Melissa Zegley

Melissa Zegley is the lead trainer for the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Training at Online Yoga School. Based in Northeastern Pennsylvania, she began practicing yoga nearly forty years ago, on her pulmonologist’s recommendation, to manage severe asthma — a therapeutic start that evolved into a lifelong path. She completed her 200- and 300-hour Yoga Teacher Trainings through The Yoga and Ayurveda Center in 2020 and holds additional certifications in restorative, chair, yin, and curvy yoga. She is registered with Yoga Alliance as an E-RYT-200, RYT-500, and YACEP, and is also certified as a 500-hour Yoga Teacher through the World Yoga Federation. She earned the designation of Grand Master of Meditation through Meditation Alliance International, studying under Swami Vidyanand, and serves as an International Ambassador for Meditation Alliance International and as the Ambassador to the United States for TIME Meditation. She is an Usui Reiki Master, attuned in 2016 through 4 Hands Spiritual Healing, and a certified Ayurvedic Wellness Practitioner with specializations in Ayurvedic Diet and Nutrition and Ayurvedic Herbalism, having completed over 1,100 hours of training through the Yoga Veda Institute. She and her husband co-founded Zen with Zegley LLC in 2016.