A Yogi Kitchen Off The Mat

Hello loves! It's taken me a while to process our 21 day challenge AND to make all the technical glitches work. So, I took a week off and I'm back with a lot of thoughts about our More Challenge and about strengthening community Community is going to be more and important moving forward. So, I've stepped back to invest more in our community. I hope you're joining us for more dancing, gardening, po...

Happy Monday Loves! I woke up with gratitude in my heart. My body feels great, my heart is open and I'm feeling joy mixed with some freedom. My brain is able to focus and be present with what's true. The More challenge has brought me back to eating More of what I know makes my body/mind/spirit feel good. We're all different. I know that veggies and protein in the morning and my carbs in the evenin...

Hello Loves, We're right in the middle of the More Challenge and I've been thinking about when I was my most favorite version of myself. I think, it was the times in my life when I was most creative. Join me today to hear about what researchers believe is the connection between creativity and anxiety and how you can use this during the More challenge to feel most like your favorite version...

Hello Loves! Last week I encouraged you to identify the limiting beliefs that are holding you back from being your favorite version of yourself. Today, I share what I discovered about myself. My a-ha discovery is leading me towards what might feel like something more limiting, but is actually a big part of the path towards freedom, joy and peace. Those make me my favorite version of myself. What w...

Hello Loves, We're in the first full week of More Challenge and I've been listening to Marie Forleo's book, Everything is Figureoutable. I'm in the part where she talks about limiting and scarcity beliefs and it made me think about mindset and that's what we're really doing here, right? We're doing the things we know to do to help us shift our limiting beliefs to help u...

Good Morning Loves! I'm in the middle of processing so much and I want to invite you to join me for a big Heal challenge. Starting Saturday, I invite you to Do More Of What You Know To Do. We're going to move our bodies more, eat what makes us feel good, body/mond/spirit, connect more, read more, be vulnerable more and all the things that you know to do that makes you feel like your favorite you....

Good Morning Loves Today is one month since Steve died. I'm focusing our word Heal and I found something lovely about this full moon and cancer (our sign) and how it resonated with me in this big anniversary. I've done a lot of death in the last five months and I'm fully aware that it's going to get a lot harder and a lot easier. The fief will come and go, but this full moon I'm focusing on lettin...

Happy Friday! On Fridays we celebrate the wins. They don't have to be big, they can be tiny and only significant to you. How did you connect with your intention this week? Take time to breathe and reflect on the week. Then celebrate! How will you celebrate? Let me encourage you to treat yourself in a way that truly brings you joy. It's tempting to do after work cocktail hour, but how is that contr...

Hi Lovelies! I'm bringing back an old tradition is a new way. My teacher was an amazing open-hearted woman who taught by how to create beautiful, inclusive, safe space for healing. One of the things that Suzanne used to do is read to us during Savasana. Being read to, especially as an adult is such a treat. Today we're starting Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey. It's the perfect, practiced read...

Hi Lovelies! Were snowed in here which makes it the perfect time to do a little Healing work. Today I share about what I'm feeling and what I'm not healing. I'm IN the grief, so I'm not healing Steve's death. Not yet. I offer you some homework to help you Get Clear about what you're healing and a worksheet to help you identify the real issues and what's yours to do. AND it's Sunday. So let's set i...

Hey Lovelies! It's the second day of the year and my brain is buzzing with our word Heal. I've been thinking about the way we start every new session with Let's Get Clear and I walk you through that meditations/visualization. I've been thinking about choosing to be my favorite version of myself, and I've been thinking about being protective and maybe even selfish with my time and energy. I'm invit...

Happy New Year, lovelies! Well, it's been quite the tramatic time for me and I'm ready for the new year. I want to invite you to focus on the word Heal for this first yoga session of the year. What does that mean to you? It's going to mean something different to each of us. Before I get to that, though, I'm sharing that my sweet Steve died December 14th and giving you all an update on how I'm feel...

Happy Wednesday! We're breathing into Focus this session. Join me to challenge yourself this session. What does Focus bring up for you.? When I think of Focus and what I want for the session, something immediate pops into my head. Listen as I share how I'm challenging myself for the next six weeks. Also, let's do a little mid-week check-in

It's Thanksgiving and Native American Heritage week. I know this is a hard week for a lot of you. Family time is loaded. Luckily, you've been working on holding Peace in your in your heart for the last 7 weeks. I encourage you to breathe into Focus when you're with family this week. Focus on those feelings of Peace. Focus on what's most important in this moment. Focus on stepping back and just obs...

It's a session and we have a new word. Breathe into Focus with me to help you navigate this holiday week. It's Sunday, so it's the perfect time to set intention. Close your eyes and imagine the end of the week. How do you want to feel next Saturday evening? Breathe

We're focusing on Peace for one last week. Whatever we're focusing on always means one thing at the beginning of the session and something more complex at the end of a session. How has Peace shifted for you over the last six weeks? We're also talking about Peace walking into the holidays. How can you stay connected to Peace?

Oh, lovelies. It's such a hard time for so many of us. If it's not a hard time for you, I'm probably not your cup of tea. If you've been taking time to connect with Peace and are feeling lost, if you haven't thought much about Peace, this is our focus right now. Peace is our word for the session. Join us to strengthen and deepen your practice as we move into uncertain times. It's time to be strong...

It's Friday AGAIN! We need to celebrate the wins. We REALLY need to celebrate. I know if feels hard, but we're resilient yogis and we can do hard things. Listen as I tell you about my week and how I uncovered some wins anyway.

Do you recognize your patterns? It's some of the big, deep work that yoga teaches us to unravel. Are your patterns connecting you to Peace or are they an obstacle? I had some thoughts. Also, unfortunately we have to do some rearranging of the schedule. Listen now and send me some feedback!

Every session about this time our word starts to shift. It makes US shift and the original meaning feels like it's shifting. It happened for me out on a walk with Xander, my fuzzy man. A beautiful fall day connected me to the Peace within and I felt gratitude wash over me. It helped me open my eyes wider and see the beauty of abundance around me and in my life. We all feel words in different ways....

How do you next with Peace? We all do it =differently. I shared where and how I feel most peaceful and how the different ways that I connect also connects me the different sides of Melissa. Our word this session is Peace. Join me all session for Peace practices and then on November 9 join us for Practices for Peace at OmTree Shala.

I'd planned to focus on Purpose a little bit longer, but a cool breeze blew in yesterday and it felt right to start a new paragraph in my new chapter. So we're here for the new word of our new session. This one is so yummy. I hope you're join us to truly make a change and see it ripple out into the world this session. The world needs you to stand in love and Peace.

We're in our last week of focusing on Purpose. I invite you to step back from asking the BIG question, Why Are You Here. For this last week ask yourself what is my purpose in the moment. What is the Universe asking of me? We're joining with Sunrise Project this Saturday, October 12, 12-3p for their 10th Annual Pie Auction. I'll be baking my Aunt Dot's Sweet Potato Pie. breathe into Purpose and joi...

We're focusing on Purpose this session and I've taken some time to think about Purpose is different ways. I've been asking myself what's the Purpose of this moment. What am I supposed to be learning? I also started thinking about what I thought was suffering from my past, might just have been Pain with Purpose. I just couldn't see it till I turned around and saw how the dots connected. Enjoy!

Our word this session is Purpose. I hope you've been enjoying it as much as I have. Some of you have shard that this is good deep work after Self-Love. This year has been about doing the deeper work and we're growing! How is Purpose shifting in your mind/body/spirit? The fastest way to gain clarity is to practice Seva, selfless service. I believe this deeply. Service connects us to Purpose...