Today we’d like to introduce you to Felipe Mejia.
Felipe, we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us today. Where does your story begin?
I was born in Medellín, Colombia and raised between cultures, cities, and seasons of movement. My family moved to New York City when I was young. Shortly after we moved to Atlanta Suburbs. After College I moved back to NYC for 9 years and then I bounced back and forth along the East Coast for a couple of years. Eventually, life brought me back to Georgia.
Movement has always been part of my identity. As a kid, I don’t remember a time when I didn’t have a soccer ball at my feet. When I moved to the U.S., I explored other sports and stayed active through high school and beyond. Physical expression was my language long before I knew how to name it.
In 2008, while in college, I injured my spine. At the time, I didn’t realize how deeply that moment would shape my life. I graduated from Georgia Southern University with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and returned to New York, where I spent nearly a decade working in the nightlife industry. Bartending long hours, lifting weights, and pushing through pain became normal. I wore braces, tried to “train around it,” and kept going, until my body simply wouldn’t let me anymore.
There were periods when one wrong movement would leave me unable to walk, spending days on the floor or in bed searching for relief. In late 2014, the wake-up call became unavoidable. During Thanksgiving and again at Christmas, flights from New York to Atlanta left me in so much pain that I spent entire holidays on the floor. Eating, sleeping, and watching TV from basically the same spot. On December 26, 2014, I made a decision that would change everything: I stopped trying to fix my body through force and began listening to it instead.
I started with DDP Yoga and practiced consistently for years. That practice opened a door, not just to healing, but to curiosity. In 2019, I completed my first 200-hour yoga teacher training with YogaWorks, and from there, my relationship with movement transformed. Yoga became less about poses and more about awareness. It showed me that this wisdom, how to breathe, how to feel, how to listen, is something every human deserves access to, yet so many of us are never taught.
Alongside teaching movement, I’ve also spent years tutoring math for students of all ages, from children to adults. Teaching, whether through numbers or movement, has become a two-way exchange. I often find myself learning just as much, if not more, from the people I work with.
As I build my business today, my mission is simple and deeply personal: to guide individuals back to their bodies and breath, unlocking inner strength, curiosity, and evolution through mindful movement and playful awareness. This work isn’t just about stretching or sweating. It’s about remembering. Reconnecting. Returning to the wisdom that already lives within us.
Whether through yoga, breathwork, or embodied practices, I aim to create spaces where people can move with more meaning, breathe with more presence, and live with greater intention.
I’m also in conversation with the Prison Yoga Project, with hopes of helping expand access to these practices within the prison system, bringing tools for awareness, regulation, and self-connection to spaces where they are deeply needed.
Outside the studio, I’m currently training for the Publix Atlanta Half Marathon in partnership with the Kyle Pease Foundation, an organization that makes it possible for wheelchair athletes to experience the joy of racing. Being part of that community has been a profound reminder that movement is not about performance, it’s about inclusion, connection, and shared humanity.
Looking back, every chapter, injury, movement, stillness, and return, has led me here. And in so many ways, the journey is only just beginning.
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
It definitely hasn’t been a smooth road, but I’ve learned that the most challenging paths are often the most meaningful.
One of the biggest struggles has been learning to be a beginner again. Any time you choose growth, you have to be willing to be uncomfortable, to be bad at something before you get better. That’s not easy, especially when you’re driven, disciplined, and used to performing at a high level. I’ve had to face my own inner critic more times than I can count and learn how to soften my relationship with failure and self-doubt.
There were also very real moments of uncertainty, financial instability, changing careers later than expected, and trusting an unconventional path that didn’t always make sense on paper. Walking away from familiar structures and redefining success required patience, consistency, and a lot of self-trust.
What kept me going was clarity. I knew this was the work I wanted to do, even when the progress felt slow. Over time, discipline became devotion, and what once felt like a struggle began to feel aligned. Looking back now, every challenge taught me something essential, not just about movement or teaching, but about resilience, humility, and staying connected to purpose.
It hasn’t been easy, but it’s been worth it.
Great, so let’s talk business. Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
My work lives at the intersection of movement, breath, and awareness. At its core, my business exists to help people reconnect with their bodies in a way that feels sustainable, intuitive, and empowering, not performative or punishing.
I specialize in mindful movement practices that blend yoga, breathwork, mobility, and nervous-system awareness. While my background includes traditional yoga training, what I’m most known for is creating experiences that meet people where they are such as athletes, beginners, those recovering from injury, and people who simply feel disconnected from their bodies. My approach is less about achieving a “perfect” pose and more about cultivating presence, curiosity, and resilience through movement.
What sets my work apart is the emphasis on listening rather than forcing. I guide people to build a relationship with their bodies. One rooted in awareness, adaptability, and trust. Classes and sessions are intentionally spacious, accessible, and grounded in real-world application, helping people carry what they learn off the mat and into daily life.
Brand-wise, I’m most proud of the community that’s forming around this work. The spaces I create, whether in studios, outdoor gatherings, live-music yoga events, or one-on-one sessions, are inclusive, welcoming, and rooted in shared humanity. I care deeply about creating environments where people feel safe enough to slow down, explore, and grow.
Beyond public classes, my offerings include private sessions, workshops, collaborative events, and community-focused initiatives.
What I want readers to know is that this work is not about fixing something that’s broken. It’s about remembering what’s already there. My brand is an invitation: to move with intention, breathe with awareness, and reconnect with the wisdom of the body in a way that supports a fuller, more present life.
How do you think about luck?
I’ve come to see luck less as chance and more as readiness meeting opportunity.
There have absolutely been moments of good luck. Meeting the right people at the right time, finding teachers and mentors, and having access to practices that helped me heal and evolve. I don’t take those moments lightly, and I’m deeply grateful for them.
At the same time, some of what might look like “bad luck” from the outside such as injury, uncertainty, setbacks, ended up shaping my path in the most meaningful ways. Those experiences forced me to slow down, pay attention, and reorient my life toward something more sustainable and purposeful.
What I’ve learned is that luck tends to show up when you’re willing to do the work, stay curious, and remain open, even when things don’t go according to plan. Consistency, patience, and showing up again and again have mattered just as much as timing.
In that sense, I don’t feel lucky in a passive way. I feel fortunate because I kept listening, kept learning, and stayed aligned with what felt true, long enough for opportunities to meet me there.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://fmbmove.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fmb_move/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/felipe.mejia.464978
