Living Your Yoga With Dr Melissa West podcast

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All About Change

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Gene Baur: Confronting the Morality of Factory Farming 28:16

منذ 13 يومًا28:16

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Gene Baur is the founder of Farm Sanctuary, a place of rescue, refuge, and adoption for hundreds of farm animals each year. Farm Sanctuary shelters enable visitors to connect with farm animals as emotional, intelligent individuals. Gene has also led campaigns to change laws about animal treatment and taken undercover photographs of farms, stockyards, and slaughterhouses, documenting deplorable conditions. His pictures and videos exposing factory farming cruelties have aired nationally and internationally, educating millions about the plight of modern farm animals, and his rescue work inspired an international farm sanctuary movement. Once called “the conscience of the food movement” by Time magazine, Gene walks the walk and talks the talk when it comes to food and animal rights. Jay and Gene discuss the political and cultural steps that will bring about the end of factory farming and a healthier approach to animals and food. Today's episode was produced by Tani Levitt and Mijon Zulu. To check out more episodes or to learn more about the show, you can visit our website Allaboutchangepodcast.com. If you like our show, spread the word, tell a friend or family member, or leave us a review on your favorite podcasting app. We really appreciate it. All About Change is produced by the Ruderman Family Foundation. Episode Chapters 0:00 Intro 1:05 The state of veganism 6:18 Cultural shifts around factory farming and veganism 14:58 Gene’s three paths of activism 17:44 Gene’s legislative successes 22:25 Accepting people where they are in their journeys 25:36 Thank you and goodbye For video episodes, watch on www.youtube.com/@therudermanfamilyfoundation Stay in touch: X: @JayRuderman | @RudermanFdn LinkedIn: Jay Ruderman | Ruderman Family Foundation Instagram: All About Change Podcast | Ruderman Family Foundation To learn more about the podcast, visit https://allaboutchangepodcast.com/ Looking for more insights into the world of activism? Be sure to check out Jay’s brand new book, Find Your Fight , in which Jay teaches the next generation of activists and advocates how to step up and bring about lasting change. You can find Find Your Fight wherever you buy your books, and you can learn more about it at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.jayruderman.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ .…

Living your Yoga with Dr Melissa West

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Audio Podcast from Dr Melissa West – Real Yoga for Real People – Includes my weekly Yoga show and short podcasts discussing all things yoga.

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Living your Yoga with Dr Melissa West

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Audio Podcast from Dr Melissa West – Real Yoga for Real People – Includes my weekly Yoga show and short podcasts discussing all things yoga.

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Living your Yoga with Dr Melissa West

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Full Body Morning Yoga to Feel Your BEST | YWM 739 45:12

منذ 1 day45:12

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Wake up your whole body and feel your best with this energizing morning yoga practice. In this class, you’ll move through a dynamic flow designed to open your hips, lengthen tight hamstrings, strengthen your core, and challenge your balance. You’ll also work on releasing tension from your upper back and shoulders, helping you start the day with more ease, freedom, and vitality. This well-rounded sequence combines strength, mobility, and mindful movement so you can feel both grounded and uplifted when you step off the mat. This class is perfect for mornings when you want to boost circulation, improve posture, and bring your mind into sharp, present focus. Whether you’re easing into your day or preparing for a busy schedule ahead, the intentional combination of hip openers, balancing poses, and targeted strength work will leave you feeling centered, mobile, and strong. Grab a block, roll out your mat, and let’s practice together. Poem: The Once Invisible Garden by Laura Foley Props: Yoga Block and strap…

Living your Yoga with Dr Melissa West

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Calming Vagus Nerve Yoga | Hatha into Yin Practice YWM 738 44:20

منذ 9 أيام44:20

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Calming Vagus Nerve Yoga | Hatha into Yin Practice YWM 738 Membership ➡️ https://www.melissawest.com/membership The intention behind this class is to start standing to down regulate your nervous system from a state of activation into a state of regulation so that you can be more comfortable being still. If you come to your yoga mat, especially a class where there is a lot of stillness like yin yoga or restorative yoga and you find a lot of restlessness, it is incredibly important to move that trapped or repressed energy through first before you become still. Then it will be more comfortable when you are still. This combination of hatha followed by yin gives the space to downregulate your nervous system, to release the excess energy that wants to fight or run away to prepare you to become still. So we will start standing with standing postures that release excess energetic tension from the body and gradually make our way to some seated yin yoga poses to be more comfortable in stillness. This is a great practice to release the day, at the end of the day to prepare for bed so you can make that gradual transition from alert and maybe even buzzy to prepare your body to relax, rest and restore through sleep. Props Needed: Yoga Strap, blanket Poem: The Crystal Gazer by Sarah Teasdale We have 22 vagus nerve classes in our membership designed to navigate regulating your nervous system with yoga. Here’s a link for members: https://www.members.melissawest.com/courses/ventral-vagus-activation/ Here’s a link to become a member: ➡️ https://www.melissawest.com/membership…

Living your Yoga with Dr Melissa West

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Restorative Yoga When Sick 🤧| Yoga with Melissa 737 55:02

منذ 16 يومًا55:02

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Restorative Yoga When Sick 🤧| Yoga with Melissa 737 This restorative yoga class is designed for when you're under the weather, whether it’s a cold like I have or your immune system is struggling. Every pose is supported to help ease congestion and exhaustion, with your head elevated to reduce sinus pressure and gentle postures that encourage lymphatic drainage in the armpits and groin. Throughout the practice, you'll be guided by the poetry of Jeff Foster, his words offer a kind of presence that meets your illness with softness rather than resistance. This class will give you the permission to rest rather than feel any need to push through. Yoga for Immunity Videos on YouTube Best Video to Prevent Illness Before You Get Sick – Immunity Boost This class is designed to support your immune system by activating your thymus, spleen, and lymphatic pathways while strengthening your energetic boundaries. You’ll finish the class feeling more resilient and grounded. 🔗 Members: Click Here Best Yoga Videos Once You Are Sick Yoga for Recuperation Series: Restorative Yoga for Illness Acceptance – 36 mins Yoga Nidra for Healing – 32 mins (member favourite) Yoga for your Spleen – 25 mins Yoga for your Thymus and Tonsils – 23 mins 🔗 Members: Click Here I also love our lymphatic massage videos for prevention and recovery: 🔗 Members: Click Here 🧘‍♀️ Become a Member: https://www.melissawest.com/membership/membership-sign-up/…

Living your Yoga with Dr Melissa West

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This MORNING YOGA is SO GOOD ✨ bright, easy + lingers all day | YWM 736 46:21

منذ 5 weeks46:21

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This MORNING YOGA is SO GOOD ✨ bright, easy + lingers all day | YWM 736 Join our Membership: https://melissawest.com/membership Wake up this morning with a bright, easy, hatha yoga class that will linger all day! This class will open your hips and hamstrings, and release your spine and shoulders. The class builds to variations on triangle pose. There are also some great core strengthening exercises, invigorating breath practices to energize you for the day and a fun forward fold sequence to round out the class. If you are looking for a 45 minute hatha yoga class for your morning routine, I’ve got you covered. Want more like this? Our membership library with over 1,000 ad-free videos, has an entire Morning Yoga section and monthly calendars to support your daily practice. Join us here: https://melissawest.com/membership Poem: Savasana In Less Than Fifteen Minutes Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer Props Needed: Yoga Strap, Block…

Living your Yoga with Dr Melissa West

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This BEGINNER YOGA is ACTUALLY DOABLE! ✨simple, gentle + easy to follow | YWM 735 38:33

منذ 6 weeks38:33

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This beginner hatha yoga class is actually doable. Designed in my real yoga for real people supportive style, this class invites you to slow down. Don’t worry, this class has only simple movements and an unhurried pace. You’ll find a spaciousness in each posture. You don’t need any previous experience or any props. Expect a kind and confidence-building approach that doesn’t rush or overwhelm. You’ll move through foundational poses that relieve stress and tension, restore your energy, and leave you feeling more at ease in your body. This class is both relaxing and low-effort and is suitable for beginners, but I think my more seasoned students will appreciate its simplicity as well! Oh! And for those of you who are looking for a morning yoga class, this is a great class to start your day. Poem: U PICK by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer…

Living your Yoga with Dr Melissa West

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10 minute Yoga Nidra Full Body Scan | Yoga with Melissa 734 13:07

