MEET OUR TEAM

Silvia has been teaching yoga since 2013 after practicing asanas for over 10 years to overcome the pain from a spinal arthritis in which no other remedy or intervention helped. This prompted her to become an instructor so she could help others with health related issues. She never imagined that the asanas were only the tip of the ice berg and that the yogic path is life transforming. She sees yoga as a means to cultivate an inward journey to self awareness, to strengthen and heal the body and being able to relax into and experience the joy and peace of spirit . She completed her training in BC as well as India, achieving her 500 RYT and yoga therapy certificate,as well as recently completing a certificate in Chair Yoga. Silvia has taught both in Prince George and Montreal.

Melissa shares Yoga as a safe, heart-centred practice where students of all levels can explore their potential and connect with their innermost Self. With a background in Western remedial massage therapy complementing her studies of diverse Eastern modalities, her classes blend warmth and compassion with deep knowledge of the healing arts.

Her teaching weaves together postures, breathwork, mantra, mudra, visualization, and yoga nidra, along with her specialty—tattwa shuddhi sadhana (5 Element Yoga), a flowing meditative practice from North India akin to Tai Chi.

Melissa is an E-RYT 500–equivalent teacher with training in Hatha, Therapeutic, Tantra, and Bhakti Yoga, and is registered with the Natural Health Practitioners of Canada.

When I first came to Yoga it was simply for the purpose of balancing my physical training with some “stretching” and to help heal and maintain the body from years of distance running and bodybuilding. However, as I continued to practice yoga, I discovered that it was much more than just increasing flexibility! Yoga truly is the balancing of mind, body and spirit! As I went through a very stressful time in my life including relocating to Prince George from my community of Mackenzie where I had resided for twenty years, I found that yoga, mindfulness practice and meditation afforded me the ability to not only cope with the stress but emerge from this time with inner strength and peace. It was during this time that I embarked upon my journey to become a certified instructor so that I could share my passion for the physical, mental and spiritual practice of yoga with the residents of Mackenzie. As such, I have immense gratitude for my mentor, friend and fellow Yogi, Cindy Szekely for introducing me to and guiding me on this path! Once again I am now blessed and grateful to have the opportunity to share my passion for yoga and I look forward to meeting you on the mat here at Sunset Yoga Studio.