Join Puja and Melissa for an afternoon of healing mantra and kirtan in Los Angeles, rooted in culture and accessibility for all levels and experiences.
🔥Develop Your Sadhana: Chapter 2 Yoga Sutras🔥 - Registration is open!
Sadhana Pada, Chapter 2 of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras explores specific tools to cultivate your sadhana (practice). The tools discussed are practical ways to reduce obstacles and suffering so that you can be rooted in your inner knowing.
In this 6-month long cohort, we’ll explore questions like:
☀️What are the three practices of Kriya Yoga?
☀️What are the five kleshas/obstacles we all face as humans?
☀️How is kriya yoga useful for reducing kleshas/obstacles?
☀️What are the Yamas and niyamas, and how do we practically apply them toward individual and collective liberation?
☀️What is pranayama and why is it useful for steadying the mind?
And much more!
You do not need to have taken my Chapter 1 Yoga Sutras course to join this cohort, but some prior study or exposure (in any capacity) to the Yoga Sutras is recommended.
This course is a comprehensive, consistent way to
- stay rooted in your yogic studies
- Study with a supportive community
- Adapt this wisdom to your daily life in practical, useful ways
- Explore how the Yoga Sutras relate to collective liberation
Join Melissa for a free class studying Yoga Sutras 2.1 and an introduction to Sadhana Pada, Chapter 2 of the Yoga Sutras.
Join Rabia and Melissa for their 2nd annual day retreat in Austin! This year's focus is on “Looking Within," a day long experience designed to guide you through introspection and deep digestion of the previous year with grace and intention. Through a blend of reflective exercises, gentle asana, restful pranayama and connection in a supportive community, you'll explore how to be discerning about decisions you make for the year ahead.
Join a free chanting practice to harness the energy of the Spring Equinox!
Led by Melissa Shah, yoga therapist and devoted chanting student + teacher, you'll be guided through Laghunyasah Mantra , Ayur Mantra and a therapeutic sound practice to call in nourishment and strength for this season change.
I’m excited to celebrate my 38th solar return with our amazing online global community with a Birthday fundraiser yoga practice this Thursday March 12!
I know that there are so many important things needing our support. We continue to live in a polycrisis, and it can be overwhelming to discern where you put your attention.
I’m staying steadfast in raising funds annually for QTPGM (Queer + Trans People of the Global Majority) scholarships for our 5th annual Deep Rest Retreat this year in SoCal. Because of so many people’s support from all over the world, we’ve funding 10 partial scholarships. This retreat continues to be a powerful portal where deep connections are made, transformation is held with care, and where rest is an active, daily practice. One of our core values at Find Your Breath is to increase access to these sacred practices for marginalized communities.
During a time when there is blatant violence and erasure toward trans and queer people across the US, increasing access supportive spaces for rest, digestion, and nourishing community building is invaluable.
If you can’t make it to class but still want to donate you can also Venmo me at Melissa-Shah and write “fundraiser” in the note.
Thank you for helping me celebrate my birthday by dismantling barriers to wellbeing 💜. Sign up app.arketa.co/findyourbreath/schedule and spread the word!
Join Melissa Shah for an immersive experience focused on healing mantras + chanting at People's Yoga! This 3 hour immersion is designed to give you practical tools to support steadying the mind and gaining clarity during this season. We’ll use the vibrational power of sound in community to relieve tension and move toward a more regulated state collectively.
Community Check In
Pranayama practice focused on digestion and reflection on this year
Learning Panchamaya Shloka to explore the five dimensions of your physical being and integration of all parts of you
Review of basic Sanskrit pronunciation
Reflective Writing
Gentle seated movement
Sustainer rate: $40
Supported rate: $25 - use code NYE15
10% of profits will go to a mutual aid fund to sustain a food pantry in West Adams, Los Angeles to support people experiencing food insecurity.
Join Melissa, certified yoga therapist, at Sovern LA for our next Healing Breath Techniques for Rest practice! During the winter solstice, join a holistic practice that guides you through accessible breathing practices to release physical and mental tension, support your nervous system, and build mental clarity. This practice is designed to help you build a deeper relationship with your breath, explore your relationship to rest, and ultimately connect you with your inner knowing.
What to expect:
• Community check-in and guided reflection
• Pranayama (breath) practices that are adapted to your unique needs and abilities
• Gentle movement to help facilitate the breath
• Chanting and sound healing to draw your attention inward
This is open to all levels, bodies, abilities, and life experiences.
