Melissa works privately with actors and non-actors alike
combining meditation, voice and body work and to connect to their creative essence: the Self.
Please use the contact form on this website to request more information.
combining meditation, voice and body work and to connect to their creative essence: the Self.
Please use the contact form on this website to request more information.
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From one of my students:
From one of my students:
When I was a little girl I never would have guessed that I would be pursuing the career that I am now aggressively chasing. As a child, acting was just another escape. It was a way out of the unimaginable and a way into the world of the imaginable, into a world of possibility. Once I made the decision that I wanted to be an actress, I found it extremely hard to reconnect to the little child inside me. The world of possibility that was once so easy for me to escape into became difficult to remember and seemingly impossible to enter. Accepting this as just a part of life and a part of my ability to cope with my past, I ventured on to USC where I commenced my undergraduate education for a Bachelor of the Arts in Theatre. After spending two years in the program, I began to tire of the tedious routines and pointless exercises. I felt like I was not growing as an artist and the possibility of the world I once knew becoming my reality again seemed to disappear all. So, I settled. I settled with what I were facts at the time; I am in college, I don’t have any time, I don’t have money for more acting classes and I am comfortable where I am.
A little over a year passed and I was suddenly faced with a pre-“midlife” crisis. I did not know who I was, what I wanted, where I was going, or where I had been. I was slapped in the face with the harsh reality of “real life”: self-responsibility. Upon the recommendation of Matthew Arkin I decided to try out a new type of acting class: A private lesson taught by Melissa Kite. The lesson would focus on relaxation, meditation, and what it means to make truthful character choices. I was done settling. I consciously decided that; despite my pursuit of a BA from USC, despite throwing hundreds of thousands of dollars towards a USC diploma, despite my lack of free time and despite my fear, I would take a risk and venture into the realm of the unknown.
December 19, 2011 marked the first day of the rest of my life. It was the first day of my journey home. I began the first lesson with Melissa thinking that I was about to venture into the realm of the unknown. Over time I slowly realized that I was never venturing into the unknown, I was on my way home. I was once again surrounded by the memories of my childhood safe house, the land of possibility. The land of the imaginable, which I had deemed a lost cause, was suddenly staring straight back at me. The only difference was how I entered into the world. Instead of having to flee from the unimaginable and “escape”, all I had to do was stop thinking and follow my instinct. As I surrendered to my breath little Mariella would engulf me, her bright innocent eyes glistening as if they were holding a secret. As I continued my journey home I realized that those eyes were not glistening from the weight of a secret, but from the hope of a child. Inside those childhood eyes of mine I found the key to my happiness as an artist, as a human being and as Mariella. The key? Well, lets just say that inside those glistening eyes I found my safe house, the land of possibility. Without the help of Melissa Kite and her gift of guidance helping me along the journey through my past and present lives, I would have never regained the most essential tool needed for an artist. Hope; without it an artist seemingly pursues his career, only to settle with where he is at when the journey becomes too hard. But with it, an artist aggressively pursues his career and gains control of his instrument. In doing so he helps instill hope in others and thus his craft finally remains his passion.
So, thank you Melissa for sharing your gift with me. Thank you for helping me in my journey and guiding me through what I once believed to be the unknown. I look forward to continue working with you as well as deepening my understanding of just what exactly it means to “live and breathe the art”.
Sincerely,
Mariella Jacqueline
7/18/12
A little over a year passed and I was suddenly faced with a pre-“midlife” crisis. I did not know who I was, what I wanted, where I was going, or where I had been. I was slapped in the face with the harsh reality of “real life”: self-responsibility. Upon the recommendation of Matthew Arkin I decided to try out a new type of acting class: A private lesson taught by Melissa Kite. The lesson would focus on relaxation, meditation, and what it means to make truthful character choices. I was done settling. I consciously decided that; despite my pursuit of a BA from USC, despite throwing hundreds of thousands of dollars towards a USC diploma, despite my lack of free time and despite my fear, I would take a risk and venture into the realm of the unknown.
December 19, 2011 marked the first day of the rest of my life. It was the first day of my journey home. I began the first lesson with Melissa thinking that I was about to venture into the realm of the unknown. Over time I slowly realized that I was never venturing into the unknown, I was on my way home. I was once again surrounded by the memories of my childhood safe house, the land of possibility. The land of the imaginable, which I had deemed a lost cause, was suddenly staring straight back at me. The only difference was how I entered into the world. Instead of having to flee from the unimaginable and “escape”, all I had to do was stop thinking and follow my instinct. As I surrendered to my breath little Mariella would engulf me, her bright innocent eyes glistening as if they were holding a secret. As I continued my journey home I realized that those eyes were not glistening from the weight of a secret, but from the hope of a child. Inside those childhood eyes of mine I found the key to my happiness as an artist, as a human being and as Mariella. The key? Well, lets just say that inside those glistening eyes I found my safe house, the land of possibility. Without the help of Melissa Kite and her gift of guidance helping me along the journey through my past and present lives, I would have never regained the most essential tool needed for an artist. Hope; without it an artist seemingly pursues his career, only to settle with where he is at when the journey becomes too hard. But with it, an artist aggressively pursues his career and gains control of his instrument. In doing so he helps instill hope in others and thus his craft finally remains his passion.
So, thank you Melissa for sharing your gift with me. Thank you for helping me in my journey and guiding me through what I once believed to be the unknown. I look forward to continue working with you as well as deepening my understanding of just what exactly it means to “live and breathe the art”.
Sincerely,
Mariella Jacqueline
7/18/12
