nerve Massage for Anxiety and Stress Relief from 2023-11-20T15:17:44
Gentle Massage with Diaphragmatic breathing can indirectly stimulate your vagus nerve and help to relieve anxiety. Your vagus nerve is part of your parasympathetic nervous system, also known as “re...
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Abdominal Massage&Yoga Pose for Constipation Relief from 2023-11-18T15:29:22
Abdominal Massage&Yoga Pose for Constipation Relief💩Constipation Relief Under 10 Days 💩https://melissawest.com/constipated/💩Constipation Course 💩https://melissawest.com/constipationcourse Cons...
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Yoga to Stimulate the Vagus Nerve for Better Digestion from 2023-11-16T16:10:06
If you suffer from digestive issues such as IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease), Crohn's, or ulcerative colitis, characterized by chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract, this video is for ...
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Daily Relaxing Self Massage Face Yoga from 2023-11-15T17:13:11
Join me for this short daily face yoga where we will beginby applying moisturizing skin cream in a way that is beneficial for your skin. The way you apply your skin care can support you in calming ...
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Self Massage&Tools for Neck&Shoulder Pain Relief from 2023-11-14T15:59:34
This follow-along video shows you how relieve neck and shoulder pain with self massage and other tools. When we experience an injury or an illness that continuously saturates our brain with pain o...
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Best Affordable Yoga Clothes|CRZ Yoga from 2023-11-13T16:28:53
Best Affordable Yoga Clothes | CRZ Yoga https://ca.crzyoga.com/discount/MELISSASWEST?ref=DbD5tMlB for 10% off MELISSASWEST for 10% offI’m so excited to share with you my review on these super affor...
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Golden Milk Turmeric Recipe for Sleep (Vegan Option) from 2023-11-12T18:50:34
Golden Milk Turmeric Recipe for Sleep 7 days of Yoga to Better Sleep https://melissawest.com/sleep/Do you struggle with sleep? Do you experience insomnia?Today we are going to make a simple Golden...
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Does This “Down There” Self Massage for Constipation Even Work? from 2023-11-06T17:12:21
In this video I am going to be reacting to a self massage technique called perineum self-massage for constipation. Your perineum is the area between your anus and genitals. Now I am a total prude, ...
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Cozy Autumn Books and Oracle Card Decks from 2023-11-03T14:31:02
Autumn is the perfect time to curl up with some cozy autumn reads and flip through some comforting oracle decks. Here are my top picks for autumn. Books Mentioned:Understanding Human Design: The N...
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Yoga Mudras for Menopause|Menorage, Insomnia&Hot Flashes from 2023-11-02T17:46:34
Meno Rage - Mushti Mudra Touch the tip of your thumb to the base of your ring finger. Close your fingers around your thumb to form a fist. Rest the hands against the lower belly. Hold for 5-45 min...
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5 Problems Everyone Has with Joy&How to Solve Them from 2023-11-01T22:47:20
In this video I will take you through 5 obstacles to happiness and then share with you the easiest way to overcome them. I have a quick happiness hack that is like a game that is super easy that wi...
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Constipation Morning Routine from 2022-07-05T20:04:34
Constipation Morning Routine Before you even get out of bed we can start your constipation morning routine with some simple and effective constipation yoga to pull and pressurize the ascending and...
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Breathing Exercise&Visualization for Sleep from 2022-06-06T15:59:41
Breathing Exercise&Visualization for Sleep 1. Rub the bottom of your foot from the heel to the ball of the foot 100Xs(this is the first point of the kidney channel and regulates your mind’s sleep...
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Breathing Exercise for Anxiety with Acupressure from 2022-05-29T14:38:42
Breathing Exercise for Anxiety In this video I will share 3 acupressure points for anxiety, stress and insomnia that are combined with gentle breathing. These acupressure points along with breathi...
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Vagus Nerve Exercises for Relaxation from 2022-05-04T15:51:37
Vagus Nerve Exercises for Relaxation 1. Vagus Nerve Breathing Exercise for RelaxationThe vagus nerve does pass through the diaphragm which supports breathing This diaphragmatic stimulation regula...
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Self Massage for Irritation, Frustration&Resentment from 2022-04-19T14:39:28
Self Massage for Irritation Spring can be a disturbing season with wild fluctuations of energy surging through nature. There is a strong momentum created by spring Qi. Spring bulbs thrust up throu...
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Vagus Nerve Massage for Insomnia from 2022-04-10T14:13:46
Vagus Nerve Massage for Insomnia Eye/Neck Magic for Safe Sleep Golden Bamboo to Release the Day Visceral Massage for Vagal Tone and Deep Sleep If the ventral branch of the vagus nerve is n...
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Vagus Nerve Massage for Stress&Anxiety Relief from 2022-03-27T16:00:50
Vagus Nerve Massage Vagus Nerve Massage for Stress&Anxiety Relief PEACEFUL CALM DOORWAY TO THE SOUL POOL OF WIND Peaceful Calm - Stress and Anxiety causes hearing loss, reduced hearing a...