منذ 8 weeks13:07

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10 minute Yoga Nidra Full Body Scan | Yoga with Melissa 734 Membership ➡️ https://www.melissawest.com/membership This 10 minute yoga nidra is a short guided practice that will take you through a full body scan. In this 10-minute Yoga Nidra, I’ll guide you through a deeply restorative body scan to help you feel both grounded and renewed. Yoga Nidra is a guided meditation that supports your nervous system and offers profound rest. It can be especially helpful for insomnia, anxiety, stress, adrenal fatigue, and more. In this practice, you’ll be invited into a state of conscious rest physically relaxed, mentally calm, and emotionally at ease, while staying awake and aware. You’ll gently move through waking, dreaming, and deep sleep states, all while anchored in the present moment. This guided meditation often brings clarity, stillness, and spacious insight. Research suggests that an hour of Yoga Nidra may be as restorative as four hours of deep sleep. In just ten minutes, allow your body to release tension, your breath to soften, and your awareness to settle into calm. 🌿 Ready to go deeper into rest, renewal, and nervous system nourishment? Join us for our month-long REST incubator inside the membership, where you'll be supported with daily restorative practices and a space to truly exhale. Membership ➡️ https://www.melissawest.com/membership You can find my full yoga nidra playlist on youtube here: Yoga Nidra Playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhoiKGTgfb0&list=PLdFcYtDajz23N4cwJUNgJtFsV0wyz7L-D…

Living your Yoga with Dr Melissa West

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Morning Deep Wake Up Stretch | Yin Yoga | YWM 733 32:48

منذ 9 weeks32:48

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Morning Deep Wake Up Stretch | Yin Yoga | YWM 733 Join our Membership ➡️ https://www.melissawest.com/membership Start your day with deep presence and poetic nourishment in this gentle Yin Yoga practice designed to awaken your body and spirit. Inspired by John O’Donohue’s A Morning Offering, this class invites you to meet the dawn not with urgency, but with reverence. Through long, supported holds and mindful stillness, we soften into the invisible geography of a new beginning, stretching deeply into your side body, shoulders, and hips while tuning into the quiet presence of your breath. Each pose: Broken Wing, Bananasana, Dragon (Lunge), and Fish offers a space to find your appropriate edge, soften into sensation, and stay awhile. These 3-minute holds help rehydrate your fascia, release habitual tension, and invite in emotional clarity. You’ll close the practice with Fish Pose and a re-reading of John O’Donohue’s A Morning Offering, letting the resonance of poetry settle into your cells. Let this be a meditative start to your day. 🧘 Props: 2 blocks 3 minute holds in poses Poem: John O’Donohue’s A Morning Offering 🌊 Ready to go deeper? Join us inside the Yoga with Melissa Membership this June where we’re devoting the entire month to Myofascial Release (MFR) a gentle, science-backed way to hydrate your fascia, restore mobility, and reconnect with your inner energy matrix. You’ll learn how to reorganize your tissue. ✨ It’s not just about flexibility. It’s about coherence. ✨ It’s not just physical. It’s energetic. When your fascia is hydrated, you don’t just move better you feel more connected, more alive, more in tune. Come experience the transformation that happens when fascia is met with love, pressure, and presence. 👉 https://www.melissawest.com/membership Let’s melt the tension and reawaken your body's living light together.…

Living your Yoga with Dr Melissa West

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Rest Day Restorative Yoga | Yoga with Melissa 732 55:08

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Rest Day Restorative Yoga | Yoga with Melissa 732 💛 Join our membership https://melissawest.com/membership This Rest Day Restorative Yoga class is designed to offer a true pause. It is an invitation to take a break from the overstimulation of social media and daily noise, allowing your nervous system to settle in silence. With minimal cues and long holds, this practice creates space for quiet, inward reflection and deep sensory rest. It is a gentle way to reset your energy and reconnect with the slower rhythms that often go unnoticed in the busyness of life. It is also a rest day in the most physical sense. If you have been lifting weights, following a gym split, or moving your body with intensity, this class supports your recovery. The practice gives your muscles space to repair and rebuild while your body stays grounded in stillness. The restorative postures are thoughtfully chosen to open the body without effort, offering a full reset for both body and mind. Props: Wall, 2 blocks, bolster, blanket, eye pillow, strap Poem: Mary Oliver Today If this class felt nourishing, you’re invited to go deeper inside our Revive and Thrive Incubator, where rest is not just a pause, but a pathway to healing and resilience. Inside the membership, you’ll find a dedicated Rest Incubator to support your recovery, restoration, and reconnection with what truly sustains you. You’ll also find our Nervous System Incubator, a curated journey of somatic tools, breath practices, and yoga designed to regulate your energy and help you feel steady, safe, and supported in daily life. Whether you're unwinding from overstimulation or recovering from physical training, there’s a space waiting for you. 💛 Join us inside the membership here: https://melissawest.com/membership…

Living your Yoga with Dr Melissa West

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15 Min Morning Yoga STRETCH to Feel CALM All Day | YWM 731 18:38

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15 Min Morning Yoga STRETCH to Feel CALM All Day | YWM 731 Join Our Membership ➡️ https://www.melissawest.com/membership Begin your day by gently coming home to yourself. In this 15-minute morning yoga stretch, we move with softness and presence, tuning into the steadiness beneath the surface. As you arrive on your mat, you’ll be guided to attune your body, breath, and energy to a grounded rhythm—one that invites clarity, calm, and centeredness to naturally unfold throughout your day. This is a nourishing practice to support emotional regulation, nervous system balance, and inner spaciousness. Whether you woke up feeling rushed, scattered, or just needing a moment of quiet connection, this class offers a steady anchor. Let calm become your resting rhythm and carry it with you into whatever the day brings. 🌿 Want to take your stretching to the next level? In June inside our membership, we’re diving deep into fascia-focused yoga. You’ll learn how slow, sustained myofascial release (MFR) can hydrate your tissue, restore elasticity, and support long-term flexibility and emotional resilience. If you’ve been feeling stiff, stuck, or overstimulated, this month is designed to gently unwind and reorganize your system—at the cellular level. ✨ Join us for a full month of guided fascia release practices, live sessions, and somatic support: Membership ➡️ https://www.melissawest.com/membership…

Living your Yoga with Dr Melissa West

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Restorative Yoga for Digestion & Deep Nervous System Reset | YWM 730 57:38

منذ 13 weeks57:38

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Restorative Yoga for Digestion & Deep Nervous System Reset | YWM 730 This class is a gentle invitation to return to your body’s natural intelligence. When life feels too fast, too demanding, or too much to process, your digestion often reflects it — through tightness, bloating, or sluggishness. In this practice, we soften the nervous system’s need to control, brace, or push through. You’ll be guided to shift from sympathetic overdrive into the parasympathetic “rest and digest” state — where healing, nourishment, and true integration become possible. This class supports both physical digestion and emotional release, using restorative shapes, energetic cues, and frequency alignment to remind your system: you are safe to receive. You don’t need to earn rest. You don’t have to fix or force anything. Let sensation move through without labeling it. Let your breath and presence do the digesting. In this space of allowing, regulation becomes your boundary, trust becomes your medicine, and love becomes your inner rhythm. 💛 Want more support for your digestive health? We have a whole section in our video library for members dedicated to digestion — including myofascial release, pranayama, self-massage, restorative yoga, and more. 🧘‍♀️ 13 classes in total to help you regulate, release, and receive. 🔗 Members, access the full digestion series here: https://www.members.melissawest.com/courses/yoga-for-digestion-constipation/ 🌿 Not a member yet? Join us here: https://www.melissawest.com/membership…

Living your Yoga with Dr Melissa West

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Yoga Nidra for Deep Energy Healing | Frequency Repair | YWM 729 45:28

