Melissa Parks (Mel), Restorative Exercise Specialist

Working in movement health for 20 years I've studied extensively at home and abroad. In the simplest of terms I am a Movement Health Educator, but underpinning that is 20 years of study where I have attained Senior Yoga Teacher status with Yoga Australia, qualified as a Personal Trainer and Somatic Exercise Coach and studied intensively with Paul and Suzee Grilley (Yin Yoga) in America. While all these trainings have been wonderful and inform what I do every day, the work that underpins my program now is from the remarkable Katy Bowman MS. I am one of the few qualified Restorative Exercise Specialists in Australia and am so grateful to be able to share this work my community.

Here is a timeline of some of those wonderful experiences. My main focus these days is strengthening optimal movement habits and my ongoing study is with Katy Bowman MS, the Director of Nutritious Movement in the USA.

2019, Study Tour USA and Canada with Katy Bowman MS and other Master Movement Educators
2017, Study Tour in the USA with Katy Bowman MS and other Master Movement Educators
2016, Nutritious Movement Certified™ Healthy Foot Practitioner
2015, Nutritious Movement Certified™ Restorative Exercise Specialist
2014, Senior Teacher with the peak national body, Yoga Australia
2013, Somatic Exercise Coach (Essential Somatics)
2013 - 2014, Mentor - Advanced Diploma of Yoga Teaching (Academy of Yoga Learning)
2011, Graduate Certificate in Wellness - Distinction, RMIT University
2011, Paul Grilley - Yin Yoga Teacher Training Level 2
2010, Paul Grilley - Yin Yoga Teacher Training Level 1
2008, Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy, Levels 1 and 2
2005, Certificate IV Fitness (Personal Trainer)
2003, Diploma of Health – Yoga