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Help me be a better Teacher for You

1,052 views · Published 5 April 2017 · 2:51 · Indexed 8 November 2026

Channel: Yoga with Melissa · 2017 · Howto & Style

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Will You help Pay My Tuition so I can be a Better Teacher for You? 
Link: https://www.gofundme.com/meditationretreat

My name is Melissa West and for the past eight years I have been giving away free one hour yoga videos every Friday on my personal website and YouTube channel, we’re coming up on 400 classes. This past year I have noticed a personal ache and longing that comes from our collective culture that is experiencing tremendous economic anxiety, social chaos, environmental disaster, and political unrest. Now more than ever I believe we need a bigger container to awaken our bodies as we enter this journey into the unknown and that is why I am reaching out to you to ask you to support me in course tuition, food and lodging for seven days with my Dharma Ocean Senior Meditation Teacher, Neil McKinlay for a Somatic Meditation Retreat and Course: The Journey Home on Salt Spring Island in June of this year 2017. 

I read all of your comments and I meet with many of you in our small intimate setting on Mondays for our live meditation classes. I know you are hurting, I know you are overwhelmed. I know you are anxious and disoriented. I feel deep within my body, what is being asked of me as teacher is more substantial and profound than ever before. I have been receiving meditation instruction from Neil since September of 2016 through weekly classes, one day retreats and online intensive courses. They have affected me personally, the migraines I experienced have subsided substantially, and my teachings have developed significantly. I know that by taking my practice deeper in this 7 day silent retreat and course I will gain the skills to listen even more honestly to my body and to integrate the embodied practices in my unfolding journey. I will learn how to create a strong container so that I can stay with my experiences as they unfold rather than exiting into habitual patterns and addictive behaviours and in turn help you do the same. 

The cost of this course tuition, food and lodging is prohibitive for me alone, but I know together each one of us can contribute and make it possible for me to be able to go and receive these teachings and afterwards I will be an even better teacher for all of you. 

From the bottom of my heart I thank you for your contributions. I appreciate you. I appreciate your support. 

Namaste, Melissa

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