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The Radiant PathsNew Moon, New Beginnings: The Joyful Body Soundbath Immersion with Yoga Nidra Meditation ✨🌙New Moon, New Beginnings: The Joyful Body Soundbath Immersion with Yoga Nidra Meditation** ✨🌙Listen to Melissa Shubha Abbott's transformative podcast experience, recorded live on May 27, 2025, at Treetop Yoga in beautiful Gloucester, MA. Experience the soothing world of a Crystal bowl & Chou Gong sound bath and rejuvenating Yoga Nidra meditation, designed to help you release the old and embrace new beginnings with each lunar cycle. In this episode, you'll learn how to harness the energy of the new moon to set intentions for your body and spirit, creating a joyful and holistic journey towards bliss, connection, inner...2025-05-2930 min
The Radiant PathsGifts of the New Year 2025 Yoga Nidra ImmersionGifts of the New Year 2025 Yoga Nidra ImmersionThis 2025 Gifts of the New Year Yoga Nidra Immersion journey takes participants through a winter forest visualization where they discover five spiritual gifts for the new year. These gifts include starting each day with gratitude, living in the present moment, embracing curiosity and generosity, letting life flow without judgment, and cultivating meaningful connections. The practice emphasizes that true fulfillment comes not from material possessions but from inner growth and relationships.Recorded live at Tree Top Yoga, 2a Pond St., Gloucester, MA USA www.treetopyoga.com by Melissa Shubha Abbott...2024-12-3034 min
The Radiant PathsThanksgiving Gratitude & Abundance Yoga Nidra Meditation 2024Thanksgiving Gratitude & Abundance Yoga Nidra Meditation 2024What does the Practice of Gratitude enable for you?The benefits of cultivating gratitude are numerous and impactful. Incorporating gratitude into your Yoga Nidra practice or any aspect of your life can have profound effects on your overall well-being. It is a powerful tool that brings about positive shifts in perspective, enhances relationships, reduces stress, and promotes mental and emotional well-being.1. Shifts Perspective: Practicing gratitude helps shift your perspective from focusing on what is lacking to recognizing and appreciating the abundance in your life. It...2024-11-2113 min
The Radiant PathsOrange Poverty Removing Tara PracticeOrange PovertyRemoving Tara Practice Including Invoking the Guardians of the Ten DirectionsOrange Poverty Removing Tara is believed to have the power to bestow wealth and good fortune on her devotees. Her divine presence is invoked through various sequences such as this one, and her blessings are sought by those seeking financial prosperity and abundance. Some understand that the greatest possible wealth is spiritual evolution and she is sought after in this arena as well.Orange Poverty Removing Tara's MantraOm Tare Tuttare Ture Basu D...2024-08-1138 min
The Radiant PathsSummer Solstice Yoga Nidra and Sound Bath ImmersionSummer Solstice Yoga Nidra and Sound Bath ImmersionRecorded live June 19, 2024 at Blue Hot Yoga in Swampscott, Ma by Melissa Abbott BlueHotYoga.com.As we transition into the awareness and consciousness of longer and warmer days, more time outside, more time connecting with friends and family. Seasonal transitions abound, weddings, graduations, retirements, and lots of birthdays. The extra sunlight of the season penetrates and permeates our beingness creating an inner fire of transformation and change, the fullness of life, taking the time to resonate and be here now to regenerate ourselves and our well-being, tapping...2024-06-2014 min
The Radiant PathsBeing with What Is Yoga Nidra and Crystal Bowl Sound BathBeing with What Is Yoga Nidra and Crystal Bowl Sound BathRecorded live at Blue Hot Yoga BlueHotYoga.com in Swampscott, MA, USA, by Melissa Shubha Abbott after a Hatha Yoga Class in Savasana.Discover the profound teachings of Melissa Abbott, Yoga and Meditation Teacher and the Author of “ Yoga Nidra Illuminated” and “ Tārā Illuminated,” available on Amazon World Wide.Check Out Yoga Classes, Events, Circles, Cards, and Books by Melissa Abbott: https://linktr.ee/melissaabbottFind a quiet place, lie down, best listened t...2024-05-3016 min
The Radiant PathsBeltane Spring Renewal Yoga Nidra 2024Beltane Spring Renewal Yoga Nidra 2024 Recorded live May 1, 2024, at Blue Hot Yoga www.bluehotyoga.comBy Melissa Abbott after 26 postures and two breathing exercises in a Hatha Yoga class. This Spring Renewal Yoga Nidra honors the May 1 or May Day tradition, known in the Celtic Tradition as Beltane.Beltane is a Celtic festival that marks the beginning of the warmer season, typically celebrated on May 1st. The origins of Beltane can be traced back to ancient Gaelic traditions and is one of the four Gaelic seasonal festivals, along wi...2024-05-0213 min
The Radiant PathsBeltane Spring Renewal Yoga Nidra 2024Beltane Spring Renewal Yoga Nidra 2024
Recorded live May 1, 2024 at Blue Hot Yoga www.bluehotyoga.com
by Melissa Abbott after a 26 postures and 2 breathing exercises Hatha yoga class.
This Spring Renewal Yoga Nidra honors the tradition of May 1 or May Day which is known n the Celtic Tradition as Beltane.
Beltane is a Celtic festival that marks the beginning of the warmer season, typically celebrated on May 1st. The origins of Beltane can be traced back to ancient Gaelic traditions and is one of the four Gaelic seasonal festivals, along with Imbolc, Lu...2024-05-0200 min
The Radiant PathsEarth Day 2024 Three Bindu Meditation with Ocean Sounds and Crystal BowlsEarth Day, April 22, 2024Three Bindu Meditation with Ocean Sounds and Healing Crystal Bowl Sound BathEarth Day 2024 Three Bindu Meditation with Ocean Sounds and Healing Crystal Bowl Sound Bath by Shubha Melissa Abbott. Recorded live at TreeTop Yoga, 3a Pond Rd., Gloucester, MA, www.treetopyoga.com, during a Gentle and Restorative Earth Day Yoga Class.Immerse yourself in a blissful meditation experience with this special Earth Day 2024 Three Bindu Meditation podcast featuring soothing ocean sounds and a healing crystal bowl sound bath. In this unique episode, we will guide you through a series of m...2024-04-2212 min
The Radiant PathsSettling the Prana Shakti Yoga Nidra ImmersionSettling the Prana Shakti Yoga Nidra Meditationrecorded live at Blue Hot Yoga in Swampscott, Ma with Melissa AbbottThis is a foundational Tantric Yoga Meditation Practice technique to get you ready for deeper states of Meditation. It is very important to be able to learn to settle life force energy in the body to further the inner meditative practices. This is an exploration of Tantric Yoga Meditation in the form of Yoga Nidra container.In this relaxing and stress relieving Yoga Nidra Immersion you will simply be feeling the...2024-03-1819 min
The Radiant PathsReposing in the Lifeforce Yoga Nidra with Crystal Bowls & Chou GongReposing in Life Force Energy Yoga Nidrawith Crystal Bowls & Chou GongRecorded live at Blue Hot Yoga www.bluehotyoga.com Feb 2024 by Melissa Abbott Embark on a transformative healing journey through the ancient practice of Yoga Nidra, where you will repose in the nurturing embrace of life force energy, also known as Prana Shakti. As you settle into a state of deep relaxation, the resonant vibrations of crystal bowls and Chou gong will guide you on a profound inner exploration. Allow the harmonious sounds to wash over you, releasing tension and restoring balance t...2024-03-0219 min
The Radiant PathsRadiant Valentines Yoga Nidra and SoundbathRadiant Valentines Yoga Nidra and Soundbath With Melissa AbbottRecorded live at Blue Hot Yoga in Swampscott. Ma on Feb 14, 2024Embrace this session as a beautiful opportunity to nurture love within yourself and share it with others. Let the power of love be your guiding light, shaping your thoughts, actions, and interactions throughout the day. On this Valentine's Day, immerse yourself in the practice of Yoga Nidra and let it deepen your connection to love, bringing forth a profound sense of peace, joy, and fulfillment.Much Love, Shubha Melissa Abbott2024-02-1415 min