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10 Things I Wish I Knew About Yoga 26 Years Ago from 2022-03-20T16:11:54
10 Things I Wish I Knew Purification and Rejuvenation Savasana is the most important pose followed by Tadasana Off the mat is as important as on the matSkeletal Structures limit your Poses,...
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Easy Movements to Calm Your Mind from 2022-03-13T15:33:47
self massage Stress and anxiety have an upward moving energy like butterflies that start in the stomach and move upward to the heart mind. These simple qigong, acupressure and self massage movemen...
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Disturbing $2390 Louis Vuitton Yoga Mat from 2022-02-13T17:19:08
Louis Vuitton Yoga Mat Would you buy a $2,390 yoga mat from Louis Vitton? How about A Gucci one, a bargain at only $500! Chanel’s luxury yoga mat offers a safe and comfortable workout for the pric...
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26 Yoga Poses I Don’t Do Anymore #25 Will Surprise You! from 2022-02-06T15:00:12
26 Yoga Poses I Don’t Do Anymore In this video I share with you 26 yoga poses I don’t do anymore. This video is honestly quite embarrassing. I couldn’t believe that there are over 20 poses that ha...
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Clear Emotional Blockages 3 Quick Qigong Techniques from 2022-01-18T14:00:48
Clear Emotional Blockages This is a quick emotional release using qigong techniques that are simple to do and easy to remember. You can repeat these movements any time you are feeling excess emoti...
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Top 5 Hidden Gem Yin Yoga Channels Autumn 2021 from 2021-11-20T13:00:58
Top 5 Hidden Gem Yin Yoga Channels In this video my friend Matt Depuis and I are going to share with you some of our favourite heart centered yoga teachers who are sharing their yoga on YouTube th...
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UPDATED Abdominal Self Massage for Constipation from 2021-10-13T18:10:04
Abdominal Self-Massage for Constipation Abdominal massage is one of the best ways to solve constipation. You can do it right before you go to bed and right after you wake up in the morning. Usuall...
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12 Year YouTube Anniversary Q&A Part 2|Tim Makes Questionable Comments from 2021-09-29T14:56:10
PART 2 What has been the most challenging part of your YouTube journey? Did you get discouraged at some point and how did you overcome it? (yogastanya) Greatest Gifts?What are the biggest lessons...
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How to Create Clarity, Focus&Intention in Your Yoga and Yoga Teaching from 2021-09-22T15:36:39
INTERVIEW Carolynne teaches empaths and sensitive souls how to create a collaborative relationship with their bodies through cozy, accessible yoga and self care practices in order to live a life ...
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12 Year YouTube Anniversary Q&A Part 1|Celebration! from 2021-09-21T17:47:15
12 Year YouTube Anniversary Q&A Part 1 | Celebration! Why did you start doing YouTube?Do you still remember the first class you taught? What was your favourite filming location ever? (Brenda Bohu...
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8 Rituals Beyond Incense to Deepen Your Yoga Practice from 2021-08-25T14:24:05
Rituals for Yoga In this video Sharlene Anders, creativity coach, and I will discuss yoga rituals to deepen your yoga practice. What are yoga rituals? When should I practice yoga rituals? How ca...
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Celebrating Our 25 Year Anniversary #husbandwifetag from 2021-08-24T14:34:20
#husbandwifetag Celebrate our twenty five year wedding anniversary with this sit down, casual Q&A with us from the beaches of beautiful British Columbia. When did we meet?What was your first opini...
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Post Pandemic 👭Friendships|😭Help! My In Real Life Friends Disappeared! from 2021-07-28T15:58:57
Post Pandemic Friendships This video is about manifesting friends in the world of post-pandemic friendship. If you are looking to recover your post-covid friendships or how to reconnect with your...
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📚Book Writing Update July 2021! 📚The Elemental Self: Five Element Yin Yoga from 2021-07-18T15:14:12
Book Writing Update July 2021 In this video I will take you through a day in the life of the writing of my forthcoming book The Elemental Self: Five Element Yin Yoga. A lot of you have been asking...
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Best Foodie&Glamping Experience from Victoria BC from 2021-07-14T14:16:47
Best Glamping Nature’s Chef Tipi is hosted by Nature’s Chef Tom Kral. Tom is a private chef who forages from the land and sea just outside of Sooke B.C. Upon arrival we were greeted with a wild, ...
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Top 5 Little Known Yoga Channels You Need to Follow Summer 2021 from 2021-06-30T15:10:17
Top 5 Little Known Yoga Channels You Need to Follow Summer 2021 In this video my friend Matt Depuis and I are going to share with you some of our favourite heart centered yoga teachers who are s...
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Balancing Fire Element|Five Element Theory from 2021-06-16T14:41:11
Balancing Fire Element Fire element is the most yang of all the five elements. It is outward and expansive. Fire element people get their energy from being with other people. Today we are going to...
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Renpho Back Massage Chair Pad Review 2021 OMG! So Good for the Price! from 2021-05-26T14:39:15
Back Massage Chair Pad Review This video is an unboxing and review of the RENPHO Back Massager with Heat, Shiatsu Rolling Chair Massage Pad for Full Back Shoulder Neck, Height Adjustable, Massage...
