Align with Michele

09/07/2025

Latest blog post is up. Check it out!

Balance your classes by understanding the gunas—sattva, rajas and tamas are your new teaching superpowers.

17/06/2025

Join me this Friday!

☀️ Summer Solstice Mala: 108 Sun Salutations
🗓️ Friday, June 20 | 🕠 5:30–7:00pm
📍 Lakeside at Breathe and Bend, Albers IL

Join us as we honor the longest day of the year with a sacred and energizing practice: 108 sun salutations under the evening sky.

The summer solstice marks the peak of light, a time to celebrate vitality, abundance, and the inner fire that guides transformation. From this moment forward, the days slowly begin to shorten—reminding us to absorb the light, reflect, and carry it inward.

Why 108? In yoga tradition, 108 is a powerful number symbolizing wholeness and connection. There are 108 energy lines to the heart.

1-wholeness and unity
0-clarity in emptyness
8-infinity

Each sun salutation becomes a breath, a prayer, a moving meditation.

Move with us. Breathe with us. Whether you complete all 108 or take it at your own rhythm, this is a space for presence, purpose, and celebration.

✨ All levels welcome. Bring your mat, towel (to cover your mat), water and an open heart.

Sign up at https://get.mndbdy.ly/43iV3WyohUb

02/05/2025

📣 Final Call: Myofascial Release Training Starts Friday!📣
❓Are you in⁉️

MYA's Myofascial Care and Yoga course starts one week from today, and we’d love to have you join us!

Over three immersive days, you’ll gain:

• A practical understanding of fascia and nervous system regulation
• Self-myofascial release techniques for you and your students
• Teaching tools you can use right away

This training counts for 20 YACE credits or one module in MYA's 300-hour YTT certification.

📅 May 9–11
⏰ Hours: Friday 5:30–8:30pm | Saturday 8:00am–4:00pm | Sunday 8:00am–12:00pm
📍 Brick City Wellness, St. Louis
💲 $325
📚 20 hours of YA continuing education
🔗 Register now: midwestyogaacademy.com/courses/myofascia-care

If this work is calling you, now is the time.

22/04/2025

🌀 Did you know...
Even simple myofascial release techniques can dramatically shift how your students feel in class?

💡 Try this:

Place a foam roller or therapy ball (or get creative with a yoga block on the short side) under the hip and hold for 1–2 minutes.

→ Releases Tight Gluteal Fascia
Targets the gluteus medius, minimus, and maximus, especially helpful for those who sit a lot, run or cycle, reduces gripping or clenching in the outer hip area

→ Improves Hip Mobility + Range of Motion
Frees up tension that limits hip abduction and rotation, makes poses like Warrior II, Half Moon, and Pigeon feel more open and accessible

→ Relieves Low Back and SI Joint Tension
The outer hip fascia is closely connected to the low back via the thoracolumbar fascia and IT band, releasing outer hip tension often helps decrease low back stiffness and imbalance

→ Supports Better Alignment and Gait
A tight outer hip can throw off how you walk and stand, MFR helps restore more balanced load through the pelvis and legs

→ Soothes the Nervous System
Fascia is richly innervated—when you release it, especially slowly and mindfully, it signals safety and calm to the brain, great for stress relief, especially when paired with breathwork

🔧 Good Techniques for Outer Hip Release: slowly sink in, combine with slow movements like windshield wipers afterward

In our Myofascial Care and Yoga course, you’ll learn how to incorporate these powerful techniques into your classes with confidence and ease.

🧠 Learn the science
💆‍♀️ Practice self-release
🧘‍♀️ Apply it to your classes
📍 Brick City Wellness | May 9-11 | $325 or 2 payments of $165
🔗 Sign up now: https://www.midwestyogaacademy.com/courses/myofascia-care

14/04/2025

🧘‍♂️Add This to Your Yoga Teacher Toolbox 🧰
🧘‍♂️Myofascial Care and Yoga🤩

Myofascial release isn’t just a trend. It’s a transformative tool for yoga teachers who want to:

• Help students unlock chronic tension
• Support mobility, recovery, and nervous system health
• Create more therapeutic, fascia-informed class experiences

In this Myofascial Care and Yoga course, you’ll explore the essential science of fascia and practice self-release techniques you can bring directly into your teaching.

Perfect for teachers working with:
• Athletes
• Students with limited mobility or pain
• Anyone seeking deep rest, relaxation, and body awareness

By the end of the weekend, you’ll have a new toolbox of techniques and the confidence to share them.

📍 Brick City Wellness | St. Louis, MO
📅 May 9–11
⏰ Hours: Friday 5:30–8:30pm | Saturday 8:00am–4:00pm | Sunday 8:00am–12:00pm
💲 $325 or 2 payments of $165
📚 20 YACEP hours or credit toward your 300-hour certification
🔗 Register now: midwestyogaacademy.com/courses/myofascia-care

09/04/2025

🧘‍♂️Myofascial Care and Yoga🤩

Thinking about signing up but wondering if this course is right for you?

Here’s who will benefit most from Myofascial Care and Yoga:

✅ You’re a yoga teacher who wants to help students move and feel better
✅ You’re curious about fascia and how it connects to stress, digestion, and mobility
✅ You want fresh tools for private clients, group classes, or workshops
✅ You’re ready to join MYA's 300-hour RYT certification
✅ You want QUALITY, LIVE Yoga Alliance Continuing Education hours

If you said “yes” to any of the above—you belong in this training!

📅 May 9–11 at Brick City Wellness (St. Louis)
⏰ Hours: Friday 5:30–8:30pm | Saturday 8:00am–4:00pm | Sunday 8:00am–12:00pm
💰 $325 or two payments of $165
🎓 Counts as 20 YACE hours
🔗 Save your spot: https://www.midwestyogaacademy.com/courses/myofascia-care