Michele’s Education and Experience
Academic education
- Master’s of Science in physical therapy from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, 2000.
- Healing touch education from Boulder School of Massage Therapy, a 2000-hour program, 1995.
- BA in business from the University of Colorado, Boulder, 1992.
Women’s health and physical therapy continuing education
- The Pelvic Girdle: coursework with Richard Jackson, PT
- Mayan abdominal & uterine therapy certification with Rosita Arvigo, ND
- Mayan abdominal & uterine therapy professional training with Rosita Arvigo, ND
- Mayan abdominal & uterine self-care: coursework on self-care
- Gynecologic visceral manipulation: advanced course through the APTA
- Urogenital visceral manipulation: advanced studies with Didier Pratt, DO
- Pelvic floor dysfunction II: advanced course through the APTA
- Pelvic floor dysfunction I: advanced course through the APTA
Yoga and movement study
Michele has an extensive background of continuing education in the movement and yoga arts. Since 1992, Michele has been a devoted student of yoga and has studied with some of the most prominent and knowledgeable teachers in the world. She has studied with Angela Farmer, Patricia Walden, Judith Lassiter, Richard Freeman, Georg Feurstein, John Friend, Norman Allard, Wendy Bramlett, ….
Yoga courses, credentials, and certifications
- Yoga Movement Breath Awareness training- 500 hour Feldenkrais, Iyengar yoga and meditation with Normal Allard
- Richard Freeman’s advanced teacher training: 200 hour Yoga Alliance certified
- Yoga Research and Education Center: 2 year-700 hour Yoga Alliance certified
- Ashtanga yoga – 6 week studies in Mysore, India
- Yoga Journal Conferences – hundreds of hours of therapeutic applications
- Authentic Movement with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen
- Vipassana meditation courses 10-day silent retreat
- India year abroad 2005
Advanced Soft Tissue Training
- Myofascial Release I and II, John Barnes PT
- Myofascial Unwinding, John Barnes PT
- Visceral Manipuation Courses with D.O. Didier Pratt
- Neuromuscular Therapy, trigger point therapy, Paul St. John
- Craniosacral therapy with Anna Chitty and Scott Zamarut
- Thai massage in Thailand
- Sports massage with Bobby Hills
- Shiatsu: Advanced training diagnosing the Hara
- Chakra balancing