Professional Experience: over 19 years         

As a trauma survivor herself, Melanie understands the importance of feeling truly safe in order for healing to occur. Her work is trauma-informed, rooted in safety, presence, and deep listening. Her approach centres on nervous system regulation and energetic harmony, drawing inspiration from Chinese medicine, Qi Gong, and embodied meditation. The work supports your body’s natural capacity to shift out of stress and into rest, repair, and balance.

With extensive full-time practice and more than 3,000 hours of training, Melanie has developed refined body-reading skills. She listens with her hands from a place of stillness and meditation, allowing intuition, skill, and sensitivity to guide each session. Melanie works intuitively and at a pace that allows the nervous system to settle. Rather than forcing change, she listens to what the body is ready to release. Clear communication, consent, and choice are woven throughout the work.

After a session with Melanie, people often describe feeling deeply relaxed, grounded, and more at home in their bodies—connected, regulated, and resourced.

Melanie has travelled widely to study traditional and contemporary bodywork modalities and feels deeply grateful to have found this path.

A list of Melanie’s trainings and retreats:

2007

Graduated from the Vancouver School of Healing Arts, where she studied Deep-Flow, Swedish, Reflexology, Deep-tissue, Shiatsu and pregnancy massages.

2008

Completed her Level I & II Reiki Usui in France and travelled to India for a Month immersion in studies in Ayurvedic massage therapies & medicine.

2009

Graduated from the Spa Therapy Program at the Steiner Training Academy in London, England, where she studied the art of Facials, Body Wraps, Scrubs, Aromatherapy and Hot Stone Therapy.

2011 to 2013

She completed the following Deep Flow training: Level II, Restorative Bodywork and Foundations teacher training. Studying Myofascial Release Therapy, Structural Alignment, Restorative Yoga Therapy, Breathwork and Mindfulness Meditation principles.

2013 to 2019 

Mystery School, in depth studies in Energy & Shamanic Healing, Meditation, Vibrational Psychology and Ancient Energy Systems with Training In Power Academy.

2016

Lomi Lomi Massage, Heartworks and Temple Style, apprenticeship in traditional Hawaiian lomilomi massage & shamanic energy healing arts. With the Shamanic Bodywork academy, in Kauai, Hawaii.

Currently

Melanie’s personal journey into bodywork has been profoundly healing and continues to inform her work. She is committed to ongoing self-care and maintains her own practices in meditation, energy healing, Qi Gong, and conscious dance. She sees this work as a lifelong practice.