Yoga can help us - if we do it right.
- Short classes, no odd poses
- Working with our nervous system
- Stretching and strengthening gently
- Stress management and relaxation
- On our bed, in a chair, or on the floor
- Build our symptom management toolkit
Yes! Let's use the tools of yoga every single day to be as well as possible with chronic pain, chronic fatigue, insomnia and the other symptoms we are managing.
It has helped me so much that I am so excited to teach these tools to you. (Yep - your instructor has lived with chronic pain, chronic fatigue and insomnia for more than 15 years)!
Before we go any further though, we have got to address the elephant in the room. Yoga CANNOT cure you. But it is one part of a robust symptom management plan.
- You have tried to "do" yoga and felt frustrated at how difficult it was
- You used to do yoga but now you have to figure out how to adapt it to your body
- You have seen those memes posing yoga as either a cure all or completely useless - and know that it could help if you could learn to do it
- You want to experience the benefits of yoga (help with painsomnia, fatigue, anxiety - the things the research and all then internet articles tell you it can help with)
- You need to do it gently, mindfully and where and when you can (ACCESSIBLE)
- MOST IMPORTANTLY - you want to create a self-management plan to help reduce your symptoms
This is the program for you.
“I’m enjoying the idea that I can learn how to adapt yoga to fit in with my life of pain and fatigue. This is definitely gonna be a permanent part of my tool kit.” - Toya
Research is showing us that yoga can help us to reduce pain, increase energy, improve sleep, decrease anxiety, help us breath better and calm the central nervous system - let me teach you these tools so that you can utilize them wherever and whenever you need them.
Do you know what I'm talking about?
- Studio classes are out of reach (the energy to get to a studio sucks up precious energy you need for the class)
- The classes are too long
- The ones I did make it to made me feel inadequate and out of place
- I needed a lot of variation to fit those poses into my body
- I need to be able to fit yoga into my schedule (around kids, health, work and life - not to mention pain and fatigue levels)
- I wanted to use the tools yoga offered to improve my quality of life
After several years of floundering and doing my best, playing with one sequence that I knew worked for my body, using poses that felt good for certain purposes and sharing the benefits I was experiencing with my readers, I took the leap. I became a yoga teacher.
“I like being able to go at my own pace. Each video is very well explained so I am able to follow easily. I especially like that you included bedtime yoga.” - Shelly
Yoga is a key part of my whole of life wellness plan.
This is not a traditional "beginners" course. It is a course for you - you with chronic pain and chronic fatigue. To help you create a toolkit to help you manage pain and fatigue and sleep. I am opening my personal toolkit to show you how to make yours!
Can you imagine feeling pain in a certain area and knowing a pose that can help you manage it? Feeling overwhelming fatigue and using a guided meditation to help you achieve some deep rest. Creating a mindful sleep routine that helps you get to sleep faster.
Have tools in your (metaphorical) back pocket to help you as and when you need? This has been my secret for the past few years and now I can share it with you!
Hope + self-efficacy (knowing you can help yourself and not wait for someone else) = better outcomes for us.
This is what yoga offers. Call it what you like - stretching + breathing + meditation - if you prefer.
All when, where and how works with your energy levels and other things.
• tablet, computer or phone
• with your toddler coloring next to you
• in your lounge, bedroom or hotel room
• at 7am, 11am or 6pm (you align the time with your energy levels)
What people are saying
"I love yoga with Melissa Reynolds it has helped me feel more relaxed, less cramping, less pain."
- Danny from Health-Hats.com
"For the first time I'm in a yoga class that I feel like I'm actually going to get it...I really can do this and I love how it feels."
- Maysha
“I used the chair yoga on a day where my pain was extremely high. I had already decided that my day was canceled. Going out was not gonna be possible but I did the series and about 10 mins after I noticed I felt more alert and less pain . Before I knew it I was dressed in the car and driving to my sister’s house. I ended up spending the evening there and then going to the grocery store after that. I would have never imagined being able to do a program and have such immediate results.”
