Patrick Mellen

Teacher and Founder of Balance Lab

Originally from Ohio, Patrick now lives with his husband in Brooklyn. He came to New York to be an actor and through that work met his teacher, Chloe Wing. Studying under Chloe, Patrick became a certified teacher of the Alexander Technique in 2012 through Alexander Technique International. Leaning into the meditation techniques also learned from Chloe, Patrick met MBSR and received his Certificate in teaching of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction through Brown’s School of Professional Studies in 2022.

His work at the intersection of the Alexander Technique (systematized body awareness) and mindfulness (non-judgmental awareness) experiments with the mind and body as the beginning (and end) of living with more ease.

As an actor, Patrick has appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Broad City. He still uses his headshot from 2011 and acknowledges that this is not best practice.