Melissa took her first step on a yoga mat at the age of 16 under the direction of a family physician in an effort to combat anxiety.  She fell in love with her practice of yoga and took her first Yoga Teacher Training at the age of 19 in the Ashtanga Vinyasa lineage under a traditional Indian Teacher in Brampton, Ontario, Canada.

Her yoga practice has been an anchor throughout her adult life, her various business ventures and is the compass that directs her through her dharma as both wife and mother to a collective six children. Melissa believes that everything is yoga and knows that it is this practice that has fuelled her entrepreneurial spirit, allowing her to lean into her creativity with the comfort of knowing that we are all guided by something far greater than ourselves.

After years of teaching and practicing yoga part time while exploring the balance between work and family; Melissa, along with her husband and children relocated to the beautiful islands of Cayman.  It is here where she founded One Heart Yoga & Apothecary.  Melissa remains full of gratitude for the welcoming One Heart has received from both the people of Cayman as well as the Cayman Wellness Community.  She is even more humbled by her further opportunity to create a retreat centre in Jamaica - when becoming the co-owner of the already existing and flourishing Hermosa Cove Villa Resort in Ocho Rios.

Since her first Yoga Teacher Training, Melissa has become a Reiki Master, a Certified Herbalist and completed teacher trainings in Baptiste Yoga, Vinyasa Flow Yoga, Yogic Philosophy, Pranayama, Yoga Nidra, Pre & Post Natal, Trauma Informed Yoga, Meditation and Yin Yoga.  She is dedicated to exploring her practice of yoga and is committed to being a life long learner.

Melissa believes that the opportunity for yoga happens everywhere and that our practice of asana is only a reminder of how we can grow and evolve off the mat.  You will find her teaching practices to be challenging, yet accessible to all with a weaving thread of yogic philosophy.