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Root 2 Rise Yoga with Michelle Chua

Mary Michelle Chua

Certified Yoga Instructor Since 2010, Registered with Yoga Alliance
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Drawn to yoga to rehabilitate from a dance injury, Michelle Chua witnessed its power to align body and mind with the unconditional love that lies within, eliciting benefits beyond physical healing. During 15 months of volunteer teaching in Ghana, West Africa and later in Costa Rica, Michelle developed a regular yoga practice and realized that in its various forms, yoga can empower a joyful vibrant life when applied with integrity and consistency. Upon her return to the USA in 2010, she graduated yoga teacher training and transitioned from California-credentialed schoolteacher and professional dancer to a life path sharing yoga with diverse communities and evolving in her own practice, since attending her first yoga class in 2001.

Michelle’s teaching style nurtures a clear understanding of physical alignment paired with conscious breath to facilitate focus and compassionate meditation for all levels of practice. She invites insight on ways to integrate yogic tools in daily living for inner peace and wellness and provides space for self-inquiry and personalizing asana (physical) practice within a large group. As yoga teacher, she has trained additionally in teaching strategies, meditation techniques, yoga in action, mindful leadership, creative sequencing, moving meditation, yoga as lifestyle and yoga hikes. Integrating her passion for art, movement, nature and culture, she founded Root 2 Rise Yoga, through which she facilitates Hike + Yoga, Soul (free flow) Movement and wellness retreats locally and abroad. She also currently teaches throughout Los Angeles, from fitness centers, corporate lunch hours and private clients to California State University, Northridge’s Kinesiology Department as adjunct professor.  Always a lover of dance, she continues to freelance lightly as a professional dancer.  
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She enjoys her free time traveling and learning about world cultures, dancing, running or hiking in nature or savoring a meal at one of her favorite plant-based restaurants.

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Running in Nature in Her Motherland--the Philippines, 2019
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Volunteer teaching in Ghana, Africa, 2008
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Volunteer teaching in Costa Rica, 2009
Michelle has a way of making you feel like you've come home in her classes. Not to a space or a location - but to yourself. Beyond providing a personalized critique of my practice, she continually offers a philosophical structure for personal inquiry and growth. 
-Craig Havens (West Covina, CA)
Thank you so much for teaching my students yoga.  You had an incredibly positive impact on them as evidenced by their written reflections:
  One student wrote,  I felt well-instructed, confident in my poses and really empowered afterwards.
  Another explained, I was so focused on the movements and felt each of them in my body.  In fact, I have never felt so true to my emotions.
  Another described, The peppermint oil, soothing sounds of rain, darkness and the sound of my own breathing enveloped me, and in that moment, I felt grateful for the chance to experience something like yoga.

With much gratitude,
Catherine (North Hollywood, CA)

What Our Clients Are Saying

Michelle truly lives out what she teaches. She is so much more than a yoga teacher - I learned this when I went on her exquisitely curated trip that she organized to Costa Rica this past June 2018...Hopefully like me, you'll be delighted by her effervescent love of movement, nature, and all people!
-Rebekah B. (Los Angeles, CA) *See more YELP Reviews
Michelle clearly stands out with her beautiful and bright energy. I love how her practice and teaching encompass body, mind and spirit. She not only teaches yoga but lives and exudes it.
-Marianne Manes (Los Angeles, CA)
Michelle not only teaches 'yoga', she embodies it fully with her heart and soul...
​-Christin M. (Los Angeles, CA) *See more YELP Reviews
Michelle is by far one of the best instructors I've ever had, period. Patient, clear in her explanations and demos, and so encouraging...
-Jessica L. (North Hollywood, CA) *See more YELP Reviews
My first yoga class was with Michelle years ago.  ​You can have the best (yoga pose) sequence and not teach from your heart.  With Michelle, I also feel her passion when I'm in her class.  I can see she loves what she does, and she inspired me to want to teach yoga, too.
-Janette Guzman (Northridge, CA)

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I’ve had dozens of instructors over the years, but Michelle is far and away the best yoga mentor I’ve ever practiced with. She epitomizes grace during these difficult times. Michelle has saved my sanity and my back while working from home, keeping me grounded with her sharing of yogic teachings and meditation techniques. Her repertoire of physical asanas is encyclopedic, and I’ve loved learning new poses and stretching my boundaries. Jump in, all. You’ve got this!

- Cathleen Fager (Attends Zoom Yoga Classes)
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