Melanie Helmer brings her previous experience as an officer in the Marines and combines it with her holistic approach to health to tailor yoga classes that meet everyone's unique needs. While dealing with her own physical and mental health challenges and still on Active Duty, she found that medication and traditional Western medicine were not doing enough to help her. Utilizing yoga and Pilates, Melanie noticed huge improvements in her pain, range of motion, and sleep. After leaving Active Duty in 2021, she continued to gain additional certifications for yoga and pranayama and has recently left the corporate world to focus on her own holistic health and healing, as well as gain new tools to help others. Outside of her work, Melanie enjoys gardening, painting, and visiting breweries with her boyfriend Charlie. She also loves taking her dog Lacey to the beach and playing with her two cats.