The Radiant PathsFull Wolf Moon Yoga Nidra MeditationFull Wolf MoonYoga Nidra MeditationRecorded Wed Jan 24, 2024 at Blue Hot Yoga www.blueHotyoga.con in Swampscott, MA after a Hatha Yoga Class with Melissa Abbott https://linktr.ee/MelissaAbbott The full wolf moon is often seen as a time of transformation and growth. It is a time when individuals may reflect on their lives, let go of what no longer serves them, and embrace new beginnings. This lunar event may bring a sense of renewal and a desire for personal growth and transformation.About Melissa:Melissa A...2024-01-2615 min
The Radiant PathsGifts of the New Year 2024 Yoga Nidra ImmersionGifts of the New Year 2024 Yoga Nidra ImmersionRecorded live at Treetop Yoga treetopyoga.comGloucester, MA USAJan 2024byMelissa Abbottauthor of "Yoga Nidra Illuminated Crafting Yoga Nidra Meditation for Yoga Teachers & Students"For Classes, Events, Books, & Cardshttps://linktr.ee/melissaabbott Get full access to The Radiant Paths at melissashubhaabbott.substack.com/subscribe2024-01-0226 min
The Radiant PathsRadiating the Quiet Presence Winter Solstice Yoga Nidra 2023Radiating the Quiet Presence Winter Solstice Yoga Nidra 2023 This recording was captured live at Blue Hot Yoga in Swampscott, MA, USA, in December 2023, following a beautiful Wednesday Hatha Yoga class. As the days grow shorter and the nights lengthen, it is essential to remind ourselves to pause and embrace the quiet presence of the winter solstice. This season offers us a precious opportunity for reflection, rejuvenation, restoration, peace, and harmony. Through the practice of Yoga Nidra, we can tap into our inner and outer connection to light, elevating ou...2023-12-1711 min
The Radiant PathsPulsation of Consciousness Yoga NidraPulsation of Consciousness Yoga Nidra This 15-minute Yoga Nidra meditation draws inspiration from the profound teachings of the Spanda Karikas, specifically verses 30-34, penned by the sage Vasugupta in 800 CE. The term "Spanda" in Sanskrit refers to the Divine Creative Pulsation of Consciousness, while "Karikas" denotes a collection of verses. These timeless verses, originating over a millennium ago, encapsulate the wisdom of Shaiva Tantra Meditation, offering invaluable insights for our modern lives. In the container of this Yoga Nidra practice, we are guided into a state of deep relaxation, where we effortlessly tap i...2023-10-2114 min
The Radiant PathsFall Equinox Yoga NidraRecorded live at Blue Hot Yoga by Melissa Abbott Yoga & Meditation Instructor - Sept 2023Fall Equinox Yoga Nidra The spring/fall equinox occurs when the position of the Sun is exactly over the Equator, marking the beginning of the spring/autumn season. During this time, the hours of daylight and darkness are nearly equal all around the world. It is a moment of balance and harmony, symbolizing the transition from the warmth and abundance of summer to the introspection and letting go of the approaching winter. The fall equinox invites us to reflect on the changes happening w...2023-09-2716 min
The Radiant PathsSummer Forest Bathing Yoga NidraSummer Forest Bathing Yoga Nidrawith Singing Bowl & Gong Soundbath Recorded live at Blue Hot Yoga bluehotyoga.com in Swampscott, MA USA by Melissa Abbott after a 75 min Hatha Yoga Class on July 2, 2023Join Yoga Instructor Melissa Abbott for a transformative experience in her recorded live session of Forest Bathing Yoga Nidra Meditation with Healing Singing Bowl Soundbath. Immerse yourself in the soothing sounds of the Singing bowls and gong as Melissa guides you through a Yoga Nidra Meditation. Let the healing vibrations of the singing bowls wash over you, promoting inn...2023-07-2617 min
The Radiant PathsSummer Solstice Yoga Nidra and Soundbath 2023Recorded live June 21, 2023 at Blue Hot Yoga www.BlueHotYoga.com in Swampscott, MA after a Hatha Yoga Class taught by Melissa Abbott with Crystal Singing Bowls & Chou Gong Soundbath accompanying the Summer Solstice Yoga Nidra Meditation.The Summer Solstice is a time of Spirit and Expansion. The longest day of the year where the golden sun can magnetize and elevate your life within and without. Take some time to go within and find your peace in a quiet place. Summer Solstice is the three days when the sun 'stands still' and nature seems t...2023-06-2115 min
The Radiant PathsBlack Tara Who Destroys All Negativities Sadhana PracticeBlack Tara Who Destroys All Negativities SadhanaIn this podcast, I am continuing my exploration of each of the Tibetan Vrajayana Buddhist practice of the Twenty-One Taras. Each of the Taras in the Mandala, provide ways to uplift ourselves and empower our journey in life. The practices are layers of teachings. The mantras are vibrational tools for transformation. There is great liberating and healing power to meditate on all the aspects of this beloved female Buddha. This particular Tara, the Tara Who Destroys All Negativities, is the 7th emanation of the 21 Taras. She provides you...2023-04-2940 min
The Radiant PathsSpring Equinox 2023 Radiant Lakshmi Yoga NidraSpring Equinox 2023 Radiant Lakshmi Yoga NidraRecorded LIVE Mon March 20 by Melissa Abbott at SteamHouse Hot Yoga in Epping NH steamhousenh.com Welcoming the Spring Equinox 2023 with being transported into a hidden world of pure serenity and tranquility where you will open up to the rejuvenating power of Lakshmi light, and allow it to cleanse and restore your mind, body and spirit.Patreon Link: to join my upcoming 21 Tara Practices Study Group and support "Melissa Abbott Yoga & Meditation" Podcast and Goddess Studies: http://patreon.com/Melissaabbott2023-03-2115 min
The Radiant PathsDark Red Victorious Tara Practice - 6th Emanation of 21 TarasDark Red Victorious Tara Practice - 6th Emanation of 21 TarasThis Sadhana Practice, is so Healing and Protective. It helps you access your deepest inner stories and samskaras.In this Feminine Empowered Practice of Dark Red Victorious Tara we delve into The Vrajayana Tibetan Practice of calling upon the various emanations of the Compassionate and Uplifting 21 Tara Practices. This week we are investigating the Sixth Tara, Dark Red Victorious Tara. Dark Red Victorious Tara comes to your aid when you are experiencing emotions in your body such as unease, fatigue, irr...2023-03-1636 min
The Radiant Paths16 Jnana Siddha Yoginis Yoga Nidra16 Jnana Siddha Yoginis Yoga NidraIn this Feminine Empowered Yoga Nidra we invite the 16 Jnana Siddha Yoginis into our sphere of meditation. These Yoginis are from the Shaiva Tantra Tradition of Northern India where they were a popular practice over a 1000 years ago in the Swat Valley, high in their Himalayan Mountains of Kashmir. The Yoginis are messengers of a transitional primal power, the goddess, fierce compassion for change and upliftment and actually beyond the grasp of the conceptual mind. They are related to the elements and all the guises of our being....2023-03-1123 min
The Radiant PathsRed Hum Sounding Tara Sadhana PracticeRed Hum Sounding Tara Sadhana PracticeRed Hum Soundng Tara is the 5th Emanation of the 21 Tara’s and her Sadhana, practice, mantra, teachings, and history are very powerful. In this podcast I touch on her history and meanings while then delving into the Visualization Techniques and Practice. Learn about how she started out as the goddess Kurukullā in the Roots of tribal Hinduism and was later was adopted by Tibetan Buddhism and became Red Hum Tara, one of the 21 Tara’s. She is often referred to as the Tara of Magnetizing because of this power t...2023-03-031h 05
