Since 2005 Melissa has trained at the Institute for Internal Transformation in Qigong, Taiji and body mechanics and was given teaching permission in 2009.

In 2010 she was certified in the GYROTONIC ® Method and is certified in the Pulley Tower, Gyrotoner and Jump Stretching Board. She began her training in Aquatic Manual Therapy in 2017 and holds a BA in Anthropology from San Francisco State University.  Melissa has a passion for learning and for paving a road to insight using somatic movement therapy