Michelle Hausman
Michele has always been a student of movement ballet, jazz, aerobics. However, when she discovered yoga it was like "coming home." The marriage of movement, mindfulness and breath was what she had been seeking all those years. Michele teaches a challenging, yet balanced, vinyasa class focusing on safe alignment and the constant flow of breath. She feels yoga is a vehicle for knowing ourselves on a deeper level, to notice our habits of mind, and to practice compassion towards ourselves and others. Says Michelle, "With great gratitude I acknowledge my teachers: Baron Baptiste, Lisa Black, Jeanne Heileman, my students and the universe."
"It is love that fashions us into the fullness of our being---not our looks, not our work, not our wants, not our achievements, not our parents, not our status, not our dreams. These are all the fodder and the filler, the navigating fuels of our lives; but it is love, who we love, how we love, why we love and that we love which ultimately shapes us." - Daphne Rose Kingma.
Q&A with Michelle
Favorite color is:
Green-reminds me of nature and there are so many different subtle shades
Favorite animal is:
Dakota--my dog we had so many years ago
Favorite quote is:
Hmmm, hard to choose it depends on my mood, guess it would be "rather than waiting for the sun to come out, learn to dance in the rain..." something like that...
Favorite yoga pose:
Anything expansive feeling--ardha chandrasana into sugar cane/ hanumanasana
Favorite yoga teacher and class of all time:
Don't have one, everything changes so much it's hard to put into a category, although my favorite place to practice yoga is out on the dock on a sunny, hot day and then dive into the cool waters of Lake Washington afterwards!
Favorite place:
Is with my family in some sunny,warm climate.
Favorite musical instrument:
Cello--although I don't play it
Favorite book:
One of many, hard to choose, Mists of Avalon
When not doing yoga, Michelle loves:
Family, books, having fun outdoors when it is warm, good food, friends
Favorite thing about Twist:
The sweet vibe it has to it
Favorite Place:
Seattle in the summer, Olympus Ladies Spa
Favorite Musical Instrument:
Mandolin
Favorite Book:
Ahab's Wife by Sena Naslund, The Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer
Besides Yoga, loves:
Ice cream, lengthy dinners with friends/family and incredible food and beverages, biking and mountaineering adventures with my husband, reading, the ocean
Favorite thing about Twist Vinyasa Yoga:
The peaceful warmth it radiates.
Michele has always been a student of movement ballet, jazz, aerobics. However, when she discovered yoga it was like "coming home." The marriage of movement, mindfulness and breath was what she had been seeking all those years. Michele teaches a challenging, yet balanced, vinyasa class focusing on safe alignment and the constant flow of breath. She feels yoga is a vehicle for knowing ourselves on a deeper level, to notice our habits of mind, and to practice compassion towards ourselves and others. Says Michelle, "With great gratitude I acknowledge my teachers: Baron Baptiste, Lisa Black, Jeanne Heileman, my students and the universe.""It is love that fashions us into the fullness of our being---not our looks, not our work, not our wants, not our achievements, not our parents, not our status, not our dreams. These are all the fodder and the filler, the navigating fuels of our lives; but it is love, who we love, how we love, why we love and that we love which ultimately shapes us." - Daphne Rose Kingma.
Q&A with Michelle
Favorite color is:
Green-reminds me of nature and there are so many different subtle shades
Favorite animal is:
Dakota--my dog we had so many years ago
Favorite quote is:
Hmmm, hard to choose it depends on my mood, guess it would be "rather than waiting for the sun to come out, learn to dance in the rain..." something like that...
Favorite yoga pose:
Anything expansive feeling--ardha chandrasana into sugar cane/ hanumanasana
Favorite yoga teacher and class of all time:
Don't have one, everything changes so much it's hard to put into a category, although my favorite place to practice yoga is out on the dock on a sunny, hot day and then dive into the cool waters of Lake Washington afterwards!
Favorite place:
Is with my family in some sunny,warm climate.
Favorite musical instrument:
Cello--although I don't play it
Favorite book:
One of many, hard to choose, Mists of Avalon
When not doing yoga, Michelle loves:
Family, books, having fun outdoors when it is warm, good food, friends
Favorite thing about Twist:
The sweet vibe it has to it
Favorite Place:
Seattle in the summer, Olympus Ladies Spa
Favorite Musical Instrument:
Mandolin
Favorite Book:
Ahab's Wife by Sena Naslund, The Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer
Besides Yoga, loves:
Ice cream, lengthy dinners with friends/family and incredible food and beverages, biking and mountaineering adventures with my husband, reading, the ocean
Favorite thing about Twist Vinyasa Yoga:
The peaceful warmth it radiates.
"This calm steadiness of the senses is called yoga. Then one should become watchful, becomes yoga comes and go."- Katha Upanishad
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