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Food Therapy, Food Energetics, Emotions&Five Element Theory from 2021-05-19T14:55:11
Food Therapy Kim Ashton and I met in a Yin Yoga Facebook group over a discussion about 5 element theory. Kim does something fascinating called: Qi Food Therapy. In this interview we will talk abou...
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How to be an Authentic Person|Live Confidently|2021 from 2021-05-13T14:23:46
How to be an Authentic Person Today on Yoga Lifestyle with Melissa I am going to be interviewing an incredible human being that I discovered on YouTube through my love of oracle and tarot cards. S...
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Minimal Cues Yoga vs Instruction–Which is Better? from 2021-05-05T15:57:44
minimal cues yoga class vs. yoga classes In this video I am going to be talking about which is better: minimal cues yoga class vs. yoga classes with instruction.These are my thoughts and experienc...
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How to Prevent Constipation with Yoga from 2021-04-28T17:06:11
Prevent Constipation with Yoga In this video I share with you a more holistic approach to preventing constipation with yoga, one that focuses on the physical, mental and emotional bodies. There ar...
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How to Set Healthy Boundaries for a Balanced Heart from 2021-04-21T18:19:32
Today’s video is about setting healthy boundaries for a balanced heart. A few weeks ago I released a social media post about tending to our “gates”Do you tend to your gates? Where in your life hav...
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How to Clear Your Mind with Yoga from 2021-04-14T17:31:35
How to Clear Your Mind with Yoga In this short video I am going to share with you how to clear your mind with yoga. I will show you which yoga poses work best to clear your mind. We will explore b...
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Clear Your Mind with this Simple and Quick Breathing Technique from 2021-04-07T15:10:07
Clear your mind We live in a world of noise, excess information, and overwhelm. We are often overloaded , with too much of a good thing and our bodies, minds, emotions, energy and spirits cannot p...
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Norman Blair Brightening Our Inner Skies|Yin Yoga Interview from 2021-03-27T16:45:08
In this interview I have the honour of interviewing Norman Blair, author of Brightening Our Inner Skies: Yin and Yoga. I know Norman Blair as a yin yoga teacher and author of one of my most beloved...
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Top 5 Little Known Yoga Channels You Need to Follow Spring 2021 Edition from 2021-03-25T15:17:02
Top 5 Little Known Yoga Channels In this video my friend, and fellow yin yoga teacher, Matt Depuis and I are going to share with you some of our favourite heart centered yoga teachers who are shar...
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How to Transition from 👶Beginner Yoga to Intermediate 🧘Yoga Classes|5 Tips from 2021-03-17T16:13:45
In this video I share 5 tips for transitioning from beginner to intermediate level classes: 1 Foundational Knowledge of Yoga Poses2 Knowledge of How to Modify Yoga Poses 3. Knowledge of Props and...
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5 ways to Awaken the 💃Divine Feminine💃with Yoga from 2021-03-04T19:12:23
Divine Feminine We all have masculine🕺and feminine 💃energy within us. In order to balance our masculine and feminine energy it is helpful to spend some time cultivating our divine feminine energ...
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Trying a Vibrating Massage Ball for Pec Release and Shoulder Pain from 2021-02-17T18:43:59
Trying a Vibrating 🥎Massage Ball 🥎for Pec Release and Shoulder Pain 10 Days of Yoga for Highly Sensitive People🙏👉https://melissawest.com/hsp/ 💕Join Our Membership Community 💕http://bit.ly/y...
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Top 5 Little Known Yoga Channels You Need to Follow Winter 2021 from 2021-02-10T17:40:08
Top 5 Little Known Yoga Channels You Need to Follow Winter 2021 In this video my friend Matt Depuis and I are going to share with you some of our favourite heart centered yoga teachers who are sh...
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Yoga Mudra for Constipation: Mahatrika Mudra from 2021-02-03T18:31:32
Yoga Mudra for Constipation: Mahatrika Mudra Today I am going to show you how to do the mahatrika mudra to relieve pelvic congestion and constipation. So if you have abdominal cramping, are strain...
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Myofascial Release Yoga for Your Knee Joints from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Knee Pain Yoga
If you have knee pain, rheumatoid arthritis in your knees, poor circulation, weak immune system, heart problems or high blood pressure, this rather simple myofascial yog...
Myofascial Release Yoga for Your Toes, Feet and Ankle Joints from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Yoga for Your Toes
If you have sore feet, ankles, rheumatoid arthritis, weak ankles and feet, poor circulation in your legs, weak immune system, heart problems or high blood pressure, ...
Myofascial Release Yoga for the Joints of Your Body from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Yoga for the Joints of Your Body
Myofascial Release Yoga for the Joints of Your Body: Toes Feet and Ankles, Knees, Hips, Spine, Hands and Wrists, Elbows, Shoulders and Neck
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Fascia and Yin Yoga | Yoga Lifestyle with Melissa from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Fascia and Yin Yoga
In this short video I will be offering an explanation of myofascia so t...