منذ 14 weeks45:28

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Yoga Nidra for Deep Energy Healing | Frequency Repair | YWM 729 Embody Your Energetic Blueprint melissawest.com/embody-your-energetic-blueprint This deeply restorative Yoga Nidra is designed to support energetic healing and frequency repair across all levels of your being—physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, and ancestral. Everything you’ve ever experienced leaves an imprint on your body. Over time, these imprints can distort your natural energy flow, creating patterns of pain, fatigue, emotional overwhelm, or disconnection from your soul’s path. Through guided awareness, intention, and subtle sensing, this Yoga Nidra helps you gently release these distortions and reconnect with your original energetic blueprint—the coherent, radiant essence of who you are. Whether you're navigating chronic illness, emotional trauma, spiritual awakening, or ancestral entanglements, this practice invites you to soften into a healing field of coherence and clarity. You'll rotate awareness through your body, reprogram limiting patterns, and allow your nervous system to seal in a new frequency—one aligned with vitality, peace, and truth. This is a safe space to recalibrate, restore, and remember your light. ✨ 🌟 Ready to take this healing work even deeper? Join me this summer for Embody Your Energetic Blueprint, a powerful 9-week journey through the 9 centers of your Human Design—blended with nervous system wisdom, quantum healing, and deep energetic alignment. This is for empaths, sensitives, and seekers ready to attune to their true frequency. ✨ Early bird pricing ends May 15 → melissawest.com/embody-your-energetic-blueprint…

Living your Yoga with Dr Melissa West

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Calming Yin Yoga Before Bed | Yoga with Melissa 728 1:07:06

منذ 15 weeks1:07:06

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Calming Yin Yoga Before Bed | Yoga with Melissa 728 🔗 Sign up here to explore your Human Design Energetic Blueprint this summer: https://melissawest.com/embody-your-energetic-blueprint/ In this calming yin yoga before bed class, we will gently soften the subtle undercurrents of tension and control that often surface at the end of the day. Through slow, nurturing poses and invitations into wonder, surrender, and deep trust, you’ll soothe your nervous system and open to the quiet healing currents available to you as you drift toward sleep. This practice honors the wisdom of your body’s natural rhythms, allowing you to lay down the day’s burdens and receive the profound support of the Earth and stars that are already holding you. Bedtime is a sacred, liminal threshold where your body, mind, and spirit become deeply receptive. This calming yin yoga practice will help you unwind from mental loops of "fixing" or "doing," and instead guide you into a space of pure receiving — magnetizing nourishment, wisdom, and repair during your sleep. Through breath, stillness, and gentle self-trust, you'll remember: you don’t have to hold it all together. You are already being lovingly carried by the greater field of life itself. Poem: Surrender by Claudia Cummins Props Needed: Yoga Blocks, bolster, blanket 🌟 Ready to go deeper this summer? 🌟 Join me for Embody Your Energetic Blueprint, a 10-week Nervous System-Informed Human Design Summer School! You'll explore how to regulate and honor your energy in a way that's aligned with your soul’s true blueprint — gently, sustainably, and with deep self-trust. Learn more and sign up here: https://melissawest.com/embody-your-energetic-blueprint/ I'd love to journey with you! 🌿✨ 🙏 If this practice nourished you, I want to thank you so much for being here. Every time you watch, share, or comment, you're helping co-create a space where healing, rest, and true self-expression are possible. By supporting this channel, you're not just watching a yoga video — you're helping grow a community rooted in nervous system gentleness, soul alignment, and deep embodiment. So if you feel called, I invite you to like this video, subscribe to the channel, and share it with someone you care about. It's such a simple way to be part of something meaningful — and it truly means the world to me. 💗…

Living your Yoga with Dr Melissa West

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Gentle Morning Full Body Yoga Stretch for a Grateful Start | YWM 727 38:37

منذ 16 weeks38:37

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🌈 June – Embody Your Energetic Blueprint: a 9-center Human Design Summer Immersion https://melissawest.com/embody-your-energetic-blueprint/ Gratitude as a profound, embodied state that aligns us with the cosmic heart and our multidimensional essence. Gratitude is not just an emotion but a transformative force that connects us to the divine and facilitates our evolution. When we embrace gratitude, we activate a form of prayer that transcends traditional boundaries, leading to a deeper connection with the present moment and the universal flow. Gratitude is a transformative force that fosters healing, clarity, and a harmonious resonance with the universe. When we are humble and surrender in the practice of gratitude, it allows us to receive the full spectrum of light and love available to us. In this class we can wake up with gratitude, recognizing the sacredness in every moment and aligning ourselves with the higher dimensions of consciousness. This gentle full body morning stretch is designed to awaken your body and open your heart. In this class, we meet the day with reverence. We allow gratitude to move through the breath and fom that place of embodied presence, we infuse our day with the energy of devotion and the sacredness of being alive. ☀️ Whether you’re just waking up or simply arriving more fully into your day, this class invites you to experience gratitude as a frequency… a gentle current beneath every breath. Props: Yoga Strap Poem: Gratefulness by James Crews 🌀 Want to go deeper? If the way I teach resonates with you 🌞 May – The Solar Plexus Portal: A Nervous System Map for Empaths & Sensitives Members, this is available as part of your membership. Click here to become a member: https://www.melissawest.com/membership 🌈 June – Embody Your Energetic Blueprint: a 9-center Human Design summer immersion. https://melissawest.com/embody-your-energetic-blueprint/ I’d love to have you with us.…

Living your Yoga with Dr Melissa West

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Yoga Nidra for Cellular Healing | Yoga with Melissa 726 36:03

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This Yoga Nidra for Cellular Healing is a portal into deep restoration—where your body’s innate wisdom can come forward and remember how to heal. In this guided practice, you’ll be gently attuned to the intelligence of your cells, the rhythm of your breath, and the quiet coherence of your inner field. Through awareness, golden light, and the frequency of stillness, your nervous system softens, your energy recalibrates, and healing becomes a lived experience. ✨ If you’d like to take your rest even deeper, join our Yoga with Melissa Membership. Members receive audio downloads of all my Yoga Nidras, plus access to our month-long REST Incubator—a supportive space to soften, release, and truly restore. You can learn more and join us here: https://www.melissawest.com/membership…

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Restorative Yoga for Headaches 🤕| Yoga with Melissa 725 49:36

منذ 19 weeks49:36

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Restorative Yoga for Headaches 🤕| Yoga with Melissa 725 If you’re in the middle of a headache or migraine, this class is for you. As someone who experiences them weekly, I know how exhausting and overwhelming they can feel. I also know that most yoga classes marketed for headaches simply aren’t doable when you're actually in it. That’s why I created this minimal-cue restorative yoga class — a quiet, prop-supported practice designed to meet you exactly where you are, without asking anything of you. You’ll remain in inclined, supported positions to reduce head pressure, with optional extras like a heating pad for your neck and shoulders, an ice pack for your head, and an eye pillow if you’re light sensitive. There’s no talking once you are in the poses — just gentle guidance into stillness. My hope is that this practice can be a sanctuary when you need relief, softness, and permission to rest. Props Needed: Bolster, Blocks, Blankets, Chair Optional Extras: Eye Pillow, Heating Pad, Ice Pack 🌿 Looking for more gentle support for headaches and migraines? Inside my membership, you’ll find exclusive classes like: 🌀 Headache Soother – using a soft foam roller to gently release fascia around the skull, neck, and shoulders 🌸 Yoga for Headaches & Migraines – blending acupressure, self-massage, myofascial release, and mindful movement to retrain pain pathways These practices are crafted with care from someone who truly understands. You’re so welcome to join us here: ➡️ https://www.melissawest.com/membership…

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Yoga Nidra Rest as Remedy for Nervous System Exhaustion | Navigate Your Nervous System #6 | YWM 709 33:12

منذ 42 weeks33:12

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Navigate Your Nervous System Cheat Sheet 👉 📄 https://melissawest.com/navigate/ In this yoga nidra practice, we will explore the deep restorative power of rest to heal from the exhaustion that comes from chronic stress and overwhelm. This session is designed to address dorsal vagal shutdown, a response in the nervous system where the body "shuts down" to conserve energy after prolonged periods of stress. This shutdown can manifest as profound fatigue, emotional numbness, and a need to withdraw from daily life. Many of us, especially those who habitually overwork, over-give, and push past boundaries, experience this kind of depletion. When our nervous system is constantly activated, it can lead to a state of collapse, where both body and mind feel deeply drained. Yoga nidra offers a pathway back to balance. Through this practice, we will create space for deep rest, allowing the nervous system to reset and recover. You will be guided through gentle body awareness, breathwork, and sensory relaxation, inviting your body to move from exhaustion into a state of healing. This practice is a powerful antidote to overdoing, helping you reconnect with your inner reserves and nourish yourself from within. Rest as remedy is central to this yoga nidra, emphasizing the importance of self-care and boundaries as essential tools in preventing further shutdown. Allow yourself the time and space to experience true rest, replenishing your energy and restoring your body’s natural rhythm. Navigate Your Nervous System Cheat Sheet 👉 📄 https://melissawest.com/navigate/ Playlist for the Navigate Your Nervous System Series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdFcYtDajz211W6al_imYcQfdPOL9l7Gn&si=IAA2LjVl1gOEOIVj…

