Be Danced We have come to be danced not the pretty dance not the pretty pretty, pick me, pick me dance but the claw our way back into the belly of the sacred, sensual animal dance Jewel Mathieson Weekly Yoga with Melissa West 339 Poetry in Motion: Be Danced we have come to be danced. […]
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Yoga with Melissa 335 Poetry In Motion: The Invitation
Heart Opening Yoga In the spring of 1994 Oriah went to a party-an ordinary party-and in her own words, made “a real effort, to be sociable.” She asked and answered the usual questions: “What do you do for a living? How do you know the host? Where did you study? Where do you live?” Oriah […]
Yoga with Melissa 188, Fearless Yoga: Kaal Ratri Durga, Fire Breathing Goddess, Durga Series
Yoga with Melissa Episode 188 Kaal Ratri Durga: A Fire Breathing Benevolent Goddess A fire breathing benevolent Goddess We have reached the most violent form of Durga with Kaal Ratri Durga. She is black like the Goddess Kali, she breathes fire, she has wild and crazy hair, lightening coming from her necklace, she carries a […]
Yoga with Melissa 175 Cultural Conditioning Series “Forever Young” a Chakra Balancing Class
Forever Young In our culture we carry a set of beliefs, attitudes, norms, and values used to justify the way we, discriminate, subordinate and prejudicially treat people based on their chronological age in our culture. Even in our subculture of yoga the supposed vigor and beauty of youth adorns the covers of yoga magazines over […]
Your Unique Inner Wisdom Lakshmi Series, Intermediate Yoga : Yoga with Melissa 165
Vidya Lakshmi Your Unique Inner Wisdom Props Needed: Yoga Strap, Yoga Block, Yoga Asanas/Yoga Postures: Mudra of the Inner Self, pranayama/breath awareness, supta padangusthasana/reclined hand to big toe pose, cat pose/marjariasana, thread the needle, pigeon pose/anahatasana, pigeon pose/eka pada rajakapotasana, Breath of Joy, Dancer pose/natarajasana, Triangle/trikonasana, Rabbit/Shashankasana, savasana, corpse pose Thank you for leaving your […]