Your instructor is Michele Bond

Michele Bond brings an entire lifetime devoted to fitness and wellness, a passion for Anusara Yoga, and a healthy dose of humor to her teaching. Her practice of yoga began in her teens and continues to unfold under the guidance of her teacher John Friend, the founder of Anusara Yoga. Michele was a competitive athlete for many years, studied dance, and brings the power and focus of over a decade in the martial arts to her yoga practice. She holds a third degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. Her many and varied athletic pursuits are detailed on the Yoga for Athletes web page. After all the years of rigorous physical training, Michele offers her deepest gratitude to her teacher John for helping her to integrate the internal and the external, and to notice and appreciate the more subtle and profoundly beautiful elements of life, and this amazing, joyful practice.

Michele is the owner of Yoga House, and is the Yoga teacher for brain injured adolescents in the University of Michigan Neurorehabilitation Day Treatment Program. Her work there is the subject of a Master’s Degree thesis by one of the assisting therapists. Michele is a referred practitioner of the U of M’s Family Integrative Medicine  Clinic, and of Associates in Physical Medicine at the Reichert Health Center. Her deep interest in Yoga therapeutics has enabled her to assist students in healing on many different levels. Michele was recently interviewed by the Ann Arbor Business Review for her corporate yoga program, and by Crazy Wisdom Journal for her Yoga Happy Hour Restorative class and Yoga for Athletes.

What Students Say

“I’ve been seeing a chiropractor for many years after having disk issues.  Since I’ve been attending Michele’s classes, my doctor says my spine has never looked better.” J.Z.

“The sense of calm that is slowly returning to my life through regular yoga practice has made day to day struggles easier to bear. I appreciate your support and guidance.” K.G.

“I’ve studied Yoga with some of the top teachers in NYC and never really enjoyed it until I found Michele.” J.R.

“I learned more from Michele in a few weeks, than I had in all my years of practice.” T.S.

“My golf game has never been better. I’m CRUSHING the ball off the tee.” P.L.

“I’ve never had a teacher who was so attentive to my individual needs.” J.F.

“Your teaching has inspired me, has deepened my practice of yoga, has made me stronger and a much braver and more confident yoga student.” E.G.