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Yoga Nidra for Burnout | Navigate Your Nervous System Series #5 | YWM 708 35:08

منذ 43 weeks35:08

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Yoga Nidra for Burnout Navigate Your Nervous System Cheat Sheet 👉 📄 https://melissawest.com/navigate/ Welcome to the second month of our Navigate Your Nervous System Series. This is the fifth class in the series. Burnout occurs when our body gets stuck in the dorsal shutdown freeze response of the nervous system, triggered by prolonged periods of stress and activation. It arises when we push past our limits, exhausting our physical, mental, emotional, and energetic bodies beyond their capacity to rest and restore. Burnout is more than just physical fatigue—it's a deep soul exhaustion, a sign that the nervous system is in need of regulation. This isn’t your fault. We live in a world that constantly pressures us to be productive, with financial and personal responsibilities pulling us in different directions. It's no wonder we don’t always take the time to recover fully, which only deepens the cycle of depletion. We often override our natural rhythms, pushing through stress and fatigue without proper recovery. But there is hope. By tuning into the body’s natural rhythms of repair and restoration, we can heal from burnout. This yoga nidra practice will not only help you recover from burnout but also prevent future episodes. Yoga nidra goes beyond simple rest—it restores your nervous system, reconnecting you with your body’s innate wisdom. The more we embrace slowness and moments of stillness in our lives, the more we heal and build resilience. Navigate Your Nervous System Cheat Sheet 👉 📄 https://melissawest.com/navigate/ Playlist for the Navigate Your Nervous System Series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdFcYtDajz211W6al_imYcQfdPOL9l7Gn&si=IAA2LjVl1gOEOIVj…

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Yoga Nidra for Depression | Navigate Your Nervous System Series #4 | YWM 707 32:51

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Yoga Nidra for Depression | Navigate Your Nervous System Series #4 | YWM 707 Navigate Your Nervous System Cheat Sheet 👉 📄 https://melissawest.com/navigate/ Welcome to the second month of our Navigate Your Nervous System Series. This is the fourth class in the series. This Yoga Nidra for Depression is a compassionate practice designed to support those navigating the weight of depression by fostering gentle connection, self-compassion, and a sense of safety. Drawing from the teachings of Deb Dana and Polyvagal Theory, this guided journey helps you tune into your body’s natural intelligence, acknowledging the protective role of the nervous system. Through mindful awareness, you will be invited to explore the dorsal vagal response, which can manifest as disconnection or numbness, and gradually shift toward states of connection and ease. With each step, you'll be guided to honor your body’s responses with kindness, without rushing or forcing change. In this practice, we use tools like mindful breathing, awareness of opposites, and a compassionate body scan to gently reconnect with yourself. As you move through the practice, you will be invited to hold space for yourself with compassion, curiosity and non-judgment. The practice encourages a deep sense of self-compassion, allowing you to return from the experience with a renewed sense of connection and safety, both within your body and in your external world. Navigate Your Nervous System Cheat Sheet 👉 📄 https://melissawest.com/navigate/ Playlist for the Navigate Your Nervous System Series: CLICK HERE…

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12 Yoga Poses for Positive STRESS Response | Navigate Your Nervous System Series #3 | YWM 706 38:49

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12 Yoga Poses for Positive STRESS Response | Navigate Your Nervous System Series #3 | YWM 706 Navigate Your Nervous System Cheat Sheet 👉 📄 https://melissawest.com/navigate/ In the third class of the navigating your nervous system series, we will explore sympathetic activation. Over the last two weeks we have explored the “negative” sides of the “fight and flight” responses of your sympathetic activation. However, in this class we will explore how sympathetic activation can often be employed for positive outcomes in our bodies and throughout our day. In this class, we explore the concept of navigating the nervous system through mindful movement and breath, embracing the sympathetic nervous system’s activation as a natural and necessary part of life. Stress, when managed with care, can become a source of growth, learning, and resilience. By working through postures that activate and release stress, we practice balancing sympathetic arousal with relaxation, recognizing that stress signals engagement in meaningful aspects of our lives. Throughout this practice, we cultivate compassion, allowing ourselves to move through stress with kindness and a deeper understanding of its role in our personal evolution. 12 Yoga Poses for Positive Stress Response Sequence Spinal Warm Up Kapalabhati Breath Frog Pose Lunge Pyramid Knocking on the Door of Life Knocking on Meridians Breath of Joy Uttanasana Camel Child's Pose Reclined Twist Props Needed: Yoga blocks, bolster, meditation cushion Go to 👉 📄 https://melissawest.com/navigate/ to download your Navigate Your Nervous System Cheat sheet…

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Yin Yoga to Release Anger & Frustration | Navigate Your Nervous System Series #2 | YWM 705 1:00:25

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Yin Yoga to Release Anger & Frustration | Navigate Your Nervous System Series #2 | YWM 705 Navigate Your Nervous System Cheat Sheet 👉 📄 https://melissawest.com/navigate/ 📕Get My Yin Yoga Book Here 👉https://melissawest.com/book/ Welcome back to the Navigate Your Nervous System Series! This will run through September & October here on YouTube and in our membership community. This week, we will continue exploring your Flight Response of your nervous system, with anger, frustration and irritation. Physiological responses of your nervous system under threat “fit in, fawn, fight, flight and freeze” have corresponding emotions and behaviors Your Sympathetic Nervous system fight response begins with irritation, moves to frustration, then anger, then rage as the threat or perceived threat escalates Anger, frustration, irritation and resentment are the emotions associated with the liver organ system and wood element season. Throughout this class I will guide you into yin yoga postures and teachings about anger and the nervous system from my book, Five Element Yin Yoga. Our members will get and an elevated, deep dive into a PREMIUM ELITE TIER where they navigate fitting in responses of the vagus nerve in September. This week they will receive teachings on boundaries and a yoga class on having Strong and Flexible Boundaries. Props: Blocks, Blanket, My book Poem: A Great Wild Goodness by Annie Lighthart Go to 👉 📄 https://melissawest.com/navigate/ to download your Navigate Your Nervous System Cheat sheet 📕Get My Yin Yoga Book Here 👉https://melissawest.com/book/…

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Yoga for Anxiety | Navigate Your Nervous System Series #1 | YWM 704 43:07

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Yoga for Anxiety | Navigate Your Nervous System Series #1 | YWM 704 Navigate Your Nervous System Cheat Sheet 👉 📄 https://melissawest.com/navigate/ Welcome to the Navigate Your Nervous System Series! This will run through September & October here on YouTube and in our membership community. We will begin by exploring the Flight Response of your nervous system with Anxiety. This class has several nervous-system sensitive tools to bring to the yoga class from grounding, resourcing, orienting, sounding, breathing, self-contact, and as always trauma informed cueing. This class combines the best of classic hatha yoga along with some qigong inspired flows. I have a gift for you - a Navigate Your Nervous System PDF download - today we will be going through the Flight Response in the Sympathetic Nervous System - September on YouTube we will focus on Sympathetic Nervous System Our members will get and an elevated, deep dive into a PREMIUM ELITE TIER where they navigate fitting in responses of the vagus nerve. Go to melissawest.com/navigate to download your Navigate Your Nervous System Cheat sheet Props Needed: Yoga Strap, yoga blocks, Poem: Primary Wonder by Denise Levertov…

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Yoga Nidra for Deep Sleep | Rest & Reset Series # 6| YWM 703 34:20

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💕Revive & Thrive Incubator 💕http://bit.ly/ywmmembership 📕Get My Yin Yoga Book Here 👉https://melissawest.com/book/ ✨1:1 Abundance Code Readings ✨https://melissawest.com/abundance/ In this Yoga Nidra for sleep session, inspired by modern sleep science and ancient yogic wisdom, we will explore the essential, non-negotiable nature of sleep as described in Matthew Walker’s book, "Why We Sleep." Sleep is crucial for the daytime functioning of our brains and bodies, but in today's fast-paced world, we find ourselves not just physically tired, but also mentally and emotionally exhausted. Our nervous systems are overworked, and our spirits are in dire need of regeneration. This Yoga Nidra session will guide you into a deep, restorative sleep by addressing not only the physical need for rest but also the mental, emotional, and spiritual exhaustion that many of us face. As yogis, we recognize that sleep transcends the material world. Our physical bodies are just one aspect of our sleeping experience. In this Yoga Nidra practice, we will step into a realm where our energy bodies, mental bodies, emotional bodies, and intuitive and imaginative capacities are also nurtured and restored. By allowing total relaxation to permeate all dimensions of our being, Yoga Nidra offers a profound level of rest and recuperation. This multidimensional rest is what makes Yoga Nidra so effective in enhancing our sleep quality. Join me, Melissa West, as we journey together into a state of complete relaxation, allowing every aspect of our being to be rejuvenated and restored. There will be no close-out in this yoga nidra so you can drift off into deep sleep. As always, there will be an audio download of this yoga nidra for members in our membership community.…

