Our Mission:
Helping others live healthier, more fulfilling lives since 2008! Our Certified Trainers & Wellness Coaches provide the support you need to reach your health goals through holistic nutrition, functional fitness, and meditation programs both online and in person. Find your holistic wellbeing with us, anywhere/anytime, through our Home Fitness Programs, Kundalini Yoga & Ayurvedic Vitality Courses.
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Functional Home Fitness Programs
Prenatal Yoga & Postnatal Yoga
Birth & Postpartum Doula Services
HypnoBirthing Guides
Kundalini Yoga & Meditation
Holistic Nutrition & Detox Cleanses
Nutrition for your Dosha (Mind-Body Constitution)
Sound Healing Meditation with Symphonic Gongs
I have been introduced to Kundalini Yoga earlier this year through Melissa's classes and it's been such an uplifting experience. It's a spiritual practice that focuses on the breath and challenging the body, ending with chanting and meditation, and a chance to connect with other women. I come out feeling rejuvenated, healed, and in peace with myself and my circumstances. Highly recommend it for those seeking a deeper connection with yoga practice and an opportunity for authentic connections with uplifting women.
Victoria
I am so blessed to have met Melissa at a Kundalini Yoga class in Monterey, California. Melissa embodies the rare combination of a truly gentle spirit with a powerful, warrior-like soul. She genuinely cares for all those around her. She creates a space for women to gather to share the healing energy of Kundalini yoga as well as a safe circle to connect with each other. Even as Melissa has relocated to Oregon, she continues to provide virtual New Moon and Full Moon workshops that are attended by people Melissa has influenced from every place she has been! Her workshops include breath work, targeted kriyas, sound healing, and guided meditations. In each Kundalini workshop, I always know I am going to learn new information from Melissa about how specific movements, breath, and sound can boost my vitality and support my own journey of physical, mental, and spiritual health.
Laura S
My husband and I are so grateful for all Melissa did to help us to prepare for the natural birth that we were able to successfully achieve. We really believe it is due to all of our pre-labor preparations and yoga with her.
Emily & Brad
I've had to pleasure to attend Melissa's inspiring physical and virtual Kundalini yoga practices for almost a year. Her thoughtfully curated yoga practices are cultivated with such care, they consequently truly empower us to deepen our own practice and thrive. I continue to show up again and again, looking forward to Melissa's insight and transforming into a better person with her support and guidance.
Sophie
I couldn't be more grateful that the universe brought our Doula Melissa into our path. She's helped me open new doors to self-love and being a wealth of inspiration and empowerment for me on my pregnancy journey and beyond.”
Rebecca H.
Working with Melissa as a prenatal yoga coach gave me a sense of control over my body and my pregnancy as well as a sense of well-being knowing that I was setting the groundwork for a healthy baby and a happy delivery- which was later the case! Our partner yoga sessions in our home strengthened my bond with my husband preparing us to become co-caregivers by renewing the foundation of our love for each other through physical and emotional exercises. The worksheets and exercise routines I practiced with Melissa made the movements, sounds, and process of giving birth more banal and commonplace so that both myself and my husband felt natural in this new experience and our new roles. My husband definitely attributes my ability to go through childbirth with strength and calm - as he would say, “like a rockstar” and to follow our birthing plan to minimize medical interventions. Take control of this beautiful moment in your life and do yourself, your partner, and your baby a huge favor by employing Melissa’s services!
Jessica
Melissa is a natural-born teacher of yoga and wellbeing. Her light and warmth illuminate all those she comes in contact with. I've been so blessed to have her as my teacher."
Allison B.
Melissa is a wealth of knowledge on all things health, wellness, fitness, pregnancy, and birth-related. I am impressed by how she draws from so many different modalities to offer suggestions that ended up making all the difference for me. I now have so much more energy and vitality to get through each day, which is invaluable to me! Her excitement for her work is infectious! it has both inspired and motivated me in many areas of my life, including my purpose and business. Melissa is passionate about helping mothers prepare for birth with all the tools they will need for a successful home birth. She loves educating women about their bodies, what to expect, and empowering them to be the ones in control of their care decisions. When I become pregnant, I want Mellissa to be my doula! I recommend her to my closest friends, knowing they are in the very best hands.
Lauren
It is a joy to be around Melissa. She is truly a shining light in the world. She is committed to her own personal journey and is able to hold space for deep connection and healing. Her training is exceptional and she lives what she teaches!
Nancy
I have had the pleasure of attending Yoga classes taught by Melissa Schurger. She is an amazing teacher and instructs the class with skill and grace. Her class was for all levels and she made it easy for everyone to grasp. I loved the way she infused the spiritual principles for the day. A beautiful yoga practice with a great teacher!
Melanie A.
Our Certified Coaches & Wellness Partners
Melissa Akal Schurger
Melissa Akal offers holistic childbirth support as a Birth Doula, combining the wisdom science of Ayurvedic nutrition with the psychological tools of Kundalini Yoga and the physiological skills of Prenatal Yoga. She mentors as a birth guide through the Holistic Childbirth Program, Shamaness Birthing, empowering women to claim their instinctive birthright and own the creation of their babies.