Healing Pranayama for Rest at Sovern LA with Melissa Shah, certified yoga therapist, offers you accessible breathing practices to release physical and mental tension, support your nervous system, and build mental clarity. This practice is designed to help you build a deeper relationship with your breath, explore your relationship to rest, and connect you with your inner knowing.
This September during the autumnal equinox, you’re invited to join a 4 day therapeutic yoga retreat at Ojas Retreat Center, led by Melissa Shah and guest teacher Rabia Meghani! Together, we’ll dive deep into our yoga practices, connect over nourishing meals, and bask in the beautiful outdoors on Luiseño land in Southern California. Ojas Retreat Center is just 2 hours southeast of Los Angeles, nestled in the mountains in an ecological reserve.
Join daily therapeutic yoga classes that incorporate breath-led asana, pranayama and meditation.
Allow daily sound and mantra classes to nourish your spirit and support connection with self and in community.
Nourish yourself with daily, homemade Ayurvedic-friendly vegetarian meals made with love and care.
Nurture the process of letting go through intentional time in nature, optional hikes, and deep, luxurious rest.
Rest in a supportive environment that is rooted in body-affirming, queer and trans* affirming, anti-casteist, and anti-racist values.
Early Bird Registration:
$1455 (open until June 10)
Standard Registration:
$1625 (after June 15)
Welcome to Community Yoga at Sarvodaya Farm! Join Harpinder Kaur Mann this month to practice therapeutic yoga tools like accessible asana (postures), pranayama (breath regulation), and sound healing -- all in the serene, lush environment of the farm.
Welcome to Community Yoga at Sarvodaya Farms! This collaboration between Find Your Breath and Sarvodaya has been a long time coming, and we’re excited to weave in therapeutic yogic practices with being in deeper connection to your environment.
Join Melissa for our inaugural class on April 12 to practice therapeutic yoga tools like accessible asana (postures), pranayama (breath regulation), and sound healing -- all in the serene, lush environment of the farm.
You'll be invited to be in deeper connection with yourself, nature, and one another through sacred practices that support your whole wellbeing. This practice may include meditation and mindfulness practices using plants at the farm, and group reflections!
Sliding scale: $5-$25
Recommended items to bring:
Mat or towel to stand/lie down on
Water
Sunscreen
Journal/Pen
Yoga & Ayurveda For Sleep is an annual 6 week series to support improved sleep, stress reduction, and reclaiming rest through therapeutic yoga asana, pranayama, meditation, and discussions on Ayurveda. All abilities and bodies are welcome, and accessibility options are provided.
Sustainer: $45
Supported $30 (use code NYE15)
*15% of all profits will be donated to a mutual aid fundraiser for a family in Gaza. Learn more about Ramadan Abu Jazar’s family here.
Community Check In
Gentle Asana (postures) and pranayama practices to prepare the body and mind for mantra and meditation
Mantras that hone in your relationship to your inner knowing and true nature
Meditation practices that allow you to draw your attention inward and deeply reflect on how you are taking action from a clear place within.
Replay access will be offered for 1 week for all registrants.
Partial and full scholarships offered for PGM, QTPGM and people living with disabilities. Email melissa@findyourbreath.net for more info.
Join Melissa for a free, community-centered practice to support your whole being on Election Day. This offering is designed to give you a space to rest, draw inward and regulate your system so that you can continue to take action from a place of clarity.
Join Rabia, Melissa, and Tejal for a transformative and heartwarming journey into the world of Kids Yoga! This 10HR training is designed to give you all the tools you need to create accessible, mindful, and safe yoga experiences for children of all ages.
You’re invited to join a four day therapeutic yoga retreat this fall, focused completely on deep rest. This year’s retreat will be held at Ojas Retreat Center in Southern California, led by Melissa Shah and guest teacher Rabia Meghani!
Join a free workshop, Introduction to the Yoga Sutras at Find Your Breath, led by Melissa Shah!
In this beginner friendly workshop, you'll be invited to learn the foundations of sadhana (personal practice) through the lens of the Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. We will explore how the sutras are incredibly applicable to every aspect of life, including how you take action against injustice in your communities and the world.
Join a yoga practice on cultivating focus, a fundraiser class with Melissa Shah! 100% of funds will go to Bengalis for Palestine, who are organizing funds for Operation Olive Branch and Heal Palestine for families and healthcare access in Gaza.