Why Release Fascia? | Calves and Malasana from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
fascia and yoga
In this short yoga video I will answer the question, why release fascia.
There is some debate in the field of myofascial release about the effectiveness of...
How to Release Fascia | Foot Release Plantar Fascia and Downdog | Yoga Lifestyle with Melissa from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Release Fascia
In this short video we will be exploring how to release fascia in a way that is effective for our yoga practice.
We will begin by answering the questions:
What is Fascia Release? Neck Release for Neck Pain Yoga Lifestyle with Melissa from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Fascia Release
In this short video I will talk about myofascial release, what it is ...
What is Shen in Traditional Chinese Medicine? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
What is Shen?
In this video I am going to explain what shen, one of the three treasures (jing, ch...
The Yin and Yang of a Daily Yoga Practice from 2021-01-27T18:18:58
The Yin and Yang of a Daily Yoga Practice In this video I am going to talk to you about balancing the yin and yang energies in our daily yoga practice. What is yin and what is yang and why would w...
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3 Ways to Let Go of Perfectionism in Your Daily Yoga Practice from 2021-01-20T18:54:41
3 Ways to Let Go of Perfectionism in Your Daily Yoga Practice 3 mindful and supportive ways that you can organically breathe into your life that will allow you to let go of perfectionism as easily...
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How to Start and Maintain a Daily Yoga Practice from 2021-01-14T17:44:27
How to Start and Maintain a Daily Yoga Practice 53% of my yoga students say their goal for their yoga in 2021 is to start or maintain a daily yoga practice.This is over becoming more flexible or ...
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Daily Yoga for Balance : Activate These 3 Things Daily to Improve Your Balance from 2021-01-07T18:32:53
Daily Yoga for Balance : Activate These 3 Things Daily to Improve Your Balance Today we are going to talk about three things you want to do daily to improve your balance with yoga. #1. Activate Y...
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Eye Yoga Doesn’t Work–The Way You Think it Does from 2020-12-16T18:45:22
Eye Yoga Doesn’t Work - The Way You Think it Does So many people want to know how to improve their eyesight with yoga. When it comes down to improving our vision at home naturally we want to know...
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I failed at Maintaining a Daily Yoga Practice: How I’m Recovering from 2020-12-09T17:49:21
I failed at Maintaining a Daily Yoga Practice: How I’m Recovering This video is about how to develop, commit and maintain a daily yoga practice in a way that is kind, compassionate and sustainabl...
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What to do on Vancouver Island: Tofino and Ucluelet from 2020-12-02T16:20:43
What to do on Vancouver Island: Tofino and Ucluelet I know we are all on lockdown right now and I don’t know about you, but for me, it is causing my mental health to suffer. For the next few weeks...
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Do This Before Yoga for Constipation Relief: Increase Effectiveness! from 2020-11-19T00:15:32
Constipation Relief If you do this one thing before your yoga poses for constipation your constipation will be relieved with much greater ease.You probably already know the yoga poses that will re...
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3 Things That Have Helped Me Most with Frozen Shoulder–Personal Experience Pain Phase from 2020-11-11T15:32:34
Frozen Shoulder During the pain phase of frozen shoulder there have been 3 things that have helped me most with the pain. I thought I would share them with you here today.1. Tens Machine Amazon.co...
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You Won’t Believe the Wildlife We Saw on Our First Day in Jasper National Park from 2020-10-29T14:55:18
You Won’t Believe the Wildlife We Saw on Our First Day in Jasper National Park Join us on our road trip from Victoria B.C. to go camping in Wapiti Campground at Jasper National Park.Our trip begin...
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Yoga and Poetry: Poetry as Meditative Practice from 2020-10-21T18:03:16
Yoga and Poetry: Poetry as Meditative Practice I received some wonderful questions on my YouTube channel the other day from Jessica. She asks: I’m curious how you read poetry. I borrowed a Mary Ol...
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How to Plan a Daily Yoga Practice from 2020-10-07T21:22:50
How to Plan a Daily Yoga Practice Today we are going to talk about how to plan a daily yoga practice.Barb’s question: I would like to start doing a daily yoga practice. I would like to do Hatha so...
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Horne Lake Caves Provincial Park|Vancouver Island|Vlog from 2020-09-25T01:28:12
Horne Lake Caves In today’s vlog we are going on an adventure: a guided tour of Horne Lake Caves, just north of Parksville on on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. It is approximately a two and...
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Discovering Nelson BC and the Kootenays Summer 2020 from 2020-09-07T15:29:11
Discovering Nelson BC and the Kootenays Summer 2020 In this vlog, using Nelson B.C. as our base we take a little roadtrip around the Kootenays.If you love West Coast scenery then you are going to ...
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Qigong and Mudra Flow for Eczema + Skin Eczema Cream from 2020-09-02T14:44:25
Qigong and Mudra Flow for Eczema + Skin Eczema Cream Scentuals Unscented Hand CreamIn this video I will share with you one of my favourite creams to strengthen the boundary of your skin to repair ...
