MICHELLE BRINGS OVER 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE STUDYING YOGA, BREATHING, & MEDITATION FOR STRESS MANAGEMENT.  

She began teaching in 2005 at Iyengar Yoga Institute of Pittsburgh and has offered programs in corporate, military and hospital settings as well as with the general population.  Her compassionate, yet direct approach, makes her an energetic coach that moves clients beyond barriers and into new worlds of possibility and results.    

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SHE IS THE CO-FOUNDER OF YOGA FOR THE EMOTIONS.  A framework for understanding ones functioning patterns and habits from an individual & from a systems perspective through the lens of Bowen Theory and iRest Yoga Nidra. 

Michelle is one of only several Level 3 Certified iRest Yoga Nidra teachers in Pennsylvania.  

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The UNPARALLED combination of systems thinking & iRest Yoga Nidra was the greatest freeing factor for Michelle personally and is derived from an applied study of her work in BFST through Western Pennsylvania Family Center's two year post graduate program and over two decades of applying systems thinking in her personal life, partnered with yogic philosophy & practices.  

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RESULTS ARE:

EMOTIONAL FREEDOM, RESILIENCE and PERSONAL ENERGY to access the SOURCE OF YOURSELF for VITALITY and an unlimited resource to SUCCESSFULLY manifest ideas, self directed goals and desires FOR LASTING CHANGE.

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CERTIFICATIONS:

-ACC Associate Certified ICF Coach International Coaching Federation

Certified  Lumia Advanced Life Coach

-​​400 Hour teacher training by Iyengar Instructor Sara Azarius of The Iyengar Institute of Pittsburgh.
Certified iRest® Yoga Nidra Teacherby Richard Miller, PhD.
-Certified Warriors at Ease teacher including trauma sensitive meditation.
-Certified Reiki Master by Kathy Duffy and Janet Jackson of Energy Connection.
-Certified Yoga for Golfersby Katherine Roberts.
-CPR & AED Certified.   

-NOLS Wilderness First Aid Certified.  ​

-Certified Trip Leader Venture Outdoors 

-Prenatal Yoga certificate from Deena Blumenfeld at Shining Light Prenatal Center

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor of Arts University of Pittsburgh

MEMBER OF

• International Coaching Federation​
• Toastmasters International
• Bakery Square Toastmasters:

2024-2025 BKSQ President 

2024 BKSQ Vice President of Membership          

• iRest TCN Member
• Iyengar Yoga National Association Of The United States
• Orchid Society of Western Pennsylvania

PREVIOUS PROGRAMS OFFERED AT:

-Mercy Hospital Stroke Rehab 

-Emerson Process Management: Power and Water Solutions 

-Veterans Place of Washington Blvd 2013:  Two, 6 week, twice weekly series 

-DoD Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Programs 2016-2018

-West Virginia Vet Center

-McKeesport/White Oak Vet Center 2019

-The Hollander

-Westinghouse: Women in Nuclear Energy