MELISSA DONAGHE

Melissa is an Army veteran from Operations Iraqi Freedom. She moved to Sault Ste. Marie in 2013 to work as a Licensed Physical Therapist Assistant where she quickly realized her passion for helping other Veterans. The next year, Melissa started practicing yoga at Northern Life Yoga.

After a motor vehicle accident, Melissa started taking candlelight yoga at Northern Life in 2017. She discovered that with these classes, alongside her physical therapy, she was able to reduce and manage the pain from that accident.

In 2019, Melissa moved to Tennessee to work with and for fellow veterans at the Tennessee Valley HealthCare System (TVHS) VA as a physical therapy assistant. Through her education at the TVHS Yoga University, Melissa became a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) 200 in 2020. She enjoyed teaching yoga to her fellow Veterans at TVHS.

Melissa and her husband moved back to Sault Ste. Marie to raise their children. She is a stay at home mom and continues to teach yoga as a substitute instructor for Northern Life Yoga. Melissa has taught Mommy and Me yoga to our local Sault Ste. Marie The MoMCo. (Mom Community). She is happy and excited to be teaching at Northern Life where her journey to yoga began.