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Victoria to Nelson British Columbia|Our 12 hour Summer 2020 Road Trip from 2020-08-31T20:00:24
Road Trip In this vlog we take you along for the 12-13 hour drive from Victoria B.C. to Nelson B.C.This includes our ferry crossing from Swartz Bay terminal in Victoria B.C. from the Tsawwassen t...
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Come to Dance Class with Me! How Awkward? from 2020-08-27T18:02:59
Come to Dance Class with Me! How Awkward? In this vlog I am going to take you behind the scenes of Marvin’s Afro Dance class at Studio 4 Athletics in Victoria B.C.This is the gym that Tim and I li...
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2 Ways to Relieve Constipation and Back Pain with Yoga Stretches from 2020-08-26T15:31:51
2 Ways to Relieve Constipation and Back Pain with Yoga Stretches If you suffer from constipation and back pain, I am going to show you two yoga stretches in this short video to relieve your consti...
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How to Sit Cross Legged Without Knee Pain–The Secret! from 2020-08-19T17:45:31
How to Sit Cross Legged Without Knee Pain - The Secret!If you have tight hips and you experience knee pain when trying to sit cross legged for yoga or meditation then let me let you in on a well kn...
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Are You Still Making this Constipation Mistake? Even if you are doing Yoga? from 2020-08-05T18:23:34
Are You Still Making this Constipation Mistake? Even if you are doing Yoga?I have been offering viewers of this channel constipation yoga exercises on this channel since 2013. The YouTube videos th...
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Do Yogis Need Massage Guns? Bonus: How to Use Massage Gun for Sciatica from 2020-07-15T15:07:36
Do Yogis Need Massage Guns? Fitindex Massage Gun Review Bonus: How to Use Massage Gun for Sciatica If you are wondering what massage gun to buy or which massage gun is the best, I have a great ma...
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5 Ways to Increase the Effectiveness of Your Yoga Mudras from 2020-07-09T16:38:55
Mudras In this video I am going to share with you 5 techniques for increasing the effectiveness of any mudra. Mudras are basically yoga postures for your hands that facilitate the flow of energy i...
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Teacup Twirls for Shoulder Mobilization from 2020-07-01T15:53:09
Teacup Twirls In this short video I am going to show you a qigong inspired movement to open up your shoulders and increase their mobility using a yoga block. This movement is part of a longer clas...
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How to Speak Your Truth&Have a more Resonant voice: Vagus Nerve Stimulation Exercise from 2020-06-24T14:47:10
Vagus Nerve In this video I am going to show you how to use a massage ball similar to Jill Miller’s courageous ball to stimulate your vagus nerve so that it is easier for you to speak your truth w...
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How to Release Anger, Frustration, Irritation and Resentment from 2020-06-17T15:23:15
How to Release Anger In this short video I am going to share with you a simple qigong healing sound technique to allow you to simply and easily release anger, frustration, irritation and resentmen...
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Quick and Easy Way to Clear Your Mind: Vagus Nerve Stimulation from 2020-06-10T16:11:09
Clear Your Mind Inthis video I am going to show you a simple technique that I often use at the beginning of my yoga practice that relaxes my neck and shoulder muscles but has a welcome side effect...
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How to Learn Beginner Yoga|4 Tips from 2020-06-03T14:40:48
How to Learn Beginner Yoga 1. FIND A TEACHER THAT RESONATE WITHI cannot emphasize this enough. I love the quote, “You may be the ripest, juiciest peach and the world and some people still do not l...
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Can a Beginner do Yoga Everyday? from 2020-05-27T12:59:40
Yoga Everyday? Can I practice yoga everyday if I am a beginner? In this video I am going to offer five tips and some important guidelines about the frequency of yoga practice if you are a beginner...
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Small i intention in times of uncertainty from 2020-05-20T14:11:20
times of uncertainty So what is new moon yoga? This is a good question! How do the moon phases relate to our yoga practice? When we align our yoga practice with the phases of the moon we can bring...
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Yoga with the Booty Band from 2020-05-18T14:39:30
Booty Band A few months ago, I released a series of classes for our members with some booty bands but it ended up being a real hassle because the bands were slipping all over our yoga pants. Today...
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Dark Moon Restorative Yoga Pose|From Uncertainty to Inner Wisdom from 2020-05-13T15:39:04
Dark Moon Right now we are in a great time of uncertainty with the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus. This uncertainty has left me feeling destabilized to say the least and many of you too. In thi...
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Ladysmith British Columbia on a Rainy Winter Day|Wild Poppy Bistro from 2020-05-06T19:08:30
Ladysmith British Columbia The plan was to go to Ladysmith to go for a hike, but it was raining buckets, so we decided to enjoy a day out and get some cinnamon buns and go for lunch in Ladysmith. ...
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How I found my Sourdough Starter from 2020-04-29T16:17:47
Sourdough Starter Join us on this super cool adventure as we head out to one of my favourite places on Vancouver Island, Metchosin, to pick up my sourdough starter. You will get to meet lots of fr...
