ABOUT

Mela Stevens, is a national board-certified health coach (NBC-HWC) focused on holistic whole body and lifestyle wellness.   She is also a certified Integrative Nutrition Coach and Quantum (lifestyle) Coach. She is also is an intuitive, energy alchemist, Reiki practitioner and yoga teacher. All her work focuses upon self-reflection through equal parts inquiry, joy, and self-compassion practices.

She believes food is the key energy source and foundation point for being able to accomplish and experience all of life with presence, resilience, and joy.  And when there is a will, there is a way.

Many clients who first come to Mela with goals of finding a way of eating that best suit them, find themselves also setting new goals for living life in a full and self-expressed manner, with a focus upon health.  This work is often complemented with energy work and movement. Mela is a Registered Yoga Teacher at the 500 level, teaching yoga, movement and breathing.   She is also a teacher for Moving Potential, an organization that brings yoga, dance and mindfulness to those impacted by addiction and incarceration in recovery centers, jails and prisons, including their clients, families and staff.

As part of her devotion to movement practices for well-being, Mela is a member of the Pacemakers Dance Team, a group comprised mostly of non-professional dancers and hobbyists in their sixth, seventh and eighth decade of life.  The Pacemakers can be found on performance platforms that include WNBA basketball courts, minor-league baseball fields, corporate conferences, street fairs, parades and even dance sessions in senior centers throughout the tri-state New York area and beyond. 

Mela, also a writer, has resided in Rhinebeck, New York for the past two decades, after an equal amount of time living in New York City. This has allowed her to self-develop within her own self-expression and ability to support others on their health and life journey.