Judit Schneider
Various types of yoga and Pilates teacher.
Judit always maintained an active lifestyle. She loved biking, hiking, skiing and was an avid runner. When she got sick with rheumatoid arthritis she couldn't do anything, she hardly could walk. She drastically changed her lifestyle and tried a Bikram hot yoga class in NY. By the end of the class she was exhausted. She felt she would surely die at that moment. She felt she couldn't do anything on the mat despite being very athletic.
But she watched the middle-aged woman who was practicing in front of her whose body movements were so smooth, beautiful and effortless. This woman inspired her to continue her Bikram yoga practice.
So, Judit gave herself one month to see what she could accomplish. She practiced 26 & 2 Hot yoga six times a week and after only two weeks she noticed tremendous changes in her body. With other lifestyle changes she continued practicing yoga and her arthritis was gone within nine months.. This inspired her to attend the Yoga College of India's rigorous 9-week teacher training in 2013 to learn more about the healing benefits of yoga practice.
In the following years her curiosity, dedication and passion for health led her to discover many other styles of yoga. She became a certified 500-hour Vinyasa teacher, a certified Thyroid Yoga instructor, Pilates mat trainer, and an Inferno Hot Pilates teacher. Judit expanded her learning to become a health coach certified by the Health Coach Institute, and she graduated with a Natural Health Coach Certification by the Global Healing Institute.
After teaching classes in NY, NJ, CA, and VT, Judit decided to open the Brandon Yoga Center studio in early 2017. She teaches her classes with passion from her heart. She keeps learning, studying, growing so she can help her students to achieve better vitality, strength and health.
Melanie Redel
Vinyasa, Gentle Yoga, Restorative, and Yin.
Melanie has been practicing various forms of yoga for over 20 years.
While living on the Hawaiian island of Maui, she felt called to study the ancient wisdom of yoga philosophy and become a teacher.
Melanie offers her students a mindful class that encourages the connection of breath, movement and alignment.
Each class weaves in the fundamental principles of the yoga path, leaving her students feeling balanced, mind, body, and spirit.
Melanie is also a reiki master and has volunteered as an energy worker at various centers to assist patients through their healing process.
She is registered with the Yoga Alliance as a RYT-200 teacher and has gone on to receive additional certifications in Restorative Yoga from Judith Hanson Lasater and Arhanta Academy.