Wai-Mei Yeung has been teaching dance and yoga for 20 years and is excited to share her passion with you in Davis. Wai-Mei graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts majoring in Modern Dance. She received her Master of Fine Arts in Dance from the University of Iowa in 1993.
She has since been teaching, choreographing and performing around the world. Her choreography has been presented by major dance festivals in Asia, Europe, and America in cities such as New York, Beijing, Guangzhou, Taipei, Seoul, Tokyo, Osaka, Melbourne, the Philippines, Singapore, Copenhagen and Montpellier. She was awarded the Hong Kong Dance Alliance Dance Award in three consecutive years for her outstanding choreography and performance.
Along with dancing, Wai-Mei finds yoga not only physical training and healing for her injured body, but also a mental and spiritual practice for her total well-being. She traveled through India and Nepal, the origin of Yoga, where she pursued the brightening of her spiritual light. Continuing her yoga studies, she studied with masters with Ana Forrest, Bryan Kest, and Tias Little, Dina Amsterdam.
Wai-Mei is an E-RYT 200(Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher 200 hours) with Yoga Alliance of the U.S. since 2004. She is a RPYT (Registered Prenatal Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance) and a certified Mini-yogi Teacher from Shana Meyerson of L.A., and happy to be a mom to her teenage daughter. Her classes are known to be filled with laughs, creativity, and fun challenges for both adults and kids. Her energetic and creative teaching is inspired by her career as a dancer and choreographer and her passion for studying human anatomy, energy work, and Eastern spirituality.
She teaches Vinyasa, Gentle Flow, Warm Stretch, Beginners’ Basics, Kids Yoga, Prenatal, Baby&Me Yoga, and Family Yoga as she truly believes yoga is for and benefits everyone. She directs the Yoga Teacher Training Program both in Davis and Hong Kong. Besides teaching yoga, Wai-Mei practices massage for full body wellness. She is a Certified Massage practitioner specializing in Prenatal, Thai, Swedish, and Chinese Acupressure Massage.
