Ms. Mel's Mighty & Mindful Movers

09/29/2026

🍁Sign your kiddo up for NEXT Mondays Kids Yoga class with me, Ms. Mel!

🍁October 5th : 5:15pm-6:15pm
🍁Theme: Autumn/Halloween
‼️Sign up through the MindBody App and search Restore and Balance Yoga Studio

I am a certified K-12 Physical Education teacher where I am currently teaching K-2 over in Mansfield. My teaching philosophy is to have my students find joy in physical activity and to understand the benefits of it for their NOW & their FUTURE through fun & engaging movement activities!

The outline of my classes are always somewhat in this order:

🍁Coloring while we arrive
🍁Greetings & crank the music up warm up fun!
🍁Finding stillness, breathing
🍁Yoga basics - musical mats
🍁Main flow to either a popular song or story
🍁Craft revolving around our health or mindfulness
🍁Review our main flow
🍁Finding stillness and understanding the importance and relating it to our daily tasks at home and school (how can it help calm us)
🍁Goodbyes ✌🏼

Hope you can join me at Restore & Balance Yoga Studio NEXT MONDAY the 5th! Spots are filling 🎃

09/28/2026

09/22/2026

108 Sun Salutations last night to honor the ending of summer and the beginning of fall. This time of year can be hard as it seems like time flies by yet the days and nights seem so dark. What a beautiful night spent in my favorite place. I look forward to Autumn and taking time to enjoy the moments that bring stillness.

My Autumn Mantra:

Take time to pause and embrace the darker days ahead with gratitude.

I look forward to offering Kids Yoga the FIRST Monday of each month, October 5th @ 5:15pm-6:15pm!

09/10/2026

Upcoming class at Restore & Balance Yoga Studio

09/09/2026

So you think yoga is a religious practice? So you think yoga is about touching your toes? So you think yoga is about elegance & peace? So you think yoga is just for girls? So you think yoga is just stretch work?

What is Yoga about then?

💪🏽🅢🅣🅡🅔🅝🅖🅣🅗 - your inner and outer! 💪🏽

Yoga is what helped me and essentially saved me when I was at my lowest. Yoga is what kickstarted my true healing process from Postpartum Anxiety & PTSD. Yoga taught me that I WAS STRONG & I WAS CAPABLE. Yoga taught me to accept life’s challenges and manage my anxiety. Yoga taught me that I can be myself again, but stronger, and calmer. Yoga allowed me to feel all the hurt yet to accept it and work through it. Yoga gave me space to breathe and feel safe. Yoga gave me friendships. Yoga gave me instructors who make me feel strong & confident.

After 2.5 years I can truly say that I am stronger, I am better, I feel safe in my body, I am healthier, I can cope, I am me once again…different but for the better.

Yoga is STRENGTH - Yoga is about YOU! Yoga is diverse!

Namaste 🩷✌🏼

Restore & Balance Yoga Studio

09/07/2026

🌈⭐️ What a GrEaT September class we had! Thank you for joining me as we practiced the basics!

⭐️Warm up movement while staying on our mat, talking about our heart health
⭐️practicing basic breathing, in through the nose out the mouth
⭐️Musical Mats and learning basic yoga poses
⭐️Practicing stillness and Crab Breaths 🦀
⭐️Exercise Centers
⭐️”Hot to Go” yoga flow (Kidz Bop)
⭐️Friendship Bracelet - what colors make us feel happy
⭐️Review the poses and stillness

🌈⭐️Thank you so much for a GrEaT first class at Restore & Balance Yoga Studio ! We will be offering Kids Yoga THE FIRST MONDAY OF EACH MONTH!

🌈⭐️October 5th will be our next Kids Yoga class which will be fall/halloween themed! 5:15pm-6:15pm K-6th graders welcomed. Sign up by downloading the MindBody App and search Restore & Balance Yoga Studio.

🌈⭐️Loved the energy tonight! You’re all so strong!

🩷

09/06/2026

🌈⭐️TODAY is Kids Yoga at Restore & Balance Yoga Studio

🌈⭐️I am a certified K-12 Physical Education teacher. I have my masters in Health Education. I am certified to teach Kids Yoga through the Yoga Alliance. I currently teach K-2 and have been teaching for 13 years.

🌈⭐️I will be offering a Kids Yoga class the FIRST Monday of each month at Restore & Balance Yoga Studio! Drop your K-6th grader off for an hour of PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. We will learn basic yoga poses, play fun movement games, learn how yoga helps our physical and mental health, practice stillness, crafts, yoga flows set to popular music, yoga flows set to stories etc!

🌈⭐️My goal as a teacher is to always instill a positive mindset revolving around the benefits of physical activity for their NOW & their FUTURE!

🌈⭐️Sign your kiddo up for some Labor Day FUN TODAY @ 5:15! Sign up through the MindBody App > search for Restore & Balance Yoga Studio > Register

🌈⭐️Looking forward to a fun 60min of movement TODAY!

🩷Ms. Mel

06/04/2026

A great series for all small yogis!

05/29/2026

SCHOOLS OUT FOR SUMMER!!!

That means you may get to see me at a few places teaching kids yoga! Excited for the friendships I have made through yoga and their support and faith in me as a kids instructor!

I just wrapped up year 12 of teaching K-4 kiddos! I am a certified PK-12 Phys. Ed teacher. Excited for summer!

05/06/2026

Tonight was perfect. I’ve been wanting to share yoga with my school family since we learned our building was going to close. A lot of stress and worry came about.

Yoga has helped me heal from trauma I experienced from childbirth and postpartum. Yoga has also taught me how to handle my anxiety and accept my self mentally and physically even on the hard days. I am forever grateful for yoga and the instructors who helped me through my journey of healing.

Tonight I finally got to share my love for yoga while having one of my best friends, Shana lead the class! Not only was this for us to navigate change and uncertainty BUT we were able to do this for a co-worker starting her cancer journey and raise funds for her and show her she’s not alone!

Forever thankful for yoga, forever thankful for the instructors, forever thankful for my co-workers!

✨Katy - you’re strong and ready to battle!
✨Everyone looked awesome! As Shana would say, strong work!

☮️Namaste

Big S/O to these businesses donating something for door prizes! 🩷

The Ritual Well
Down Dog Yoga & Lifestyle Studio
Arbor Creek Gardens & Floral

And thank you BLOOM nutrition & drink bar for the flowers!