The Radiant Paths
Exploring and Experiencing Embodied and Sacred Journeys and meditation techniques from Shaiva Tantra, Yogini, Dakini, and Vajrayana Buddhist Sources with Shubha Melissa Abbott. Yoga Nidras, Vijnana Bhairava Tantra, Mandala of the 21 Taras melissashubhaabbott.substack.com
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About once a month, I lead a community mediation on Tantra Illuminated, a thriving community of spiritual practitioners and the most comprehensive online platform for Classical Tantra learning. around.
In this meditation, I am inspired to lead a meditation from Shiva Sutra 3.32.
The Shiva Sutras offer a powerful journey toward full realization of the fundamental teachings of Tantric Yoga. They are a meaningful and engaging guide fo...
Gifts of the New Year Yoga Nidra 2026 Meditation Audio Recording
Recorded Live at Expand Yoga & Wellness, Jan 4, 2026, during the New Year, New You, One Day Mini Yoga & Meditation Retreat, hosted by Jana Olenio and Melissa Shubha Abbott (myself).
Welcome to Our Gifts of the New Year: Yoga Nidra Meditation and Sound Bath. Settled yourself in a quiet space, perhaps with headphones, for a deep experience and blissful journey to ...
In this Podcast, we will explore the potent Dehi Shuddhi Meditation, a powerful technique rooted in Shaiva Tantra that serves as a profound clearing for the subtle body.
In our busy lives, we often carry the weight of past experiences, stories, and patterns that no longer serve us. Dehi Shuddhi offers a unique opportunity to release these burdens and embody the essence of the goddess, the Yogini, and the Dakini within. This meditat...
This Healing Soundbath and Guided Mount Meru Yoga Nidra Meditation in the Tantric Balinese Tradition was recorded at Treetop Yoga Studio in Gloucester, MA, on September 2, 2025, by Melissa Shubha Abbott after a Gentle and Restorative Yoga Class. Listen in a quiet place, preferably with headphones.
Mt. Meru (Sanskrit: मेरु), also known as Sineru or Mahameru, is a revered cosmological mountain in Hindu tradition. It is depicted as hav...
New Moon, New Beginnings: The Joyful Body Soundbath Immersion with Yoga Nidra Meditation** ✨🌙
Listen to Melissa Shubha Abbott's transformative podcast experience, recorded live on May 27, 2025, at Treetop Yoga in beautiful Gloucester, MA. Experience the soothing world of a Crystal bowl & Chou Gong sound bath and rejuvenating Yoga Nidra meditation, designed to help you release the old and embrace new beginnings with each lunar c...
In this Valentine’s Yoga Nidra Immersion, we tune into the full moon, central channel, breath, and inner golden Buddha or Valentine to receive the blessings, courage, and love available in this universe. Feel the cooling effect on your body, as you cultivate a sense of balance and harmony. As you engage in this practice, allow yourself to surrender and fully embrace the transformative power of Yoga Nidra. Open your heart to t...
What is the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra?
Also Known as the “VBT”
Basics of the VBT
The So Ham Meditation Sequence from Vijnana Bhairava Tantra, also known as VBT, is a Shaiva Tantra belonging to the Kaula Trika tradition of Kashmir Shaivism. This treatise serves as a manual for self-realization, offering practitioners a comprehensive guide to unlocking inner peace and spiritual growth. It is believed that the VBT may have bee...
Have you ever wanted to work with the signals and signs you experience daily? Signs that coincide in time and space but aren't causally related? In the early part of the 20th century, psychologist Carl Jung coined the term Synchronicity to describe events that coincide in time and space but aren’t causally related. Unexpected auspicious signs occur when you need them most—a shiny penny on the ground, a feather, a rainb...
This 2025 Gifts of the New Year Yoga Nidra Immersion journey takes participants through a winter forest visualization where they discover five spiritual gifts for the new year. These gifts include starting each day with gratitude, living in the present moment, embracing curiosity and generosity, letting life flow without judgment, and cultivating meaningful connections. The practic...
