Yoga with Melissa

Apr 05 2024 217
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Every Friday morning Dr. Melissa West releases a one hour free yoga class for you to enjoy. She is a yoga instructor who helps people to surrender to peace in their lives by connecting to the vital energy within their body through breath, cultivating optimal functional movement by harnessing the power of gravity and increase overall mobility by creating more suppleness in the spine.

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Yin Yang Yoga for Liver and Gallbladder | YWM 688

Apr 05 2024 45 mins  
In this Yin Yang Yoga for your liver and gallbladder we balance the dynamic bursts of yang wood element energy with soothing yin. In this session, we blend the gentle, introspective practice of yin yoga with the fluid movements of hatha flow qigong, all centered around the theme of connecting with your vision/intention/aspiration in a balanced way. In spring, your liver and gall

Fall Back Asleep Yoga Nidra 🌙🌃| YWM 687

Mar 22 2024 18 mins  
Middle-of-the-Night Sleep Support Waking up in the middle of the night is completely normal, but it is also completely normal for your mind to be racing and worrying and then it can be really hard to fall back asleep. This yoga nidra guided meditation is meant to be a gentle guide to ease you back to sleep when you wake up in the middle of the night. Through gentle breathing a

🌸Wallflower Yin🌸Deepen Your Practice with the Wall | YWM 686

Mar 15 2024 51 mins  
In this gentle and nurturing class, we'll explore the profound benefits of Yin Yoga while using the support of the wall to deepen our practice. This class combines the best of upper body, chest opening and shoulder releasing yin yoga along with hip opening yin yoga with the wall. We will begin by releasing your chest and shoulders with your heart meridian and the lung meridian

Soothing Vagus Nerve Restorative Yoga | YWM 685

Mar 11 2024 60 mins  
Dive into the healing practice of vagus nerve restorative yoga Find peace amidst the chaos of overstimulation by embracing slow, still movements that ground you in your body. In a world constantly pushing for hustle and achievement, restorative yoga offers a sanctuary to activate your parasympathetic nervous system and embrace rest and digest mode. Moving slowly is an intenti

12 Poses You Should Do Every Day | Yoga with Melissa 684

Mar 01 2024 33 mins  
You guys LOVED the first 45 minute Daily Hatha Yoga Routine 12 Poses You Should Do Daily | Yoga with Melissa 479 It has over 46K views, so I made a second one 12 Poses You Should Do Every Day in 30 minutes - Wrist Free YWM 639 and it has over 7K views. I hear from so many of you that you put these 2 classes into your regular rotation. So, I decided to create yet another versio

30 min Yoga Nidra for 😴Deep Rest 💤🛌| YWM 683

Feb 23 2024 26 mins  
You Deserve Rest! This 30 minute yoga nidra sleep meditation is for deep rest. Yoga nidra powerfully heals and restores your body on a physical level giving you an opportunity for deep rest in a reclined meditation. This yoga nidra is designed to give all parts of your body deep rest. All the organs and systems of your body from your ventral vagus nervous system, your heart, yo

Dopamine Detox Yoga Nidra 🧘‍♂️🚫📱🧘‍♀️ | YWM 682

Feb 02 2024 24 mins  
Yoga nidra is a guided meditation where you lie down and are led through a calming experience that is a mix of a nap and reclined meditation. It is a way for your body and mind to take a break that feels super relaxing. During yoga nidra you focus on your breath and sensations in your body. This helps your brain take a break from constant external stimuli and find joy in simple

Calming Vagus Nerve Restorative Yoga | YWM 681

Jan 19 2024 51 mins  
This calming vagus nerve restorative yoga will support your parasympathetic nervous system, in particular healthy ventral vagus and dorsal vagus activation of your nervous system so that you leave feeling “zenned out, ” meditative and contemplative. Calming Vagus Nerve Restorative Yoga Sequence Vagus Nerve Reset Restorative Twist Eye Yoga Restorative Down Dog Diaphragmatic

Surrendered Heart Hatha Flow | Yoga with Melissa 680

Jan 12 2024 27 mins  
Surrendered Heart Hatha Flow is an all-levels hatha yoga class, suitable for beginners, dedicated to cultivating love, healing, and opening your heart through the practice of bhakti yoga. In this session, we'll embark on a soulful exploration, focusing on yoga for heart opening, heart healing, with mobility for your shoulders and hips. The fusion of asanas such as Supported Fish

Gentle Yin: A Beginner’s Guide to Full Body Stretching | YWM 679

Jan 05 2024 44 mins  
This yin yoga class is a beginner’s guide to fully body stretching. But actually in yin yoga, stretching is not the goal. We're not trying to stretch our tissues; we're trying to give them a gentle stress. This stress helps our body make important changes at a small level, keeping our joints and tissues healthy. Most types of yoga focus on our muscles. But in Yin Yoga we go de