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Bloom Yoga Victoria

My name is Melissa Krieger and I'm a yoga and movement instructor in Victoria, BC. I teach on Zoom, in-person at Oak Bay Recreation and on doyogawithme.com.

I teach fun classes that help people stay active, age strong and reduce stress.

10/08/2025

A cutie group shot from Kathryn’s strength retreat last week! .ca

One thing I really loved about this retreat, and just in general with this group, is that we only talked about food with positivity. We were fed nourishing, hearty meals for lunch and then had the most amazing pastries and coffee after our walks.

Too often when I’m in groups of women (sorry to stereotype, but this doesn’t seem to happen when I’m in groups of men) it’s all be about calories, fat content, I shouldn’t eat this, oh no I couldn’t BLAH BLAH BLAH.

Food is fun, food is pleasure, we deserve to eat well and eat WHATEVER WE LIKE without having to judge ourselves (or others!) about it!

Thank you for listening to my TED talk rant ;) And thank you to this awesome group!

10/06/2025

Had an amazing, solo adventure to Montreal, Quebec and Williamstown, Ontario last week!

I flew into Montreal to be a tourist for 24 hours, then took the train to Williamstown for a 4 day strength (💪) retreat, then back to Montreal for another 24 hour tourist mission!

The strength retreat was with one of my favourite teachers - Kathryn Bruni-Young - and hosted at her beautiful home in historic Williamstown. It was 4 days of lifting, sharing, and eating with 5 other fabulous women from across Canada. To be in community with like minded folks was so nourishing.

I had never been to Montreal before and was really craving a little adventure! I used to travel a lot, and backpacked through my teens to mid 20’s in Europe, Australia, Central America, and South America. I was missing that adventurous side of my myself. I love travelling with my husband, with my girlfriends, and I especially loved travelling with my mom. It felt good to be brave! And eating so much good food 😋

I loved travelling in Canada to somewhere that felt like Europe, or New York! It was also a treat to be in rural Ontario and see the famous fall colours.

Came home and told my husband that I’ll be travelling solo at least once a year. I’m already excited for whatever my next adventure will be!

Pictures are in order from Montreal, to the strength retreat, and then back to Montreal.

09/16/2025

Went to my first Bat Mitzvah over the weekend! What a PARTY. And, what a community of love. Mazel tov to Charlie and the Adlers!

09/09/2025

Honoured to be part of this awesome yoga community! Thanks to and her husband Don for hosting us.

09/06/2025

Zoom yoga with us!

Did you know I offer 4 Zoom classes a week? AND starting this fall I’ll also be sending out the recording of the class to enjoy on your own?

Here’s a quick peek at my schedule:

Flow yoga
NEW TIME AND DAY!
Monday 10:30-11:30 AM

Yoga4Strength
Tuesday 9:30-10:30 AM
Thursday 4:00-5:00 PM
Friday 9:30-10:30 AM

Classes are in pacific time.

Join me live or get the recording and use it on your own time!

Message me if you have questions and link in bio to signup!

08/31/2025

One of the best investments you can make is in the your friendships.

Back from an incredible week in the Kootneys with my ride or die girlfriends and their kids.

We met in Calgary between the ages of 12 and 19, and these relationships have stayed strong amongst busy lives and geographical space between us.

Any long term relationship takes work and communication and I’m grateful for the time and effort we commit to each other.

We were on vacation for a 13th birthday and a teen getting her braces off. It’s so fun to see your life as a youth lived through your besties children!

And - new hilarity unlocked - we hired an incredible dancer, Emily, to teach a line dancing class for us! So funny and fun.

Grateful for life, love, and sweet friends.

08/13/2025

Thanks to all the folks who came to outdoor yoga last night! And thanks for the breeze, Mother Nature.

08/11/2025

Good times watching the Roots at .backyard this weekend! And always fun to run into lots of social media buds!

08/01/2025

Had a goal to swim everyday in July. Did that happen?! Not at all. BUT I did get some awesome swims in - Cowichan Lake, Cowichan River, Thetis Lake, Banfield Dock, and of course, my condo pool! Swimming is my summer medicine.

07/21/2025

It’s been about 3 months since my mom died and I’ve been spending time recalibrating my life.

My mom Jane had physical and mental health challenges for the last few years of her life. She lived in long term care and I was her caregiver.

I spent a lot of time with her, or doing things for her, or thinking/worrying about her when I wasn’t there. It’s weird to have this spare time in my life and in my brain.

It’s been really hard. I miss her so much. And I miss the mom I had for the first 40 years of my life. The last 7 years were very different and difficult.

I’ve been spending my time in my garden, and with my cat Leonard, and my husband Nick. I’ve been walking, swimming, and strength training. At home I rest a lot, and try to be gentle with myself. As a friend told me, grief is a beast. It shows up a lot. It’s showing up today.

One beautiful thing is that I’ve been surrounded by family and friends. I took an amazing trip to Manitoba to see my good friend Devon and her fun family (human and fur!) We had a beautiful celebration of life for mom and some of my oldest friends came to share my grief. My beautiful friend Karen got married. And this weekend my in-laws celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary!

This is a collection of photos over the past few months.

If you too are grieving I see you. This is hard and you are not alone.

06/11/2025

It’s been two years since the best looking day of our lives! ;)

05/11/2025

I did not expect my first Mother’s Day without my mom to come around so quickly. One thing about my family is we always find the humour in the darkest times.

In that vein may I present Jane’s best sayings…

Never marry a moody man. (Once I listened, once I did not. She was right!)

Don’t sacrifice the face for the fanny. Meaning - don’t get too skinny cause your face will get more wrinkly! Oh god. This message alongside with looking good is the best revenge have meant there is plenty to unpack in my therapy about vanity. Lol.

And the most helpful, nobody ever died from getting their Christmas card late.

I like to think my mom is reunited with her mom, my grandma Millie. I hope they had the best reunion.

Happy heavenly Mother’s Day, I’ll miss you everyday.

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http://www.bloomyogavictoria.ca/

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