About Sacred Spaces Yoga

Melanie Van Pypen, HBKin, CK

Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada

 

Melanie began practicing yoga while studying to become a Kinesiologist. Instantly hooked on this ancient tradition, it profoundly changed her view of the universe. She took up a strong personal practice with an endeavor to find a variety of available classes during her travels throughout Canada and Alaska, often practicing amidst the beauty of the mountains and open skies of the west coast. Upon returning to the place of her roots, she completed the teacher training program at the Yoga Space in Toronto with Kathryn Beet and Patricia White, gaining international inspiration and skills. Melanie teaches Vinyasa and Hatha yoga with a soft, though ambitious flair that encourages inwardly focused movement. Students can find bliss in the meditative dance unique to each class. Melanie shapes each practice with precision of alignment in mind, encouraging students to move and practice with Ahimsa (non-harm). Guided by her own inner light she aspires for continual knowledge and maintains a most vital asana and yoga lifestyle practice.