My name is Melanie Green. I am a yoga teacher, mother and co-director/owner of the Berkeley Yoga Center. I have been practicing yoga since 1992 and teaching my own classes since 2000. Since 2002, I have been teaching prenatal, postnatal, and Ashtanga. I also teach monthly workshops and see private clients. When I teach, I try and make yoga accessible to all. While encouraging students to focus on their breath, I teach my students to deepen their practice as they honor their bodies. I value the spiritual aspects of yoga integrated with the asanas. I focus as much on the profound inner lessons of yoga: attention to the breath, letting go of thoughts and ego and perseverance through practice, as I do on the physicality of the poses. This process has been informed by my own experience with scoliosis.

My yoga background includes Ashtanga, Iyengar, Pre/Postnatal and Vipassna Meditation. Some of the teachers I have trained with are Tim Miller, Dena Kingsburg, Judith Lasater, Lisa Walford, David Swenson, Peter Sanson and Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. Currently, I attend Mysore practice with Vance Selover at the Berkeley Yoga Center. My daily practice informs my teaching and gives me an abundance of experience from which to teach others. I always try to find ways to integrate lessons from my yoga practice into my daily life with my partner and children.