Meryl, Instructor

Meryl’s journey of healing began in Knoxville, Tennessee in 2001, when she discovered her passion for the martial arts. Witnessing her teachers’ commitment to cultivating healthy bodies and minds inspired Meryl to explore the workings of the inner body and develop a holistic philosophy of wellness. 

It was Meryl's martial arts mentor who first encouraged her to pursue massage therapy as a vocation. In 2009, Meryl was accepted to Asheville School of Massage and Yoga. 

Meryl’s time at Asheville School of Massage and Yoga gave her an awareness of the latter discipline’s role in providing compassionate self-care—an awareness she resolved to pass on to her clients. After starting her own private massage practice in 2013, she traveled to Costa Rica to take part in her first 200-hour yoga teacher training with Frog Lotus Yoga International. In 2017, her ongoing quest for knowledge led her to India, where she earned not only a 500-hour teacher training certification in traditional vinyasa yoga, but also a 50-hour specialty certificate in yin yoga. Subsequent educational excursions included two months-long sojourns at the idyllic Suryalila Yoga Retreat Centre in Villamartín, Spain, which she considers her spiritual home away from home.

Meryl has spent the past decade refining her skills by working as an individual therapist and yoga instructor, partnering with prominent local businesses and events. She has shared her gift in yoga studios, chiropractors’ offices, behavioral health facilities, arts festival healing sanctuaries, hospitality venues, and private residences. Her broad expertise enables her to treat each client and class using a unique and creative approach.

The most recent skills added to her repertoire are personal training and nutritional guidance. With these additions, she intends to deepen her ability to help people feel not only well, but whole. Meryl has a deep drive to help people listen to their bodies to better understand what it's trying to tell them what it needs. With not only massage, but movement and food, Meryl can help you do just that. She will take the time to listen to your wellness goals and help you reach them.