Michelle Renfield,

yoga facilitator,

has been teaching students of all levels and ages in a multitude of styles for over ten years.

703.FLO.YOGA/703.906.9969

Edenyoga@aol.com

PLACES OF WORK

American University, Washington, DC, Adjunct Professor, Eight Limbs of Yoga Practice and Philosophy, 2004-2005, ongoing
Strategies in Stress Reduction, American University, Washington, DC, Visiting Professor Honorarium, Yoga and Relaxation, 2004-2005, ongoing
Sun and Moon Yoga Studios, Arlington and Fairfax, VA, Power and Hatha, 2001-2005, ongoing
Edenyoga (my studio), group & individual clientele, Tysons Corner, VA, Power and Hatha, 1997-2005, ongoing
Childrens’ Private Academy, Hatha, Delhi, Nagar, and Mumbai, India, 2004
McLean School of Ballet Yoga, McLean, VA, Hatha Vinyasa, Pranayama, Meditation 1999-2003
Falls Church City Department of Recreation, Falls Church, VA, Hatha Vinyasa, Pranayama, Meditation, 1999-2002
Mclean Racquet Club, McLean, VA, Hatha Vinyasa, Pranayama, Meditation 1999-2002
Mclean Regency Health Club, McLean, VA, Hatha Vinyasa, Pranayama, Meditation 1998-2002
Healthy Parent and Child Series, Yoga for parents and children ages 3-9, McLean, VA, summer 2001
George Mason University Swim Team, Fairfax, VA, Hatha Vinyasa, Pranayama, Meditation , 2001-2002
Unitarian Congregation High Schoolers and Adult Yoga, Hatha Vinyasa, Pranayama, Meditation, Oakton, VA, 1998-1999
Creative Aging with Yoga Workshops, Physican Offices, Woodson Family Practice, Fairfax, VA, (Wellness Series incorporating Hatha Vinyasa, Pranayama, Meditation), October, 2000
Harvard Alumnae Organization Workshops, Washington, DC, Hatha Vinyasa, Pranayama, Meditation, 1997
Madeira School for Girls, Langley, VA, Ballet and Relaxation, 1995-1996
St. James School, Falls Church City, Pepichova School of Ballet, Northern VA, Ballet, Movement, and Flexibility Instructor, 1994-1999

AFFILIATIONS

The California Yoga Teachers’ Association.
The Mid-Atlantic Yoga Teachers’ Association.
The Cultural Alliance of the Washington Metropolitan Region.

