With over 13 years of teaching experience, Michelle has discovered that yoga is less about achieving perfect poses and more about showing up, moving with intention, and embracing the occasional tumble with a laugh. She teaches a variety of yoga styles but specializes in Vinyasa, captivated by its fluid, creative flow and its adaptability to the energy of the room or the mood of the day. Whether fast or slow, powerful or gentle, she cherishes the freedom Vinyasa offers to teach intuitively, often adjusting the pace or rhythm as the class unfolds. Each class she leads is unique, thoughtfully crafted and choreographed to suit the diverse mix of students present.

Her teaching style combines precise alignment, instinctive sequencing, and a healthy dose of humour. While she guides students into a Warrior pose with accuracy, she also encourages them not to take it too seriously, especially when balancing on one leg! Her approach to alignment focuses on cultivating awareness, focus, and trust in the body, rather than chasing perfection. It’s about being present without needing to sit still, a skill she admits she’s still mastering herself, and she’s perfectly okay with that.

Her time practicing Acro-Yoga deepened her understanding of alignment, emphasizing its role in safety, connection, and trust. It taught her to embrace wobbling (or even falling) as an integral part of the yoga journey. Acro-Yoga also revealed that strength often looks different than expected, and that a solid foundation provides the freedom to soar, both on the mat and in life. She believes the lessons learned in yoga often ripple into everyday experiences.

Meditation and relaxation remain her “work in progress,” but she finds stillness in alternative ways, through the quiet solitude of wild camping under the stars, hiking at sunrise, or the serene rhythm of a lake swim. For her, the outdoors offers its own form of meditation: grounding, expansive, and always humbling. She views this as just as restorative as Savasana, proving that yoga extends far beyond the mat.

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When not teaching yoga, she works as airline crew, carrying her yoga mat across the globe. Sometimes she visits local studios to experience new teachers, but often she simply unrolls her mat in a quiet corner of her room for a 20-minute practice to decompress or reenergize after a long flight.

Whether guiding beginners or seasoned practitioners, she creates a welcoming, authentic, and playful space where students can move, laugh, find focus, and feel empowered in their bodies—wherever they choose to unroll their mats.