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Behind the Scenes in the Making of the Beginner Yoga Challenge from 2020-04-22T21:13:09
Behind the Scenes This is a short vlog to show you behind the scenes in the making of the 30 day beginner yoga challenge. We both loved making the challenge because it gave us a positive focus dur...
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30 min Warrior Spirit Rise|Hatha Flow Yoga|Yoga with Melissa 526 from 2020-04-10T16:17:54
Hatha Flow Yoga Let your warrior spirit rise with this 30 minute hatha flow yoga class. The hatha yoga poses in this class will flow from your heart center to activate and kindness, generosity, co...
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Self Sacrifice is Not Sustainable from 2020-04-08T16:01:17
Self Sacrifice is Not Sustainable Currently we are experiencing a world pandemic with the coronavirus in our world. What I have noticed in connecting with my students is an outpouring of love and ...
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What does Full Moon Yoga Mean? from 2020-04-01T16:41:58
full moon hatha yoga flow Maybe you have heard of full moon yoga or full moon yoga rituals, but you aren’t too sure what the full moon has to do with yoga or what the benefits of full moon yoga ev...
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Spiritual Awakening through Food and Books in California|Travel Vlog from 2020-03-04T21:07:40
Berkeley Sonoma In our fourth and final vlog of the San Francisco California series we visit the University town of Berkeley. We started our visit with some super yummy food at a tiny little resta...
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Exploring and Filming in San Francisco|Travel Vlog 3 from 2020-02-20T15:42:34
San Francisco Welcome to our third travel vlog exploring San Francisco. In this vlog we share a beautiful location in Coyote Hills where we filmed a slow flow hatha yoga for Yoga with Melissa and ...
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How to do Dolphin Pose|Step by Step Progressions from 2020-02-12T16:32:31
How to do Dolphin Pose In this short video I am going to share with you a shoulder stability exercise using the mini bands that is a fantastic way to prepare for dolphin pose. This rotator cuff ex...
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It Didn’t Work Out from 2020-02-05T18:30:29
San Francisco Filming Travelling to new places to film always sounds so exciting. Especially expansive beach locations with the ocean in the background. What could be better? This past January, we...
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How to do Reverse Plank/Purvottanasana–Step by Step from 2020-01-29T18:35:27
How to do Reverse Plank In this short video I am going to share a chest opening yoga pose using a mini band that is an excellent purvottanasana or reverse plank/upward plank prep pose. This chest ...
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Qigong Yoga Fusion Flow for Water Element Kidney and Bladder Meridian from 2020-01-22T17:33:03
Qigong Yoga Fusion Flow In this short qigong yoga fusion video I am going to demonstrate a short qigong inspired movement that I have shown you before to release neck tension but this time for a d...
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Filming Yoga Nidra Meditation for Self Love in Monterey Bay California from 2020-01-15T19:43:57
Monterey Bay California We started off 2020 with a trip to Northern California to do some filming for my main channel, Yoga with Melissa and our membership community. We stayed with one of my dear...
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$450 Van Conversion|Toyota Sienna Camper Conversion from 2019-12-19T00:46:40
$450 Van Conversion For those of you following our channel for awhile you will know how much we love camping. One of the things that was a challenge this past summer was puddles in our tents. We h...
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Gowland Tod Provincial Park: Caleb Pike from 2019-12-19T00:40:40
Victoria Hike This week we were looking for an easy hike close to Victoria BC. We decided to head out to Gowlland Tod Provincial Park. Our energy has been kind of low (because winter), so we were ...
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Intermediate Qigong Yoga Flow for Digestion from 2019-12-04T17:43:57
Qigong Yoga Flow This intermediate qigong flow focuses on the earth element and spleen and stomach organ systems. Just like the stomach and spleen are central to our digestion and lie in the middl...
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Sombrio Beach Vancouver Island Day Trip from Victoria BC from 2019-11-28T15:58:41
Sombrio Beach In this vlog, Tim and I set out planning on going to Mystic Beach but changed our minds and decided to head to Sombrio Beach because we had not vlogged Sombrio beach for you before. ...
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Behind the Scenes in the Making of the Yoga for Perfectionism Series from 2019-11-21T23:27:35
How to film yoga classes for YouTube This past week we spent three days filming the first 6 of 14 classes of a Yoga for Perfectionism series for the Yoga with Melissa channel. This is something th...
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Intermediate Hatha Yoga Flow for Digestion from 2019-11-13T17:31:44
Digestion This intermediate hatha yoga flow for digestion was designed to break the cycles of bloating, gas, constipation and diarrhea that are common with irritable bowel syndrome. The gentle flo...
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How Yoga Hand Mudras Work from 2019-11-06T13:23:10
Hand Mudras One of the things I hear from my students almost everyday is frustration over not being able to continue with their physical yoga poses for various reasons. Maybe they are confined to ...
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Beginner Hatha Yoga for Digestion from 2019-10-30T15:43:40
Yoga for Digestion This is a short beginner hatha yoga class for digestion. My beginner yoga classes focus on simple, easy to follow hatha yoga poses, with step by step instructions and lots of mo...
