Melanie St. Georges

Melanie began her yoga practice in her mid-forties and has been a yoga teacher for 17 years. She completed her first four trainings with Jimmy Barkan and earned her 500-Hour E-RYT in the Barkan Method of Hot Yoga. Over the years, she has continued her education with Kelly Green through the Empower Movement Shift Series, completing four additional trainings as well as many of her workshops.
Like many Americans, Melanie was initially drawn to Vinyasa Yoga, but when she discovered Yin Yoga in 2012, she realized it provided the balance her practice had been missing. She completed two additional Yin Yoga trainings, and it has since become her primary teaching focus. Today, she teaches Yin and Yin Yang classes while continuing to honor her lineage by teaching the Barkan Method once a week at the Albuquerque studio.
Since opening the Albuquerque studio in 2009, Melanie has taught more than 5,000 classes at Blissful Spirits. She opened the Rio Rancho studio in 2012 and expanded again with the San Mateo studio in 2024. Today, she partners with her daughter, Savannah Henshaw, to oversee all three Blissful Spirits locations while continuing to teach and support the community she loves.
In 2017, Melanie partnered with Denise Gonzales to launch Blissful Spirits Teacher Training. Together, they have trained many of the yoga teachers who now teach at Blissful Spirits and throughout the Albuquerque community.
As she has entered her sixties, Melanie has embraced a slower teaching style, creating classes that work for everyBODY and every age. When she opened Blissful Spirits, her goal was simply to help change other people's lives the way yoga changed hers. The incredible community built by the Blissful Spirits teachers and students continues to inspire her gratitude and commitment every day.