The Radiant PathsWhite Tara Longevity, Health, & Purification with Rainbow Protection LightsWhite Tara Longevity, Health, & Purification with Rainbow Protection LightsVrajayana Buddhist White Tara Sadhana ( she is separate from the 21 Tara’s Practices) and how to perform it. White Tara Sadhana is a spiritual practice of Tibetan Buddhism dedicated to the goddess White Tara, an embodiment of compassion, healing, and serenity. The practice involves invoking her presence and purifying one's own body, speech, and mind. This can be done through meditation, mantras, visualization, and other practices connected to White Tara.White Tara is also known as Sita Tārā, the cool one who brings in h...2023-02-151h 10
The Radiant PathsWhite Soothing Tara Sadhana PracticeWhite Soothing Tara Sadhana PracticeWhite Soothing Tara is the 2nd Emanation in the Empowered Feminine 21 Tara Mandala Practices of Vrajayana BuddhismWhite Soothing Tara is one of the 21 Taras and known as the second emanation of Tara, or female emanations of enlightenment in Tibetan Buddhism. Her name Drolma Loter Yangchenma represents her innate capacity for giving knowledge through song, melody, or words. In sanskrit she is known as Saraswati and Vrajasaraswati. In addition the white color of Great White Soothing Tara has the power to calm profound disturbances such a...2023-01-2651 min
The Radiant PathsTattva Bhavana Yoga Nidra MeditationTattva Bhavana Yoga Nidra MeditationRecorded live at Blue Hot Yoga www.bluehotyoga.com after a classic hot Hatha Yoga Practice by instructor Melissa Abbott www.melissaabbott.com on Jan 4, 2022 accompanied by Crystal Singing Bowls. In the Yogic Tradition of Shaiva Tantra Meditation Techniques, Tattva Bhavana is a beautiful relaxing practice which accesses the non dual state. Bhavana means feeling, Tattva means feeling into what is…. In essence, you are tuning into your consciousness awareness by softening your senses and opening up to your entire field of awareness. Be willing to see thi...2023-01-0416 min
The Radiant PathsNew Years 2023 Yoga Nidra MeditationNew Years 2023 Yoga Nidra Meditationwith Melissa Abbott www.melissaabbott.comrecorded live at Blue Hot Yoga www.bluehotyoga.com Swampscott, MA on Dec. 28, 2022 after a Classic 26 posture and 2 breathing exercises Hatha Yoga Class. Set your Intentions for the New Year 2023 with this 15 min session. Find your gifts and use them as tools your transformation and evolution this upcoming year.Best to listen with headphones in a quiet space. Enjoy, Happiest of Happy New Year to you. Thank you for listening. Kindest regards, Melissa Abbott 2022-12-2815 min
The Radiant PathsWinter Solstice Yoga NidraWinter Solstice Yoga NidrawithMelissa AbbottRecorded live Dec 21, 2022 at Blue Hot Yoga BlueHotYoga.com in Swampscott, MA after a Hatha Yoga Class taught by Melissa Abbott with Crystal Singing Bowls accompanying the Winter Solstice Yoga Nidra Meditation.The Winter Solstice is a time of Spirit and winter rest, take some time to go within and find your peace in a quiet place. Winter Solstice is the three days when the sun 'stands still' and nature seems to hold its breath while we enjoy our winter feast.*2022-12-2118 min
The Radiant PathsSilent Radiance Yoga NidraSilent Radiance Yoga NidraRecorded live on Dec 7, 2022at Blue Hot Yoga, bluehotyoga.com 644 Humphrey St., Swampscott Ma where I teach yoga a few times a week and I have been doing Yoga Nidras with Singing Bowl Soundbath at the Wednesday 8:30am classes. in this Yoga Nidra Immersion, you begin to sense the quiet presence that is held within, this sacred darkness you may start to sense within yourself as you are guided into a radiant infinite mystery, this womb of silent radiance. I hope you...2022-12-0720 min
The Radiant PathsWaxing Golden Crescent Moon Yoga NidraWaxing Golden Crescent Moon Yoga NidraRecorded Live at CapeAnnPowerYoga.com August 30, 2022 in Gloucester, MA after a Hot Power Vinyasa Class with instructor Melissa Abbott The Waxing Crescent Moon Occurs a 8-9 days after the New Moon. It is Golden in color and known to increase life force, restoration, and support life purpose and intention. This Yoga Nidra with Crystal Singing Bowl Soundbath, rejuvenates and clears. A beautiful and powerful practice. Get full access to The Radiant Paths at melissashubhaabbott.substack.com/subscribe2022-08-3118 min
The Radiant PathsGolden Tara #3 of 21 Tara’s Practice and CommentaryThe Practice of Golden Tara #3 of the 21 Tara’s Golden Tara is all about realizing your life purpose. She is all about the 6 paramitas or perfections. Generosity, joyful effort, discipline, calm, patience, and meditation. It is thought in Vrajayana Buddhism and this female enlightenment Practice that integrating and realizing the 6 Paramitas, is a sign of enlightenment or awakened awareness. The Blue Lotus of the 3rd emanation represents Self Born Wisdom and the blue pearls are wish fulling, increasing or merit granting jewels of non dual or Tantric awareness. This golden Tara increases life forc...2022-08-0459 min
The Radiant PathsGolden Good Luck Bringing Tara Meditation and Sadhana PracticeGolden Good Luck Bringing Tara #16 of the 21 Tara’s Practice Om Tara Tuttare Tare Mangala Siddhi Swaha Connect to your inner synchronicities and inner goodness with this long Good Luck Bring Tara Meditation or Sadhana Practice with Melissa AbbottTamboura and Singing Biwls in Background Get full access to The Radiant Paths at melissashubhaabbott.substack.com/subscribe2022-07-0756 min
The Radiant PathsRed Swift Courageous Tara PracticeRed Swift Courageous Tara PracticeThis is an overview and practice Sadhana of Red Swift Courageous Tara, the first of the 21 Taras Practice. When you get overwhelmed, angry, or downright livid about the the state of our world these days, that is a signal that you do indeed have valid concerns. These are very transforming times we live in and on the spiritual level, how exactly do we work within ourselves and the energies at large. How do we work to change things. The truth is, that it all starts within. Any kind of Goddess P...2022-06-2847 min
The Radiant PathsConsciousness as Vibration Yoga Nidra ImmersionConsciousness as VibrationYoga Nidra Immersion with Crystal Singing Bowl Sound Bath by Melissa Abbott melissaabbott.com recorded live May 31, 2022 after a Baptiste Simple Power Flow Yoga ClassCape Ann Power Yoga186 Main St., Gloucester, MA USAwant to attend a Live Class? POWER & PEACE Every Tue Night 7pm EST zoom or INSTUDIO options sign up: CapeAnnPowerYoga.com Power & Peace Simple Flow 60 and Consciousness as Vibration Yoga Nidra Immersion 15 with Singing Bowl Soundbath was off the chain evocative and beautiful. What a fantastic immersive experience wh...2022-06-0321 min
The Radiant PathsMother’s Day Feeling into Vast Awakened Awareness Yoga Nidra ImmersionMother’s DayFeeling into Vast Awakened Awareness Yoga Nidra Immersion with Crystal Singing Bowl SoundbathRecorded Live on Mother’s Day, May 8, 2022 at Blue Yoga Group http://bluehotyoga.com/ by Melissa Abbott melissaabbott.com after a 26and2 Hot Hatha Yoga Session. Taking time to check into our deepest nature and embodiment during the end of a beautiful yoga class, creating and connecting to the Vast Awakened Awareness which spreads illuminating goodness like ripples on a pond, within and out. Resting in the open space and aliveness, receiving wisdom, love, and self acceptance into your con...2022-05-0814 min
The Radiant PathsGreen Tara - The Enlightened Female Buddha History and Practice SadhanaGreen Tara The Enlightened Female BuddhaHistory and Practice Sadhana Includes short Mantra Repetion and MeditationOm Tare Turare Ture SwahaRecorded by Melissa Abbott with Tamboura and Singing Bowl Soundbath.In this 45 Min Practice Session you will Learn the Green Tara Mantra and Meditation Practice. Luminous Green Tara comes from the Tibetan Buddhist Tantric Tradition. Tara helps you to overcome fears, poverty of mind and spirit, remaining present to life’s difficulties, you can give her anything. We will be invoking her with Mantra and meditation allowing you to heal...2022-04-1045 min
