Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT® 500, YACEP®), Certified Aerial Yoga Instructor, Certified Lagree Trainer, Certified Suspension Teacher. She is a Yoga Alliance qualified lead trainer for the RYS 200, RYS 300, RYS 500 Yoga Power Schools.

 

Deanne's yoga journey began with a VHS tape in 2004.  Deanne received her 200 hour YTT from Savannah Yoga Center in 2009 and her 300 hour YTT from the Yoga Power School.  She has taught over 3,000 hours of yoga.  In addition she has a group fitness certification and a water exercise certification. In 2016, she added aerial yoga instructor and YACEP with Yoga Alliance.

 

She is the lead trainer for the Yoga Power School 200 and 300 yoga teacher training programs with over 5,000 teaching hours.

 

Brooke began aerial yoga in January 2020 and fell in love. She found something that pushed her out of her comfort zone and challenged her just as much mentally as it did physically. She received her aerial yoga instructor certification from Flex Yoga Wooster and her bungee certification from Astro-Durance.

 

Brooke has found such value in practicing yoga. She completed her 200 hour yoga teacher certification in the Yoga Power School Class of 2021.

 

Brooke claims many places in West Virginia home: Bridgeport, Princeton, and now South Charleston.  She has her masters degree in social work from Concord University and works as a professional therapist.  In her free time, she loves to watch "I Love Lucy" reruns with her two cats as well as spending time with her family and friends.

 

Melanie Thomas first began practicing yoga twenty years ago for chronic pain management. After finding Yoga Power as a student, she began to move from healing into strengthening. Melanie completed her 200 hour teacher training from the Yoga Power School Class of 2022 as a means to commit her yoga practice to a life dedication to physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health. She completed the 300 hour yoga teacher training Yoga Power School Class of 2023.

 

She loves to encourage and inspire others along their individual journeys. She believes that anyone at any ability can walk in and take a class – anyone can do yoga!

 

Melanie was born in West Virginia, and received her Associate’s and Baccalaureate’s degrees in Letters, Arts and Sciences from Penn State University. She received her Master’s in Foreign Service from Georgetown University. Her career in public relations, international relations, and government service has given her the opportunity to travel extensively, but she is content and grateful for her home here in beautiful Charleston.

 

She is a softie for any animals (yes, even you spiders…), loves her friends and family, and enjoys her time best hiking or just being outdoors.

 

 

Nicole Wildman was born and raised in Nitro, WV. She studied Theatre (Acting/Directing) and Dance at Marshall University where she had the opportunity to work on the set of We Are Marshall. 

 

Her yoga journey began many years ago and she has applied it to strengthen her 21 years of dance studies and competitive swimming. Yoga has been a key part of her training and fitness routine as she journeys the world as a Professional Mermaid known as Wild Wonderful Mermaid.

 

She is a swim instructor, lifeguard, Rescue SCUBA diver and training in free diving. She uses yoga to focus her mind when at depths near 100' as well as to control her breathing and heart rate.

 

Nicole loves being a part of the Yoga Power family and has found a home in her practice here. She completed her 200 and 300 hour teacher training in the Class of 2019-20 Yoga Power School. She enjoys being a part of the vibrant community in this studio and as part of the Travel Staff.

 

She is thankful for the many adventures Yoga Power has provided her and looks forward to more. Whether it be leading a hike, standing on water (SUP yoga), or taking on fears like heights (thank you Snowshoe lifts and Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum ghost yoga) she is packed and ready for the next challenge Yoga Power affords her.