MICHELLE

Michelle was born and raised on the east coast. During the transformative time of puberty, she realized the power of speaking what was most important to her. This prompted her decision to assist others in recognizing their voices. As a young adult her intuitive abilities and somatic awareness began to open. Her understanding of the feminine divine began with a vision which encouraged her to accept the inherent pleasure of the physical world and reminded her that grace and compassion are not to be feared. As a woman the feminine divine has infused her life with a quiet certainty, a commitment to follow her heart and a recognition of life's cycles.

In 1991 she moved to San Francisco to pursue acting at the American Conservatory Theatre. Within weeks, she was introduced to the Psychic Institute where she trained upon graduating from A.C.T. She continued to blend the sacred and the theatrical as she trained in movement based expressive arts at Tamalpa Institute; movement for theatre in Viewpoints and Suzuki with SITI company; and bodywork with Soma School. Her acting shifted from traditional theater and TV to solo movement theatre performance and the writing of personal story. In 1995, her first solo show brought all of her work together by examining the power of story to heal and transform community.

Over the next eleven years she wove clairvoyance, expressive arts and theatre into three education programs: an award winning children's theatre company; a somatic awareness, play writing and performance group for adults with developmental disabilities; and her thesis work in spirituality and theatre, “Body Alive: the clairvoyant body and being”.

She also worked as an assistant pastor and led a Christian education program. She enjoyed the creative process of writing sermons and sharing them with people. This experience also brought her closer to the divine within herself.

Her clients and students have ranged in age from four to sixty-eight. She delights in watching people of any age light up as they share who they are.

She has presented her work at Santa Clara University, New College of California, Body and Soul: Women's Healing Conference, Shotwell Studios: Speak up and Dance, ODC: Wild Women Series, Magic Theatre, Center Stage, California Theatre Center, Womongathering and San Francisco Fringe Festival.