Melissa Vogt
Melissa Vogt
About the Teacher
Why study with them?
MELISSA VOGT | Melissa’s intense passion for yoga was forged after her very first yoga class. It was LOVE at first EXPERIENCE. She intuitively felt like she was “Home” when she stepped foot on the yoga mat. Her once pain-ridden body was intrigued by the physical challenges presented on the mat that empowered her to overcome suffering from scoliosis. Her busy “monkey mind” appreciated a peaceful break from all the mental chatter that could go on upstairs. As she continued to deepen her practice, she was delighted to discover yoga’s healing and unifying power – body, mind, and soul.
Melissa’s style of teaching yoga is unique in that she strongly believes that movement is a cathartic way to release trauma that we are all faced with as sensitive, sentient beings. She also focuses strongly on MOBILITY and FUNCTIONALITY. Many people are attracted to yoga to increase flexibility, but what about mobility? Simply, shifting your yoga practice focus from flexibility to also incorporating mobility can lead to a more sustainable and stable practice. This empowering methodology is a practice that features movements designed to increase strength gains on the yoga mat that translate into everyday life. Whether it’s a professional athlete, C.E.O., or stay-at-home parent, Melissa longs to show you how to move through life with more grace, radiance, and presence.
She reminds her students to treat yoga as an experiment: Always enter your yoga practice with compassion and self-love; only go as far to explore the edge. Then, that edge can be played with, intelligently. Melissa encourages “OMies” to make life-changing transformations by cultivating and nurturing a healing yoga practice as they go inward on their own journey of self-exploration.
CERTIFICATIONS:
-250HR, with Evolation Yoga, Tampa, FL.
-100HR Yoga Teacher Mentor-ship with Marley Vigdorth, Tampa, FL.
CONTINUING EDUCATION:
-Anna Forest, Forest Yoga, Denver, CO
-Cheryl Deer, Forest Yoga, Denver, CO
-Rodney Yee & Collen Saidman-Yee, NYC
-Bikram Choudhury & Rajashree Choudhury, FL & NYC
-Gary Krafstow, Viniyoga Therapy, Kripalu, Stockbridge, MA
-Jill Miller, Yoga Tune Up, Santa Monica, CA
-NASM Personal Training, Clearwater, FL
-Lagree Fitness, Los Angeles, CA
-Cycling/Madd Dog, Los Angeles, CA
-Spinning/Johnny G-Madd Dog, Orlando, FL Read More
Melissa’s style of teaching yoga is unique in that she strongly believes that movement is a cathartic way to release trauma that we are all faced with as sensitive, sentient beings. She also focuses strongly on MOBILITY and FUNCTIONALITY. Many people are attracted to yoga to increase flexibility, but what about mobility? Simply, shifting your yoga practice focus from flexibility to also incorporating mobility can lead to a more sustainable and stable practice. This empowering methodology is a practice that features movements designed to increase strength gains on the yoga mat that translate into everyday life. Whether it’s a professional athlete, C.E.O., or stay-at-home parent, Melissa longs to show you how to move through life with more grace, radiance, and presence.
She reminds her students to treat yoga as an experiment: Always enter your yoga practice with compassion and self-love; only go as far to explore the edge. Then, that edge can be played with, intelligently. Melissa encourages “OMies” to make life-changing transformations by cultivating and nurturing a healing yoga practice as they go inward on their own journey of self-exploration.
CERTIFICATIONS:
-250HR, with Evolation Yoga, Tampa, FL.
-100HR Yoga Teacher Mentor-ship with Marley Vigdorth, Tampa, FL.
CONTINUING EDUCATION:
-Anna Forest, Forest Yoga, Denver, CO
-Cheryl Deer, Forest Yoga, Denver, CO
-Rodney Yee & Collen Saidman-Yee, NYC
-Bikram Choudhury & Rajashree Choudhury, FL & NYC
-Gary Krafstow, Viniyoga Therapy, Kripalu, Stockbridge, MA
-Jill Miller, Yoga Tune Up, Santa Monica, CA
-NASM Personal Training, Clearwater, FL
-Lagree Fitness, Los Angeles, CA
-Cycling/Madd Dog, Los Angeles, CA
-Spinning/Johnny G-Madd Dog, Orlando, FL Read More