About Us
Mission Statement
All offered practices support this foundational purpose: promote peace within all who enter and offer education to sustain it. It is common now that people experience mounting daily stress combined with demands to maintain income, education, family, health and career — all of which creates the growing need to balance, calm and center — benefits that are gained through the consistent practice of Yoga.
Strive to maintain peace within ourselves - Encourage peace in our community and give it to everyone we meet
- Provide classes and services to help you achieve peace of mind, physical health, wellbeing and increased awareness
I teach these essential skills. Get Yoga fit and be gently guided to achieve peace of mind. As you progress, or if you get stuck along the way, receive additional relaxation and healing services which promote profound connection within the Self.
Yoga
What is Yoga? Ancient Yogis tell us we become that which we focus upon…
Yoga is an ancient system of exercises (asanas), breathing techniques (pranayama) and meditations scientifically designed to strengthen and stretch the physical body, clear and stimulate the energy centers (chakras), and to strengthen the nervous system. All of these techniques prepare you to turn your focus inward, toward self-discovery and remembering.
The original purpose of Yoga postures was to prepare the body for the power generated during meditation (Resource: The Autobiography of a Yogi by ParamahansaYogananda). Today there are many forms of Yoga, some seem like exercise (i.e., Vinyasa flow and Power Yoga) while others emphasize psycho-spiritual growth and wholeness (i.e., Kripalu), as well as focus on the intellect (i.e., Satchidananda). All paths lead to the same Source, choose the one that fits you best and stay with it.
It is through the consistent, ongoing practice of Yoga and meditation that the body becomes strong and flexible, the mind becomes clear and focused, emotions stabilize and one’s fundamental inner truths are unveiled. (Who are you? Why are you here?)
As a result, you discover your talents, abilities, creativity and connectedness. You develop deeper compassion and freedom of self-expression follows. Raising your body/mind frequency, translates into peace of mind, courage and a joyful state (contentment–Santosha in Sanskrit, the language of India from where Yoga emerged). This is where glow shows!
My Journey to Wholeness
I wrote a book back in 2014 about my personal journey of healing and transformation through Yoga and meditation. It tells the story of a 15-year spiritual awakening—full of growth, challenges, and a return to inner peace. Many friends who read it said they couldn’t put it down.
Looking back, I realize the story follows what Joseph Campbell calls the Hero’s Journey—a path we see in many myths and stories. It’s about answering a call, going through deep change, and coming back with something to share.
That’s what happened to me. And it’s a big part of why I do what I do today. Sharing this part of my story here feels important—and maybe it will inspire you to explore your own journey too.
A Pose Above
Michelle Star has been practicing Yoga since 1970. This provides her the healing benefits of a long-term discipline and evolution of her own truth.
Through intuitive guidance and teaching skill mastered over decades of practice and self-discovery, Michelle brings through the ancient energy of Yoga. During class, she channels her Yogi Master Guide, Ashero (a whisper in her ear to help choose poses to match each student’s needs). Every class offers a unique combination of poses and practice that provides an opportunity to release stress from the body/mind, build and tone muscles while deepening inner connections to Nature, Earth, Higher Self and the Source/Creator. Michelle’s classes are rich in creativity which sparks remembrance and reconnection for her students. She comes through an uninterrupted line of gurus.
After 15 years of Yoga study, Michelle began remembering other life streams through visions, intuitive flashes, spontaneous recall and meditation. This precipitated healing traumas from those lives, as well as this one (i.e., severe forms of mis-treatment). She walks with one foot in both worlds: the psychic and mundane. This self-work generated a psychic refinement like an oyster makes a pearl. In this way, Michelle reflects each student’s own beauty back to them.
Decades of Yoga practice and meditation have awakened spiritual gifts in Michelle through the release of deep traumas and wounds (actually from multiple lifetimes) contained in her cellular memory. This intense inward focus and clearing allows an unimpeded flow of energy through her body/mind, an accurate connection to Source/ Intuition and to inner wisdom that she brings through in her classes. To balance and neutralize one’s energy in this manner raises vibration in all those that invest in their introspection. Michelle’s extensive work enables her to assist others with their work through Yoga and meditation. She has a consistent connection and works with angels and spiritual guides in the unseen worlds.
Michelle has recently received certification in Activating the Vagus Nerve—it’s the longest cranial nerve in the body passing through five major chakras. The VN is responsible for control of heart rate variability, coherence and heart effectiveness, stress relief, sleep control, command levels of mental awareness, a deep sense of wellbeing and drastically slowing the aging process. The ancient Yogis knew about it commonly.
Yoga at Cleveland Clinic: A Scientific Milestone
In 2000, Michelle led the Yoga classes for the world-renowned Cleveland Clinic’s groundbreaking scientific study titled, “The Effects of Yoga on a Chronic Pain Population.” The Clinic invited volunteers suffering from chronic pain to participate in this unique research aimed at alleviating pain and expanding treatment options within the Cleveland Clinic Foundation’s Chronic Pain Rehabilitation Program. The study was spearheaded by psychiatric intern Sonya Gaur, M.D., under the guidance of department head E. Covington, M.D.
The Yoga intervention took place over a 4-week period, with participants attending 90-minute sessions three times per week. This is believed to be the first prospective, randomized study evaluating Yoga’s effects on a heterogeneous chronic pain population.
The study’s conclusions were remarkable: “Yoga improves mood in chronic pain patients, leads to decreased medication use, and reduces pain severity. Results are statistically significant.”
In fact, the statistician involved commented that if improvements had been measured in percentages rather than statistical terms, the positive effects would have approached 98%. Following this study, Michelle went on to lead Yoga classes for many Cleveland Clinic employees at multiple regional locations for over five years.
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