The Radiant PathsLight body, Synchronicity, and Auspicious Blessings Yoga Nidra with Singing Bowl Sound BathLight body, Synchronicity, and Auspicious Blessings Yoga Nidra with Singing Bowl Sound BathRecorded Live by Melissa Abbott www.melissaabbott.com on March 25, 2022 at Hot Yoga on the Island in Merritt Island, FL www.yogaontheisland.comHave you ever experienced synchronicity with the natural world? The appearance of an animal, natural phenomenon, a certain element, or a place that has special significance to you? In this Yoga Nidra Meditation we encounter our auspicious symbols with our crystalline light bodies and encounter the nectar of their meaning on a deeper blessing l...2022-03-2625 min
The Radiant PathsMandala of the Five Dakini’s Meditation - Full PracticeMandala of the Five Dakini’s MeditationFull PracticeThis is a recording of a complete 5 Dakini Meditation Practice Session at the end of a 6 week study (recorded by Melissa Abbott during a zoom call at my friend Jo Haight Sarling’s home in Cocoa Beach, FL.), from a book study and meditation practice group studying the book “ Wisdom Rising” The Mandala of the Empowered Feminine, by Lama Tsultrim Allione. In the first 5 weeks we have studied the individual practices, attributes and states of each of the 5 Dakini’s. Sounding their Seed Syllables and embodying their attributes in meditat...2022-03-031h 14
The Radiant PathsGreen Karma Dakini PracticeEnlightened Feminine Empowerment Green Karma Dakini Meditation PracticeThis is a portion of the Five Dakini Practice that assists you to transform encumbered states of consciousness, such as jealousy, competitiveness, envy, speediness, workaholic tendencies, and ambition, to all- accomplishing wisdom. You will visualize the Green Dakini and intensify your encumbered states to a powerful expanded and empowered dissolution of non-striving. This is from the practices of the Five Dakini’s from the “ Wisdom Rising” book by Lama Tsultrim Allione. These practices come down to us from a Tibetan Tantric B...2022-01-2032 min
The Radiant PathsGifts of Wisdom and Strength, New Years 2022 Yoga NidraGifts of Wisdom and Strength, New Years 2022 Yoga Nidra Recorded live Dec 27, 2021 at www.steamhousenh.com in Epping NH USA after a Hot Power Vinyasa Yoga Class with Melissa Abbott MelissaAbbott.com. AJ Butler assisting on the Singing Bowls background soundscape.In this Special New Years Yoga Nidra Immersion you are given Gifts which are tools to use in the upcoming year. Gifts from yourself to yourself. The Gifts of Wisdom and Strength. There are 5 Gifts. Find a comfortable place to lie down and take some time to listen on headphones if p...2021-12-2817 min
The Radiant PathsAwakened Awareness Yoga Nidra Immersion with Sound BathAwakened Awareness Yoga Nidra Immersion with Sound BathRecorded Live at Steam House Hot Yoga & Pilates steamhousenh.com Monday Dec 7, 2021 by Melissa Abbott melissaabbott.com with Singing Bowl Sound Scape after a Hot Power Vinyasa Class while in Savasana.This Yoga Nidra is a beautiful Awakened Awareness Meditation activating your own enlightened consciousness. Tune into your Awareness Consciousness in this soothing and affirming session taking you out of your thinking mind and experiencing a spacious understanding of your true inner being. Best done, lying down with headphones in a relaxed place. Enjoy ...2021-12-0816 min
The Radiant PathsVibration of Gratitude Yoga Nidra with SoundbathVibration of Gratitude Yoga Nidra with Singing Bowl Sound BathRecorded live at steamhousenh.com by Melissa Abbott melissaabbott.com Nov 15, 2021Yoga Nidra Immersion is a style of guided meditation best done after a Hatha yoga session. Done in a supine position the student is guided to a yogic sleep which allows the physical body and brain to fully relax and restores the nervous system helping the student to fully absorb the physical Asanas. did ne at the end of a Hath Yoga Session. It is known to be healing...2021-11-1718 min
The Radiant PathsFire Wheel Yoga Nidra Immersion with Singing Bowl Sound ScapeRecorded Live at Steam House Hot Yoga & Pilates steamhousenh.com Monday Oct. 25, 2021 by Melissa Abbott melissaabbott.com with Singing Bowl Sound Scape after a Hot Power Vinyasa Class while in Savasana.This Yoga Nidra is a beautiful Heart Based Meditation activating the Lunar Left Ida Nadi (relating to inhalation and objects of awareness) , the Central Sushumna Nadi (pure essence nature and Fire), and the Right Solar Pingala Nadi (relating to the exhale and the act of cognition) in a Caduceus meeting point at the base of the heart where all senses merge together creating an intensification...2021-10-2817 min
The Radiant PathsProcessing & Dissolving Triggers Yoga Nidra Dissolving Your Triggers Yoga NidraThis Yoga Nidra was recorded live at Steam House Hot Yoga steamhousenh.com 75 Railroad Ave., Epping NH USA on Oct 18, 2021 by Melissa Abbott melissaabbott.com with Heidi James on the Singing Bowls.This Yoga Nidra is a powerful technique to Process those things keeping you from being in the Flow of the UniverseA powerful foundational Tantric Yoga Meditation Practice taken from the illuminated 1000+ year old spiritual masterpiece, "The Pratyabhijna-Hrdraya" also known as The Recognition Sutras. In the Recognition Sutras or The Heart of Recognition, t...2021-10-1919 min
The Radiant PathsAwakened Awareness Yoga Nidra ImmersionAwakened AwarenessYoga Nidra Immersion with Sound BathRecorded Live at Steam House Hot Yoga in Epping, NH USAwww.steamhousenh.com by Melissa Abbottwww.MelissaAbbott.com melissa@melissaabbott.com after a Power Vinyasa Class on Sept 11, 2021 with Heidi James on soundscape singing bowls.This Yoga Nidra was designed to awaken the inner consciousness. Mind/emotions/senses/thinking are here one moment and gone the next, they are ephemeral in nature. They arise and subside in a greater space of Self Awareness wh...2021-10-1317 min
The Radiant PathsKnower, Knowing, Known Fire Wheel Yoga Nidra ImmersionKnower, Knowing, Known Fire Wheel Yoga Nidra ImmersionSinging Bowl Sound BathRecorded Live at Steam House Hot Yoga & Pilates steamhousenh.com Monday Oct. 4, 2021 by Melissa Abbott with Heidi James on Singing Bowls after a Hot Power Vinyasa Class while in Savasana.This Yoga Nidra is a beautiful Heart Based Meditation activating the Lunar Left Ida Nadi (relating to inhalation and objects of awareness) , the Central Sushumna Nadi (pure essence nature and Fire), and the Right Solar Pingala Nadi (relating to the exhale and the act of...2021-10-0520 min
The Radiant PathsFull Harvest Moon Tattva Bhavana Yoga NidraFull Harvest MoonTattva Bhavana Yoga Nidra Immersion with Gentle Singing Bowl Sound BathRecorded live Sept 20, 2021 at Steam House Hot Yoga & Pilates SteamHousenh.com by Melissa Abbott MelissaAbbott.com after a Hot Power Vinyasa Class. In the 1000 year old Non Dual Shaiva Tantra Tradition of the great Trika Masters of Kashmir such as Abinavagupta and Keshmaharaj the Tattva Bhavana is a go-to expanded awareness meditation practice. Tattva means feeling into what is and Bhavana means feeling so in this mecitation you feel into what is happening naturally in your field of awareness consciousness. 2021-09-2116 min
The Radiant PathsReiki Gassho Yoga Nidra ImmersionReiki Gassho Yoga Nidra ImmersionWelcome to a Reiki Gassho Immersive Experience. It begins Now. Honoring and Strengthening Ourselves in the Eternal Unfolding of NowThis is the secret art of inviting happiness,The miraculous medicine for all diseases.At least for today:Do not be angry,Do not worry,Be grateful,Work with honesty,Be kind to people. Every morning and evening, immerse yourself in this meditation and c...2021-09-1518 min
The Radiant PathsHealing New Moon Meditation - Luminous Heart FlowerHealing New Moon Meditation Luminous Heart Flower with Sound BathRecorded Live New Moon Sept 9, 2021 steamhousenh.com after a morning Hot Vinyasa by Melissa Abbott melissaabbott.comThis meditation can be done either laying down or sitting up and headphones are great. Enjoy and Relax into Pure Embodied Presence. Get full access to The Radiant Paths at melissashubhaabbott.substack.com/subscribe2021-09-0912 min
