Former owner of Kusala Yoga in Brooklyn, NY, Melissa McKay started her meditation training in 1998 with meditation masters in Burma and in the U.S. She undergoes periods of intensive silent practice yearly, training in mindfulness and loving kindness meditation. She’s been teaching meditation since 2003 and teaches with Dharma Punx and MNDFL in NYC and Wanderlust and Against the Stream in Los Angeles. She’s known for her warmth and artfulness in bringing the practice of meditation close to the direct experiences of the lives of her students. She’s just finished a 6 month tour of the U.S. with her son Phoenix who was in the Broadway show School of Rock and will be residing in Los Angeles.