Listen Within
Melos begins with a simple idea: before we can grow, we need to pay attention. To ourselves. To how we live. To what matters. And to the patterns that shape our lives.
Through practice, learning, and community, Melos creates space to develop greater awareness and live with more intention.
Our mission
Our mission is to empower individuals to recover their true selves and deliver their unique gifts to the world. Personal growth is not only about understanding ourselves. It is about what we do with that understanding and how we contribute to the lives of others.
Our philosophy
Meaningful growth takes more than awareness. It takes practice, discipline, respect, boundaries, and a willingness to contribute.
Practice — Showing up consistently
Awareness — Seeing ourselves clearly
Discipline — Doing what supports growth
Respect — Honoring the practice and one another
Boundaries — Creating an environment built on trust
Contribution — Turning personal growth into service
Each strengthens the next.
Practice — Showing up consistently
Awareness — Seeing ourselves clearly
Discipline — Doing what supports growth
Respect — Honoring the practice and one another
Boundaries — Creating an environment built on trust
Contribution — Turning personal growth into service
Each strengthens the next.
Meet the People Behind Melos
Our teachers, practitioners, and community leaders bring their experience, knowledge, and unique perspectives to everything we do. Our team is here to guide the practice, support growth, and create a community built on connection, respect, and intention.
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Donna Vorst
Greg Vorst
Co-Founder
Greg Vorst is the Co-founder of Melos and the CEO and Co-founder of Embodied Recovery, an innovative, holistic treatment center in Campbell California. Greg and Michael Nolan are also the creators of the Empowered Living Teaching Series, a collection of 12 core teachings designed to facilitate psychological maturation and spiritual fulfillment. Greg is also a psychotherapist and Kuksun level teacher of Kouk Sundo, a Korean Taoist practice of embodied breathwork and meditation. Greg has over two decades of practice and teaching and is the student of Grand Master Jin Mok.
Greg also has a rich background in the performing arts as an operatic soloist and in the wholistic healing arts. His personal journey of recovery and healing was grounded in psychotherapy, steady spiritual and somatic practice and the experience of belonging in community. Greg drew deeply from this background in his contribution to the creation of Melos.
Greg also has a rich background in the performing arts as an operatic soloist and in the wholistic healing arts. His personal journey of recovery and healing was grounded in psychotherapy, steady spiritual and somatic practice and the experience of belonging in community. Greg drew deeply from this background in his contribution to the creation of Melos.
Michael Nolan
Co-Founder
Michael Nolan is a co-founder of Melos, President and Co-Founder of Embodied Recovery, and co-creator of the Empowered Living Teaching Series. Michael’s work is rooted in his own journey through addiction and mental health challenges into sustained recovery, and a firm belief in the healing power of practice, service, and supportive community.
Sober since August 8, 2007, Michael's foundation for his recovery was through formal treatment and the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous. Along the way, he longed for a community space where he could continue deepening that recovery through mentorship, meditation, education, and shared spiritual exploration. His regular practice of SunDo, a Korean Taoist mind-body discipline, continues to strengthen his connection to himself and others and was vital to shaping the vision for Melos.
Michael helped establish Melos to provide a space where people can continue their healing journey together. Through spiritual practices, spiritually informed teachings, mind-body disciplines, service, and community connections, he hopes to cultivate a lasting sense of belonging grounded in the values of recovery. His commitment to service is an expression of gratitude for those who offered him care, guidance, and honesty throughout his own healing journey.
A husband to Christina and father of three, Michael cherishes the family life that recovery has made possible.
Sober since August 8, 2007, Michael's foundation for his recovery was through formal treatment and the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous. Along the way, he longed for a community space where he could continue deepening that recovery through mentorship, meditation, education, and shared spiritual exploration. His regular practice of SunDo, a Korean Taoist mind-body discipline, continues to strengthen his connection to himself and others and was vital to shaping the vision for Melos.
Michael helped establish Melos to provide a space where people can continue their healing journey together. Through spiritual practices, spiritually informed teachings, mind-body disciplines, service, and community connections, he hopes to cultivate a lasting sense of belonging grounded in the values of recovery. His commitment to service is an expression of gratitude for those who offered him care, guidance, and honesty throughout his own healing journey.
A husband to Christina and father of three, Michael cherishes the family life that recovery has made possible.
Jin Mok
Grandmaster
Only a few hundred Sundo masters exist worldwide, and just eight hold the highest title of Bopsa. Jin Mok, President of the World Bakdol Kouksundo Federation, is one of them. With over 30 years of global teaching experience, he is also a renowned acupressure specialist and martial artist. As the founder of the National Kouksundo Center and Kouksundo Academy, Grandmaster Jin Mok trains teachers to uphold the authentic practice. Dedicated to preserving Sundo’s purity, he continues the legacy of his father, the great Master Chung San.
Donna Vorst
Sundo instructor and dance facilitator
Donna is a Sundo instructor, dance facilitator, and graduate therapist trainee dedicated to helping people experience greater connection, presence, and well-being through embodied practices.
For more than two decades, Donna has facilitated therapeutic and community-based dance experiences. Her background includes study with Andrea Juhan of Open Floor, Daria Halprin of Tamalpa Institute, and Jenny Sauer-Klein of AcroYoga.
Donna is also a dedicated practitioner and instructor of Sundo, in which she holds a blue belt from Bakdol Kuksundo Federation's Grandmaster Sunsa Jin Mok. She is currently pursuing her Master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy at Daybreak University.
For more than two decades, Donna has facilitated therapeutic and community-based dance experiences. Her background includes study with Andrea Juhan of Open Floor, Daria Halprin of Tamalpa Institute, and Jenny Sauer-Klein of AcroYoga.
Donna is also a dedicated practitioner and instructor of Sundo, in which she holds a blue belt from Bakdol Kuksundo Federation's Grandmaster Sunsa Jin Mok. She is currently pursuing her Master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy at Daybreak University.
Our Partner
Embodied Recovery