The Radiant PathsClear Consciousness, Light, Space, & SkyClear Consciousness, Light, Space, & Sky Yoga Nidra ImmersionRecorded Live at Steamhousenh.comby Melissa Abbott melissaabbott.com after a Hot Flow Vinyasa Class using a background soundscape of Singing Bowls, deepening the yogic sleep meditation experience.In this Yoga Nidra you will be digesting, releasing and surrendering identification with the psychological self, unresolved past, mental constructs and patterns. Connecting to the Clarity of your own Consciousness which is untainted noted by your mind, your physical body, or your emotional feelings. This Yoga Nidra has a very Zen quality to i...2021-08-2420 min
The Radiant PathsExpanded Golden Central Channel Yoga NidraExpanded Golden Central Channel Yoga Nidra Recorded live by Melissa Abbott www.melissaabbott.com at Steam House Hot Yoga & Pilates www.steamhousenh.com in Epping NH on Aug. 9, 2021 after a Hot Flow Vinyasa Class using a background soundscape of Singing Bowls, deepening the yogic sleep meditation experience. The Golden Expanded Central Channel is a powerful foundational Tantric Yoga Practice taken from an illuminated 1000 year old spiritual masterpiece, “The Pratyabhijñā-hrdraya” also know as “The Recognition Sutras”, the author, Rājānaka Ksemaraja, gives us useful and prac...2021-08-1018 min
The Radiant PathsDehi Shuddhi Yoga Nidra with Singing Bowl SoundscapeDehi Shuddhi Yoga Nidra with Singing Bowl SoundscapeRecorded live by Melissa Abbott www.melissaabbott.com at Steam House Hot Yoga & Pilates www.steamhousenh.com in Epping NH on Aug. 2, 2021 after a Hot Flow Vinyasa Class using a background soundscape of Singing Bowls, deepening the yogic sleep meditation experience.Dehi Shuddhi is a foundation purification meditation practice from Non Dual Shaiva Tantra that has been practiced regularly for over 1000 years. Some people practice this daily to burn off the Self Images, Stories, and Deceptions that are accumulated in the subtle b...2021-08-0319 min
The Radiant PathsInquiry into What is True Vikalpa Ksaya Yoga Nidra with Singing Bowl SoundbathInquiry into What is True - Vikalpa Ksaya Yoga Nidra with Singing Bowl SoundbathIn this Yoga Nidra Immersion and Sound Bath we investigate a 1000 year old meditation technique from Chapter 18 of the Recognition Sutras by Keshmaharaj in the Non-Dual Shaiva Tantra Tradition. In the Vikalpa Ksaya technique, the meditator cultivates conscious contact with prediscursive reality, asking the question, “What is it like to be me, Before I have a Thought about it”? In this powerful session, you can shift out of your mental model of reality and stop thinking your thoughts are so important and tune...2021-07-2718 min
The Radiant PathsTattva Bhavana Yoga Nidra with Crystal Bowl Sound BathTattva Bhavana Yoga Nidrawith Crystal Bowl Sound BathBhavana means feeling and Tattva means feeling into what is, as in feeling into your consciousness awareness.In this Yoga Nidra Meditation we use a 1000 year old meditation technique, which is a foundational tantric yogic practice known to help people get into deeper and more profound states of meditation. In this meditation, you listen with your whole body, using a soft focus to merge your senses and whole field of awareness together, resonating and expanding.This was recorded...2021-07-2017 min
The Radiant PathsLimitless Clarity Yoga Nidra MeditationLimitless Clarity Yoga Nidra Meditationrecorded live July 12, 2021 by Melissa Abbott melissaabbott.com at Steam House Hot Yoga & Pilates, 75 Railroad Ave., Epping NH steamhousenh.com after a Monday Night Hot House Vinyasa Flow Class.Yoga Nidra is a foundational meditative practice best known for its ability to create deep relaxation, bringing mental constructs to rest by stepping out of the mental model of reality, cultivating embodied essence nature and shifting perceptions to the inner awareness. in this session, you experience spacious clarity and thoughts and feelings a...2021-07-1315 min
The Radiant PathsMoon Flower Illumination Yoga NidraMoon Flower Illumination Yoga Nidra ImmersionRecorded live at SteamHouse Hot Yoga and Pilates www.steamhousenh.com 75 RIlroad Ave., Epping NH. Monday July 5, 2021 by Melissa AbbottFeel the connectedness of Universal Consciousness nsciiysness while being nourished by the Moonlight. A healing and blissful session. Lie quietly and listen. You will be moved to the hypogogic state. A place between sleep and dreaming. Enjoy Get full access to The Radiant Paths at melissashubhaabbott.substack.com/subscribe2021-07-0619 min
The Radiant PathsSummer Solstice 2021 Yoga Nidra ImmersionSummer Solstice 2021 Yoga Nidra ImmersionDuring the time of the Summer Solstice 2021, we welcome the season of light, peace, and happiness as we transition into the awareness and consciousness of longer and warmer days. The extra sunlight of the season penetrates and permeates our Beingness creating an inner fire of transformation and change. In the fullness of life, we take time here, to meditate, regenerating our wellbeing. In this immersion, we tap into our inner Sun, honoring the inner and the outer manifestations of light, abundance, physical health and well-being, This was rec...2021-06-1517 min
The Radiant PathsReiki Energy Circuit Meditation with Emotional Digestion PracticeReiki Energy Circuit Meditation with Emotional Digestion PracticeThis short but powerful meditation strengthens, nourishes, and balances your energy body and allows you do a Reiki Emotional Digestion Process at the end so you are about to work with your own narratives, stories and daily triggers in a gentle but effective way. Becoming aware of what you need to release and taking time for yourself everyday is part of the Reiki 1 Training. Always remembering to stay patient with yourself, while staying in your embodied compassionate presence to gently recognize those things that may be sticking, healing...2021-06-0610 min
The Radiant PathsDeep Expansion - Releasing Your Thoughts, Feelings, & Triggers Yoga Nidra ImmersionDeep Expansion - Releasing Your Thoughts, Feelings, & Emotions Yoga NidraRecorded Live at Steam House Hot Yoga & Pilates www.steamhousenh.com in Epping NH May 24, 2021 after a Hot House Power Vinyasa Class with Melissa AbbottBath in the Power of your Expanded, Embodied Presence, honoring your struggles, trusting your process and expanding your inner self as you step into the transformative energy of this Yoga Nidra Immersion. Melissa Abbott Yoga & Meditation available on Podbean, iTunes and Spotify www.melissaabbott.com Get full access to The Radiant Paths at melissashubhaabbott.su...2021-05-2516 min
The Radiant PathsGolden Pillar Yoga Nidra recorded LIVEGolden Pillar Yoga Nidra Immersion Meditation Practice taken from the illuminated 1000+ year old spiritual masterpiece, "The Pratyabhijna-Hrdraya" also known as The Recognition Sutras. In the Recognition Sutras or The Heart of Recognition, the author, Rajanaka Ksemaraja, gives us useful and practical ways to embrace the whole of our experience of the expanded center, so we can release and surrender our identification with our psychological self, our unresolved past, stories we tell ourselves, mental constructs, and samskaras. Those things that get us triggered and stuck with revolving mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual patterns. In essence this we can move on...2021-05-1116 min
The Radiant PathsThe Secret of Being in the Here & Now Yoga NidraThe Secret of Being in the Here & Now Yoga NidraRecorded Live at Steam House Hot Yoga & Pilates, Epping, NH April 2021 Steamhousenh.comby Melissa AbbottFind a quiet space to lie down, relax and listen on headphones if possible being in the right now, being here in this moment. There is a great secret to this practice and it’s worth exploring. melissaabbott.com Get full access to The Radiant Paths at melissashubhaabbott.substack.com/subscribe2021-04-0618 min
