melanie rodriguez is a 500 ryt, who completed her 200 hour teacher training with iflow yoga in ramsey, nj and started teaching studio classes not long after in the nj/nyc area. a couple years later, she decided to embark on her 300 hour certification with hudson yoga project in hoboken, nj. growing up, melanie was always involved in athletics and movement activities. activities like roller blading, hiking, biking, camping and many sports were a large part of her childhood. when a groupon brought melanie to hot yoga in 2010, she was instantly hooked, mainly because of the physical challenge. it wasn't until college that she really started to feel all the other benefits of yoga beyond the physical. after college, her practice deepened which eventually led to her first teacher training and eventually to her teaching career. melanie currently teaches as a full time physical education associate at barnard college in nyc. here she is given the opportunity to teach yoga and other fitness activities to college aged students. her hope is to present these activities to students in a positive way during a transformative time period in their lives. in addition, she has worked as an adjunct instructor at columbia university and hostos community college. her love of life and her appreciation for the human body are evident in each of her classes; it is a deep joy for her to nerd out with fellow yogis in movement and anatomy! she also absolutely loves to work with aspiring teachers to aid in spreading the practice of yoga. when not doing yoga or teaching it, you can find melanie doing something active like running or skiing, or you can find her on the couch watching bravo tv.