About Unplug Academy
Hi, I'm Melissa
Melissa is Greek means "Honey Bee." I go by both.
I began my wellness journey in 2010, when I had to relearn how to walk after two Herrington rods were placed along my spine. Within a year after my surgery, I completed a sprint triathlon and continued my love for tennis. As a teenager, I was immersed in technologies "promise" for connection and learning. From social media to homework, screens were integrated into my life before there was any research that showed the harms of too much screen time. When I was 22 after realizing my habits were toxic to my health and well-being I went from an IPhone to a flip phone, and completely transformed my relationship to screens. I completed three yoga trainings, a Digital Wellness Certificate, and continue my love for learning and teaching every day. You can hear more about my story, and self-care through meditation and digital wellness through my book, "Conscious Adulting: In the Digital Age"
What is Digital Wellness Coaching?
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What is Unplug Yoga?
Many of us are constantly digitally connected. We live in a culture that puts more value on being “Always On” and less value on slowing down, presence, and resting. Unplug Academy is here to change that. Unplug Yoga pulls from different lineages and yogic sciences in combination with living a lifestyle that recognizes the Digital Age we live in. We ask people to look within their own inner wisdom, or inner technology, for the answers instead of trusting Google to find everything they need. We are not asking people to get rid of their phones and move to a secluded place in the woods. Rather, we are helping people learn techniques to live in harmony with their True Nature AND integrity with their outer screens.
In Unplug Yoga, a practitioner is using tools to help them Unplug from the fast-paced, stress driven world we live in, and plug into a sense of peace, calmness, and clarity. We do this by combining a variety of different teachings from yogic traditions. These include:
Hatha Yoga, Vinyasa Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, Restorative Yoga, Yin Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Mantra and Sound (Naad Yoga), and practices from Ayurveda (The sister science of Yoga).
What is the Unplug Yoga Teacher Training?
Teachers of Unplug Yoga respect each and every person coming to the practice and honor where they are. Unplug Yoga teaches us that we can integrate these healing practices into the modern age we live in, and live in alignment with who we are.