The Radiant PathsIn The Heart Flower Yoga NidraIn The Heart Flower Yoga NidraRecorded Live March 2021 at Steam House Hot Yoga & Pilates, Epping New Hampshire steamhousenh.com by Melissa AbbottIn this beautiful softening and aligning Yoga Nidra Immersion we journey to the radiant heart flower within. This center point of awareness is where you discover an exquisite peaceful calmness as you drop into your body, mind, spirit in a place between effort and surrender. Prayer: May I practice out of pure love for myself, with the desire to know the truth for all beings. ...2021-03-3115 min
The Radiant PathsSpring Equinox 2021 Yoga Nidra ImmersionSpring Equinox 2021 Yoga Nidra Immersion “The Gifts of Wisdom & Strength” recorded live at Steam House Hot Yoga & Pilates March 22, 2021 www.Steamhousenh.com by Melissa AbbottMay we all practice meditation out of love for ourselves, with the desire to know the truth fir the benefit of all beings. Get full access to The Radiant Paths at melissashubhaabbott.substack.com/subscribe2021-03-2317 min
The Radiant PathsEffortless Luminous Awareness Point of Light Yoga Nidra MeditationEffortless Luminous Awareness Point of Light Yoga Nidra Meditation with Hot Yoga Teacher Melissa Abbott recorded Live at Steam House Hot Yoga & Pilates in Epping NH USA on Monday Night Jan 4, 2021 after a Live Hot Power Vinyasa Yoga Class.Yoga Students are able to integrate their wellbeing with an open expansive Yogic Sleep Session. Enjoy this meditation session at home yourself by lying quietly on your yoga mat, bed, or couch with perhaps a warm shawl or blanket over you and a pillow under your knees. Perfect to do before...2021-01-0620 min
The Radiant PathsNew Years Yoga Nidra Immersion - Letting Go of 2020 and Embracing 2021, a New Embodiment of BeingRecorded Live at Steam House Hot Yoga and Pilates in Epping NH with Melissa Abbott Mon Dec 28, 2020New Years Yoga Nidra Immersion - Letting Go of 2020 and Embracing 2021, a New Embodiment of Being. Setting Sankalpas or Intentions for the New Year in an immersive consciousness awareness Yoga Nidra Meditation. Get full access to The Radiant Paths at melissashubhaabbott.substack.com/subscribe2020-12-2920 min
The Radiant PathsWinter Solstice Yoga Nidra Dec 21, 2020 with Melissa Abbott at Steamhouse Hot Yoga in Epping NHLive recording of Winter Solstice Yoga Nidra Dec 21, 2020 with Melissa Abbott recorded at Steamhouse Hot Yoga Studio in Epping NH after a Hot Flow Vinyasa Yoga Class. Making space to regroup, reinvent, and recharge within, listening to the essence nature within, leaving 2020 behind. Get full access to The Radiant Paths at melissashubhaabbott.substack.com/subscribe2020-12-2216 min
The Radiant PathsMelissa Abbott Teaching 26/2 90 min Hot Therapeutic Yoga ClassMelissa Abbott Teaching 26/2 90 min Hot Therapeutic Yoga Class at Blue Yoga Group, Swampscott, MAThis is for all the Yoga Students that may need to socially isolate during the Covid19 situation and can’t get to the studio. Enjoy the 26 postures and 2 breathing exercises from the comfort of your home.Remember your natural state is a state of Grace and Yoga is your True Self. The 26/2 postures align your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual energies using the Hatha Method of Yoga. Stay SafeYou can access Melissa Abbott Yoga and Me...2020-03-131h 32
The Radiant PathsMelissa Abbott 60 min Vinyasa Class with 15 min Aware of Awareness Yoga NidraRecorded Live: Melissa Abbott Teaches 60 Min Vinyasa Flow Yoga Class with 15 Minute Becoming “Aware of Awareness” Yoga Nidra MeditationSteam House Hot Yoga & Pilates Epping, NH www.steamhousenh.com Feb 17, 2020A lively and focused fast paced Vinyasa Flow Yoga Class with Melissa Abbott activating the bodies Prana Shakti or Life Force Energy, Rejuvenating and Restoring Floor Postures, and a Guided 15 Min Yoga Nidra Meditation at the end of class designed to totally relax the rejuvenate the body and brain. This class happens every Mon Nite at 4:30pm. Please attend if you are in Sout...2020-02-191h 15
The Radiant PathsMelissa Abbott teaching 26/2 60 min Express Yoga ClassMelissa Abbott teaching 26/2 60 min Express Yoga Class Blue Yoga Group Swampscott, MA Feb 2020This shortened express version of the 90 min Bikram Style 26/2 ( Twenty Six Postues and 2 Pranyama breathing exercises ) makes the most of the timing using flow sequences to get 2 sets of important postures into the class such as Half Moon Sequence, Much of the Standing Postures, and Most of the Floor postures. There is still a 2 minutes Savasana between Standing and Floor Postures. After attempting many versions of a shortened 60 min class, this hits all the high points and gi...2020-02-131h 03
The Radiant Paths60 Min Vinyasa Class taught by Melissa AbbottA great class to do before MeditationCreating a Mind Body Connection60 Min Vinyasa Yoga Class taught by Melissa Abbott Get full access to The Radiant Paths at melissashubhaabbott.substack.com/subscribe2020-02-1056 min
The Radiant PathsMerging into the Whole Field of Awareness Yoga NidraMerging into the Whole Field of Awareness Yoga Nidrawith Melissa AbbottCultivating awareness of your own inner consciousness or rather the Awareness of your Awareness is a foundational Tantric Yoga Meditation Practice and Technique. In this guided Yoga Nidra, you will center yourself within your own vibrating consciousness. Release, Rejuvenate, Relax, and Refresh. Lie quietly, merging yourself in this guided session. Enjoy!Melissa Abbott Yoga & Meditation Podcast is available on iTunes, Spotify, Podbean, and Youtube. Please leave a review.Kind regards, Melissa 2020-01-2215 min
The Radiant PathsNew Years Yoga Nidra - The Gifts of Wisdom & Strength 2020New Year Yoga Nidra - The Gifts of Wisdom & Strength 2020Receive the Gifts of Wisdom & Strength for the New Year, New Decade, & New Dawn. Create your Intentions for the New Year 2020 as we welcome in 2020 creating transformation and healing within yourself. Tools for your to use in the coming months. This 18 min Yoga Nidra Meditation is perfect to use as we step into the next decade.Prayer for Pure MotiveMay I practice out of love for myself, with a desire to know the truth, for the b...2019-12-3017 min
The Radiant PathsWinter Solstice Yoga Nidra - Surrender Inwards and Plant the Seeds for the New DecadeWinter Solstice Yoga Nidra - Surrender Inwards and Plant the Seeds for the New DecadeWelcome to this 15 min Winter Solstice Yoga Nidra where you can release what no longer serves you. A time of focused rebirth and renewal where we can honor the turning point for the New Year 2020 and the New Decade. A time for healing, transformation and blessings. A time for inner listening, in the calm inner stillness, on the shortest day of the year. Celebrate the gradual return of the light, and a conscious beginning of a new stage in...2019-12-1915 min
The Radiant PathsYoga Nidra Meditation on the Pulsation of ConsciousnessYhis Yoga Nidra Full Moon Meditation on the Pulsation of Consciousness Recorded Live at Steam House Hot Yoga & Pilates www.steamhousenh.com Epping NH on Dec 9, 2019 after a Hot Vinyasa Class led by Melissa Abbott. This 15 minute Yoga Nidra meditation is based on the Spanda Karikas verses 30-34 written in 800 CE by the sage Vasugupta. Spanda in Sanskrit means the Devine Creative Pulsation of Consciousness and Karikas means a collection of verses. This collection of verses from over 1000 years ago bring the wisdom of Shaiva Tantra Meditation to modern life. This Yoga Nidra takes us...2019-12-1215 min
