UNOH Yoga Instructors

UNOH Yoga Studio Cheryl Steinwedel, RYT - 200 Hour Yoga Alliance Certified Teacher, is the founder of the UNOH Yoga Studio and has been teaching yoga since 2005. Cheryl first discovered yoga in 1998 when she signed up for her first yoga class trying to fill her evenings and a void after her only child left for college. She immediately fell in love with yoga and has never stopped practicing or studying. In 2004, she signed up for Yoga Teacher Training at Bhumi's Yoga & Wellness Center in Cleveland, Ohio, and eleven months later obtained her yoga teaching certification.

Throughout the years attending yoga conferences and seminars, Cheryl has trained with Rodney Yee, Colleen Saidman, Shiva Rea, Rod Stryker, Yogi Amrit Desai, Seane Corne, Nicki Doane, Rama Berch, Lilias Folan, Mark Whitwell, Paul Grilley, Alan Finger, Ana Forrest, Swami Karunananda, Donna Fahri, David Swenson and more. If she isn't teaching a class or attending a yoga training seminar, she and her dear friend, Linda Beecher, practice together with DVD's by Shiva Rea or Rodney Yee.

Cheryl's hatha yoga classes are infused with many different styles of yoga including Iyengar Yoga, Vinyasa Flow and Ashtanga. She teaches Beginners/Beginner II and Intermediate Yoga Classes.

Cheryl has a passion for yoga, is commitment to practice, has a deep respect for the tradition of yoga, and loves teaching students how to enjoy all aspects of the practice including Pranayama (Breath work), Shavasana (Relaxation), and Meditation.

"I look forward to sharing the incredible gifts that yoga has brought to me in my life. Yoga has brought strength, joy, freedom and peace to my very soul, and my plan is to always continue to learn about and share yoga with others." - Cheryl Steinwedel

Cheryl Steinwedel is a 200 Hour Registered Yoga Alliance Certified Instructors. Cheryl Steinwedel, UNOH Vice President of Public Relations and Marketing, graduated from The University of Northwestern Ohio in 1971.

UNOH Yoga Studio Being an RN since 1981, Melinda Morgret has been in the business of caring for, and helping people feel better for quite some time. Following her devotion to being a nurse, Melinda began teaching fitness classes in 1987. She has taught a variety of fitness classes over the years, but found yoga in 2005. As a yoga student, she loved the way she felt after class, and felt inspired to further her teaching career by becoming an instructor.

Melinda began her training with YogaFit Training Systems Worldwide, Inc. in 2006. Since, she has completed her teacher training up to Level 3. Her teaching style is part of the Hatha(meaning physical) Yoga tradition, and is a Vinyasa style(meaning to flow).

Melinda encourages her participants to feel the essence of the YogaFit style by "Breathing, Feeling, and Listening to the body". She truly believes the concept of assuring her participants that there is "No competition, No judgement, and No expectations" which is also part of the mission of YogaFit. She truly wants yoga to be available to everyone, "Real Yoga for Real People."

Yoga has been a part of Melinda's life since 2005, and she wants everyone to be able to experience the life enhancing peace and calm, that comes with a regular practice. She feels she can help overcome the mystery of yoga by delivering a safe yoga practice that is accessible, understandable, and doable by any age or fitness level.

Melinda's love of yoga is obvious as you join her in a fun, yet inspiring style of practice. As she incorporates laughter, along with the serious, mind-body-spirit union, she draws her participants into the world of mind, body, and spirit fitness. One of Melinda's favorite sayings in her yoga practice is, "Yoga is a practice, not a destination" which she truly believes. Yoga to her is so much more than a physical practice of stretching, it is her way of life!

UNOH Yoga Studio Susan McCain is a veteran in the field of fitness earning the gold certification from ACE (formerly IDEA) in 1986.

Susan became a fitness professional in the mid 1980's and taught the entire gamut of fitness and aquatic classes. In the early 1990's she turned to Yoga as a kinder, gentler approach to fitness and to life. After teaching Yoga for several years, Susan received a certification in Integrative Yoga Therapy in the year 2000 and also registered with Yoga Alliance at that time.

Attending a wide variety of workshops and conferences, Susan realized that her passion remained with the integrative and therapeutic approach to Yoga. She became a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists and continued to teach and attend as many workshops and conferences as time and money allowed. Longing for a deeper commitment and focused knowledge, she completed a Master of Arts degree from Antioch McGregor University in Yellow Springs, studying with Dr. Ananda Reddy from the Sri Aurobindo International Institute in Pondicherry India, Mukunda Stiles, Dr. David Frawley and other mind-body experts. In the course of her matriculation she earned a certificate as an Ayurvedic Health Educator and became a Reiki Master. While continuing to teach a variety of specialty classes for college students as well as senior citizens, Susan has been studying with Doug Keller and has completed Level 1 of Dr. Richard Miller's Integrative Rest Program.

Her current interest includes the use of Marma Therapy and increasing and expanding her practice and application of Ayurvedic principles. Susan finds that her therapeutic approach to Yoga moves students at an unhurried, introspective pace so that each individual may develop an internal awareness and experience what Yoga has to teach them on the deepest level.