Melissa’s personal journey of navigating a heart condition, spinal issues, PTSD and an autoimmune disease all induced by obstetric malpractice, led her on a lifelong quest to find healing, homeostasis and vitality. Through the daily sadhana of holistic self-care, she transformed herself into a sponsored athlete racing marathons, teaching yoga retreats and working as a wellness coach with BODi, resulting in the creation of the Ayurvedic Fitness Program, The Vitality Accelerator.
Studying deeper to unpack the link between dis-ease and birth trauma, she trained extensively with Ayurvedic Doctors, Traditional Birth Attendants, Quantum Midwives and Medicine Women, assisting with births both in hospitals and in homes. When the call came in her 40th year for Melissa to have her own baby, she followed her instinctual path and freebirthed her baby in the water at her island home; with ease, ecstasy and zero complications. Melissa Akal is dedicated to the path of serving women in their childbearing years, specializing in fertility, hormonal balance and birth physiology.
Jessica Phillips
Jessica teaches movement as medicine including moving dance meditations, ballet, workouts, yoga and a variety of self care practices to fit personalized group or individuals needs and desires.
She began her training at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas under the direction of Miroslav Bart. After accepting an invitation to attend The Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington D.C. on scholarship, she graduated from the Academy in 2009 and professionally danced for ten years with Ballet Arizona.
Her passion for health and fitness in the professional and community arenas has led her to incorporate nutrition coaching into her practice. She intimately understands the powerful healing wisdom science behind plant medicine and helps her clients utilize essential oils and cannabinoids to bring optimal health to body, mind and spirit.
Kaleena Hurlburt
A native of Seaside, Kaleena returns home to the Peninsula after a long and prestigious career of professional dance in the Bay Area. Upon hanging up her pointe shoes, Kaleena was invited to join the esteemed San Francisco GYROTONIC® studio where she studied under some of the world’s foremost teachers and shared that knowledge with clients of all ages and physical capabilities.
It was after the ecstatic home births of both of her children that Kaleena furthered her curiosity into the depths of Pre and Post Natal studies. Eager to share this methodology for all its strengthening and healing properties; Kaleena welcomes the birthing community to experience this magical modality.
Mark Matyazic
Mark has over 40 years of experience in running and extreme endurance sports competition.
That, combined with 25 years in dietary supplement manufacture and sales, gives him the expertise to train individuals for events such as Ironman, ultra running and extreme endurance events.
Competing in over 100 triathlons, 150 road marathons, and 7 time Finisher of ultramarathon race STYR Labs Badwater® 135, Mark has pursued his athletic career to the leading edge by applying an intimate knowledge of physiology, biomechanics, biochemistry and metaphysics to his training and race performances.
Having degrees both in Microbiology and Chemistry, applied in the dietary supplement industry, Mark is well suited to consult on both micro and macro diets. Further, Mark specializes in assisting clients to fuel for pre, intra and post competition.
Lauren Lewis
Lauren meets you where you are, working in layers to address all factors that may be out of alignment with your current life goals.
She also specializes in education on the Endocannabinoid system, because it modulates all other systems in the body.
Chelsea Johnson
Chelsea dedicates consistent energy to leading online fitness and nutrition training programs while simultaneously consulting on a personalized basis to empower women with the necessary tools and lifestyle habits for optimally taking care of themselves and their families.
If you’re a busy mom with dream goals to improve personal and family health, Chelsea is your coach!
Raul Merino
His work with UltraFit Health combines the leading cross-training programs with essential nutrition protocols, a must for busy athletes who need to perform and recovery optimally. Our Membership Course Library contains his proven training plans for 5K, 10K, Half Marathon and Marathon distances. Connect with Raul over a free consultation to personalize any one of these plans to fit your goals and lifestyle.
For Raul, there is nothing better than knowing he was part of someone’s journey to a better life.
Diana Melendez
Work with Diana to focus on taking care of yourself through nutrition, fitness and personal development. She will provide the necessary support, encouragement and accountability to empower you to feel more confident in every area of your life.
Paulina Salinas
Paulina began teaching yoga in Santa Barbara. While she has studied with various teachers, her greatest influences are Ryan & Stephanie Besler, as well as her Kundalini Yoga teacher and mentor Siddhi Ellinghoven. Since the moment she first stepped on a mat she knew her journey into yoga would be a life-long practice and she considers herself to always be a student of yoga. Her Kundalini Yoga classes infuse breathing techniques, movements, postures, meditation, and chanting to heal and reset your immune and nervous systems. Paulina will be in service to tap into your center – your true nature, your joy.
Cristina Guerrero
Along with her husband Ryan, she has founded Team Fit ATX to utilize programs from Beachbody that have worked for themselves personally as well as for every one of their clients. Cristina provides genuine care, supporting you every step of the way to make lasting lifestyle changes.
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