Milissa Payne Bradley

Milissa Payne Bradley, E-RYT 500, is Lead Trainer for Diablo Valley College’s 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training Certificate. She is known for musical, thoughtfully sequenced classes that integrate alignment, creativity, and mindfulness.

Milissa Payne Bradley approaches yoga as both an embodied practice and an educational discipline. With roots in professional dance and choreography, her teaching is shaped by an understanding of how movement is learned, refined, and communicated over time. Yoga became a natural extension of that work, one that integrates breath, attention, and meaning alongside physical form.

Her teaching is influenced by Tiana Duvauchelle, Mark Stephens, and Judith Lasater, and by years of study across anatomy, pedagogy, and contemplative practice. Milissa values clarity over performance, curiosity over certainty, and thoughtful structure that leaves room for exploration. She believes yoga is most powerful when it is accessible, intelligent, and grounded in lived experience.

As an E-RYT 500 and Lead Trainer for the 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training Certificate at Diablo Valley College, Milissa designs and leads curriculum that supports both personal inquiry and professional readiness. Her classes and trainings emphasize alignment literacy, sequencing logic, ethical teaching, and the development of a sustainable teaching voice—held with warmth, humor, and care.

For Milissa, yoga is not about mastering poses or identities, but about learning how to listen—to the body, to students, and to the moment at hand. Teaching, like practice, remains an ongoing conversation.