Mel is currently completing her 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training certification under the Yoga Studio of Corpus Christi, guided by Michelle Acebo and Gretchen Weber. After struggling for many years with physical and mental health, yoga found Mel (through the lovely Helen Gomez’s class at SOMOS) while at the height of these struggles and at the darkest point of her life. The physical, mental, and spiritual challenges yoga presented encouraged her to claw out of her depression, lose one hundred pounds, and begin the difficult path towards healing and austerity.

Mel’s teaching style celebrates and explores our bodies’ strength and flexibility while working to build self-discipline, purity, contentment, devotion and self-awareness. She is proudly a culmination of each and every one of her beautiful teachers and will always be a eager student of yoga. Her goal is to help others find their peace and better their health in a safe and compassionate way. Mel strives to walk the 8 Limbed Path of Yoga, but has been working on patiently giving herself grace as this practice is always growing.

It would make her SO happy if you share any pictures of your pets, tasty recipes, cool songs or lame puns with her! She is a classic kapha who loves her dog Stella, reading, hiking and yoga…(of course!)