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Melissa is now teaching at THE MOVING JOINT. A new Pilates, Yoga and Bodywork community movement studio, located at 12813 Venice Blvd. (at Beehtoven) Mar Vista, 90066. (424) 228-5348 Melissa teaches Hatha and Kundalini Yoga for families to support deep cleansing process for the body, senses, the mind, and the intellect.
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baby yoga
0 - 18 Months Develop a practice with your baby that can grow through the years. Babies will participate in gentle movements that can contribute to peaceful rest, easy digestion and kinesthetic connection with the parent. The baby will observe and play as the adult also reaps the countless benefits of asana (yoga posture), pranayama (breath exercise) and meditation practice. The class is structured in a way that creates a rhythm for child and parent.
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toddler yoga
18 - 36 MonthsChildren by nature are empathetic. They need and want to be seen as a giver.
Parents and Toddlers can practice yoga togehter. Adults can stretch, relax, breath and observe in yogic postures. Children will practice and play in simple safe postures too. Songs, stories and a basic rhythm make up the class.
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child yoga
3 - 10 YearsChildren by nature are empathetic. They need and want to be seen as a giver.
If your child does not sit for a long time, this is the class for them. Yoga is about movement and non-judgement. Children will practice enlivening asanas (yoga postures) together and individually. Breath awareness, focus and autonomy are nurtured in class. A meaningful story will be threaded through the class and retold by the children with yoga poses.
Parents can choose to particpate in class, relax outside... drink tea, take a nap on the chaise lounge, read by the pond or connect with the other parents.
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kundalini yoga
For all levels. Kundalini Yoga is a uses mantra, chants, kriyas and meditation to cleanse and uplift the inner organs and energies of the body.
The goal of Kundalini Yoga is to wake up the dormat Kundalini energy that resides at the base of the spine at the 4th vertabra. We want to wake up this energy so we can feel 100% and cleanse the inner body systems.
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Vinyasa Flow
All LevelsVinaysa is breath and movement. During a Vinyasa Yoga class you will experience a progression of yoga postures that flow into one another with breath. The benefits of practicing in this way are increased circulation, nervous system and digestive system stabilizer and more oxygen to the whole body and brain.
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