Vlog

Yoga in a Yurt, Vancouver Island B.C.

October 9, 2019 Melissa's Blog Posts

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 environment on Vancouver island B.C. then join us for this vlog. In this vlog […]

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Top Ten Places to Ride an Electric Bike in Victoria B.C.

August 5, 2019 Melissa's Blog Posts

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! Thanks to Ride the Glide we were gifted electric bikes to tour our amazing city for the day. Here is our top 10 […]

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Lojong: I tried Mind Training to Awaken My Heart for 30 days and Here’s what happened

June 18, 2019 Melissa's Blog Posts

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. I tried yoga for 30 days and this is what happened. Since I already practice yoga […]

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Day trip from Victoria BC on Vancouver Island: Pacific Marine Circle Route and Avatar Grove

April 22, 2019 Melissa's Blog Posts

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 follow the route counterclockwise and started out through Goldstream, the Malahat lookout points and stopped in Duncan at Garage cafe for coffee and cinnamon […]

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Tips for Yogis and Meditators on How to Write Poetry

April 1, 2019 Melissa's Blog Posts

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 expert guest, Dimitri Reyes this week about how to harness that creative energy. Hi I´m Melissa from Yoga with Melissa, I offer […]

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Nurturing Shen Taking Time to Disconnect

January 14, 2019 Melissa's Blog Posts

Nurturing Shen Just like last week I thought I would take you with me this week for one of my favourite ways to nurture my shen, or nourish my spirit – time in nature. You may be wondering what is shen? Shen is a term from traditional chinese medicine that is a part of our […]

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Nurturing Shen Dispersing Excess Energy

January 7, 2019 Melissa's Blog Posts

Nurturing Shen Today I am making sure I have some time to nurture my shen, my spirit by spending time in nature grounding myself. There are so many exciting things going on with the new year, new moon, we have a brand new course starting today in our membership community called Maitri: Meditations to Make […]

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Tuba Christmas Victoria BC

December 10, 2018 Vlog

Tuba Christmas Saturday December 8th we went for our first experience of Tuba Christmas in Market Square downtown Victoria BC. The tubas were there playing Christmas carols from 1-3 pm. This is actually the 40th year of Tuba Christmas in Victoria BC. The tradition started in 1978. The tradition began 45 years ago in New […]

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Hiking Mount Doug | Chatty Catch Up – Vlog 137

November 28, 2018 Vlog

Mount Doug Hike It has been a few weeks since I have had a vlog for you and so I thought we could take a hike through the trails of Mount Doug and catch up. The last couple of weeks have been quite full and nourishing for me as I was away on yin yoga […]

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Spirit Medicine of Trees | Five Element Theory | Wood Element | Part One of Seven

November 5, 2018 Melissa's Blog Posts

Tree Medicine Today’s vlog is the first of three parts that I will be releasing this week of a 7 part course on Traditional Chinese Medicine Five Phase Theory, specifically the wood element. I will be offering week one of this five week course course here for free on Yoga Lifestyle with Melissa on my […]

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