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Yin Yoga for Kidney Meridian | Rest & Reset Series #5 | YWM #702 47:41

منذ 1 year47:41

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Yin Yoga for Kidney Meridian | Rest & Reset Series #5 | YWM #702 💕Revive & Thrive Incubator 💕http://bit.ly/ywmmembership 📕Get My Yin Yoga Book Here 👉https://melissawest.com/book/ ✨1:1 Abundance Code Readings ✨https://melissawest.com/abundance/ The kidneys are the essence of your energy body, serving as the root of your life force and the reservoir of your deepest nourishment. By pulling and pressurizing the tissues of the kidney meridians in our yin yoga practice, we gather all the scattered energy and draw it inward to connect with our true nature. This practice allows us to slow down, breathe into our lower back and kidneys, and cultivate the deep, quiet pool of energy in our lower dantien. This is a practice of rest and deep renewal. Our practice honors the softer edges, nurturing ourselves for authentic healing and rejuvenation. In this yin yoga class, we will use our breath and visualization to gather and direct the flow of qi in our bodies. The principles of yin guide us to find a balance between comfort and challenge, fostering change and ease simultaneously. The kidneys, work overtime when we are stressed, pushing on even when we are exhausted. By cultivating an appropriate rhythm and living in balance, we can rebuild our vital life force. This class allows us to pause, move qi into the bones and deeper connective tissues, and create space for energy and inspiration to emerge within us. Through stillness and softening, we support our kidney meridians, recharging our energy. Yin Yoga for Kidney Meridian Sequence Centering Child’s Pose Butterfly Dragonfly Reclined Twist Savasana Poem: Self-Care by James Crews…

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Nervous System Yin Yoga | Release Stress, Tension & Anxiety | Rest & Reset Series #4| YWM 701 51:15

منذ 1 year51:15

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In this Nervous System Yin Yoga class, part 4 of our Rest & Reset Series, you'll embark on a transformative journey designed to release stress, tension, and anxiety. By focusing on the Bladder Meridian, which runs along either side of your spine and down the backs of your legs, we will pull and pressurize the tissues to affect your nervous system. This practice will release stress, tension and anxiety as it helps to relieve muscle tension, improve the flow of qi, and stimulate your parasympathetic nervous system. You will learn to activate your parasympathetic nervous system, which is essential for rest and recovery, allowing you to move away from the constant state of fight-or-flight that depletes your energy and leaves you feeling exhausted. Pulling and pressurizing the tissues along the Bladder Meridian releases emotional tension. By the end of this session, you will feel a deep sense of calm and relaxation, ready to face life with renewed energy. Join me, Melissa West, for this soothing yin yoga practice with a special focus on restoring balance and harmony in your nervous system. Nervous System Yin Yoga Sequence: Toe Stand Hand to Big Toe Pose Half Happy Baby Pose Reclined Twist Half Dragonfly Savasana Poem: In the Flow by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer Props Needed: BLocks, Bolster, Blanket, strap 💕Revive & Thrive Incubator 💕http://bit.ly/ywmmembership 📕Get My Yin Yoga Book Here 👉https://melissawest.com/book/ ✨1:1 Abundance Code Readings ✨https://melissawest.com/abundance/…

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Restorative Yoga to Replenish Energy Reserves | Rest & Reset Series # 3 | YWM 700 54:21

منذ 1 year54:21

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Restorative Yoga to Replenish Energy Reserves | Rest & Reset Series # 3 | YWM 700 💕Revive & Thrive Incubator 💕http://bit.ly/ywmmembership ✨1:1 Abundance Code Readings ✨https://melissawest.com/abundance/ Welcome to a very special milestone, my dear Yoga with Melissa YouTube Yoga Community! This is the 700th episode of Yoga with Melissa, and I am so grateful to have you all with me on this daily yoga journey. To celebrate, I have a special class, designed to deeply replenish your energy reserves. In this restorative yoga class, we will embrace the art of restoring our energy with LONG holds—700 seconds per pose, which is about 11.5 minutes each. These extended holds are a tribute to our 700th episode, symbolizing not only the depth and longevity of our practice together over the last 15 years, but also the potential of restorative yoga to replenish our energy reserves. What to Expect: Deep Relaxation: Each pose will be held for 700 seconds, allowing you to sink deeply into relaxation and truly let go. These long holds will help activate your parasympathetic nervous system, promoting profound rest and recovery. Energy Replenishment: Through these restorative poses, we'll focus on gently opening the body and encouraging the free flow of energy. This practice is designed to help you recharge your energy reserves, leaving you feeling refreshed and rejuvenated. Stillness & Silence: The extended time in each pose will give you the space to cultivate quiet and peace, creating a parasympathetic nervous system state that supports both rest and renewal. Let’s honor this incredible journey together with a practice that embodies the essence of restorative yoga—long, luxurious holds that allow you to reset and recharge deeply. Thank you for being part of this yoga with Melissayoutube community, and here’s to many more episodes of yoga nidra, restorative yoga, yin yoga, hatha yoga and qigong yoga flows. Join me for this special class, and let’s celebrate the 700th episode of Yoga with Melissa in the most relaxing and rejuvenating way possible. Yours in Yoga, Melissa Restorative Yoga to Replenish Energy Reserves Sequence: Restorative Locust Pose Restorative Child’s Pose Restorative Twist Restorative Fish Savasana Poem: Of Goodness by Mary Oliver Props Bolster, Blocks, Blankets, Eye Pillow…

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Qigong Yoga Flow to Recover & Store Energy | YWM 699 18:18

منذ 1 year18:18

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It is easy to feel burned out and running on fumes, especially in summer when high temperatures make doing life even more exhausting. This qigong yoga flow is designed to nourish the kidneys so that we can recover and store energy. Our kidneys are responsible for storing and distributing our vital energy throughout our body, so if we are looking to recover energy, this is the best place to create an energy reserve within. The kidneys are the root of life and provide the fundamental energy we need for our physical strength and endurance. Join me for this qigong yoga flow class where we will recover and store energy in our kidney organ system.…

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Yoga Nidra | Healing Power of Rest | Rest & Reset Series #1 | YWM 698 1:06:50

منذ 1 year1:06:50

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Yoga Nidra | Healing Power of Rest | YWM 698 💕Revive & Thrive Incubator 💕http://bit.ly/ywmmembership ✨1:1 Abundance Code Readings ✨https://melissawest.com/abundance/ Welcome to the first class in the Rest and Reset Series. This 70 minute yoga nidra for healing is a deeply healing and restorative guided meditation for when you need physical and emotional healing. Deep rest is essential to our overall physical, mental and emotional well-being. When we take time to deeply rest, our bodies can be healed at a cellular level. Our parasympathetic nervous system, lymphatic system and organs can do their natural work of repair. When you are experiencing illness, pain and emotional depletion this guided meditation for deep inner healing will allow you to tap into your own body’s innate capacity for healing. In this yoga nidra meditation for healing we will trace your awareness through the network of cells, tissues, and organs to improve the free flow of energy along the pathways for your body’s wellbeing. This meditative sleep yoga allows you to open your awareness into different parts of your body to mobilize your own innate healing power. This free flow of energy will greatly assist your body’s innate healing capacity. This return to your inner world for healing is a kind of revolution. One that puts aside the demands of our capitalist consumer culture, one that demands that we are aways producing and doing. Because there is a part of your inner being that knows there is deep value in rest and repair, we can call upon it to support us in our healing. This is a radical act of reclamation and the first step towards healing our world. I hope you enjoy this extra long yoga nidra. May all beings be healthy. May all beings be at ease. Sign up for my Emails to stay in the loop about the Reset and Reset Series: https://melissawest.activehosted.com/f/3 Get my Yin Yoga Book 🙏👉https://melissawest.com/book/…

