Chief Executive Officer/Director, Anatomy Trains (UK and Europe Ltd) / ATSI Certified Practitioner Melanie Burns is the Chief Executive Officer of Anatomy Trains and Director of Anatomy Trains Europe and UK, with a 20 year career in international business, working with Digital Equipment Corporation, IBM, Microsoft and Cisco. She is a former board member of the Ida P. Rolf Research Association, creator of the Anatomy Trains MasterClass Series and Anatomy Trains for All, and a founding member of the Australia Fascia Symposium. Melanie has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Clark University, is a Licensed Massage Therapist, and a graduate of the Anatomy Trains Structural Integration (ATSI) program. She is an instructor in Anatomy Trains Cadaver Dissection labs.  Melanie co-produced Anatomy 101 and Science of Stretch with Yoga Journal, as well as managing and moderating over 200 live online programs for Anatomy Trains. Melanie also owns and operates a 500 Hour Yoga Teacher Training School in Maine, teaches courses on the Polyvagal Theory with Deb Dana at Kripalu and in yoga teacher training programs, and is on the faculty of the Liberation Institute, providing yoga teacher training certification programs within the all-male maximum security Maine State Prison. She recently returned from volunteering in Ukraine to train manual therapists and to work with soldiers injured in war, primarily amputees and those suffering from head trauma. Combining her background in psychology, bodywork, and yoga, her passion is working with the survivors of trauma, as they heroically search for safety.