About Michelle

I walk this path of energy and shamanic healing practitioner, yoga teacher, and ceremonialist because I believe that as we become more conscious of the infinite or spirit within, we act in ways that reflect a sense of peace and harmony and contribute to the peace and harmony of our world.

I reside in Santa Fe, New Mexico, my spiritual home in the U.S., the place I feel most fully alive, connected to my intuition, spirit, to the earth and her creatures.

I am an explorer at heart of the inner and outer worlds. My daily practices of yoga, hiking and earth rituals take me deep into the inner worlds. My love of experiencing new places and people has led me to visit 34 states and 50 countries. As a SHE-CAN Global volunteer, I mentor college students from post-conflict countries.

I have a fondness for farmers markets and colorful, healthy vegetarian meals. Swimming in the ocean lifts my spirits, and though the waves are a distance from my current home, I have previously lived on both U.S. coasts.

My academic degrees are from Mount Holyoke College AB and Boston College MA in English Literature. Additionally, I have an End of Life Doula Certificate from the University of Vermont, a certificate in Education and Management from the Higher Education Research Service Institute, and a certificate in Diversity and Mediation from the National Coalition Building Institute. In my former career, I was a higher education dean, teacher of: critical reading and writing, professional communication, leadership, and a 3-week peace & justice studies class in India. Bridging my past and current professional paths, I recently served as a Bartos Fellow for the Constructive Engagement of Conflict teaching Seeking Peace Within and Without and Tap into Positivity at the United World College-USA.

Training programs I have completed are noted below.

Energy Healing and Shamanism Training Programs

  • The Art and Practice of Shamanic Healing: A Three-Year Professional Training and Initiation with Julie Kramer, September 2022

  • Energy Medicine Mentoring Program, Three-Month Training in Transformational Energy Healing with Jacqui Burak, September 2020

  • Vibrational Mastery, East West Books, September 2020

  • The Power of the Pendulum, East West Books, March 2020

  • Core Shamanism, The Foundation for Shamanic Studies, February 2019

  • Healing Touch Levels I &II, November 2019-February 2020, Stanford University Health Improvement Program

  • Usui Reiki Level I-IIIA, October 2014-February 2016, Stanford University Health Improvement Program and Los Altos Reiki

Yoga, Meditation and Movement Training Programs

  • Joy of Meditation Teacher Training 100-Hours (Yoga Alliance Certified), Breathe Together Yoga, December 2022

  • Yoga Alliance Certified 60-Hour Teacher Training Courses (toward RYT 300), Radiant Body Yoga with Kia Miller

    • Kundalini, August 2022

    • Awareness & Lifestyle: Cultivating Self Mastery, January 2022

    • Meditation & the Mind, May 2021

    • Prana & Pranayama, April 2021

  • Kundalini Yoga Immersion, Life-Force Academy, June 2022

  • Yoga Alliance RYT 200 Teacher Training Program, Radiant Body Yoga with Kia Miller, November 2020

  • The Yogini’s Path of Shaktism: Honoring the Divine Feminine, Seven-Month Training, Bhakti Nova School of Yoga & Dance, October 2020

  • Compassion Cultivation Training (meditation techniques based on psychology, neuroscience & contemplative practice), Stanford University Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, May 2016

  • NIA (sensory based movement practice with roots in healing, dance and martial arts) White Belt, June 2000