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Summer Michael, RYT CBE Summer is a certified Hatha and Prenatal yoga teacher and Childbirth Educator. She has been practicing yoga for 8 years and teaching prenatal yoga for 2. Summer was in the middle of her Hatha Yoga Study at the Yoga Center of Minneapolis when the universe decided she was ready to conceive. She put her YCM Hatha yoga study on hold and traveled to Los Angeles to study at Golden Bridge Yoga with Gurmukh where she received her Prenatal Khalsa Way teacher training while 8 months pregnant. She later incorporated her yoga practice into a beautiful midwife assisted birth to her daughter. She realized the wonderful effect yoga has on pregnancy and birth and shares this with every mother she meets. Summer incorporates JAI prenatal breathing exercises, Khalsa Way prenatal yoga, humor and music into her sessions making each class individual from the last. She encourages all pregnant women to be bountiful, beautiful and blissful. Summer is a 230 hour Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance and certified in the Khalsa Way birthing preparation and prenatal yoga system. She has studied with Gurmukh, Anna Getty, Darren Main, Jason Crandell, Jennifer Gray and Lisa Bergley. She holds her Childbirth Education certification through ALACE (Association of Labor Assistants and Childbirth Educators). She wants to express her gratitude to the universe for revealing her path to Prenatal Yoga and those that have been guides along the way. Summer lives in the Longfellow neighborhood of Minneapolis with her husband, daughter, dog and is expecting a new addition around the Thanksgiving Holiday! 3 things that maker her happy: • family & friends • sunshine • new beginnings Favorite poses: • Baddha Konasana • Bakasana • Garudasana Back to Instructors & Staff Info page		Classes Summer teaches: J.A.I. Prenatal


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