A Bay Area native, Melissa’s yoga path began when she the joined the Just Be Yoga community as a student in 2012. As she deepened her practice and her ties to the community grew, her path led her to Just Be Yoga’s 200 hour teacher certification program, which she completed in December 2014. In 2019, she completed Jessica Micheletti’s 300 hour teacher certification program, The Path to Joy. Melissa also completed Dragonfly Wellness’ Yin certification program in 2019 with Suzanna Spring. Melissa is now a Yoga Alliance registered E-RYT® 500, YACEP®. Melissa is also a certified ThetaHealer®, having completed her ThetaHealing® certification program in Basic DNA.
In 2022, Just Be Yoga sadly closed its doors. Melissa was invited into Joya Yoga’s community and has been teaching at Joya in Pleasanton and Livermore since January 2023. She created and led the assisting program at Joya, facilitates modules for their 200 hour training, and co-created a 300 Hour Teacher Training for Joya. Look for details soon!
Melissa has a special love and intuition for providing healing, hands-on assists in class. Whether it is to help a student find a pose, deepen a pose, or just spread some love, assisting brings her as much joy as practicing and teaching.
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