A Yogi Kitchen Off The Mat

Good morning Loves, I recorded this yesterday and then my day got terribly hard. And it’s been a really hard week. So, yesterday I was just putting one foot in front of the other and i just showed up however I could. We’re focusing on Love and I’m trying to love myself the best I can. Enjoy, Melissa 💚

Dear ones, last week I spoke about all the ways I still feel Steve with me and what a testament it is to our love and how well he loved me. This week I’ve been thinking about how that Love inspires me to align with my core values more than ever. We’re shifting from Love and Self to Live and Community. At first I thought alignment had to do with how I show up in the world. It does, but it also mean...

Happy Monday Loves! I’ve been sitting with Love, loss, authentic and pride. I’ve been thinking about how I show up in the world and this is what I came up with to talk about today. Today I told the story of how Steve is still with me. He was very present with the fact that energy doesn’t disappear. It shifts or it changes, but it still exists. He took a lot of comfort in that as he mourned his wif...

Hello Loves! I tried to record on Thursday and failed. So I wanted to make sure to pop in and talk about the full moon energy in Sagittarius. I’ve been inviting you to tell your story as a road to Loving yourself more. This full moon was. “ a truth-seeking, perspective-shifting moment that calls us to stretch our beliefs and willingness to rewrite what we thought we knew.” @womenrising The fullest...

Happy Monday Loves! I have some Monday foggy brain today and I’m processing out loud with you. My instinct is to apologize, but I’m being open and authentically me, so I hope you’re enjoy it. I’ve been thinking about Love, Authenticity and Pride and am just astounded by how far we’ve come. I got teary a bit remembering the people I e list to AIDS and the freedoms and love that the queer community...

Lovely Ones! I’m back from reunion weekend with so much love, energy, insight and inspiration. This is always how reunion works for me. I walk away loving life and exciting to move forward. This year the Presidents Lifetime Achievement Award honored a family friend. To hear everything he’s done, and continues to do, lit a fire under me. There’s so much more yumminess I experienced; connecting with...

Happy Wednesday Loves! Okay this is the episode I recorded on Memorial Day Monday and forgot to post. I pulled my car over in tears, cause you are the best yoga family a yogini could ask for. Your big hearts and the Love you're willing to open to and share with the world makes such a difference. I love you all and am so honored, humbled and grateful that you take this yoga journey with me. Taking...

Dear Ones! I don't know what's been going on with me, but I recorded two episodes and didn't post. The good thing is the episodes are never time sensitive. We're continuing working on Love and Self. I recorded about setting until for the week on Sunday. I know it feels time sensitive, but everyday is a good day to set intention. Maybe you already set intention around your work week, that's okay. T...

Hello lovelies! Tell your story! I shared in this episode a bit of my current story and then shared part of my story around learning to love myself. Telling your story, even just to yourself, is incredibly powerful. Being brutally honest with yourself about your flaws and faults, seeing how you've grown or need to grow is such a beautiful way of loving yourself. When you let the shadow beliefs com...

Hello Lovies! I love a new session! I love new beginnings and this new word is so yummy. I've been wanting to focus on it for a while not. We are going to have a fantastic end of spring and beginning of summer. I invite you to take a moment today and celebrate all the wins from your week. Listen and think about how you want to Love yourself today. Peace, love and light, Melissa 💚

Happy Wednesday Loves! It's been a minute and I'll tell you why in this episode. Frolic connected me to purpose and meaning and it feels so delicious! We're saying goodbye to Frolic and I wanted to share the best thing I learned from it this yoga session. One Thing is a skill I teach in BreatheOnline, in the skills and tools from DBT section. It's a way of managing high emotion, which life feels l...

Hello loves! Oops! I recorded this Tuesday, but forgot to publish. It's Thursday and here you go! This is reflections on how Frolic is keeping me open hearted and connecting to gratitude, joy, non-attachment, shifting perspective and clarity in the midst of grief. I never imagined that closing in on the 5 month anniversary of Steve's death would find me in such a place of peace, gratitude and bala...