Join Melissa for our 5th annual Summer Solstice Mantra workshop! A 90 min mantra and meditation workshop that focuses on expanding consciousness, curiosity, and motivation to move forward and take action. We will practice two mantras bring brightness, deep trust, and strength to all dimensions of your being. No prior experience is required.
$40 (Sustainer)
$30 (Supported) - use code SOLSTICE10
20% off for Find Your Breath members - locate the discount in your member portal.
Scholarship spots are available for BIPOC + 2SLGBTQIA+. Email melissa@findyourbreath.net to inquire.
You will be guided through:
-Community Check In
-Pranayama practices to support your system's ability to expand your consciousness and curiosity.
-Mantras that energize your body and spirit to support your ability to take action and build trust within yourself.
-Meditation practices that allow you to draw your attention inward and support a deeper connection to your role in the present world.
20% of profits will be donated to the QTBIPOC Scholarship Fund, which provides two scholarships to Deep Rest: Therapeutic Yoga Retreat led by Melissa Shah + Rabia Meghani
Join a free workshop at Find Your Breath, led by Melissa Shah!
In this beginner friendly workshop, you'll be invited to learn the foundations of what pranayama is and how breath can influence the movement of prana (vital life force) through the physical body.
We will practice 3 foundational breathing techniques that are designed to calm the nervous system, release tension, and support restful sleep. Melissa's comprehensive approach to pranayama is rooted in 25+ years of practice/study and 11+ years of teaching.
In this 10-hour virtual immersion, we'll cover:
A deep dive into prana, and it's various functions and responsibilities in the body
What is pranayama and it's potential benefits
How to incorporate pranayama (breathing) tools therapeutically and safely for your students, clients, and your own practice
Purpose and functions of at least 6-8 pranayama techniques
Ample opportunity to practice various pranayama techniques and get a deeper sense of how they influence your system
Ayurveda philosophy and yoga theory, drawing from several yogic texts
Practice teaching 3-4 pranayama techniques
Individual and group reflections/discussion
Join us for this special partner yoga workshop, where we will guide you and your partner through asana (postures), pranayama (breathing techniques) and meditation. You will leave this experience with a stronger understanding of how to use yogic tools to attune to yourself and those around you.
An annual 6 week series to support improved sleep, stress reduction, and reclaiming rest through therapeutic yoga asana, pranayama, meditation, and discussions on Ayurveda. All abilities and bodies are welcome.
You’re invited to join a weekend yoga and mantra retreat at Ojas Retreat Center, led by Melissa Shah and guest teacher Rabia Meghani! Together, we’ll dive deep into our yoga practices, connect over nourishing meals, and bask in the beautiful outdoors of Southern California. Ojas Retreat Center is 2 hours south of Los Angeles, immersed in an ecological reserve.
Join daily therapeutic yoga classes that incorporate breath-led asana, pranayama and meditation.
Allow daily mantra classes to soothe your spirit and support connection with self while being in community.
Nourish yourself with daily, homemade Ayurvedic-friendly vegetarian meals made with love and care.
Nurture the process of letting go through intentional time in nature, optional hikes, and deep, luxurious rest.
Rest in a supportive environment that is rooted in queer and trans* affirming, body-affirming, anti-casteist, and anti-racist values.
Join Melissa for “Unwind” a three-hour workshop in Sacramento where you’ll ease into practices of asana (posture) pranayama (breathwork) and meditation designed to unwind the effects of our culture of overwork, burnout and hypervigilance has on our systems.
Join Melissa and Tejal for a full day yoga retreat focused on grounding and affirming where to direct your energy right now. This retreat will be held on Saturday, September 23 at a beautiful estate along the northeast border of Topanga State Park on Tongva/Chumash/Kizh land in Encino, CA.
A 2-hour mantra and meditation workshop centered on the first half of the year and invoking the healing qualities of the sun We will practice Suryanamaskar Mantra to bring brightness and bold confidence to the mind. No prior experience is required.
$30 (Sustainer)
$20 (Supported) - use code SOLSTICE10
4 free spots are available for BIPOC + 2SLGBTQIA+. Email melissa@findyourbreath.net to inquire.
10% of profits will be donated to Gender Justice L.A
Find Your Breath and Kalama Mutual Aid are partnering each quarter to raise mutual aid funds for caste equity.
These funds will directly go to help raise $20K to provide rapid response support to ensure the safety and well-being of our friend and their family. Join Melissa for a 60min yoga fundraiser class on June 8, where 100% of your contribution will go towards direct aid such as safe house relocation, mental health services, and legal support.
Learn more about Kalama Mutual Aid here.
