INSTRUCTOR

Melissa Rock, Founder & RYT:  In teaching yoga, Melissa offers a safe and sacred space for self inquiry and exploration.  She provides her students with the tools to skillfully cultivate tone, strength and flexibility of both body and mind.

Melissa, a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) certified in the Kripalu tradition, has been a student of yoga for over a decade.  Her classes blend a combination of Hatha Vinyasa and Kripalu yoga styles. Melissa's personal practice and teaching style are influenced strongly by her time studying with Robyn Wexler (Yoga Yard, Beijing), Mimi Kuo (Yoga Yard, Beijing), Donna Farhi (author of Bringing Yoga to Life; Yoga Mind, Body & Spirit; The Breathing Book, and Teaching Yoga), and with the knowledgeable teachers at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health (www.kripalu.org), where she completed her yoga teacher certification.  Melissa is a member of the Kripalu Yoga Teacher's Association (KYTA) and is a registered yoga teacher with the Yoga Alliance (www.yogaalliance.org).

Melissa has shared her love for yoga in both the US and in China, teaching to diverse audiences in group classes and private sessions. She has also assisted at numerous of Donna Farhi's workshops and intensives, including in Beijing, China (2009), Pittsburgh, PA (2010), and Washington, D.C. (2010).

In addition to being a committed yoga student and teacher, Melissa is also a full-time dual degree doctoral student at Penn State University's Departments of Geography and Women's Studies.

To contact her regarding the benefits of private yoga sessions, email Melissa at: myrockyoga@gmail.com.

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