Michelle is an internationally respected teacher and healing facilitator.

   Descended from a lineage of medicine women since the beginning of time, Michelle’s earliest years were spent in the Pueblos of Santa Fe New Mexico.
    For almost six years she lived with and learned from her loving grandmother, a Curandera and Medicine Woman. 
    Taught to look for the light around living beings, (including fruits and vegetables), reading energy fields surrounding life forms is as natural as taking a breath in the Sangre de Cristos Mountains. She listens to the heartbeat of our Mother Earth. 
 Michelle uses these modalities in her          Indigenous Healing Practices.

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Education

• BA in Film and Digital Media, University of California
• BA, Community Studies University of California
• AA Degree in Dance and Theater Arts.
• Credentialed in Creative Movement for Children.
• Languages: Spanish, Balinese, Thai, French, Japanese, English
• Credential in Mindful Resilience for Trauma
• Certification Positive Discipline for Teachers
• TeacherTraining Positive Discipline in the Classroom 

30 years of training and teaching experience, including:

• QiGong Training: Wild Goose Lineage 
• Tibetan Tai Chi Master Training: White Crane Lineage
• Yoga Certifications: Hatha, Sivananda, Kundalini, Laughing Yoga, Super Brain Yoga

• Adaptive Yoga Project: Teaching students with mobility challenges
• Reiki, Deep Tissue Integration, Shiatsu, Acupressure, Reflexology
• Veterans Administration:

       Yoga for Veterans moving                   through prosthesis and PTSD.

• Documentary Videographer
• Interfaith Minister

• ​Practitoner of Indigeous Healing

Michelle has studied with highly respected Healing Arts innovators:    

• Daniel Libby Phd. former Director Military Rehabilitation Program​
• Emilie Conrad, creator of Continuum.
• Anna Halprin, early pioneer in the expressive arts healing movement.
• Rev. Rosalyn Bruyere, internationally acclaimed healer, clairvoyant, and medicine woman.
• Master Mantak Chia's Taoist Center, Chiang Mai, Thailand​

"She makes learning about health and wellness, lots of fun."               Jordan, 8 years old 

"I can feel the focus. It lasts all the way to lunch." 
                     Dylan, 9 years old

Creator of 
Michelle’s Chi for Children: 

A series of Tai Chi movements for improving mental focus, fine motor skills, reflexes, and hand-eye-cordination.

"I love to help children become better at organizing their brains!"

These classes are taught throughout the Santa Cruz, and Pajaro Valley School Districts, to students of all ages.

"I find it easy to think outside the box... because I do not like to be in the box ever!"