Mela is an Astrologer & Internal Martial Arts practitioner located in the Asheville, NC area.

Mela has had an interest in astrology from a young age. She first drew up her own natal chart at the age of 12, after studying Joanna Martine Woolfolk’s “The Only Astrology Book You’ll Ever Need.” This latent interest was rekindled with a force in 2009, when Mela was exposed to the intuitive healing arts and chart reading for the first time through friends.

Since then, Mela has been immersed in the study of astrology and the internal arts. Her training in Taoist alchemy at the Tao Institute with Master Frank J. Paolillo as well as work with the Akashic Records under Deborah Hellman & Nancy Ring has informed her process, perspective, and research. As a lifelong artist, Mela has studied and observed energy since before she had a language for it — and the intuitive arts have become a way of finally expressing all that she sees in the subtle layers of life’s activities.

Mela’s emphasis as an Astrologer is on soul work, soul evolution and self knowledge. At present, she offers individual readings as well as occasional group events, online courses and cosmic weather reports. In addition to this, she is a full time assistant to Master Frank J. Paollillo, teaching internal martial arts & spiritual cultivation at the Tao Institute in Downtown Asheville, NC.