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Vagus Nerve Reset Yoga to Welcome Abundance YWM 697

منذ 1 year

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Vagus Nerve Reset Yoga to Welcome Abundance 697 ✨1:1 Abundance Code Readings ✨https://melissawest.com/abundance/ 💕Revive & Thrive Incubator 💕http://bit.ly/ywmmembership This hatha yoga qigong fusion class will combine hatha yoga with qigong. We will begin by releasing the scarcity and poverty thinking with qigong purging exercises. Then we will focus on the kinds of abundance that you want to draw into your life. Additionally, this class will open up your lungs so that you can breathe in more inspiration and good quality and integrity of qi. We will practice fountain pose from easy pose and finish our class in savasana with a poem by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer. This short yoga class for abundance will focus on drawing in prosperity and abundance in a simple and easy way. It would be a great class to practice during the full moon to celebrate abundance and prosperity and to release the scarcity and poverty mindsets that are keeping you from experiencing abundance in your life.…

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Emotional Release Qigong Yoga Fusion | YWM 696

منذ 1 year

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Emotional Release Qigong Yoga Fusion | YWM 696 💸Abundance Code 1:1 Reading 💸 https://melissawest.com/abundance/ 💕Revive & Thrive Incubator 💕http://bit.ly/ywmmembership 📕Get my Yin Yoga Book 🙏👉https://melissawest.com/book/ Cleanse, Clear & Heal your Emotional Body in this qigong yoga fusion class. Emotional pain often manifests in our bodies as tension, tightness, or even chronic discomfort, particularly when emotions become stuck and unexpressed. This can leave us feeling heavy, burdened, and disconnected from our true selves. In our Emotional Release Qigong Yoga Fusion class, you will be guided through a gentle yet powerful practice designed to help you release these trapped emotions and cleanse your emotional body. Drawing from both Qigong and Yoga, this class will support you in letting go of emotional burdens that may not even be yours, creating space for healing and renewal. Through mindful movements and guided visualizations, you will activate the flow of healing energy, clear emotional blockages, and restore balance within your emotional body. Whether you are dealing with emotional dysregulation, nervous system dysregulation, stress, sadness, anger, anxiety, or other challenging emotions, this practice offers a compassionate and nurturing space to support your emotional well-being. Join me for a powerful emotional cleansing, release and healing class.…

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Calming Vagus Nerve Yoga Nidra | VOICE ONLY| YWM 695

منذ 1 year

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Get my Yin Yoga Book 🙏👉https://melissawest.com/book/ 💕Join Our Membership Community 💕http://bit.ly/ywmmembership Thank you so much for your feedback. Thanks to your requests, we are re-releasing this yoga nidra with VOICE ONLY for your enjoyment. Our yoga nidra practice opens our neuroception to be grounded in the present moment, to be more regulated, calm and spacious. By gently moving our awareness around our body, we anchor in the present moment and create a sense of calm and presence. In this calming Vagus Nerve Yoga Nidra practice, we invite deep relaxation. As I guide your awareness through your body, I invite a profound sense of stillness to envelop you. Breath awareness and practice will regulate your vagus nerve. With each breath, we nurture connection to the present moment, fostering a sanctuary of peace within ourselves. Through this practice, we cultivate a harmonious balance between body, mind, and spirit, tapping into the healing power of the vagus nerve to restore inner calm.…

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30 minuteYoga for Flexibility Slow Flow | Yoga with Melissa 724 25:42

منذ 21 weeks25:42

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In this slow flow yoga class, we explore the connection between physical flexibility and nervous system adaptability—a key to staying steady in times of change. You’ll move through standing postures that mirror the grounding qualities of lying-down poses, bringing a sense of ease and release into your flexibility practice. This dynamic yet soft sequence includes hip openers, shoulder releases, and flowing movements that encourage a free and easy flow in both body and mind. By embracing flexibility on the mat, we practice meeting life with openness and resilience. We are also in wood element season, the time of spring renewal and growth. According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, the liver meridian governs flexibility—not just in our muscles, but in our ability to adapt and flow with life’s transitions. If you want to dive deeper into seasonal wisdom and meridian-based yoga, check out my book on 5 Element Yin Yoga! 📖 💚 📖 Explore the Wood Element & Liver Meridian in the green section of My Book ➡️ https://melissawest.com/book/ 💡 Track Your Nervous System & Recovery with Ultrahuman Ring Flexibility isn’t just about movement—it’s about understanding how your body responds to stress and recovery. I’ve been using the Ultrahuman Ring to track my HRV (Heart Rate Variability), sleep quality, and overall nervous system balance, and it has been a game-changer in my practice! If you're curious about biofeedback for your well-being, check it out here. 🔗 Ultrahuman Ring ➡️ https://www.ultrahuman.com/ring/buy/global/?affiliateCode=yogalifestylewithmelissa 💰 Use Discount Code: MELISSAWEST10 for savings!…

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Yin Yoga for Liver & Gallbladder Meridian | YWM 723 56:49

منذ 22 weeks56:49

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Yin Yoga for Liver & Gallbladder Meridian | YWM 723 🌿Membership ➡️ https://www.melissawest.com/membership Spring is the season of the Wood Element, when the Liver & Gallbladder meridians guide the smooth flow of Qi (energy). When these meridians are in balance, we feel ease, clarity, and emotional flexibility. However, when Qi stagnates, anger, frustration, and irritation can build up. This Yin Yoga practice supports emotional detox for spring, helping you release stuck emotions, restore flow, and soothe irritation. Using Internal Family Systems (IFS) inquiry, we will explore anger and frustration, allowing them to be seen and gently transformed. This class includes a reading of “I Remember You” by Dave Ursillo and uses blocks and a blanket for support. Let go of tension, clear stagnant Qi, and connect with the free flow of energy within. ✨ 📖 Want to go deeper? The green section of my book, Five Element Yin Yoga, explores the Wood Element in full depth. ➡️ Get the book: https://melissawest.com/book/ 🔆 Join us LIVE this Sunday for a Spring Equinox workshop-style class inside our membership! 🌿 Membership ➡️ https://www.melissawest.com/membership…

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Yoga Nidra for Deep Sleep 😴| Yoga with Melissa 722 30:16

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🌙✨ Download this Yoga Nidra for Deep Sleep (Audio Only) & Access Our Full Library: http://bit.ly/ywmmembership 😴💤 Yoga Nidra for Deep Sleep | Release Tension & Restore Your Body 😴✨ In times of accelerated awakening and transformation, deep rest is more essential than ever. This Yoga Nidra for Deep Sleep is designed to help you release tension, stagnation, and unprocessed emotions held in the body. As we navigate daily stressors, our nervous system may become overwhelmed, activating states of anxiety or shutdown. This practice offers a gentle and supportive space to unwind, process, and surrender into profound relaxation, allowing your body to fully restore during sleep. Through guided awareness and soothing breathwork, you’ll be invited to soften into safety, deepen your rest, and experience cognitive and physical repair throughout the night. Whether you struggle with overactive thoughts, restlessness, or simply want to cultivate more peaceful, nourishing sleep, this practice will guide you into a state of deep stillness—where healing naturally unfolds. 🌙💤 📊 Want to Track Your Sleep & Recovery? I use the Ultrahuman Ring to monitor my sleep cycles, HRV, and recovery—helping me optimize deep rest! Get yours here :http://ultrahuman.com/yogalifestylewithmelissa Discount code: MELISSAWEST10 📖 Love Yin Yoga? Explore the wisdom of the Five Elements and deepen your practice with my book: 5 Element Yin Yoga – Get Your Copy Here: https://melissawest.com/book/…

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50 minute Gentle Morning Full Body Yoga Stretch | YWM 721 51:13

