Melissa Zinna

Melissa loves yoga because it teaches her to live life from the inside out. After years of dance training, Melissa was looking for something that gave her that same powerful form of expression. She had contemplated trying yoga for years, but hesitated because she thought it would be too slow paced for her liking. So instead, when Melissa stopped dancing after college, she began running and completing high intensity interval training workouts. She enjoyed the athleticism that came with both, but still felt like something was missing. Finally a friend asked her to try a power yoga class. Walking out of the studio after her first class, Melissa was dripping with sweat and beaming with a smile full of fulfillment. Melissa began practicing yoga 4-6 times a week from that day forward and continues to be awestruck by yoga’s power to heal, strengthen and detoxify her from the inside out.

While living near Philadelphia, Melissa completed her 200 Hour Power Yoga teacher training at Power Yoga Works and Childlight Children's Yoga certification. Originally from Erie, Melissa recently has moved back with her husband to be closer to family. Outside of yoga, Melissa worked as an elementary school teacher for the past six years. She has found bringing yoga to children to be an asset in creating a more positive, peaceful, and productive learning environment. She feels blessed to be a lifelong learner in all aspects of her life and hopes to inspire others to do the same. Her intention is to continue on the path of learning, growing and transforming and she is extremely grateful to be a part of the yogaErie community.