What does the Practice of Gratitude enable for you?
The benefits of cultivating gratitude are numerous and impactful. Incorporating gratitude into your Yoga Nidra practice or any aspect of your life can have profound effects on your overall well-being. It is a powerful tool that brings about positive shifts in perspective, enhanc...
Removing Tara Practice
Including Invoking the Guardians of the Ten Directions
Orange Poverty Removing Tara is believed to have the power to bestow wealth and good fortune on her devotees. Her divine presence is invoked through various sequences such as this one, and her blessings are sought by those seeking financial prosperity and abundance. Some understand that the greatest possible wealth is...
Recorded live June 19, 2024 at Blue Hot Yoga in Swampscott, Ma by Melissa Abbott BlueHotYoga.com
.As we transition into the awareness and consciousness of longer and warmer days, more time outside, more time connecting with friends and family. Seasonal transitions abound, weddings, graduations, retirements, and lots of birthdays. The extra sunligh...
Being with What Is Yoga Nidra
and Crystal Bowl Sound Bath
Recorded live at Blue Hot Yoga BlueHotYoga.com in Swampscott, MA, USA, by Melissa Shubha Abbott after a Hatha Yoga Class in Savasana.
Discover the profound teachings of Melissa Abbott, Yoga and Meditation Teacher and the Author of “ Yoga Nidra Illuminate...
Recorded live May 1, 2024, at Blue Hot Yoga www.bluehotyoga.com
By Melissa Abbott after 26 postures and two breathing exercises in a Hatha Yoga class.
This Spring Renewal Yoga Nidra honors the May 1 or May Day tradition, known in the Celtic Tradition as Beltane.
Beltane is a Celtic festival that marks the beginning of the warmer season, typically celebrated on May 1...
Three Bindu Meditation with Ocean Sounds and Healing Crystal Bowl Sound Bath
Earth Day 2024 Three Bindu Meditation with Ocean Sounds and Healing Crystal Bowl Sound Bath by Shubha Melissa Abbott. Recorded live at TreeTop Yoga, 3a Pond Rd., Gloucester, MA, www.treetopyoga.com, during a Gentle and Restorative Earth Day Yoga Class.
Immerse yourself in a...
recorded live at Blue Hot Yoga in Swampscott, Ma
with Melissa Abbott
This is a foundational Tantric Yoga Meditation Practice technique to get you ready for deeper states of Meditation. It is very important to be able to learn to settle life force energy in the body to further the inner meditative practices. This is an exploration of Tantri...
with Crystal Bowls & Chou Gong
Recorded live at Blue Hot Yoga www.bluehotyoga.com Feb 2024 by Melissa Abbott
Embark on a transformative healing journey through the ancient practice of Yoga Nidra, where you will repose in the nurturing embrace of life force energy, also known as Prana Shakti. As you settle into a state of deep relaxation, the resonant vibrations of crystal ...
Recorded live at Blue Hot Yoga in Swampscott. Ma on Feb 14, 2024
Embrace this session as a beautiful opportunity to nurture love within yourself and share it with others. Let the power of love be your guiding light, shaping your thoughts, actions, and interactions throughout the day. On this Valentine's Day, immerse yourself in the practice of Yoga Nidra and let ...
Yoga Nidra Meditation
Recorded Wed Jan 24, 2024 at Blue Hot Yoga www.blueHotyoga.con in Swampscott, MA after a Hatha Yoga Class with Melissa Abbott https://linktr.ee/MelissaAbbott
The full wolf moon is often seen as a time of transformation and growth. It is a time when individuals may reflect on their lives, let go of what no longer serves them, and embrace new beginnings. This lunar eve...
Gifts of the New Year 2024 Yoga Nidra Immersion
Recorded live at Treetop Yoga treetopyoga.com
Gloucester, MA USA
Jan 2024
by
Melissa Abbott
author of "Yoga Nidra Illuminated Crafting Yoga Nidra Medita...
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