Melissa Brake
Melissa opened Yogaway in 2011 a year after completing her Yoga Teachers Training with Jim Harrington. Melissas previous incarnation was as a `Pilates teacher which, she trained in and taught both in London and later in Cape Town, where she ran her own studio in Constantia. Her Pilates background is essential to Melissas teachings as it is her belief that a strong back and a strong body all start with strong core. All Melissas classes will have an element of this work. Melissa has a strong sense of community and this led her to the dream of creating a space, that is both for working with the physical body to ‘age strong’ and energetically, to create a space for connection and nurturing. All this we find in Yoga. The bringing together of the body, the mind and the breath.
Lara Roux
Music and play are central to Lara’s practice and her teachings. She has trained in the styles of Vinyasa, Forrest & Iyengar and thus creates a playful combination of movement and breath for the intermediate or advanced yogi. She has a strength in her softness that resonates through her practice and teachings. The connection lara has to life is amplified through her Yoga teachings of exploring the heart, mind and soul connection through moving meditation, movement and laughter.
Booking for Lara classes must be made directly. Contact her on Instagram – @soulsistayogatwista or via email.
Erin Sprong
Erin Sprong lives and works in Cape Town. She has been teaching yoga since 2009 when she completed her teacher training with well-known and respected, life long yogi and teacher, Jim Harrington.
Since then, she has done several courses with bodywork practitioners in line with her interest in using yoga and movement therapeutically to help people dealing with physical and mental ailments. She completed a yoga therapeutics course in 2018 with Physiotherapist Simon Borg Oliver and more recently certified as a TRE (Tension/Trauma Releasing Exercises) practitioner. Combining skills with deep knowledge, she helps clients reach a balanced state of wellness. Erin uses her knowledge of working with the nervous system in combination with movement to empower individuals to find a calm, present, and aware state.
Sarah Miller
Sarah strives to bring the essence and fullness of yoga to her students so they can integrate its teachings both on and off the mat. She interweaves her Vinyasa classes with yoga philosophy, pranayama, and meditation and brings great depth and mindfulness to her teaching. Integrating the external world with the internal, expect a style that teaches how to live in rhythm with natural cycles of life and embodies an appreciation for the full spectrum – both lunar and solar classes. Sarah is a 500hr certified Prana Vinyasa teacher having trained with Shiva Rae and with Shimon Ben Avi. Originally from New Mexico she now lives and works in Cape Town integrating her degree in Global Health with mindfulness coaching, movement meditation and philosophy.
Harriet Came
Having practiced and taught Pre & Post Natal through three of her own pregnancies, Harriet is the founder and primary teacher for Bloom Yoga. She teaches at various studios in Capetown and at Yogaway once a week. Please contact her directly on +27 (78) 107-5070 to be added to Harriet’s groups.