“Come as you are Leave in Peace”
Melanie McDaniel ; Yoga Teacher and Owner of "OM" Time Yoga Studio Dunsborough, West Australia; completed her Yoga Teacher Training in Goa, India at Himalaya Yoga Valley in 2011. After 27 years of practicing Yoga, this brought an adult-lifelong dream, to fruition. Previous years of working and training in the Fitness Industry since the age of 17, has given Mel a deep foundation of knowledge in physiology and anatomy, a real compliment to teaching Yoga. This along with enduring 3 whiplashes and a skiing injury in her mid 20’s which required knee surgery and a shoulder impingement and spondylitis’s in her spine in later years all broadened her awareness to another level of self-discovery and to being able to help all of those that come to her Yoga classes. Being diagnosed with PND 18 years ago after her second child was born and suffering ongoing bouts of depression over the years, has also helped Mel understand and empathize with others and see and feel firsthand how Yoga has a direct correlation to self-healing and returning to wholeness. Mel has the greatest appreciation for Teaching Yoga and practicing Yoga knowing that it brings us from “just surviving life, to thriving in life”. Her ongoing thirst for Spirituality since the age of 19 and staying in Ashrams from the age of 26, has led her to a thorough understanding of Yoga philosophy, pranayama, meditation, chanting, chakras and kriyas. Melanie brings all of this and more, to her students in each class, through her love of yoga. She believes that we all need Yoga in our lives; not just for flexibility and all the health benefits that it brings to us, but also to keep us accountable to be the best human beings that we can be; to use Yoga on and off the mat as a tool for self-enquiry in all that we do! Although trained in Traditional Ashtanga and Hatha Yoga originally, Mel has gone on to do further teacher trainings with Jo Phee, and studied with Donna Farhi and Simon Borg Oliver, all of which has greatly influenced her teaching style, currently she teaches Hatha Vinyasa flow, Yang Rejuvenate and Yin yoga classes at “OM” Time Yoga Studio. Her all-inclusive teaching style and ability to cater for anyone from beginner level to more advanced practitioner allows anyone to join her classes and Retreats.
