Michal Retter
Gentle Yoga | Hatha
E-RYT // YACEP
Michal feels a strong spiritual connection to Yoga, which has guided her journey in life and naturally led her to the path of teaching. She is an experienced skilled professional, registered with Yoga Alliance and formally draws on 23 years of teaching Yoga and a background in relaxation techniques, somatic energy healing, and body psychotherapy.
Michal has a passion for creating a non-judgmental open space for body-awareness, wellness, and acceptance of our multi-faceted nature: mind, body and soul. Every class she offers has a focus, including breath awareness, stretching, core-strengthening, joint mobilization, and modifications for different needs and injury or disease related recovery. Her intention in teaching is to remind practitioners to see themselves with compassion and patience, and to leave class feeling revived, relaxed, freer and at ease.
In addition to teaching Yoga at BYC, Michal instructs Yoga for academic credits at Whatcom Community College as an Adjunct Faculty. She is also a dedicated mother and a family caregiver.
Michal has completed the following certification programs: a 200 Hr Teacher Training Worldwide with YogaFit, a 500 Hr Teacher Training through 8 Limbs Yoga in Seattle which included Prenatal Yoga & Trauma Informed Yoga, a 50 Hr Yin Yoga Teacher Training with Bernie Clark in Vancouver, B.C., 40Hr Healing Yoga for Cancer Training with Cheryl Fenner Brown, C-IAYT, and a 35Hr iRest® (Integrative Restoration) Training with the iRest® Institute. She has also been directly instructed by Master Yogis Gary Kraftsow, Ana Forrest, Rod Stryker, Sarah Powers, Tias Little, Aadil Palkhivala, Ravi Singh.