Discover

Yourself

Unmasked.

Choosing sobriety is the entrance point to a journey of self-discovery. Whether it’s alcohol, success, food, relationships, or material comfort, unmasked means removing the layers of film that hide your true nature.

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Pratidāna

Clarity.

Restoration. Remembrance. Liberation.

Your Journey to Contentment.

I believe we all have an inner knowing that lets us know when life drifts off course. One of the first signs is asking how alcohol might be getting in the way. My mission is to guide sober-curious seekers to transform discontentment into clarity, freedom, and alignment with their highest Self.

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Be Kind to your Mind,

Listen to your Body.

Clarity.

Alcohol-free living often begins with an inkling that something isn’t right. Maybe you’ve been numbing the pain of feeling stuck—in a relationship, a career, or a version of yourself you’ve outgrown. Or, maybe you’ve simply been following what society calls “normal" in spite of your better judgement. Choosing to break free from alcohol is choosing not to abandon yourself.

Restore Balance.

Pratidāna means to restore balance, to return what was lost, to give back. Choosing alcohol-free living is to reclaim the parts of yourself you silenced, neglected, or pushed aside to survive. When you stop abandoning yourself, you begin to restore trust, balance, and harmony within.

Liberation.

It’s not just about removing alcohol—it’s about removing everything that clouds your vision and keeps you from peace. In yoga philosophy, this ignorance is called avidyā—the suffering that comes from not seeing clearly.

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Welcome!

without powerlessness, shame or white knuckling

3 Keys to Alcohol-Free Living!

Join Melanie Miller, LPC, RYT-200, and Alcohol-Free Lifestyle Coach, for a 27-minute online training and live Q&A designed to help you live alcohol-free with confidence and ease. Discover the three keys to lasting freedom without relying on shame, willpower, or fear. Grab a mocktail, invite a friend, and take the next step toward building a life you don’t need to escape from.

If you’ve found me, it’s safe to assume your instincts are whispering that something feels off—maybe it’s too much alcohol? Or, maybe a combination of things. My mission is to guide seekers like you through a season of clearing, contemplation, and liberation, to find freedom from that gnawing discontent and step fully into life—awake, aligned, and on purpose!

Meet Melanie

Founder of Pratidana Wellness and The Alcohol-Free Advantage Coaching.

Melanie is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), RYT-200, and Alcohol-Free Lifestyle Coach, with a lifelong dedication to wellness, personal training and holistic healing. Introduced to yoga in 2015 through the physical challenge of arm balances and inversions, her practice gradually became more than physical postures and is foundational to her understanding of healing and the role of the mind and nervous system in shaping our everyday experiences.

As a mental health clinician she is inspired by the parallels between ancient wisdom and modern psychology. Melanie takes a non-pathologizing, IFS-informed approach to both her clinical and non-clinical work, emphasizing compassion, curiosity, and self-leadership rather than labels or fixing and forcing change. She works with individuals, groups and facilitates mental health workshops incorporating yoga philosophy.

Melanie is especially passionate about helping people reduce the urge to self-medicate, particularly with alcohol, as a way of coping with stress, overwhelm, or emotional pain. Her work is rooted in freedom rather than powerlessness, emphasizing alignment and congruence with self-kindness and non-harming action. Melanie is currently pursuing advanced Clinical Facilitator training through the Trauma-Informed Yoga Therapy (TIYT™) program, research supported by Dr. Stephen Porges’ Polyvagal Theory. click here.

5 yogic practices to bring more ease into sober living.

You don’t need to hit rock bottom to notice life feels out of balance. Learn how to support your body’s natural ability to heal, restore, and find balance again.

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Spiritual Formation & Mental Health

For me, the journey to alcohol-free living started with faith deconstruction—a painful season of questioning everything I thought I knew about God, myself, and my training as a mental health clinician. I spent years using alcohol to quiet the chaos and cope with feeling powerless.

My book, Spiritual Formation and Mental Health, isn’t about alcohol or sobriety. It’s about awakening from fear-based systems and reclaiming our spiritual autonomy to find balance between structure and free will. If you’ve ever felt trapped by rigid ideologies, I invite you to read it.