Meet Melissa SpenceR
Melissa Spencer is the founder of Peaceful World Yoga, a Mindful-Based Yoga program for human beings of all ages. Melissa's greatest passion and mission in life is to serve her students in a way that supports their own life purpose by gently guiding each student to open themselves up to the endless possibilities life has to offer.
After retiring from a 25-year career in public education, Melissa made the choice to become a certified Yoga instructor and received her initial 200 Hour Yoga teacher training and certification at the renowned Himalayan Institute. Melissa continued to expand her knowledge in the field of Yoga and worked her way through an E-RYT 500 in Denver, Colorado. Simaltaneoysly, Melissa received a 200 Hour Meditation Certification and continues to bring her passion and knowledge into the lives of the people in her community.
Melissa has been trained by Mindful Schools in California and implements weekly lessons in schools across the Denver Metro area. She is an RCYT (Registered Children's Yoga Teacher) and working with children and families is one her greatest passions. By inviting laughter, singing, dancing, breathing, and releasing of big sighs, she attracts both children and adults of all ages to her classes.
Melissa received her Reiki Master certification in 2016 and holds sessions in her home and also takes her Reiki practice into the homes of her students and also provides group Reiki sessions and workshops. Melissa also received her Level 1 and Level 2 Sound Healing Certification and shares her Vibrational Sound Journeys in her weekly classes and with private clients. She believes that the healing powers of Vibrational Sounds and Restorative Yoga, blended with modern-day science can help to heal at a deep level. During COVID, Melissa created a 100 Hour Restorative Sound Healing Course that provides training in a variety of different musical instruments and shares her joy and love of playing different instruments for restoring, nourishing the body and mind, and for overall general health benefits.
Before creating Peaceful World Yoga, Melissa was a K-8 classroom teacher, staff developer, Reading Curriculum Director, Counselor, and trainer in Florida and Colorado for over 25 years. By combining her years of experience in schools and classrooms with hundreds of hours of specialized training, coursework, and hands-on instruction, Melissa has created a series of Yoga and Mindfulness-based programs focused on providing real and quantifiable improvements in the social, emotional and physical outcomes of students in today's uniquely challenging environment.
Melissa's Educational background includes a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education from Florida Atlantic University, A Master's Degree in Literacy from Walden University, A Master's Degree in Administration and Counseling from University of Colorado, and Master's Degree in Mindful-Based Stress Reduction from UMASS. Spencer received her Ph.D in 2015 in Administrative Studies and Policies with a focus on Trauma Therapy Counseling. Although education is a gift in today's world, Melissa believes that degrees and certifications mean nothing if they are not implemented with the whole-person in mind. Taking the knowledge and wisdom from books and instructors is only useful if the lessons learned and implemented come from the space of the heart.
Melissa attributes her contributions to the world to all of her teachers, her dear friends, and amazing supporters who have been placed on her path; with the support and love of the Human Race the world can be whole. Her belief is that she is here to serve through Yoga philosophy, healing touch, sound healing, and guiding students to discover the union of the mind, body, and the spirit through a daily practice.
"The lessons that make the most impacts in the world are those that are taken off the yoga mat and implemented out into the world," is the way Melissa teaches her students.
Melissa is a dedicated practitioner in the spiritual aspects of the Eight Limb Path and is humbled and honored to do the work of the Divine Mother, all of nature, the Universe, and Mother Earth.
Shanti Shanti Shanti
Peace Peace Peace
After retiring from a 25-year career in public education, Melissa made the choice to become a certified Yoga instructor and received her initial 200 Hour Yoga teacher training and certification at the renowned Himalayan Institute. Melissa continued to expand her knowledge in the field of Yoga and worked her way through an E-RYT 500 in Denver, Colorado. Simaltaneoysly, Melissa received a 200 Hour Meditation Certification and continues to bring her passion and knowledge into the lives of the people in her community.
Melissa has been trained by Mindful Schools in California and implements weekly lessons in schools across the Denver Metro area. She is an RCYT (Registered Children's Yoga Teacher) and working with children and families is one her greatest passions. By inviting laughter, singing, dancing, breathing, and releasing of big sighs, she attracts both children and adults of all ages to her classes.
Melissa received her Reiki Master certification in 2016 and holds sessions in her home and also takes her Reiki practice into the homes of her students and also provides group Reiki sessions and workshops. Melissa also received her Level 1 and Level 2 Sound Healing Certification and shares her Vibrational Sound Journeys in her weekly classes and with private clients. She believes that the healing powers of Vibrational Sounds and Restorative Yoga, blended with modern-day science can help to heal at a deep level. During COVID, Melissa created a 100 Hour Restorative Sound Healing Course that provides training in a variety of different musical instruments and shares her joy and love of playing different instruments for restoring, nourishing the body and mind, and for overall general health benefits.
Before creating Peaceful World Yoga, Melissa was a K-8 classroom teacher, staff developer, Reading Curriculum Director, Counselor, and trainer in Florida and Colorado for over 25 years. By combining her years of experience in schools and classrooms with hundreds of hours of specialized training, coursework, and hands-on instruction, Melissa has created a series of Yoga and Mindfulness-based programs focused on providing real and quantifiable improvements in the social, emotional and physical outcomes of students in today's uniquely challenging environment.
Melissa's Educational background includes a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education from Florida Atlantic University, A Master's Degree in Literacy from Walden University, A Master's Degree in Administration and Counseling from University of Colorado, and Master's Degree in Mindful-Based Stress Reduction from UMASS. Spencer received her Ph.D in 2015 in Administrative Studies and Policies with a focus on Trauma Therapy Counseling. Although education is a gift in today's world, Melissa believes that degrees and certifications mean nothing if they are not implemented with the whole-person in mind. Taking the knowledge and wisdom from books and instructors is only useful if the lessons learned and implemented come from the space of the heart.
Melissa attributes her contributions to the world to all of her teachers, her dear friends, and amazing supporters who have been placed on her path; with the support and love of the Human Race the world can be whole. Her belief is that she is here to serve through Yoga philosophy, healing touch, sound healing, and guiding students to discover the union of the mind, body, and the spirit through a daily practice.
"The lessons that make the most impacts in the world are those that are taken off the yoga mat and implemented out into the world," is the way Melissa teaches her students.
Melissa is a dedicated practitioner in the spiritual aspects of the Eight Limb Path and is humbled and honored to do the work of the Divine Mother, all of nature, the Universe, and Mother Earth.
Shanti Shanti Shanti
Peace Peace Peace
