Her Story
About Amber
Amber Melendy is an educator, curriculum designer, mentor, and holistic wellness practitioner with 22 years of experience as an entrepreneur in education. She created Shine On Healing Center and Yoga Studio, which she ran for nearly 10 years, and co-created Rose Tent, a rites of passage and coming of age program for young girls. After shifting from urban planning to yoga, she pursued Waldorf education training starting in 2018, which took about five years, and became a specialized teacher. She is currently finishing her Master of Education, with her project focused on rites of passage work, and plans to create a guide program to train mothers and educators. Her work emphasizes holistic education that integrates mind, body, and soul through arts, movement, and nature connection, alongside teacher training and parent education. She draws inspiration from her family background in business and her aunt's work as a psychiatrist, and values authenticity, transparency, and creating intentional safe spaces in her practice.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Amber
01What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
My grandpa always said make sure anything that you do, anything that you invite people into, that what you're doing and what they're walking into you have fully intentionally created that space. That's really what I based creating my Shine On Healing Center and Yoga Studio on.
02What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
Be 100% accepting with where you're at. Showing up and being authentic and vulnerable and present is the best gift that you could give of anyone, and that's what we all need. Presence.
03What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
Getting really clear on my next steps as to how to work with the rite of passage work. I have co-created a roast tent which is a rites of passage and coming of age for young girls. My next step is to create a guide program to train mothers and educators, and bringing it out into the world, and perhaps even the school system.
04What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
Authenticity. To be transparent and authentic. The more that I can be relatable and honest where I am at, then that allows the other person to be authentic and drop into their heart and their body. And non-judgmental, but just holding a safe space.
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