منذ 25 weeks51:13

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👉 Join our membership for guided morning yoga practices that fit your energy level—plus 900+ videos to support you all day long! 🧘‍♀️ ➡️ http://bit.ly/ywmmembership 🔗 Get the Ultrahuman Ring AIR with my special link → http://ultrahuman.com/yogalifestylewithmelissa Discount code: MELISSAWEST10 ✨ Feeling stretched and open? Take your practice deeper with my book, 5 Element Yin Yoga, where you’ll learn how to balance your energy through the wisdom of the five elements! 🌿📖 👉 https://melissawest.com/book/ Start your day with softness and presence in this gentle full-body yoga morning stretch. This 50-minute hatha yoga practice with Melissa West is designed to help you ease into your morning with slow, mindful movement, releasing stiffness and awakening energy. Perfect for beginners and those looking for a calm, grounding start, this sequence focuses on opening your body with gentle stretches that bring balance and flow to your entire body. Whether you're looking for a morning yoga stretch, a beginner-friendly hatha yoga session, or a full-body yoga stretch, this practice will set the tone for a peaceful and centered day ahead. If you love this morning yoga for beginners, explore more with Melissa West's 50-minute yoga classes inside our membership community, where you’ll find a full library of yoga designed to support your body and nervous system every day. Want to take your practice deeper? My book, 5 Element Yin Yoga, is perfect for learning how to balance your energy and cultivate a sense of harmony through yin yoga. Join me on the mat and embrace the day with ease! 🌿✨ Props Needed: Yoga Strap, folded blanket Poem One Morning by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer…

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Restorative Yoga for Hips & Low Back | YWM 720 48:44

منذ 26 weeks48:44

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Restorative Yoga for Hips & Low Back | Yoga with Melissa 720 🌿 Ready to take this deeper? Join our membership for a structured journey into nervous system regulation through yoga. ➡️ http://bit.ly/ywmmembership Our hips and lower back hold the energetic tension between flexibility and stability, expansion and support. This restorative yoga practice invites you to explore the deeper psycho-spiritual meaning of these areas through somatic experiencing and Internal Family Systems (IFS), offering space to gently unwind patterns of control, tension, and holding. By settling into long-held, supported postures, we create an opportunity to notice where we grip, where we soften, and where we can invite more fluidity, creativity, and trust in the body's wisdom. Rather than focusing on stored emotions or trauma, this class embraces the hips as a center of life force energy, adaptability, and creative flow, while the lower back reminds us of the balance between personal strength and the need for external support. Through guided awareness and intentional pauses, you will have space to listen to the quieter parts of yourself—the parts that strive to hold everything together and the parts that long to release. With a nervous system-informed approach, this practice encourages small, sustainable shifts in how we meet resistance, how we recover, and how we expand our capacity to move through life with greater ease. Whether you’re feeling physically tight or energetically overwhelmed, this class is an invitation to trust your body's natural rhythm, find grounding amidst change, and cultivate a deep sense of spaciousness within. If this class resonated with you, inside my membership, we are taking this even deeper this month with a guided pathway for Nervous System Regulation Through Spiritual Ascension. Each week, we integrate practices like this one into a supportive community where you can ask questions, receive guidance, and deepen your experience. You can join us inside. 📖 Deepen Your Practice with Yin Yoga – Winter is the perfect time to nourish your low back, kidneys, and water element through deep, replenishing rest. My Yin Yoga book is filled with poses to support your hips and lower back, bringing balance to your body and mind. Get your copy here 👉 https://melissawest.com/book/…

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10-Minute YOGA NIDRA RESET | Clear the NERVOUS SYSTEM Pathways | YWM 719 12:48

منذ 28 weeks12:48

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Get my Yin Yoga Book 🙏👉https://melissawest.com/book/ 💕Join Our Membership Community 💕http://bit.ly/ywmmembership This transformative 10-minute yoga nidra is designed to gently clear and renew your energy. Guided by the compassionate and purifying energy of the violet flame, this practice helps release fear, anger, resentment, and guilt while transmuting energies from past traumas, unresolved emotions, and stress into higher vibrations of love, peace, and clarity. Through deep relaxation and guided visualization, you'll invite the violet flame to flow through your body, clearing energetic blockages and creating space for emotional balance and restoration. This practice offers a sanctuary of calm to reset your nervous system, release tension, and reconnect with your inner light. Whether you’re seeking to let go of heavy emotions or refresh your energy, this yoga nidra provides a nurturing, empowering experience of renewal. This 10-minute yoga nidra reset is a condensed version of a powerful energy transmission I did with our members designed to clear and reset your nervous system pathways. In this shorter practice, you'll gently release unresolved patterns, but in the membership version we cleared blockages in your aura, chakras, and energy field, and purified their physical body, thoughts, and emotions. If you are interested in creating space for alignment with your divine essence, supporting spiritual growth, creativity, and a deep sense of inner peace consider becoming a member. 🍃 💚 🌿 🍃 💚 🌿 🍃 💚 🌿 🍃 💚 🌿 🍃 💚 🌿 Yoga with Melissa recommends consulting your physician or other healthcare provider before starting any yoga or movement program. You should understand that there is a risk of injury associated with participating in any physical movement. This is not medical advice and should not be taken as such. By voluntarily participating in this exercise program or using the information provided, you assume all risk of injury to yourself and release and discharge Yoga with Melissa/Melissa West from all claims or causes of action, known or unknown, arising from use of this video or information therein.…

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Calming Vagus Nerve Restorative Yoga | YWM 718 54:04

منذ 29 weeks54:04

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Calming Vagus Nerve Restorative Yoga | YWM 718 Get my Yin Yoga Book 🙏👉 💕Join Our Membership Community 💕 This soothing restorative yoga class is designed to gently support your parasympathetic nervous system, focusing on cultivating a healthy balance of ventral vagus and dorsal vagus activation. By the end of the practice, you'll feel deeply relaxed, meditative, and grounded—a state many describe as feeling truly “zenned out.” Calming Vagus Nerve Restorative Yoga Sequence Vagus Nerve Reset Restorative Child’s Pose Eye Yoga Restorative Locust Diaphragmatic Breathing Restorative Bridge Mudra for Security Props Needed: Bolster, 2 Blocks, meditation cushion or chair…

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Beginner Yin Yoga Full Body Stretch | Yoga with Melissa 717 1:03:01

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Beginner Yin Yoga Full Body Stretch | Yoga with Melissa 717 💕Revive & Thrive Incubator 💕http://bit.ly/ywmmembership 📕Get My Yin Yoga Book Here 👉https://melissawest.com/book/ ✨1:1 Abundance Code Readings ✨https://melissawest.com/abundance/ In this beginner-friendly full-body yin yoga class, we’ll explore the principles of yin: finding your edge, softening, becoming still, and staying for awhile. This quiet, introspective practice focuses on the deeper layers of the body—connective tissues, ligaments, and joints—primarily in the hips, pelvis, and spine. Through longer holds and gentle surrender, you’ll cultivate patience, trust, and a sense of ease while encouraging your nervous system to relax and reset. Whether you’re new to yin yoga or returning to your practice, this class offers a supportive space to slow down, soften, and let gravity do the work. I’ll provide options for props and show you how to use everyday items like pillows or blankets if you don’t have yoga props at home. Join me to release tension, find balance, and welcome the yin qualities of stillness, rest, and compassion. Props Needed: Wall, Blanket, Block, Strap, Bolster (options will be given if you don’t have these props) Poem: After Softening by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer…

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Full Moon Yoga Nidra | Wolf Moon January | YWM 716 39:29

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Full Moon Yoga Nidra | December Cold Moon | YWM 714 💕Revive & Thrive Incubator 💕http://bit.ly/ywmmembership 📕Get My Yin Yoga Book Here 👉https://melissawest.com/book/ ✨1:1 Abundance Code Readings ✨https://melissawest.com/abundance/ This Full Moon Wolf Moon Yoga Nidra is designed to support your nervous system and guide you through a transformative practice of clearing and release. The Wolf Moon, named for the howling wolves of winter, symbolizes survival, resilience, and the instinctual need for connection and renewal. Under the light of the full moon—when energy builds to its peak—we are invited to let go of fear, resentment, guilt, and other accumulated stressors that weigh on our nervous system. Through this deeply restorative yoga nidra, you’ll access the unconscious patterns and beliefs that keep you stuck in survival mode, using intention and awareness to transmute them into higher vibrational states of love, peace, and vitality. This yoga nidra is not just for the full moon; you can return to it anytime you need to support your nervous system, release stress, or create space for growth and transformation. With the power of the full moon, we’ll clear the energetic pathways in your body, bringing balance and resilience to your nervous system and aligning with your true essence. This practice is a gentle reminder of your capacity to reset, restore, and reconnect with the highest version of yourself. Take this time to honor your need for rest and renewal, and embrace the opportunity to clear what no longer serves you.…

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☃️Morning Yoga for Winter ❄️| Qigong Yoga Flow | Yoga with Melissa 715 35:21

