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 Melanie discovered Baptiste Power Vinyasa for the first time in 2000.  A friend and I walked by Power Yoga Works in Philadelphia.  We decided we were going to try it. I was hooked after the first class. What started as a a form of exercise has changed into an opportunity to meet and lead people from all over the world. 

Power Vinyasa Yoga is for anyone. Your race, creed, gender, socioeconomic status or lot in life doesn’t matter. All you have to do is believe the power is in you and there is no limit to what you can discover. You become more confident, more peaceful and more present”. In the Fall of 2006 Melanie decided to train to teach Power Vinyasa Yoga with Bill Raup at Power Yoga Works (Philadelphia) and share the amazing benefits of yoga with other people. “At first it was about me and now it’s not about me anymore it is about helping others. For me it is like a ministry and an opportunity to serve others. I realize that an extraordinary life happens when we think Bigger than ourselves. I am grateful to be able to share my experience and encourage others, no matter where they are headed in their own journey.” 

Before moving to Bentonville in 2017, Melanie was a studio Manager at Anjali Power Yoga (Westmont NJ). Melanie was the Director of Teacher Training and Staff Development. Melanie has studied extensively with the Baptiste Institute and Baron Baptiste. Melanie is a Certified Baptiste Teacher (Tier 3) and a graduate of the Baptiste Institute’s F.I.T to lead program and registered ERYT-500hr with the Yoga Alliance. While off the mat Melanie and her husband run a Small Business Consulting Firm in Bentonville and Homeschool their 3 boys. Melanie is a certified Group Fitness Instructor, Certified USA Track and Field Level 2 Coach. Melanie is grateful for a wonderful and supportive husband Tom Gazaway and 3 blessings Aiden (15), Zander (10) and Micah (9).

Pauline Caballero is the co-founder of Power Yoga Canada (PYC), a network of hot power yoga studios with the goal of creating a community centered around positive personal transformation. Since opening the doors to her first PYC studio in 2009, Pauline has succeeded in opening over 14 different locations across Ontario as well as an online studio called PYC at Home. She has played a pivotal role in bringing the practice of hot power yoga to Canada, and has established PYC as a leader for hot power yoga classes, motivational workshops, and yoga teacher training. Pauline boasts an extensive career in the wellness and yoga fields. She has also been able to achieve her lifetime dream of authoring a book titled P.I.V.O.T.: Five Practices to Strategize and Support You Through Change, where she helps guide readers to thrive and be the best versions of themselves. She is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist, as well as a certified 500-hour Yoga Alliance E-RYT. Pauline currently holds the position of Co-Founder & President of PYC, as well as Chief Revenue Officer for Buckland Customs Brokers Ltd. Though her most pivotal role is support to husband Gerard Caballero and together they navigate raising their two boys, Jacob and Noah. Pauline is also a contributing author of Fitness to Freedom, a collection of health, wellness, and fitness stories written for women by women, to educate, inspire, and encourage readers to find their inner balance. Through PYC, Pauline leverages her vast knowledge of yoga and wellness in order to tap into the healing spirit of yoga and awaken the best in all of us. She believes that the mat is a space to breakdown and breakthrough; to venture to the edge and dare to jump; to discover what is truly possible.

 Sally Sherman, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) is a professor, yoga researcher, yoga/meditation teacher, ultra-endurance athlete and educator. She holds a B.A. in Dance, an M.Ed. in Teaching, an M.S. in Exercise Science and a Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology. She serves as a professor of Exercise Science at the University of Pittsburgh in the Department of Health and Human Development where she investigates yoga’s impact on various health factors with funding from the National Institutes of Health. Sally is a regular Wanderlust presenter, has led and assisted yoga and meditation trainings all over the world and leads both anatomy and research workshops within yoga teacher trainings. Additionally, she is the co-founder of the Full Psych Adventure Team, a group of athletes dedicated to empowering ALL people to get out and seek adventure. 

  Shelby Caffrey is committed to creating the safe space to experience yourself as the strong and powerful human you were designed to be, through the practice of yoga! A Tier 3 certified Baptiste instructor and E-RYT 500, Shelby also holds certifications in Yin Yoga and Restorative Yoga and believes that health and wellness is a balance between active practice and practice designed to allow your body and mind the space to restore. Shelby’s “yoga home” is 5 Boro Power Yoga in Staten Island, NY where she has been a part of a powerful community leading classes and workshops since 2014. She is an adjunct professor of yoga at Nassau Community College in Garden City, NY bringing the practice to college students at a time in their lives when they need the tools of yoga more than ever. Shelby is the director of CaffreYoga, an RYS 200 training school dedicated to delivering exceptional quality yoga teacher trainings and Little Jay Malas, where she creates custom malas and sacred jewelry in addition to leading workshops on hand-knotting and making intentional malas for personal meditation practice. Shelby lives in NYC with her partner, daughter, 3 cats, and 37 houseplants.

 Jennifer Huber lives in Tampa, Florida with her audiophile husband, David, two cats (Max & Ralfie) and a small convoy of interesting cars. She's a Tier Two Baptiste Yoga Educator who has been described as a cross between MacGyver and Nancy Drew. She is known for her Kraftwerk wedding, the epic once-a-year gingerbread cookie baking marathon, and her ability to make things that first appear complicated, to be easily understood. Her day job is in the Information Technology space of Wi-Fi communications, and she is able to figure out new technology with her powerful Google-Fu. She runs JenTechYoga.com which is a collection of all things yoga and technology and she teaches yoga at All Y'All Yoga.