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Intermediate to Advanced Myofascial Digestive Release with 9” Inflatable Ball from 2019-10-16T19:11:43
Myofascial Digestive Release In this short advanced myofascial release practice for your digestive system, we will use a 9” inflatable ball to take a journey through your digestive system.The jour...
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Yoga in a Yurt, Vancouver Island B.C. from 2019-10-09T16:02:42
Yoga in a Yurt In this short video we show you behind the scenes of filming Yoga with Melissa in a Yurt. If you have ever wondered what it would be like living in a yurt in a temperate rain forest...
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Beginner Self Massage for Digestion from 2019-09-18T19:09:54
Self Massage for Digestion This short beginner myofascial release for your digestive system is essentially a self-massage for your digestive system that you can do anytime. Just five minutes in th...
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Beginner Diaphragmatic Breathing for Digestion from 2019-09-12T21:46:33
Breathing for Digestion This short beginner diaphragmatic breathing class for digestion will activate your parasympathetic nervous system known as your rest and digest. It will help you avoid cons...
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5 Reasons Why Back to School is the Best Time for Yin Yoga from 2019-08-26T20:05:13
Best Time for Yin Yoga Every year it happens. I swear it won't and yet somehow it does. Back to school rolls around and what starts as enthusiastic passion reveals itself as overburdening myself w...
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Top Ten Places to Ride an Electric Bike in Victoria B.C. from 2019-08-05T15:59:21
Electric Bike in Victoria Ride the Glideride electrified,Victoria is one of the most bike friendly cities in the Canada with hundreds of kilometers of bike paths and more being added everyday! Tha...
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Breathing Exercises, Digestion, and How to Grow Taller with Yoga from 2019-08-01T19:12:31
breathing exercises This past month I listened to a Ted Talk by Max Strom called Breathe to Heal. This Ted Talk had quite an impact on me and in a moment, I will tell you why.Max Strom is just as ...
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Yoga to Grow Taller at the Wall with Laura G from 2019-07-29T16:13:22
Grow Taller The wall is a versatile prop, especially for working on posture. We spend so much time during the day looking down and reaching forward that we tend to develop rounded posture. This ca...
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How to Sit Cross Legged without Legs Falling Asleep from 2019-07-24T17:31:15
How to Sit Cross Legged This short video explains how to sit cross legged without your legs or feet falling asleep. It answers the question, why you get pins and needles in your legs and feet when...
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Why Breathing Calms You Down from 2019-07-22T16:37:57
Breathing In this video I am going to explain how we can sometimes unintentionally use our sympathetic nervous system (our fight or flight) to turn on our parasympathetic nervous system (our rest ...
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Top 10 FAQ Yoga Exercises to Improve Eyesight from 2019-07-17T19:19:42
Improve Eyesight In January of 2018 I released a video on How to Improve Your Eyesight with Yoga that has recently become incredibly popular on this channel. In this video I am going to answer you...
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6 Things That Happen When You Breathe Through Your Nose from 2019-07-08T17:49:58
Breathe Through Your Nose Breathwork is the hottest thing right now, from Wim Hoff to Buteyko the trend continues to be on the rise.Nose breathing, both inhaling and exhaling through your nose is ...
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Breathwork, Avoid Constipation, Improve Eyesight, Grow Taller and Sit Cross Legged with Yoga from 2019-07-03T19:08:48
July Yoga The Yoga Lifestyle with Melissa YouTube channel was created as a secondary channel to answer the questions that were coming up in response to my yoga videos on my main channel, Yoga with...
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Why I don´t practice Positive Affirmations from 2019-06-24T16:42:01
No Positive Affirmations? Positive Affirmations are incredibly popular. Millions of people practice positive affirmations in the morning, to help them sleep, for success, for abundance, for self l...
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What are the Five Bhavas? from 2019-06-20T16:21:22
Five Bhavas? Bhakti yoga is a yoga of the Hindu tradition that offers a total surrender and faith to God and develops our capacity to love. It is said when realization is reached on this path of d...
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What is Bhakti Yoga? from 2019-06-19T19:58:53
Bhakti Yoga Bhakti Yoga is said to be the fast track to enlightenment. In this video I will explain what bhakti yoga is and how my practice of it has evolved over time.Bhakti yoga is a yoga of the...
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Lojong: I tried Mind Training to Awaken My Heart for 30 days and Here’s what happened from 2019-06-18T15:57:48
Lojong for 30 Days There are lots of videos on YouTube out there under the umbrella of, “I tried ____ for 30 days and this is what happened”I tried meditation for 30 days and this is what happened...
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The Problem with the Pema Chodron Quote: “Nothing ever goes away….” from 2019-06-12T16:23:09
Pema Chodron Quote How about that quote from Pema Chodron, “Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know?”Today I want to spend some time unpacking a quote that I often hear in ...
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Best Mudra Books Plus the Closing Mudra Sequence and Chant for Yoga with Melissa from 2019-06-05T16:03:04
Best Mudra Books
In this video I will share with you my favourite books for mudras as well how to do the Nirvana Mudra series that is at the end of every Yoga with Melissa epis...
