Michelle Baker is the Founder of New Orleans’ based Swan River Yoga (with 3 locations) and has been teaching yoga full time in the entire Gulf Region, NYC & Internationally since her first certification in 1998. Her primary trainings & certifications are with Jivamukti Yoga, Anusara & Ashtanga. She has studied in Mysore, India, the birthplace of Hatha Yoga as we know it today. Having started with severe scoliosis as incentive, she is also a Reiki Level III Master, working with the fine tuning of Subtle body and has a certification in Ayurvedic Thai Yoga Massage from Thailand for optimal therapeutics of the body’s unique forms. Her deepest passion also lies in Bhakti Yoga, the yoga of devotion. This has lead her to numerous trips to India to experience the ecstatic in the form of mantra & bhajan chanting, harmonium, Sanskrit & sargam scale studies, feeding others through her inspired seed of Good Karma Prasad Cafe (the first veg cafe in New Orleans of it’s kind) & Seva, selfless service. She is a member of the mantra group Bhakti Caravan with many Krishna Devotees, leading vocals, dance, crystal bowl concerts & gong. She offers lessons in mantra & harmonium from her training in India. She is also working on recording a c.d. Michelle loves to travel and has lead numerous retreats around the world including Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, Thailand, India and Bali. Michelle heads the Swan River Yoga Teacher Training, the very first one in the history of New Orleans since the year 2005 and offers Advanced studies, Meditation Classes, the Art of Assists, Reiki & Bhakti Workshops.