Welcome to LifeTemple
Align Your Life and Your Desires — through ritual, embodiment, and one-on-one guidance.
“I’m here to help you connect with your joy, your body, your voice, your path… your dance.”
– Mela Amaiya
Create the Life You Desire
Ritual & Habits
Because the choices we make today transform the life we live tomorrow…
Body & Embodiment
Because our bodies store deep wisdom, and it feels good to move…
Voice & Expression
Because your voice is important and holds deep power…
Work With Me One-on-One
Because choosing to grow now will transform the rest of your life…
Access deeper wisdom within and clear blocks to show up fully for yourself, your work, your relationships, and your life. Align your actions with your desires… with deep accountability, loving support, and a customized plan for your growth.
Three Ways to Work Together:
Embodied Life Coaching
Holistic 1:1 coaching combining somatic practices, mindset tools, emotional integration, and ritual. Offered in 3 or 5-month containers. For women ready to align their inner world and outer life.
Sensual Embodiment Coaching
Tap back into your sensuality, your pleasure, and your body's wisdom. This work is for women ready to reconnect with the sacred feminine within — and to live more fully in your body.
Private Dance Coaching
Grow exponentially with individualized 1-on-1 coaching - transform your daily rituals, thoughts and actions to create more of what you desire.
Book a Professional Belly Dancer or Group
Book a free 30 minute zoom call to explore working together
Book a Private Dance Series
Join the Freedom Rituals Circle
Align Your Daily Rituals With Your Desires
Freedom Rituals Program with Mini Group Accountability — Coming Soon
You know what you want. Maybe it's working out consistently, finishing that creative project, meditating, dancing, eating well — things you've been trying to integrate, but haven't quite managed to make stick.
The difference between where you are and where you want to be is a shift in your daily choices. It's more simple than it feels — and it's so much easier in community, with a map.
What we'll do together:
Transform habits into rituals — with gratitude, body wisdom, and intention.
Clear the blocks that keep showing up (emotional, mental, habitual).
Hold each other lovingly accountable in a supportive group container.
Discover the new identity and emotional states you're intentionally cultivating.
Build real momentum — and celebrate.
Hello I am Mela
I'm a dancer, embodiment coach, and ritualist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. With a BA in Dance and an MA in Women's Spirituality, I've spent my life exploring the body as a portal to activate the wisdom of the Divine within.
I work with women who are ready to stop waiting and start living — deeply, sensually, on their own terms. I believe that your body already holds the answers. My work is to help you listen.
I teach Belly Dance at Dance Mission Theater in San Francisco and Berkeley (Salimpour School), lead WomanSpeak Circles, host women's embodiment retreats, and run programs in Cuba on music and dance.
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Dance Is Medicine
"I believe dance is medicine — and that our bodies are portals for the Divine Within."
I teach Belly Dance, perform at events across the Bay Area, and offer private classes for all levels — from beginners to those training for a special performance.