Melanie Harrell specializes in teaching children and staff within the Montessori community. She currently teaches beginning, intermediate and advanced classes for elementary students. She also designed a 60-hour high school yoga curriculum for Woods High which she has taught several times. As the yoga instructor for the Houston Montessori Center, she trains Montessori interns to incorporate yoga in their early childhood classrooms. Melanie also offers children's classes and workshops through various non-profit organizations such as the Girl Scouts. Birthday parties are available as well.

In addition to working with children, Melanie has taught adults at Post Oak School since 1999 and School of the Woods since 2001. She also offers private classes and workshops. Adult classes are based on the needs of the students, often include props, and tend to be therapeutic and supportive rather than athletic.

A yoga teacher since 1997, Melanie has studied and practiced several styles of yoga and is a registered member of Yoga Alliance (500). She currently studies with Billie Gollnick. Melanie earned her master's degree in transpersonal psychology from Naropa University in 2004 and wrote her master's paper on the spiritual awakening process (Kundalini).  In addition to teaching yoga, Melanie teaches Reiki, is a certified hypnotist, and maintains a private hypnosis/energy healing practice in Bellaire.