SWAN MICHELLE’S STORY

Michelle, affectionately known as Swan Michelle or Swan, is from the Pacific Northwest, and now resides in the historic Bohemian artist’s beach village of Grayton Beach FL on 30A. Along with serving in the modalities of wellness throughout the Gulf Region, world and virtually, she is also the Wellness Director for Raw & Juicy Cafe Grayton where she lives, teaches yoga and facilitates Sound Journey’s at Yoga Studio Thirty A, Solasta 30A & the beach. All things ocean is her devotion.

Swan Michelle has been teaching yoga & offering wellness events and trainings full time since 1998. Coming most recently from Pensacola Beach, she produces Beach Wellness Events there with the Positive Vibrations Foundation in symbiotic stewardship with nature and the Emerald Coast, raising awareness for the Sea turtles and ocean life habitats with Gulf Coast Sea Turtle Inc & The Audubon FL Coastal team’s focus on threatened shorebirds.

Swan also currently offers extensive virtual trainings & classes in numerous modalities, including Ayurveda, Yoga Teacher Training, Restorative yoga and Somatic Therapy Meditation series.

Her most recent certification (2023) is with Dr. Joe Dispenza, the best selling author of numerous books, including “Breaking The Habit of Being Yourself”. She is on his global team as a Certified Neuro Change Solutions Consultant, training beings to evolve and change the 3D world through the health of their nervous system from survival to creation. She leads Quantum meditations with specific sound therapy techniques based off of the inspiration of this work.

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Michelle, affectionately known as Swan Michelle, originally from the Pacific Northwest, resides in the Bohemian beach village of Grayton Beach FL 30A. She is the Founder of Swan River Yoga in New Orleans, and has been educating in numerous modalities of wellness full time since 1998 throughout the entire Gulf Region from LA, MS, AL and NW FL.

Swan’s very first teacher was the beloved Ram Dass who’s wisdom she hopes to evoke and embody. Her yoga asana trainings include Sivananda, Jivamukti, Ashtanga, Anusara & Restorative Yoga, and Ayurveda, all with direct, original lineage accreditation and certifications.

She is also a musician and Sound Therapist, and has trained in India and Bali to gain understanding of this art as a modality of healing the nervous system.

Swan is also on the Global Team of Dr Joe Dispenza since 2023, certified with him in Neuro- change of the mind in meditation, leading neuro science/heart based meditations.

Swan has taught thousands of beings throughout the Gulf and world in daily yoga, numerous Yoga Teacher Trainings, International Retreats, music concerts, Sound Bath Ceremonies and Meditations. She has music on Spotify, and has written 3. books! Yoga is her life. She is here to serve, to love, and to share. http://www.swanmichelle.com

Listen to her music and meditations on Spotify, Soundcloud and Insight Timer: Swan Michelle and Bhakti Caravan

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Before moving directly to be with the ocean, her beloved home, Michelle lived in New Orleans for 24 years. She is the Founder of Swan River Yoga, once the largest wellness & yoga center in the southern & Gulf Coast region when she was at the helm.

Swan’s very first teacher in 1997 was Ram Dass, who’s wisdom on death and dying she hopes to evoke and embody, as she has attended often to those leaving their body as a “death doula”, based off of his inspiration with Hospice.

Her yoga asana trainings are also extensive and include direct classical lineage and contact with many masters known and unknown, including Sivananda, Jivamukti, Ashtanga, Anusara & Restorative Yoga, and Ayurveda, all with original accreditation and certifications. Swan has been a pioneer in bringing these lineages to The Gulf Coast Region.

Michelle is also a musician and Sound Therapist, and has trained in India and Bali to gain understanding of this art as a modality of healing, along with such Sanskrit scholars as Dr M.A. Jayashree and musicians such as Jai Uttal, Krishna Das and John Beauleau. Swan loves to sing.

Swan has taught & influenced thousands of beings throughout the Emerald Gulf Coast Region and world in daily yoga, Yoga Teacher Trainings, International Retreats, music concerts, Sound Bath Experiences and Meditations.

She has music and Soundscape meditations on Spotify, Soundcloud and Insight Timer. She has written 3 books; Bhakti Yoga Chants, Swan School 500 Hour Teacher Training Manual, and Restorative Yoga Teacher Training Manual.

She has sojourned and brought numerous students internationally to Mexico, Costa Rica, Peru, Bali, India, France and Spain. She also leads programs at Sivananda Bahamas, Yogaville and her Oregon/ Pacific Northwest roots.

Yoga, a fond connection to nature and a spiritual interconnection to the elevation of community is her life. You can find her primarily meditating or singing on the beach at sunset, connecting with the animals and elements; in awe of the resplendent beauty of her surroundings. She is here to serve, to love, and to share in this sound life together through her voice.