Melissa

Melissa found yoga and meditation through both movement and healing. A lifelong athlete and lover of movement, she returned to a consistent yoga practice when she was a boxing coach, using yoga to balance the intensity of training. Her meditation practice deepened in recovery, where she began meditating twice daily and later led a meditation-based recovery meeting. Through these practices, she experienced firsthand the grounding and transformation yoga and meditation can offer. Inspired by the wisdom of the The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and the Bhagavad Gita, she felt called to begin teaching. Melissa is passionate about teaching both Vinyasa and Restorative yoga in a trauma-informed way that helps students feel safe, empowered, and free to move in whatever way feels best for their body and nervous system.