Meet Melissa
About Melissa
At Passport to the Heart, we curate transformational wellness experiences designed to restore, reset, and reconnect you to yourself. Through intimate group retreats and bespoke wellness curation, we match you with the world's finest healing environments — carefully selected to meet your unique needs.
Whether you join Melissa on one of her immersive group retreats or work with her privately to find the perfect luxury wellness facility, every experience is designed with one goal: lasting, meaningful change that you carry home with you.
This is not just travel. This is your journey back to yourself.
Melissa Andersen Volshøj, originally from Florida, is the founder of Passport to the Heart — a luxury wellness consultancy specializing in curated wellness experiences and transformational retreats.
Melissa's journey began at age 18 with a deep love of travel, yoga, and self-development. After earning a degree in communications, she built a career in luxury hospitality sales in Southern California. But after three years, stress-related health issues prompted a life-changing shift. Realizing the pursuit of the "American Dream" was costing her health, she left her career, sold her belongings, and committed fully to wellness and intentional living.
Since 2011, she has explored over 60 countries across six continents, drawing deeply from global healing traditions and holistic practices. In 2012 she completed her Hatha Yoga Teacher Training in Rishikesh, India, later earning her RYT 500 certification. In 2016 she became a certified NLP practitioner and coach, weaving mindset work into everything she does.
Today, based in Norway with her husband and two children, Melissa brings together over 20 years of experience in luxury hospitality, yoga, fascia work, breathwork, and nervous system regulation to offer two deeply personal services — intimate group retreats and bespoke wellness curation, where she personally matches clients with the world's finest luxury healing facilities and guides them through the full journey of transformation.
This is her life's work. And she would love to make it yours too.
Samantha
"This has been and incredible week. I appreciate all of the help with modifications. I admire Melissa's patience, creativity and also energy."
Astrid
"Melissa is like a sunshine, always positive and happy, sending a lot of good energy. I am so thankful for this week!"
Jenny
"This yoga retreat has been fantastic! Melissa brought skill, laughter, fun, and smiles that radiate warmth and Joy. This has been such a wonderful experience."
Kate
This week retreat has been so special and uplifting. Melissa has such a big heart and a serious spirit. Melissa has a wonderful impact on those around her. The sentiments and messages shared this week have truly heped me take another step in my journey.
Ulli
"I was impressed with all of the different styles of yoga. Each lesson was wonderful and I am thankful for this variety so it never got boring at all the whole week."