The Radiant PathsKeep the Gratitude Flowing Yoga Nidra - Unblocking Triggers, Patterns, or Stories to facilitate the Flow of Gratitude in your Being!Keep the Gratitude Flowing Yoga Nidra - Unblocking Triggers, Patterns, or Stories to facilitate the Flow of Gratitude in your Being!Recorded Live at Steam House Hot Yoga & Pilates www.steamhousenh.com on the evening of November 25, 2019 after a Hot Vinyasa Class by Melissa AbbottAfter a beautiful, themed Hot Vinyasa Flow Class for Thanksgiving week, we had a 15 minute Yoga Nidra Meditation where we worked to unblock any triggers, patterns, or stories you may have that blocks the flow of gratitude in your heart.Practicing Gratitude and being grateful are...2019-11-2617 min
The Radiant PathsTransforming the Energy of the Mind, Shakta Upaya Yoga Nidra I am a Loving and Beautiful PersonTransforming the Energy of the Mind, Shakta Upaya Yoga Nidra In this Yoga Nidra Session we are practicing a technique called "Shakta Upaya", using the power of the mind to transform the mind. This 1000 year old meditation technique comes from the Shaiva Tantra tradition of Kashmir. Shakta Upaya consisted of purifying the mind to replace misaligned stories, patterns, and triggers with aligned ones. Our emotional states are often linked to subconscious thought patterns. In Sanskrit, these thought patterns are called Vikalpas. Vikalpas are the stories, patterns, and triggers we look to overcome. In this Yoga Nidra Immers...2019-11-1525 min
The Radiant PathsHistory of Hatha Yoga Lecture Live at Barkan Yoga Teacher Training Oct 23, 2019 Ft Lauderdale FLHistory of Hatha Yoga Lecture by Melissa AbbottLive at Barkan Level 2-3 Yoga Teacher Training Oct 23, 2019 Ft Lauderdale FLBarkan Hot Vinyasa is a style of Hot Hatha Yoga made popular by Jimmy Barkan. It includes Vinyasa and Calcutta Style 26/2 Postures in various configurations. In this lecture we not only examine the roots of Hatha Yoga, we also examine the various streams of Hatha Yoga that came to the west in the 20th century.This is the audio of a Lecture and Slideshow PresentationMelissa Abbott...2019-10-301h 31
The Radiant PathsReleasing Your Triggers Yoga NidraReleasing Your Triggers Yoga Nidra Was recorded Monday October 14,2019 at Steam House Hot Yoga & Pilates www.steamhousenh.com after a Hot Vinyasa Class by Melissa Abbott.Part of this meditation comes from the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra, a thousand year old compendium of specialized meditation techniques. Releasing your triggers, stories, mental and emotional patterns and dissolving them in the inner heart fire 🔥 has been used by Monks, Saints, Holy Men & Women, Siddhas, and Meditators for generations. It comes from the tradition of Shaiva Tantra of Kashmir. Melissa Abbott Yoga & Meditation Podcasts are avail...2019-10-1513 min
The Radiant PathsLight Space Sky Yoga Nidra LIVE at Steam House Hot YogaLight Space Sky Yoga Nidra LIVE at Steam House Hot Yoga & Pilates www.steamhousenh.comby Melissa Abbott on Oct 7, 2019 after a Hot Flow Vinyasa Class. This 15 min Yoga Nidra is perfect to do after a Hatha Yoga Session or at anytime during the day or night when you need to let your body and brain relax.Melissa Abbott is a Hot Core 26/2 Yoga Teacher in Southern NH and Northern MA who also practices Tantric Yoga Meditation, Barkan Hot Vinyasa and Vinyasa Flow at Steam House Hot...2019-10-0816 min
The Radiant PathsThree Bindu Yoga Nidra recorded Live at Steam House Hot YogaThree Bindu Yoga Nidra recorded Live at Steam House Hot Yoga www.steamhousenh.com Sept 23, 2019 with Melissa Abbott as your guide.The Three Bindu Meditation is a Trika Tantric Yoga Visionary Meditation used to activate the embodiment, life force energy, and awareness centers within the meditator.This session was made after a Hot Vinyasa class, where the Yoga Nidra Savasana Meditation is used to calm the body and brain after an intense physical workout. The Three Bindus Meditation is usually a longer more involved session given in a seated position. This practice was m...2019-09-2420 min
The Radiant PathsLIVE from Steam House Hot Yoga "Limitless Clarity Yoga Nidra" MeditationLIVE from Steam House Hot Yoga & Pilates in Epping NH "Limitless Clarity Yoga Nidra" Meditation. Recorded after a Monday Evening Hot Vinyasa Class on Sept 16, 2019 by Melissa Abbott. Steam House Hot Yoga & Pilates www.steamhousenh.com has a Yoga Nidra Session every Monday Night after the 4:30pm 60 min Hot Vinyasa Class. Yoga Nidra Meditation is the perfect way to end an intense Vinyasa Workout as it allows your body and brain to normalize and cool down. It works on the subconscious mind/body connection with your nervous system to process your feelings, thoughts, and emotions to he...2019-09-1759 min
The Radiant PathsVast Unbounded Awareness Within Yoga NidraJoin me in experiencing the "Vast Unbounded Awareness Within Yoga Nidra" during this podcast.The Practice of Yoga Nidra is a practice of Yogic Sleep that will guide you to a place between wakefulness and sleeping. Listen to the sound of my voice and completely relax becoming aware of your breath in an easeful and gentle manner as you are guided within experiencing your own vast energy awareness.Join me weekly:LIVE Yoga Nidra Session after a 60 minute Barkan Hot Vinyasa Class at Steam House Hot Yoga & Pilates in Epping N...2019-08-2623 min
The Radiant PathsMeditation & Teaching of Verses 22-24 Vijnana Bhairava Tantra Expanded Awareness Meditation with Ham Sah Mantra & Easy Kumbaka Breath RetentionMeditation & Teaching of Verses 22-24 Vijnana Bhairava Tantra Expanded Awareness Meditation with Ham Sah Mantra & Easy Kumbaka Breath RetentionToday we are doing a bit of a longer seated integrated meditation and teaching from The Vijnana Bhairava Tantra Verses 22-24, Expanding Awareness using the Natural Mantra Ham and Sah (the natural sound of the Breath) and combining with a very gentle breath retention technique called Kumbaka. This integrated Visualization, Mantra, and a Breathing Technique that can deepen your meditation practice to more expanded states of consciousness. This practice is well known amongst many p...2019-08-1538 min
The Radiant PathsLIVE Point of Light Yoga Nidra at Steam House Hot Yoga & Pilates, Epping NHThis short and powerful Point of Light Yoga Nidra was recorded live at Steam House Hot Yoga & Pilates, 75 Railroad Ave., Epping NH after Melissa Abbott's Barkan Style Hot Vinyasa Class on Aug. 5, 2019. Every Monday Night at the 4:30pm Class there is a 15 minute Yoga Nidra in Savasana after class. There are different imaginary and visionary Yoga Nidra Meditations every week. To find out more information or to book a class: www.steamhousenh.com New Student Special $30 for 30 days. Yoga Nidra is particularly effective after a Hatha Yoga Class, although it can be done at any time of...2019-08-0614 min
The Radiant PathsExpanded Golden Pillar Meditation Dissolving Your TriggersExpanded Golden Pillar Meditation Dissolving Your TriggersA powerful foundational Tantric Yoga Meditation Practice taken from the illuminated 1000+ year old spiritual masterpiece, "The Pratyabhijna-Hrdraya" also known as The Recognition Sutras. In the Recognition Sutras or The Heart of Recognition, the author, Rajanaka Ksemaraja, gives us useful and practical ways to embrace the whole of our experience of the expanded center, so we can release and surrender our identification with our psychological self, our unresolved past, stories we tell ourselves, mental constructs, and samskaras. Those things that get us triggered and stuck with revolving mental, emotional, physical...2019-08-0118 min
The Radiant PathsSettling the Prana Shakti in Your Body - Surrendering into the Experience of Now MeditationSettling the Prana Shakti in Your Body Meditation is a way to Surrender in the Experience of Now. This is a foundational Tantric Yoga Meditation Practice to get you ready for deeper states of Meditation. It is very important to be able to settle your life force energy in your body to further your practices and exploration of Tantric Yoga Meditation.This Meditation was recently taught by Christopher Wallis at a recent Shaiva Tantra for Daily Life Retreat at Omega Institute for Holistic Studies during July of 2019. He urged his students there to practice this form...2019-07-2310 min