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Morning Yoga for Winter | Qigong Yoga Flow | Yoga with Melissa 715 💕Revive & Thrive Incubator 💕http://bit.ly/ywmmembership 📕Get My Yin Yoga Book Here 👉https://melissawest.com/book/ ✨1:1 Abundance Code Readings ✨https://melissawest.com/abundance/ This 30-minute morning yoga stretch is designed to help you shake off the sluggish, low-energy that comes with winter’s dark, short days. ❄️ The perfect morning yoga for beginners or seasoned practitioners, this qigong yoga fusion class combines simple movements and breathing exercises to bring balance and vitality to your mornings. Transform the stuck, stagnant, slow energy of the most yin time of year into uplifting, flowing energy. This gentle yet powerful morning yoga flow will: ✨ Boost vitality ✨ Awaken your natural energy ✨ Clear mental fog ✨ Shake off stagnant emotions ✨ Uplift your spirit By stimulating circulation and breaking up stagnation, this class helps energize your body and awaken your spirit, so you feel ready to take on the day. 🧘‍♀️ Whether you’re feeling lethargic or need to clear stuck energy, this morning yoga for energy will leave you feeling refreshed, focused, and balanced without exhaustion. 📌 Perfect for: 30 minute morning yoga sessions Morning yoga for energy and focus Morning yoga for winter mornings Join me to energize your body, uplift your mood, and awaken your natural vitality with this revitalizing qigong yoga flow. Let’s transform winter’s low, slow energy into vitality and flow. 🌟…

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Full Moon Yoga Nidra | December Cold Moon | YWM 714 40:01

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Full Moon Yoga Nidra | December Cold Moon | YWM 714 💕Revive & Thrive Incubator 💕http://bit.ly/ywmmembership 📕Get My Yin Yoga Book Here 👉https://melissawest.com/book/ ✨1:1 Abundance Code Readings ✨https://melissawest.com/abundance/ This yoga nidra is for your deep rest, an internal retreat designed for the colder months of winter. Consider it a time to recharge, nourish yourself and conserve your energy for the inevitable growth that will arrive in spring. This full moon is a perfect time to rest, recharge, nourish yourself and conserve your energy for the growth of the coming spring. I’m Melissa and here on this channel I offer yoga nidra for deep rest and nervous system resilience. This time of year is a perfect time for visioning and planning your new year and Yoga Nidra is a transformative practice that goes so far beyond rest. It leverages receptive brainwave states to embed intentions deeply, fostering profound personal growth and healing. As always there will be an audio download for our members in our membership community. We have over 80 yoga nidras in our video library and a month-long rest incubator to renew your energy. Like, Subscribe, & Share this practice to inspire others, and together let’s create a ripple of transformation. Let me know in the comments what you are visioning for 2025.…

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Neck & Shoulder Pain Relief | Yoga Qigong Fusion | YWM 713 34:57

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Neck & Shoulder Pain Relief | Yoga Qigong Fusion | YWM 713 💕Revive & Thrive Incubator 💕http://bit.ly/ywmmembership 📕Get My Yin Yoga Book Here 👉https://melissawest.com/book/ ✨1:1 Abundance Code Readings ✨https://melissawest.com/abundance/ Start your day feeling relaxed and pain-free with this gentle yoga and qigong fusion class. Suitable for beginners and anyone looking to relieve neck and shoulder tension, this session focuses on moving your body to improve blood flow, release stagnation, and minimize pain. You'll learn how to move with ease, replacing tension with relaxation in every movement. This practice isn't just about your neck and shoulders—it engages your whole body to create a sense of flow and balance. Perfect for the morning, it will leave you feeling refreshed, restored, and ready to take on your day. 💖✨ I’m Melissa and here on this channel I offer qigong yoga flows like this that you can practice outside with no props, not even a mat. Imagine a world where people experienced the pain relief of yoga—let’s make that vision a reality together. Like, Subscribe, Share with somebody you love who experiences neck and shoulder pain and put “my neck and shoulders feel so much better in the comments.…

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Full Moon Yoga Nidra | November Beaver Moon | YWM 712 31:45

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💕Revive & Thrive Incubator 💕http://bit.ly/ywmmembership 📕Get My Yin Yoga Book Here 👉https://melissawest.com/book/ ✨1:1 Abundance Code Readings ✨https://melissawest.com/abundance/ Join me for a soothing Full Moon Yoga Nidra as we honor the luminous Full Beaver Moon, the final supermoon of the year, shining larger and brighter in the sky. This unique full moon calls us to gather our inner resources and prepare for the darker winter months, a time of deep rest and gentle reflection. Just as the beaver diligently constructs its lodge in preparation for the cold, we, too, can use this time to clear emotional and mental tension, creating spaciousness within ourselves. By releasing what we no longer need, we open up space for true rest, inviting peace and stillness into our hearts and minds. In this Full Beaver Moon Yoga Nidra, we’ll explore the symbolism of the beaver’s cozy, protective lodge as a source of inspiration for creating safe, supportive environments around and within us. Winter invites us to slow down, conserve energy, and embrace the quiet transformation that comes with inward reflection. As we transition from autumn’s dynamic, transformative energy into the introspective stillness of winter, this practice will guide you to settle into your own inner sanctuary—a place where rest, renewal, and gentle growth can unfold. Let this yoga nidra be your time to pause, to connect with your natural rhythms, and to prepare for the season of quiet introspection ahead.…

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Yin Yoga for Sleep | Yoga with Melissa 711 1:06:03

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Yin Yoga for Sleep | Yoga with Melissa 711 💕Revive & Thrive Incubator 💕http://bit.ly/ywmmembership 📕Get My Yin Yoga Book Here 👉https://melissawest.com/book/ ✨1:1 Abundance Code Readings ✨https://melissawest.com/abundance/ Prepare to ease into rest with this 60-minute yin yoga for sleep class designed by Melissa West. This evening yin yoga for sleep and relaxation invites you into a receptive, passive state to cultivate deep relaxation. With calming 5-minute holds and abundant options, Melissa West’s Yin Yoga gently guides you through poses that support letting go, softening, and allowing gravity to do the work, mirroring the process of sleep itself. This yin yoga for better sleep class honors the transition to night, encouraging you to welcome stillness, tune into the quietude of yin energy, and align with your body’s natural sleep cues. In this yin yoga for good sleep session, you’ll embrace darkness and enter a healing state of release, guided by Melissa West’s approach to yin yoga for better sleep. By creating an atmosphere of reverence and calming mental activity, this yin yoga to sleep well fosters a sense of inner peace and prepares the body for restful sleep. Melissa West’s Yoga is your companion for slowing down, connecting with your natural circadian rhythms, and opening yourself to the deep restorative powers of yin yoga for sleep. Let this 60-minute yin yoga for sleep journey invite you into a state of surrender and restoration. Yin Yoga for Sleep Sequence Legs Up the Wall Keyhole Frog Bananasana Half Shoe Lace Cat Pulling It’s Tail Savasana Props Needed: Wall, Blanket, Bolster…

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Restorative Yoga for Back Pain Relief | Yoga with Melissa 710 53:09

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Restorative Yoga for Back Pain Relief | Yoga with Melissa 710 💕Revive & Thrive Incubator 💕http://bit.ly/ywmmembership 📕Get My Yin Yoga Book Here 👉https://melissawest.com/book/ ✨1:1 Abundance Code Readings ✨https://melissawest.com/abundance/ In this restorative yoga class, we’ll gently explore ways to relieve back pain by cultivating patience, compassion, and self-kindness. Using restorative yoga poses for back pain, we’ll focus on accepting our current experience without forcing change, inviting a sense of openness and ease into the body. This practice is about creating space—both physically and emotionally—to release the layers of tension that often accompany chronic back pain. As we breathe deeply, we’ll calm the mind, activate the vagus nerve, and transition from a state of stress to relaxation. Healing back pain is a journey, not a quick fix. I encourage you to celebrate each small victory, whether it’s finding comfort in a pose, feeling a subtle shift in pain, or noticing an increase in your emotional resilience. Restorative yoga gives us the space to be still, to release stored emotions, and to acknowledge that healing is not linear. Take this time to slow down, breathe deeply, and restore balance, as we allow the body to soften and open to its natural healing. Legs up the Wall Keyhole Supported Bridge Pose Hand to Big Toe Pose Supported Bridge Pose Reclined Twist Child’s Pose in Center Reclined Twist Savasana Props Needed: Wall, Block, Bolster, Yoga Strap…

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