Melissa is a life long yogi, yoga therapist in training, movement teacher, sound healer and a multidisciplinary artist in dance + film/digital media based in Brooklyn, NY. She had taught, presented and curated experiences at RA MA New York, Gaia No Maya and now a co-visioning/owner of Rhythmic Arts Center. She infuses her research and studies as a professional dancer in movement, somatics, anatomy, psychology, reiki, biology and her own lived experience with Chinese Medicine growing up in Hong Kong, into the systematic teachings of Sacred Kundalini Yoga (Guru Dharam/Sacred Yoga Therapy). Inspired by her own journey recovering from addictions and domestic violence, Melissa aims to share practical tools to alchemize one’s life circumstance into its fullest creative expression. 

Melissa presents herself alongside upcoming artists and healers in-person and online through her art collaborative WUWU. She services independent dance/music artists and art non-profits in NYC with social justice focus to find their voices in creative and art direction through her media company 828 Media. 

Melissa is a K.R.I. certified Kundalini Yoga teacher and an active teacher since 2019. She completed her Level I training with Guru Dharam and Siri Sat in 2020 with Dream Hive, and began her Level II training series with Hari Kaur in 2023. She received Gong training in Las Vegas, Neveda with Mandeep Khalsa. She is a Vinyasa and Hatha yogi since 2010 and holds a B.A. in Dance, with extensive studies in Kinesiology, Psychology, Biology, Choreography and Sociology aside from her movement training in Ballet, Horton and Release Technique. She had worked extensively with Edith Stephen before her passing as her main film editor.