The Radiant PathsEnergy Circuit MeditationToday we will be practicing a short seated Energy Circuit Meditation technique. Designed to be balancing and nourishing, activating your subtle prana shakti energy body. Especially good for headaches, sleeplessness, restlessness, anxiety or whenever you need to balance your energy during the day.This meditation opens specific channels in your subtle body to direct your unfocused energy into a relaxed, uplifted, nurtured, and steadied energy body, helping you to repair your cells and restructure your Mind, Body, Spirit Balance within.Find a quiet seated position in a place you will not be disturbed...2019-07-1714 min
The Radiant PathsOvercoming Intense Thoughts, Feelings, & Emotions Yoga NidraIn this podcast we will be practicing a Yoga Nidra to help in Overcoming Intense Thoughts, Feelings, & Emotions. This could include any intense feeling such as jealousy, anger, grief, envy, hatred, sadness, anxiety, and revenge. This technique will work on your subconscious mind/body connection with your nervous system to process intense feelings, thoughts, emotions. When you process in this way, your thoughts and emotions have the space to heal and develop mental will power improving the ability to be emotionally stable increasing a sense of self worth, restoring well being.Yoga Nidra is a powerful...2019-07-0723 min
The Radiant PathsBirthday Bliss Yoga Nidra MeditationWelcome to the Birthday Bliss Yoga Nidra Podcast with Melissa Abbott. In this podcast we explore our deepest inner screen of consciousness with effortless awareness during a gentle session in the hypnogogic state between sleeping and wakefulness. Yoga Nidra is known to create a deep relaxation within that boosts wellness, immunity, improves depression, chronic pain, PTSD, calms the nervous system, develops mental will power, joy, and wellbeing. For those of you who work on deep patterning of your consciousness, Yoga Nidra is known to heal grief, anger, and helps you to become more emotionally stable. Yoga N...2019-07-0121 min
The Radiant PathsLuminous Inner Brilliance Yoga Nidra MeditationExperience the Luminous Inner Brilliance Yoga Nidra Meditation Session with Melissa Abbott. You may practice this anytime during your day as a meditation practice, perhaps after lunch or in the afternoon to refocus your inner awareness. It is best practiced after a Hatha Yoga Session or before Bedtime. At those times your body will be able to completely relax so the transformative and healing benefits of Yoga Nidra can take root in the best possible way.This particular Yoga Nidra was developed for an after a Monday Night Hot Yoga Vinyasa Class in June 2019 at Steam...2019-06-2018 min
The Radiant PathsBecoming Shiva Meditation - Sounding the 12 Sanskrit Vowels with the 12 Chakra SystemIn this session, we will practice working with Verse 30 from the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra, a 1000+ year old collection of Meditation Techniques from the Trika Lineage of Kashmir Shaivism. In this lineage there are 12 Main Chakras or energy centers in the body along the central energy channel known as the Sushumna Nadi, running thru the middle of the body from the perineum to above the crown of the head. We will Intone and use the 12 Sanskrit Vowels sequentially starting at the Base Chakra at the perineum and successively moving our imagination and visualization thru each energy center in this Guided...2019-06-1318 min
The Radiant PathsThe One Heart Yoga NidraThe One Heart Yoga Nidra Session is slightly shorter than other Yoga Nidra on this podcast. It is designed to break down the barriers between your thinking mind and your essential self to promote inner self awareness. I originally used this as a guided meditation savasana at the end of a Barkan Hot Vinyasa Class at Steam House Hot Yoga and Pilates in Epping NH where I teach Yoga.This Meditation is perfect to do during your day as a meditation practice, perhaps after lunch or in the afternoon. You may also get a great deal...2019-06-0418 min
The Radiant PathsYoga Nidra Immersion - Dissolving the Light of the Central Channel into the CrownThis Yoga Nidra Meditation Immersion comes from and is inspired by the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra, Verse 28"Imagine the Sublest possible form of Prana as Rays of Light Shining Upward from the Root of the Central Channel and Peacefully Dissolving into the Highest Center above the Crown. Spacious Awareness Arises."This is an exercise from the Vijnana Bhairava, a 1000+ year old compendium of Meditation practices from Kashmir Shaivism. It is very important in both Tantric and Hatha Yoga to feel this line of connective energy from the base of the spine to the crown...2019-05-2521 min
The Radiant PathsPoint of Light Yoga NidraEnjoy the practice of Point of Light Yoga Nidra in this 25 minute session. Find a quiet place to lie down on the floor or bed. You can also practice after a Hatha Yoga or Vinyasa session or even at the end of your day before bed time. Have a bolster or pillow handy to place under your knees and perhaps a blanket or shawl available to cover yourself. This will help to contain the Meditation energy of the Yoga Nidra Session.The benefits of Yoga Nidra are known to help activate the relaxation response in your...2019-05-1826 min
The Radiant PathsBridging the Third Eye to Crown MeditationThis short but powerful Meditation," Bridging the Third Eye to Crown Chakra" is a Visionary Tantric Yoga Meditation Technique from the Vijnana Bhairava, a 1000+ year old compendium of Dharana, Bhavana, and Meditation Instructions from Kashmir Shaivism. This meditation shows you how to make a bridge of light to your highest self and flood your entire body and being, all your senses with the Pervasive Awareness of Universal Consciousness. Get full access to The Radiant Paths at melissashubhaabbott.substack.com/subscribe2019-05-1015 min
The Radiant PathsYoga Nidra with Luminous Spacious AwarenessLuminous Spacious Awareness, a technique from the Vijnana Bhairava, a thousand+ year old compendium of Dharana, Bhavana, and Meditation Techniques from Shaiva Tantra. We will explore inner void, emptiness, and luminous spaciousness in a Yoga Nidra Session. Yoga Nidra is a powerful technique best used after a Yoga Asana sessionor at the end of a long day. In the Yogic Tradition, Yoga Nidra is known to restore and cool down the body after an intense Hatha yoga workout and ensures activation of the nervous system and helps the body absorb asanas. It is known to improve sleep, good for...2019-05-0428 min
The Radiant PathsMeditation on Shiva Drishti, Becoming Enlightened AwarenessIn this Visionary Tantric Yoga Meditation we practice our own Enlightened or Awakened State. The State of Shiva Drishti, the ground of all Consciousness. This Meditation is more than pretending you have the eyes of an enlightened being. This powerful meditation plants the seeds of Awakened Consciousness in the fertile ground of your mind so that your consciousness will shift, even if it’s just for a few moments to an Awakened State. Get full access to The Radiant Paths at melissashubhaabbott.substack.com/subscribe2019-04-2713 min
The Radiant PathsMeditation for Lucid Yogic Dreaming with Melissa AbbottThe Perfect Protocol for a Lucid Yogic Dreaming Experience using Visionary Tantric Yoga Techniques. Best Performed at Bedtime. Get full access to The Radiant Paths at melissashubhaabbott.substack.com/subscribe2019-04-2021 min
The Radiant PathsYoga Nidra Connecting to Your Inner Durga & Letting Go of Obstacles by Melissa AbbottCall upon the Goddess Durga in this Powerful Yoga Nidra Session to help you overcome your obstacles. Feel Her shimmering Presence as you are guided by Melissa Abbott, to a state between wakefulness and sleep called Yogic Sleep. Get full access to The Radiant Paths at melissashubhaabbott.substack.com/subscribe2019-04-1117 min