Melanie Santos

Multidisciplinary Sacred Artist

My work is rooted in creating social change by guiding people toward intentional living and exploring the energetic connection between the mind, body, spirit, and our human experience.

Blending personal experience, intuitive wisdom, and both ancient and modern wellness practices, I empower individuals to rebuild their foundations from the soul level. My holistic approach incorporates Kundalini yoga, breathwork, energy healing, intuitive guidance, visual art, and storytelling. By integrating these modalities with mental, physical, and energetic self-care, I create spaces for deep reflection, personal transformation, and the reclamation of alignment and authenticity.

Here’s a short version of my story.

I was born and raised in the heart of New York City by immigrant parents, steeped in the rich cultural heritage of my Cuban and Dominican roots. My upbringing was shaped by ancestral ways of eating, moving, thinking, and healing—a culturally grounded foundation that still anchors me today.

While earning my degree in Communications, I was diagnosed with depression but—because of reasons we’re about to get into— I brushed it aside. Years later, I faced a mental health crisis so severe, it almost took my life; a breaking point that forced me to confront everything I thought I understood about myself and my well-being.

Mental health wasn’t a topic we discussed growing up. In my Latine community, mental health struggles are still very misunderstood, dismissed as weakness, or overshadowed by the expectation to “tough it out” or lean solely on faith. In my family, therapy was something “other people” did—not us. But my breakdown was the catalyst for major change. It wasn’t easy, but I opened up to my parents, and together, we broke the cycle of stigma in our family. Within weeks, I was sitting in my first therapy session—a moment that sparked my journey of remembering who I truly am.

That was just the beginning. From that moment on, I dedicated myself to learning everything I could and forging a unique path back to myself.

The wellness space I encountered in the early 2010s felt out of reach—too whitewashed, too expensive, too disconnected from the realities of my life and culture. It didn’t reflect the healing my life was craving. So, I made my own way. I studied everything I could about mind-body-spirit wellness, experimenting with methods that aligned with my values, my heritage, and my soul’s curiousity. Along the way, I began sharing my journey publicly in 2013, writing about my growth, struggles, and discoveries in real-time.

What started as a personal quest revealed my calling. I realized I wasn’t just healing myself—I was creating a space for others who felt unseen and unsupported to find their own paths to well-being.

Today, I am exactly who I needed back then.

I’m honored to connect with a global community of 80K+ people, guiding others through intentional social media content, digital resources, classes, and one-on-one energy readings. My work blends ancient and modern practices, creating a space where people—especially empaths, highly sensitive individuals, and those from underrepresented communities—can rebuild their foundations and thrive.

This journey is ongoing, but my mission is clear: to remind you that your story, your sensitivity, and your unique path are powerful—and that healing is possible, no matter who you are or where you’re starting from.

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What I Know…

I know that my experiences influence how I show up in the world. That how I embrace my clinical depression and generalized anxiety disorder, motherhood, relationships, faith, and identity shape me and my wellness needs. That self-care and connection are not one-size-fits-all, because although similar, no two beings are alike. And despite what they want us to believe, that it’s a beautiful thing.

I know that much of what I defined as truth was defined for me long before I could form my own opinion. It’s taken years, a lot of time spent in deep self-examination, and much time researching and learning to get a clear understanding of how the world really works; to understand how conditioning, thoughts, behaviors, and environments affect our mind, body, spirit connection. 

I know that I honor my ancestry and everything that occurred to put me here, but I am also grateful to be severing ties with the belief systems and practices that don’t serve my alignment and expansion.

I know that we are souls in bodies having a human experience together. I know, without a semblance of a doubt, that every single living being is in existence for a reason and a purpose. That the power and guidance I used to seek outside of myself is always within me.

I know that “as above, so below.” That tuning myself to the vibration of the God/Source/Spirit energy inside me made me realize how much we are all connected to everything around us. That every movement made by anything from a human being to a planet, creates a ripple in the ever-changing energetic fabric of life. That knowing the astrological correlatives to life can help us align with our highest selves.

I know that the current view of manifestation is rooted in white privilege. That writing something “55 times for five days in a row” most likely won’t manifest money or a car for someone from a marginalized community. I know that due in part to the commodification of spiritual rules like the Law of Attraction, people have lost reverence, and manifestation has become an object-oriented, elitist concept. I am committed to changing that.

I know that our minds, bodies, and souls are irrevocably entwined and that what we feed our physical body affects our emotional health and energetic body.

I know that becoming comfortable with our shadows is difficult but necessary. That we won’t heal and evolve without it. That even if we wanted to try to take the easy way out, the people making the products that promise to help rid us of our problems do not have our actual best interest in mind. 

I know that it’s up to us to do the work. That it’s up to us to surrender our egos and see the divine opportunities for evolution in our daily interactions. That despite all the lovelessness and self-serving propaganda we face day to day, we still need to lead with love. That above all else, it’s not a woman or a man in power that will change the world, but human beings who remember who they are.

Are you a brand or organization interested in working with me?

Email mgmt@melaniesantos.co.
Media kit available upon request.