Top Yin Yoga Classes on YouTube in May 2019 from 2019-06-04T17:21:02
Top Yin Yoga Classes
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Upcoming Yoga with Melissa Classes in June 2019 from 2019-05-30T19:57:03
Yoga in June
Hi I’m Melissa from Yoga with Melissa, I t...
Upcoming Yoga Lifestyle with Melissa for June 2019 from 2019-05-29T18:09:13
June 2019
Hi I’m Melissa from Yoga with Melissa, I teach real yoga...
Most Important Yoga and Meditation Prop for Highly Sensitive People from 2019-05-27T15:41:17
Highly Sensitive People
In this video I am going to share with you a simple yoga or...
Self Myofascial Release for your Shoulders and Lower Back from 2019-05-22T15:33:36
Self Myofascial Release
In this video, I am going to share with you the secre...
Yoga YouTuber Tag | Celebrating 20K Subscribers from 2019-05-20T16:54:16
Yoga YouTuber Tag
To celebrate 20K subscribers on this channel, I thought ...
Psoas Release Using Myofascial Release Tools | Yoga Lifestyle with Melissa from 2019-05-15T19:23:38
Psoas Release
The ongoing demands of our fast paced lives ...
Self Myofascial Release for the Triple Warmer Meridian Using the Slo Mo Ball from 2019-05-07T15:13:19
Triple Warmer Meridian
Have you ever heard anybody talk about how self myofascial...
Self Myofascial Release and Emotional Release | Yoga Lifestyle with Melissa from 2019-05-01T16:06:02
Self Myofascial Release
In this short video I will explain where emotional releases come from with myofascial release in yoga or with myofascial release techniques. If you have...
Foam Roller Review: Why I choose a soft foam roller? from 2019-04-30T16:22:08
Foam Roller Review
In this video I will explain how soft foam rollers work and which foam rollers are most effective for yogis. This video is not a review of foam rollers for a...
Self Myofascial Release Definition | Yoga Lifestyle with Melissa from 2019-04-24T17:45:30
Self Myofascial Release
In this short video I will define self myofascial release and how it works. I will explain some of the tools of self myofascial release but also how you...
Day trip from Victoria BC on Vancouver Island: Pacific Marine Circle Route and Avatar Grove from 2019-04-22T16:25:36
Pacific Marine Circle Route
This Easter weekend we decided to take a day trip from Victoria BC around the Pacific Marine Circle Route from Victoria BC. This time we decided to ...
Daily Hatha Yoga for Strength from 2019-04-17T18:07:48
Yoga for Strength
Did you know: According to Harvard Medical school, after the age ...
Daily Hatha Yoga for Grounding from 2019-04-10T18:15:26
Yoga for Grounding
If you experience stress, anxiety, and overwhelm then yoga that focuses on grounding could be key for you. However being ungrounded can cause to much more th...
Daily Yoga for Digestion from 2019-04-04T15:23:40
Yoga for Digestion
This daily yoga class for digestion is intended for a an overtaxed or slow digestive system that tends towards constipation. If you are experiencing the cons...
Tips for Yogis and Meditators on How to Write Poetry from 2019-04-01T19:43:54
How to Write Poetry
If you practice yoga or meditation and find the inspiration is rising like the kundalini within you, then you are going to want to listen in to my special e...
Daily Yoga for Breast Tissue Health from 2019-03-27T20:21:02
Breast Tissue Health
1/8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. More than 60% of women experience thickening of breast tissue and lumps that come and go...
Daily Hatha Yoga from 2019-03-20T18:48:38
Daily Hatha Yoga
If you experience back pain, headaches, neck and shoulder pai...
How to Choose Poetry for Your Yoga Class | Special Guest Dimitri Reyes Poet from 2019-03-18T18:12:06
Dimitri Reyes
If you are a yoga teacher looking for tips on ho...
Myofascial Release Yoga for Your Neck from 2019-03-11T16:56:04
Yoga for Your Neck
If you have a stiff and painful neck, experien...
Myofascial Release Yoga for Your Shoulders from 2019-03-07T19:48:37
Yoga for Your Shoulders
If you have stiff and painful shoulders, neck pa...
Myofascial Release Yoga for Your Elbows from 2019-03-06T17:41:58
Yoga for Your Elbows
If you have pain in your elbows, shoulders hands and wri...
Myofascial Release Yoga for Your Hands and Wrist Joints from 2019-03-04T17:49:48
Hands and Wrist Joints
If you have pain in your hands and wrist joints, carp...
Myofascial Release Yoga for Your Spine from 2019-02-27T18:16:05
Yoga for Your Spine
If you have spine pain, back pain, sciatica, digestive issues, stress, anxiety, depression, poor circulation, weak immune system, heart problems or high blo...
Myofascial Release Yoga for Your Hips from 2019-02-25T17:52:45
Myofascial Release Hips
If you have hip pain, rheumatoid arthritis in your hips, poor circulation, weak immune system, heart problems or high blood pressure, this rather simple...