An invitation to be in a community practice of wellbeing, healing and joy. Get to know your fellow Groundfloor members beyond the desk through yoga and movement. 

This month’s theme is inspired by Dia De Los Muertos to celebrate grief and those who have passed. We invite you to bring a meaningful item to add to the community altar. 

15-min Intentional Introductions & Caring Conversation 

1-hour: Vinyasa Flow, Meditation & Sound Healing 

15-min: Community Sharing 

We welcome all of you. No movement or yoga experience required. This will hopefully feel like a nourishing space to simply just be. 

Your guides

Melissa Andrada (Mel - they/them) is the CEO and Cofounder of Fairground, a Mental Health & Wellness collective focused on joyful and confident leadership in the workplace. 

Mel co-leads the Queer Yoga Collective at Arise and Yoga & Healing Arts Club at Groundfloor. As a queer Filipine American who came to the States as an undocumented immigrant, Mel brings a highly sensitive and trauma-informed approach to the mat. 

Outside of work, they can be traveling, surfing mellow waves and writing a book on joy, trauma and resilience. 

Mel is completing a second masters in Clinical Psychology & Expressive Arts Therapy at the California Institute of Integral Studies. 

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Sterling Spence is a community advocate with buildOn, musician with the band Westerly, and a yoga teacher facilitating classes throughout the Bay Area. His work at buildOn invites Oakland High Students to engage with civic activism and brings local volunteers and corporate sponsors into supporting youth agency. 

His work centers around building unity in the East Bay and amplifying global education efforts. 

As a yoga teacher, his practice emphasizes vinyasa flow as a way to break out of our routines and refocus on core values of connection, intentionality, and care.