In 2003, Melanie became a Certified Yoga Instructor and completed Level II and Level III teacher training of the Barkan Method. She teaches at the Barkan Method Studio in Fort Lauderdale and she is a guest teacher at the Yoga Connection in Davie, Florida. She completed Yoga Kids International Phase I training in Italy in 2004 and taught yoga at Fisher Island Day School the following year. Melanie completed her Yoga for Seniors and Yoga Therapy certification at Duke University Integrative Medicine, Durham, North Carolina in 2006. This special certification enabled her to teach at Daniel Cantor Senior Center, Fort Lauderdale.