Aum Ashram Yoga

Melinda Atkins, M.ED, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT, is the founder and director of AUM hOMe Shala. She was a member of the first graduating class of the only university-based yoga therapy program in the nation, at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. A professional-level yoga teacher (E-RYT 500) with more than 7,500 hours of documented yoga teaching experience, Melinda completed 200 hours of preliminary work in Astanga Yoga before receiving a 500-hour yoga teacher training certification from Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. She was one of the first yoga therapists in Florida to be certified as a yoga therapist by the International Association of Yoga Therapists through their grandfathering process, documenting 2,100 hours of yoga therapy experience. Melinda is currently enrolled in the Master of Science program in Medical Cannabis Science and Therapeutics at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy.