Melissa is a NYC based yoga teacher trainer and Meridian Yoga practitioner. 

Meridian Yoga / Science of Self Yoga sequencing combines the influences of Dharma Mittra, Ashtanga, Hatha and Vinyasa style with the body maps of East Asian Medicine. Currently, Melissa works to create curriculum, teach and assist with Science of Self Yoga Teacher Trainings.

Melissa has completed over 1000 hours of yoga and Meridian Yoga Technique with Science of Self Yoga Teacher Trainings - including 200 hour and 300 hour advanced training under the guidance of her teachers Rose Erin Vaughan and Yoshio Hama. She currently serves as Program Director for Science of Self MYT yoga trainings.

She has a masters degree in Social Work and over a decade of experience in program administration and grant writing. With a guiding vision to provide compassionate care on the front lines to people struggling with stressors associated with mental illness, substance use and the cycle of poverty she develops programs that provide holistic and therapeutic services to those in need.

Melissa is also a NADA Registered Trainer and a certified Acu Detox Specialist.