7-Day Inner Compass Retreat: Exploring the Yamas & Niyamas

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Autumn Perez

Autumn Perez is a certified Vinyasa Yoga teacher and received her 200-HR certification and Pre/Postnatal advanced Teacher Training through FlorYoga. Additionally, she is also a certified Power Pilates Mat instructor, Corporate Yoga instructor (Self-Reboot TT) and completed her Chakra TT (Laughing Lotus). From ‘23-‘24, she completed her Yin Yoga and Fusion Training with Powerflow School of Yoga, Creative Sequencing Training at Asana Soul, and Guided Meditation Training with Kripalu Yoga & Health Center. Autumn's love for movement comes from years of dancing since the age of 3 and has studied, performed, taught and choreographed for many years and holds a B.F.A. in Dance from Montclair State University. Having been integrated in the physical fitness world for many years, she was led to the mat post college as she entered the "real world." Yoga allowed her to find peace and purpose during a transitional time in her life and ultimately decided that her path was to become a yoga instructor and has been teaching for 12 years. Autumn loves guiding yogis through an explorative yoga practice, allowing healing and space for students to grow and learn more about themselves along their personal journey. In her classes you'll move through a well rounded amalgamation of exercise and yoga poses geared to invigorate the body, nourish the mind, and awaken the spirit. As a whole, Autumn believes that movement heals the mind, the body, and the soul. Her personal philosophy is to “take care of what is sacred to us mentally, physically, and spiritually, freeing ourselves to live and be our most honest and authentic selves.”

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Melissa Grywalski

Melissa completed her 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training with Powerflow Yoga under the guidance of Carrie Parker and Stacey Bell. This experience sparked a deeper commitment to teaching and continued education, leading to certifications in 85-hour Prenatal Yoga (Powerflow), 35-hour Yin & Restorative Yoga with Masako Miyakawa at Sacred Brooklyn, and evidence-based birth doula training through Birth International. She's also certified in Yoga for Addiction and Trauma and has had the privilege of working with women in recovery. To deepen her studies, she completed a 300-hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training in Hatha, Vinyasa, and Ashtanga at the Himalayan Yoga Association in Rishikesh, India, where she immersed herself in alignment, hands-on adjustments, sequencing, and yogic philosophy. After living and teaching yoga in both Puerto Rico and Florida, Melissa felt called to expand into leading yoga retreats. She believes in ethical travel and love blending my passion for yoga with a deep respect for diverse cultures through intentional connection and community building. This journey inspired a vision to reconnect with her Puerto Rican roots by relocating to the island and creating a retreat space offering daily yoga, holistic services, and ethical tourism that supports local businesses. Melissa can't wait to be in Greece and to hopefully meet you too on our retreat! :)