Guided By Melissa Nkomo

Kunye is a modern wellness house & coaching practice for people who want to be strong in body, steady in mind, and have enough capacity to respond and return to yourself throughout your life.

Strong in your body. Steady in your choices.

Build the capacity to meet life without losing touch with yourself.

Through strength, Pilates, somatic education, and everyday ritual, I help people understand their bodies and put that understanding into practice - in how they move, recover, express their needs, and respond when life asks more of them.

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BRANDS I’VE SLOWED DOWN WITH

Practices

Inner, outer, & higher self-care tools and practices for everyday.

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SHOP

A curated collection of personal care tools to support your practice.

PRACTICE

1-on-1 and small group movement, mindfulness, and coaching services.

GO DEEPER

Read The Slow Wellness Club, and join the community on Substack.

Calm is a feeling. Composure is a skill.

Some days you’ll feel clear and grounded. Other days you’ll feel angry, uncertain, stretched, or tired.

Composure is the capacity to notice what’s happening, consider what matters, and choose your next response. Sometimes that means staying with something difficult. Sometimes it means changing course or asking for support.

At Kunye, we practice those skills through the body and bring them into everyday life.

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A SOMATIC APPROACH

What we practice here

Strength you can use. Awareness you can act on.

The work takes shape in everyday moments: how you meet a challenge, recognize a need, make a decision, and care for yourself daily.

Build strength for the life you want to live.

Develop physical capability through Pilates and progressive strength training, with recovery woven into the practice. Learn how to challenge yourself, adjust your effort, and recognize your progress.

Notice yourself before you reach your limit.

Become more familiar with how effort, stress, fatigue, and emotion show up in your body. Recognize the patterns that deserve your attention and explore what supports you.

Give yourself room to choose.

Practice pausing before an automatic yes, adjusting a commitment, expressing a need, or asking for support. Let your awareness and values inform what happens next.

Build care you can return to.

Create movement, recovery, and personal care practices that fit your circumstances. Learn to adapt them when life changes, so you have somewhere to begin again.

MY APPROACH

  • GLA [Barrier Lipid) I remember liking the GLA oil last year. But these last few weeks I feel it's become a necessity. In the Summer I'd mostly use it after a night of drinking or after a face mask. But now i'm using it morning and night and my skin looks so nice in the morning and my makeup goes on so smooth!

    Levi G

  • My skin is combination/dry and Melissa recommended I try the GLA Youth Elixir and I love it. It feels more moisturizing in comparison to other face oil products i've tried and leaves my skin feeling soft and glowy but not greasy. I didn't love the scent at first, but quickly got used to it and the pay off is well worth it. I appreciate that it's blended without essential oils to make it safe for all skin types.

    Melany H - Vancouver

  • OMG! Can't live without! This is a multi- purpose weapon for soft and luxurious skin. I have been enjoying it's benefits as a nail cuticle cream, hand cream, foot salve, and i wont lie, I had bad cramps so i even massaged my tummy with it. . Love the scent, its so refreshing but very subdued, the texture is great even for massage. Love the use of Shea, Coconut and Mango oils. This is a serious home run.

    Serena M - Whistler, BC

  • In the class of yours that I attended, I was struck by your presence, your clear instruction, the strength of the class and your ability to hold space and move around the room…

    Emily G - Vancouver, BC

  • I stumbled across the REPLENISH body butter and love everything about it. Any patch of dry skin disappears with this body butter. It's not too greasy and has a wonderful scent that's not too overpowering. I gave several jars of this to friends for Christmas and got them hooked too!

    Alanna V - North Vancouver BC

  • Melissa had me at hello. I was so impressed with her extensive knowledge on self-regulation and mindfulness and the beauty facts and benefits on sustaining healthy skin. She knows EVERYTHING! I could listen to her talk about this subject for hours...

    Samantha - Toronto, On

  • The body butter leaves your skin feeling heavenly with a delicate powdery-floral scent. The hardest part is resisting the urge to use the entire jar in one sitting.

    Amy M - Toronto ON

  • The GLA oil has changed my skin forever. I'm on my 5th bottle and i'm hooked. I've used more face oils then I can count and none of them has made a difference in my skin the way Kunye's has. Since using it I feel like my makeup applies smoother and my skin has a more natrual glow.

    Jessica C - North Vancouver, BC

  • I love this {Pilates} training, training with you has introduced such a difference in the short time we've been together. It seems to protect my body from strain, injury, and fatigue. I have noticed a decrease of pain in places such as my shoulders, knees, and lower back-- fingers crossed eliminated.

    Krista C - West Vancouver

  • From the very beginning I, and everyone else, could tell that Melissa was a natural born teacher. Her strengths are definitely showcased through her strong cues, her ease of flow and her attention to detail. Her passion and care are demonstrated by her meticulous nature and innate sense of what is going on around her, and what is needed from her by her students

    Analisa M - Edmonton

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