Dianne Mekelburg, M.Ed., E-RYT    


Dianne brings a deep respect for the uniqueness of each person to her work. She  has a Bachelor of Science in Human Growth and Development and a Master’s Degree in Education.  Her training is inspired by both Western and Eastern approaches to health, personal growth and well being.

Dianne runs a private practice for yoga and yoga therapy from her studio Beyond Postures, in Baltimore Maryland, and the Belfast Yoga And Retreat Center located on midcoast Maine in the Belfast/Penobscot Bay area.  

She leads gentle mindfulness-oriented yoga classes drawing on a blend of various styles including Kripalu, Anusara, Iyenga, Sivananda, Satyananda, Somatic, Feldenkrais, Ahimsa, and Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy.  She facilitates meditation classes, retreats and workshops with an emphasis on restorative practices, analytical and contemplative meditation, self-awareness, and personal growth.

She is the past Owner/Director of the Ahimsa Yoga Center in Baltimore, Maryland: 2002 to 2007 (now the Baltimore Yoga Village).   
 
She is an experienced, registered and certified Yoga teacher and Yoga Therapy Practitioner certified in Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy and Group Facilitator with Karen Hasskarl and Elissa Cobb at PRYT, and Thai Assisted Yoga Therapy with Kam Thye Chow at Lotus Palm.

Dianne has also completed an 18 month course of study in Practical  Ayurveda, Marma Therapy, and Pulse Diagnosis with Dr. Rama Kant  Mishra and has studied with Dr. Vasant Lad, founder of The Ayurvedic Institute in NM, at Ananda Ashram and at the Kripalu Yoga and Healing Center. 2005 -2006. 

Her meditation and Yoga Nidra training derives from the Swami Satyananda Bihar School in programs with Swami Muktidharma from New Zealand, and Swami Shankardev Sawarswati, founder of Big Shakti, from Australia.

Dianne has taken mind-body facilitated healing programs in Conscious Body, a body dialogue technique that accesses disowned aspects of ourselves and their relationship to symptoms, and she has completed level 1 certification from the International Alliance of Healthcare Educators in Heart Centered Therapy with Alaya Chikly for working with trauma. She is currently studying Psychosynthesis with Ann Gila through the Palo Alto Psychosynthesis Program.

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