Melanie grew up hanging upside-down from trees with her 3 siblings in Canada and in her teens, she came to name & formalize the practice of Yoga. Asana provided great balance during her years to come, as a pronounced environmental activist and later an Environmental Engineer, working with the United Nations, Green Think Tanks and environmental organizations all around the world. When Miel spoke at the UN Climate Change Conferences in Bali, Copenhagen, Cancun, Rio, Durban & Qatar, she met and subsequently studied with His Holiness Shri Shri Soham Baba. He is a spiritual leader of the great Himalayan Masters and a neuro-surgeon, who put into perspective the harmonious interconnectivity of science & yoga. She realized that through yoga, a more personal way to help support the greater global health was possible. Miel then committed her life’s work to guiding yoga with an abundance of teacher trainings all over the world, (E-RYT 500 hour Modo, Flow-state Yoga, Yin, Yoga Nidra, Yoga Medicine, Core Functional Anatomy, Polyvagal and Embodiment). Whether it be teaching her two young children, actors on film sets, musicians on tour or colleagues at the studio, Miel focuses on connecting you to your own creative & joyful self through breath, mind and body awareness. With a profound understanding of neuroscience & anatomy, Miel braids breath work, meditation and energy healing into her yoga classes. Teaching yoga full time since 2013, she honors your inhale, exhale and holding space for everything in between.

Melanie / Miel’s Yoga Trainings

Post COVID Hands-on Adjustment Advanced Training 2023

A post COVID look at how people react to touch in a yoga class, discussion and options for social distancing and appropriate language. Los Angeles, California.

Craniosacral Therapy 2021

Stephen Porges’s Polyvagal Theory inspired Stanley Rosennberg’s training on Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve, including the Polyvagal Theory and the 5 cranial nerves. Serves as an intro training to craniosacral therapy. Malibu, California.

Advanced Hands-on Adjustment Consent Training 2018

In depth training detailing advanced and accessible hands on adjustments for modo, flow and freestyle yoga sequencing, as well as respectful consent for touch in hot yoga by Val Verdier. Los Angeles, California.

Advanced Yoga Sequencing Level 2/3 – 2017

Healthy long-term yoga sequencing intensive including free-style flow distinction by Dina Tsouluhas. Los Angeles, California.

Embodiment & Finding Home in Your Body Teacher Training – 2016 & 2017

Two 4 day intensives in embodied self-awareness with exteroception, interception, proprioception leading to trauma theory healing guided by Jay Fields. Ojai, California.

Elements of Flow Teacher Training – 2017

Intensive smart and sustainable flow; shoulder joint and props/modification study with Annie Carpenter. Ojai, California.

Yin, Functional Anatomy and Nidra Teacher Training – 2013 & 2015

6 day intensive Yin & Yoga Nidra teacher Training detailing the functional analysis of the skeleton, architecture of the nervous system and connective tissue, full overview of the meridian system and practiced Yoga Nidra Scripts with mentor Joe Barnett, as taught by Paul Grilley. Los Angeles, California.

Core Teacher Training – 2015

Intensive core and diaphragm study supporting circumferential breathing and polarity of energy with Jules Mitchelle. Los Angeles, California.

Flow Genome Project – 2015

Decoding the science of ultimate human performance and flow state hacking workshop with Steven Kotler. Powder Mountain, Utah.

Yoga Medicine Teacher Training – 2015

Intensive hip joint study with Tiffany Cruikshank. Los Angeles, California.

AED and CPR Certified – 2015, 2016 & 2017

BeReady Emergency Response Training in Automated External Defibrillator and cardiopulmonary resuscitation under Cardio Ready. Los Angeles, California.

Yang/Yin Teacher Training – 2015

3 day modo teacher training intensive for vinyasa complimented by yin within a 60min, 75min & 90 min sequence. Los Angeles, California.

Hands on Adjustments Teacher Training – 2014

In depth overview of ways to support students with hands on adjustments, blocks and straps to gain insight into their body awareness with Deena Robertson. Los Angeles, California.

Modo/Moksha Flow Yoga Teacher Training – 2014

100 hr vinyasa flow teacher training with Dina Tsouluhas. Montreal, Canada.

Modo/Moksha Yoga Teacher Training – 2013

500 hr 1-month intensive and 11-month distant learning program to teach the Foundations of the Moksha series, Sutras, Yoga History & Philosophy, The Buddha’s Yoga, Ethics of teaching through the Yamas & Niyamas, Ayurveda and The Bhagavad Gita with Moksha founders Ted Grand and Jessica Robertson. Los Angeles, California.