— Latoya
Course curriculum
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1Welcome
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2Pose Library
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3The Best Yoga Tool (In My Opinion)
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4Gentle Movement
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5Rest Yoga
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6Breathing and Chronic Pain and Fatigue
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7Breathe, Stretch, Rest (the framework)
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8Building Strength
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9Wrap Up
What is my investment and what do I get?
This course will take you from "can I do yoga?" to "I am equipped to use the tools of yoga for the rest of my life"
With ease, over eight weeks (plus a bonus), you will:
- Practice in your chair
- Gently stretch
- Practice on your bed
- Breathe well (and learn why it's super helpful for pain and fatigue)
- Practice poses to gently stretch and strengthen and that serve as standalone tools to help us with specific areas of tension
- Assemble your yoga toolkit
- Create a mindful bedtime routine to sleep better
- Master the special meditation and relaxation that you can use anytime you need: to rest during the day, wind down to sleep, in the middle of the night etc.
- Start to balance your central nervous system with a specially designed style of yoga (restorative yoga was created for those who were unwell or injured)
- Know how and why these tools help so that you can continually draw on them whenever you need them
- Feel calmer, confident of your ability to help yourself fast and supported - you won't be alone friend
More importantly, you will learn to move mindfully - a vital skill for managing pain and fatigue.
In this program you will gain tools that you can practice anywhere, anytime, forever. Stream them from your phone, tablet or computer.
The value is more than $400!
You get this for just $99!
Consider for a moment...
How much have you spent previously on one-off classes, massages, or other physical appointments, that, while nice, the benefits ultimately wear off? You have to wait to see someone else to do something for you.
How much have you spent this year alone on treatments that might help?
How much time and life have you wasted with side effects from treatments that don't work?
What would it be worth to you if you could sleep even a little better?
If you could enjoy your movement?
To experience true relaxation?
To feel even a little less pain?
Priceless? Me too!
BONUSES
- Gentle Strength Building Module
- Putting it all together, the Yoga for Chronic Pain and Chronic Fatigue Framework
FAQs
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When you are ready. This is 100% self-study. Start when you are ready and come back to it again and again.
As soon as you enroll you will receive a special bonus class that I recommend all students, no matter their mobility levels, begin with. You will then be added to the course with all of the lessons. Each week for nine weeks you get access to a new module, and then retain access ongoing.
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How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like - across any and all devices you own.
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This course is designed with you in mind. Every pose is a stand alone tool (seated mountain? child's pose?), every routine is gentle and adaptable (that pose doesn't serve you? Don't do it.). The rest section in week four might be where you are at right now and then you may grow into the poses in week one and then the gentle classes in weeks two and three. With this said, if you feel like you cannot physically do this course, or if you are unhappy despite giving it a go, simply contact us in the first 30 days and we will give you a full refund.
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Yes! You need to be cleared for exercise. It is also a good idea to run the idea of doing yoga by your medical professional
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Anyone who could benefit from more tools in their chronic illness toolkit. It is a gentle introduction to the tools of yoga that is specifically aimed at helping you in your journey. We look at breathing, individual poses that work on specific areas of tension, gentle classes to get us moving mindfully, a special bedtime routine that helps me and my students sleep better and meditation so you can rest and relax.
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Each week for nine weeks, a new module will become available to you. I recommend that you set aside (schedule in your diary!) at least half an hour once a week to go through the week's class/es and practice them (I recommend you watch them through before practicing). And then another 15 minutes at least twice more in the week. So a minimum total of one hour a week, across a few days. Any extra is great.
Don't worry if you fall behind, you have lifetime access.
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Yes! There is a bed yoga class (gentle stretching, in bed) and the most important part of the programme is breathing and meditation.
In my journey with chronic fatigue syndrome, the thing that changed everything and improved my pacing plans was finally learning how to rest properly.
If you feel that you are unable to do many of the classes - individual poses while seated, bed yoga class, the rest yoga classes (passive poses that can be done on your bed), and the breathing and meditation classes, then get in contact with me and I will work with you to get an extra class that you can do.