About
Based out of Austin, Texas, Dawn Light Yoga offers private, couple and group lessons with Melissa Savoie. With a focus on a Hatha yoga open to beginners and to students of all levels, Melissa strives to create lessons and class series which focus on the needs of each individual student. She is committed to Yoga as a way to integrate our bodies, minds and spirits and to invite a divine experience of life.
History
Melissa came to yoga as a way to connect with her mother in high school, as this was the one activity they could enjoy together without fighting. She discovered an incredibly powerful practice which would sustain and create an increased self confidence and communication. She studied with many instructors throughout high school and college as a way to manage anxiety and stress, also attempting meditation. It was not until the last two years after relocating to Austin Texas that she really began to go deeper into the practice of yoga as a way of life. While completing the 200 hour Yoga Yoga Teacher Training this year, she explored pranayama, meditation, anatomy and a more extensive asana practice. Her primary influences include Gary Kraftskow, Nischala Joy Devi, Judith Lasater, Anodea Judith and Gertrud Hirschi.
Melissa attempts to express to her students the power of yoga to increase our honest and compassionate communication with our bodies, our hearts, our friends our families and in all our relationships. She believes that yoga pushes us to better comprehend our true nature and to express that nature as joy throughout every moment of our lives. She is most interested in using yoga to increase self esteem, body strength, open the heart and to relax.
