Melanie has a background in transpersonal counseling psychology, which she merges into all of her teachings. She teaches and moves from a polyvagal lens, prioritizing nervous system health and integration. She believes that yoga teaches and helps others practice self-trust, communication, discovery, and to connect with their body. Her goal is to teach students how to regulate their nervous system through body awareness, breath, movement, and play.

Melanie has always had an interest in dance, arts, performance arts, etc. As she grew up, she lost a connection to her body rhythm, but in her early 20’s she moved to Vancouver, Canada, and there she found yoga. In 2007 she began her yoga journey; this was the beginning of reconnecting to her body, and which began to change the trajectory of her life.

Melanie considers herself a forever student and a nerd at heart. She is dedicated to self-growth and gaining infinite knowledge, which she loves sharing with her students and Yoga TT she helps facilitate.

Melanie is a certified Yoga alliance teacher, and has been teaching since 2014. She passionately earned many certificates of training such as Yin, Rocket Yoga, Vinyasa, Lead with Love Yoga Mentorship, and Level 1 AcroVinyasa.

Melanie has now accumulated almost 8000 hours in various Yoga trainings, as well as is a certified Fascia Trainer, and continues to educate herself in the psychology and trauma informed world, as well as with course that complement yoga like Kinesiology 101 – RAD Balls, Relational Anatomy and Physiology for Movement Therapists, the Flexibility Research Program, and more.

Melanie is also a full-time coach at Nirvana, which merges those skill sets while teaching yoga.