Yoga with Melissa

Yin Yoga for Tight Hips | Deep Release + Nervous System Reset

If your hips have been feeling tight, tense, or stuck, this new Yin Yoga class will help you soften and create space again. We’ll move slowly through long-held poses, following the 4 Yin principles: choose your edge, soften, be still, and stay awhile.
This practice supports both the physical and energetic release of tension, hydrating fascia, improving mobility, and calming your nervous system.
🧘‍♀️ Watch now: https://youtu.be/sb4dQl6mWMQ
✨ Members: Did you know one of my first ever DVDS from over 18 years ago is available online in our community - it’s called Happy Hips and it is a 70 minute practice www.members.melissawest.com/courses/yoga-for-hips/…

3 days ago | [YT] | 48

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Feeling anxious, overwhelmed, or just stretched thin?
This week’s new class is your invitation to pause and soften.
🕯️ Melt Away Stress | Cozy Restorative Yoga
A deeply calming, nervous-system-soothing practice to help you unwind, destress, and find ease again.
Perfect for evenings, low-energy days, or anytime you need to reset.
💫 Watch now → https://youtu.be/KloKQKqBlnc
How are you creating moments of deep calm for yourself this season? 🍂

1 week ago | [YT] | 42

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Feeling overstimulated, tight, or on edge? This week’s new class connects the Root Chakra and Vagus Nerve to bring you back into safety, calm, and ease in your body. Think grounding, nourishing, and deeply regulating.
🧘‍♀️ Watch here: https://youtu.be/7xtOO6d1Ric


✨ Inside my membership, I’ve dedicated an entire month to your vagus nerve and nervous system with practices that restore balance and resilience. Join us here ➡️ melissawest.com/membership

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 48

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Good morning friends, it has been a few weeks since we released a Yoga with Melissas and I was really hoping to release one today. We were away last week getting some R & R up island. This week, the weather changes of the seasonal transition caught up with me and today is the first day I haven't had a migraine.

Tim and I are hoping to set aside some time to film a Yoga with Melissa this weekend and will upload the next one as soon as we can. It's a good one too, you're going to love it: This ROOT CHAKRA VAGUS NERVE YOGA is SO nourishing 🌿 safety, calm + ease in your body

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 104

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🍂 New Autumn Yoga Nidra is here! 🍂
This 30-minute fall yoga nidra meditation will help you slow down, release busy-ness, and align with the rhythm of autumn. Let go of what no longer serves you and prepare your body and mind for winter’s deep rest.


Already a member? This is the perfect season to take advantage of your REST Incubator: www.members.melissawest.com/r-e-s-t-incubator/

Watch here: https://youtu.be/z4Lx6f9uVtA


Not a member yet? Learn more and join here: melissawest.com/membership

1 month ago | [YT] | 18

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You asked… and I listened 💫

When I shared the poll asking if you’d be interested in gentle, mindful Pilates classes here, 88% of you said yes! Pilates was actually part of my teaching life before YouTube. I taught in-person classes and even made some Pilates DVDs back in the day. It feels so good to bring this part of my practice back and to share it with you here.

This new class is a nervous system–informed, slow, body-honoring introduction to Pilates. It’s designed for complete beginners, no equipment needed, and it connects beautifully with the way we practice yoga together with care, attunement, and awareness.


👉 Try the first class here: https://youtu.be/b14EsopzOOQ


Let me know in the comments if you’d like me to continue creating a beginner’s series.

1 month ago | [YT] | 47

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New Yoga for Walkers Class! Perfect for 10,000 Steps Days 🚶‍♀️🧘‍♀️

If you’re walking 10,000 steps a day, this beginner-friendly yoga for walkers class is designed for after your walk to stretch your calves, hamstrings, hip flexors, glutes, IT band, open your chest and shoulders, and give your feet some MFR love for your plantar fascia.


🎥 Watch now: https://youtu.be/foFR3Vmcvk0


In this class, I introduce some MFR techniques and in our membership community, I go much deeper with many more videos to support your fascia.


Members: www.members.melissawest.com/connective-tissue-prac…
Join here: melissawest.com/membership

1 month ago | [YT] | 42

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🎉✨ September marks 16 years on YouTube ✨🎉

When I uploaded my very first yoga class in 2009, being a YouTuber wasn't even a thing! For 16 years, I’ve had the honor of practicing alongside you, my YouTube students, friends, and global yoga family.

Every practice, every comment has been part of our journey in yoga together. Your dedication and presence are what make this channel come alive. Tim and I are so grateful for each of you who has rolled out a mat with us over these years. 💜

Here’s to 16 years of movement, rest, breath, and community, and to many more practices together. I've got so many exciting things coming for you in year 17! Thank you for being here. 🙏

1 month ago | [YT] | 169

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Full Body Morning Yoga to Feel Your BEST | YWM 739
Start your day feeling mobile, strong, and centered. This new class blends hip openers, hamstring lengthening, core strengthening, balancing, and upper back & shoulder release into one energizing flow.
🎥 Watch here: https://youtu.be/iCDXPQATSns?si=qG7ud...
✨ Deepen your practice with our membership community ➡️ www.melissawest.com/membership

2 months ago | [YT] | 38

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I'm curious. I'm trained in PILATES as well as yoga. Back in the day I used to teach PILATES in real life and also had some pilates DVDs, before YouTube!

Would you be interested in some nervous system-informed, slow, mindful, body-honoring pilates classes on this channel?

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