Happy May Day Loves! You know how I love a new beginning. After having week with little sleep I'm basking in the first day of May and the return to workshops. Not only is Frolic keeping my heart full and I'm not exhausted or feeling depleted, but I'm getting ready to teach Soothe Your Nervous System. I've been practicing a LOT of pranayama. Breath work is keeping me going. I've been shifting my ne...

Hello loves and Happy Monday! Did you celebrate your wins on Friday? If not, go back and listen to the last episode. You can mentally prepare for this Friday. How can you frolic if you're not taking time to celebrate. Today I talked about my weekend, our walk and something I saw scrolling that just really smacked me in the head. It was about keeping your cup full and giving from the saucer. Genius...

Happy Friday lovelies! How was your week? It's Friday and it's time to celebrate! On Fridays we celebrate the wins. It's been a while since I've walked you through a Celebrate the Wins meditation. Today is a bit more like a little talk, a dharma talk, with an invitation to get quiet with your thoughts. Or maybe it's a little storytelling, inviting you to reflect and day dream. You tell me what you...

Hello loves! I've been struggling with migraine issues, but I woke up this morning with a full heart and a fairly clear head. So, I really wanted some yoga community. I've been reflecting on gratitude and clarity at this point in my grief work. I deeply believe that it's Frolic that's allowed me to release and gain perspective in the grief process. I am well aware of this beautiful life that I hav...

Hello Lovely Loves! Yesterday was the 4 month anniversary of Steve's death. It's been an interesting few weeks of grieving while we're also focusing on the word Frolic. I love this word! What I'm finding is that Frolic; to play, make merriment and bring happiness to your activities and actions, is helping me grieve. It's helping me find peace and gratitude for my life with Steve and the fact that...

Hello lovies! We are well into our session focused on Frolic. I thought this was going to be light and easy, but I'm finding it's more complex and layered than I thought. As a woman, I'm finding I m not sure that I can have the pure play that men do and examining all the nuances of why that's true and how it's true. I listened to We can Do Hard Things and am questioning so much. Take a listen to G...

Hello Lovelies! I've had some big a-ha moments over the past few days. I released Exhale and was able to reflect from the outside. I shared some of those reflections here today. AND I figured out new word of our new session. It's so good and I'm so excited. Check in and listen to how we're going to play this next session. I also talked about ALL the great things coming up. Do me a favor, subscribe...

Hello lovies! It's been a bit since I recorded . I was sick for almost three weeks and the brain fog is still real. The sore throat is finally better, though and i know you'll put up with me being a bit rambly. I've been thinking about how when my mom died we were focusing on the word Rest and whet that meant to me at the time. Now, when Steve died we've been focusing on the word Exhale and how th...

Hello Loves Last week I had Covid and took some time to Exhale, scroll and reflect on the pause after the Exhale. That pause , where you sink into yourself, is the place where you sparkle from. The world needs you to be you. It's how we resist. It's how we're going to get through this place in history. It's how you are going to be a disco ball of energy that twinkle and is a beacon for others. Enj...

Hello loves, Our word for the session is Exhale and it's resonating HUGELY for me. How's it feeling for you? Between grief work and learning to live alone and figuring out what my life means and what the next steps are I'm realizing this chapter is about Exhaling. How do you Exhale? I hope you Enjoy! 💚

Hello loves! It's Friday and today we celebrate. Fridays are the perfect day to reconnect with your intention and celebrate your wins from the week. This week we took time to exhale into our bodies and be present with pain. My pain was in my hip and as I listened a word floated out in front of me. I invited the class to resist the urge to process mentally and instead hold it in your heart. This is...

Hello loves! It's a brand new session and we're starting with a brand new word, but first I shared simple more insights into our More Challenge. They keep rolling in. How about you? Are you feeling your favorite self more and more since we finished up. Our new word was inspired by our Outhe Your Nervous System Workshop coming up March 8. It's a pranayama (breath work) and gentle movement with some...

Hello loves! Two days in a row?!?! I was online last night, scrolling of course and came a cross a few things that made me pause. Our numbers are growing so I wanted to welcome the new people and give everyone a little update of who we are and how we're reaching out to more and more people, many of whom never get on the mat. As I was scrolling I got into several beautiful conversations about what'...