About

Hi and welcome! I’m Melissa, the creator of Anima Yoga — it’s lovely to meet you. This project is dearest to my heart and was born from exploring various teaching paths over the past decade. Anima is my way of offering an inclusive, accessible, and supportive space for self-development through yoga and holistic mind-body healing tools. My journey as a yoga teacher began in 2015 after a personal and creative burnout and ever since, self healing has been the focus of my personal and work life. Over the years, I have studied and became certified in various principles of yoga, functional movement, athletic training, fitness and holistic health. Yet, at the heart of my practice remains one guiding path — intuition. My aim is to gently guide others toward their own clarity and empowerment through mindful presence and self-exploration. My teachings are firmly rooted in the holistic and psychosomatic knowledge of Traditional Chinese Medicine and feature meridian-based and nervous-system-regulating practices such as kundalini and yin yoga, with a focus on emotional health, hormonal balance and spiritual development. I lovingly curate and create practices as a fluid blend of yoga, mindful movement, breath work, meditation, acupressure, vagal toning and reiki for deep holistic self care. My guidance is trauma informed and a loving invitation to self compassion, honesty and direction. I also offer intuitive astrology and energy readings on my Instagram for continued guidance and study. For an in-depth practice with me, please consider the Anima monthly membership. Outside of my membership you can explore my courses or book a 1:1 Reiki session or holistic health reading. It is my honor to support your journey of self discovery and healing.

Sending all the soft love

Melissa