Michelle Gipner is and E-RYT 200 and YACEP through Yoga Alliance. Michelle began yoga training at CorePower Yoga in Denver, CO, where she completed her first 200 hour teacher training in 2004. She has continued her studies at YogaWorks in New York, and with many of the expert teachers in the Rochester yoga community. Michelle is also a dancer and began practicing and studying yoga as a natural complement to her dance training. She recently joined the faculty at the University of Rochester in the Department of Dance and Movement and is the Coach for the student Hatha Yoga Club. She holds an MFA in Dance from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a BA in Dance from Hobart and William Smith Colleges.