biography
Yoga
& Pilates
Melissa West is a yoga and
pilates instructor who helps people to surrender to peace in their lives by
connecting to the vital energy within their body through breath, cultivating
optimal functional movement by harnessing the power of gravity and increase
overall mobility by creating more suppleness in the spine.
Melissa West specializes in
teaching yoga and pilates to adults aspiring to decrease stress in their
lives, rehabilitate from motor vehicle accidents and chronic back pain, and
improve the overall function of their bodies from brain longevity to
digestion and optimal organ function to muscular and skeletal balance.
After
discovering yoga and pilates as a way to cope with the stress of academia
during her studies in a Masters of Arts in Music Criticism and a Ph.D. in
Communications and Cultural Studies, Melissa now helps people find peace
amidst the turmoil of their anxiety-ridden lives.
Teaching yoga and pilates is a
natural extension of the creative expression she learned first through
performing music and later through the writing she did during her degrees.
Her skills as a scholarly researcher combined with her experience teaching
adults within the university institution adds to the pedagogical skills
Melissa brings to her teaching.
Melissa is dedicated to her professional development and continues to study as a
movement educator with her teachers Tama Soble at Esther Myers Yoga Studio and
Margot McKinnon at Body Harmonics Pilates Studio.
