Melissa McLaughlin

Melissa McLaughlin is a San Francisco Bay Area  yoga teacher and ACSM certified personal trainer. Melissa's love for yoga rooted in 2008 when she discovered the Sivananda yoga lineage. The blend of simple yoga postures, breathing practices, and devotional chanting resonated deeply with her curious, philosophical nature. After years of practice in many styles of yoga, Melissa took her first teacher training at The Mindful Body in San Francisco, where she became fascinated with the structure of the human body. She went on to intensively study Western Exercise Science, Anatomy, and Biomechanics as well as continued yoga training with some of the West's most senior yoga teachers.

Melissa's yoga classes are sweaty and soulful, striking a balance between dynamic flow and sweet stillness. On her teaching Melissa says, “My job as a teacher is to share the tools of this practice with clarity and accessibility then create space for the yoga to happen. It’s our job as students to show up and listen, not simply to what a teacher is saying, but to what the yoga is trying to teach us. May this practice encourage you to listen to, find confidence in, and seek guidance from your greatest teacher, you.”