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Meet
Michelle Young, MA
I'm a mom, a spiritual seeker, a healer, and a teacher. I'm a suburban woman living a priestess life.
I am entrepreneur, a writer, a health educator, a woman gatherer, and a midlife midwife. For twenty years I have been leading and serving women in the deepest of ways. My most important education came from owning and running a women's yoga and healing center for ten years. It was there I had a front row seat to us Women. I had the honor of witnessing all of our pain, and fear, and worry, and grief, along with what we are longing for and missing in our lives. I understand who we are and what we need. My sou'ls purpose is to bring us together in sacred community so we can heal and rise.
my why...
i am here to become my fullest self for my daughter
I lost my mother to breast cancer at a young age, My feminine lineage is one of over-giving and self-sacrifice. When my mom passed away, I vowed to find another way to live, one where I am at the center of my own life. One where I break ancient patterns, and light a new path for my daughter. I believe this hurting world needs us women to heal our ancient wounds so that our children do not carry them forward. We are needed to heal and rise. It is our sacred responsibility.
THE PRACTICE WAS BORN FROM THE WISDOM GAINED FROM HEALING MY OWN WOUNDS, MY EXTENSIVE EDUCATION AND TRAINING, AND MY EXPERIENCE AS A BUSINESS OWNER.
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formal education:
I have a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Even at 18 years old I had a passion for understanding women. I majored in Women, Culture, and Development.
After college I went on to earn an MA in Holistic Health Education with an emphasis in life and wellness coaching. Since my mother's cancer diagnosis, I have wanted to understand health from a more natural perspective.
I have studied women's health, spirituality, and leadership.
spiritual training:
I have sat at the feet of amazing spiritual teachers, professors, yogis, and gurus. I started out as a Bikram yoga teacher, studying with Dharma Mittra, Jane Austin, and Mark Horner. I went on to form my own style of yoga that is rooted in the feminine. I have studied feminine spirituality and have been initiated into the 13-Moon Mystery school and priestess lineage. I am a lifelong seeker, always working with a mentor and teacher. Spirituality, to me, is learning to listen to my deepest truth and wisdom and to find the courage to honor what's real.
I've been studying yoga and spirituality for more than 20 years.
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business experience:
It was the manifestation of my Master's thesis, and a true integral healing center for women. We had services for the body, for the mind, for the heart, and for the part of us that yearns to connect and be supported. It was magical, transformative, and I am forever grateful to the women that walked through those doors. It's where The Practice was born, and where I had the honor of witnessing thousands of women on their own healing journeys, which deepened my understanding of who we are collectively.
I owned a women's healing center in the San Francisco Bay Area for almost a decade.
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experience leading women:
As a manager and a business owner, as a women's yoga teacher, as a support group facilitator, and as the leader of The Practice. I have led retreats around the country and taught feminine leadership trainings. I have now been leading trainings and circles online, and I offer a free weekly Sunday Service to women each week in our global community. Leading women in this way fills my heart. It is my gift and true purpose.
I've led and supported thousands of women over the last 20 years.
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