"The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are." -Joseph Campbell
Passionate
about sharing the power of yoga and its transformational benefits,
Melody Abella founded a mobile yoga business (abellaYoga) in 2006. abellaYoga
travels to corporate and private clients in Washington, D.C., Alexandria and Arlington, VA to teach vinyasa yoga in homes, offices, hotels and conference centers.
Melody is an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (ERYT) with the Yoga Alliance and an Associate Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga Instructor. She has been practicing yoga since 1994 and is also certified to teach prenatal and postnatal yoga. Additionally, Melody graduated from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and opened a health coaching practice, abellaWellness.com
Prior to abellaYoga, Melody worked as a marketing professional for over 10 years in the corporate world witnessing firsthand how people individually react to and store stress - physically, mentally and emotionally. Now returning to the corporate world but on a yoga mat, Melody recognizes every client is in a different place - in their bodies, lives and hearts. Melody observes, listens and challenges “all-levels" of yoga students to discover a healthier way of moving, thinking and being.
Yoga is an adventurous process of self-discovery in which faith and curiosity rule vs. fear and status quo. As a yoga explorer, Melody regularly attends national workshops and teacher trainings with a variety of master teachers including her primary teacher, Baron Baptiste. Melody believes her dedication to her personal and professional growth is key to her clients' yoga journey.
Though committed to Baptiste Power Vinyasa, Melody finds inspiration in other yoga styles including Jivamukti, Dharma, Ashtanga and Iyengar. She also enjoys the freedom of playing on her home yoga mat. When not teaching or practicing yoga, Melody can be found riding the bike trails with her husband, reading one of the many books stacked on her nightstand or walking her coonhounds Briggs and Lucy.
To learn more about Melody and yoga, visit the yoga BLOG by abellaYoga.
To learn more about Melody's health coaching services, visit abellaWellness.com.
