Melissa Smith-Wilkinson

She specializes in Restorative Teacher Training and Somatic Restorative Teacher Trainings. Her teaching style lends itself toward mindful, slow sustainable asana with for strength, injury prevention, and restoration. With a passion for special populations and their needs, she shares her techniques for developing a discerning eye as a teacher. Her desire is for teachers to connect and deeply listen within, integrating their own intuition into just practice but daily life. As the founder of Pranava Yoga Studio, she also organizes annual Caregivers of Alzheimer’s and other Dementias free retreats in Houston, Texas; Calgary, Alberta Canada; and Santa Fe, New Mexico. www.caregiverwellnessretreat.com She also offers online yoga mentoring and self-care for novice yoga practitioners to experienced yoga teachers looking to transform their practice and teaching in innovative ways. She organizes custom respite retreats and International Retreats in Sri Lanka, Italy, Santa Fe, and more. A native Texan, Melissa lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico with her husband and yoga partner, Richard and her youngest son, Drew. Transform the way you teach today. www.PranavaYoga.Studio to start your transformative journey.