YOGA TEACHER TRAININGS

Sun and Moon Studios, study and teaching, including taking 2-3 courses per semester: Levels 3 and 4 training with JJ Gormley, Alexandra Spaith, Justina Brewer, Alex Levin, Mark Stevens, Valerie Sypula, Katie Banfield, Amir Tahami, Allegra Gulino, and more; Advanced Anusara and Power Yoga, Pranayama, Meditation, and philosophy, especially of the Chakras, or energy centers along the spine, Arlington and Fairfax, VA, 1998-present
I attended all required tacher training workshops at Sun and Moon Studios (Anusara Yoga, a Yoga involving movement and the heart); 1998-present
Graduate of the Pure Yoga Teacher Training; Tantra Yoga and Vinyasa Yoga, Rod Stryker; including intensive Classical Yoga Philosophy and Practice: alignment, pranayama techniques, tratakam, mantra, raja meditative practices, vizualization, purification, adjustments, injuries, sequencing, leading a class, diagnostic yoga, goal-oriented yoga, beginners, demos, arc of the class, Sutras, Ayurveda, Psychology, Prana and Soul, Chakras and Kundalini, Buddhi, and more, July 17-29, 2001
Certified Teacher, teacher training with Saetek Yoga Institute/Authentic Yoga, Vienna, VA, and Pune, India, asana, Sutras, chanting, and yogic scriptures, April 2003-February 2004
India Tour with Saetek Yoga, Childrens' Yoga Academy, and Iyengar Yoga Institute; Intensive practice and teaching alongside visitation of holy sites, temples, gurus, ashrams, January-February 2004
BKS Iyengar Yoga Institute Anniversary International Intensive, Pune, India, January, 2004
Sharon Gannon and David Life, Jivamukti Master Classes, February 2003
Erich Schiffmann, Hatha Yoga, emphasizing holding the poses, opening the heart, and Pranayama, or breathing, Sun and Moon Studio, VA, July 12-15, 2002
Suzie Hurley, various One Yoga workshops in Anusara Yoga, 1998-2002
Alan Finger, Tantra Yoga, Bramacharya, Kundalini, History, philosophy, and chakras; practiced Finger's teachings since 1988, September 2000 teacher training
Stephen Cope, Yoga Off the Mat, September, 2000
TKV Desikachar, Chanting training and Yoga history, September 2000
Beryl Bender Birch and Tom Birch, Yoga Chikitsa: Yoga Theraputics, tailoring to students' anatomies and challenges; Spring 2001
Rod Stryker, Tantra Yoga, Willow Street, MD, May 4-6, 2001
Patricia Walden, Iyengar Tools for Uplifting Depression, Spring 2001
Shree Maa and Swami Satchidananda Saraswati, Chandi Path, 8-hour day weeklong intensive, The Studio, Reading, PA, June 4-10, 2001
Richard Freeman, Daylong Intensive on Classical Ashtanga Yoga, bandhas, and philosophy, September 2000
JJ Gormley, Teaching Asana, Pranayama, Bandhas, Mudras, and Restoratives; JJ and Christy: Ethics and Morals and Legalities and Accounting, of Teaching, Avon, NC, May 28-June 3, 2000
Yoga Journal and Omega Intstitute Weeklong Teacher Training, New York City, September 21-25, 2000
Dharma Mittra, Kriyas, Pranayama, and Bandhas, September, 2000
Rod Stryker, Chakras, bandhas, mudras, kriyas, and kundalini, September, 2000
Suzie Hurley and JJ Gormley, Anusara Yoga Teacher Training, Arlington, VA, February 11-13, 2000
Rixie Dennison, Mandalas, May 28-June 3, 2000
John Friend, Anusara Yoga Intensive Super Yoga Event, learning with Anusara teachers from around the nation; handbalances, backbends, and inversions, Maryland Farm, May 12, 2000
Sharon Gannon and David Life, Jivamukti Yoga Intensive and Master Classes: asana intensive, chanting, mantras, prayers, and ethics; a unique version of Ashtanga to music, much like my own continuously developing teaching style, February, 2000, 2003
Baron Baptiste, Hot Yoga Power Yoga Boot Camp, a brand of Ashtanga (Power) Yoga mixed with other types of Hatha Yoga, Maya Tulum, August 20-28, 1999
Margaret Townsend, Daniel Singh, and many others, Joy of Motion and various studios, Washington, DC, 1999-2002
French-English Translator of A L'Essentiel and Alchemist by Nature by healers Mikael Zayat and Michel Saint-Germain, on incorporating essential oils in holistic healing modalities, 1997-2000
Nancy Ford-Kohne, Hatha Yoga, Meditation, Pranayama, Alexandria, VA, June 1994-April 1995
Multiple Instructors, Hatha Yoga, McLean Racquet Club, April 1987-July 1990
Rodney Yee, Hatha Yoga, classical movement and breathing, 2001
Edward Clark and Company, 2 Trainings in Tripsichore Yoga Theatre's Asana with Pranayama, Tripsichore Sun Salutes, September 25-30, 1000

FURTHER EXPERIENCE AND CERTIFICATIONS

I attended all required tacher training workshops at Sun and Moon Studios (Anusara Yoga, a Yoga involving movement and the heart); 1998-2001, ongoing
I was successfully observed for Qualified Teacher Status by Sun and Moon Studio's Justina Brewer and JJ Gormley, and by multiple studio directors. I, in turn, have observed several other teachers for qualification; July 2001 and October 2002
Graduate of the Pure Yoga Teacher Training; Tantra Yoga and Vinyasa Yoga, Rod Stryker; including intensive Classical Yoga Philosophy and Practice, July 17-29, 2001
I received Authentic Yoga Teacher Certification from Neel Kulkarni, Vienna, VA, and Pune, India, February 2004
I have operated my own studio, Edenyoga, for eight years, sharing yoga with hundreds of students, 1997-present
I owned, administrated, and oversaw teachers of multiple styles at the Edenyoga Collective, 2003-2004
Edenyoga Independent Meditation and Reading Self-Study Group* (see a partial and working list of books studied together and alone below), Falls Church, VA, 1998-2002, ongoing
I produced two independent yoga videos as well as five Arlington Community Television Yoga videos (produced by Kip Silverman), 2001-2004

Some Workshops include:

Mahabarata, Vedas, and Hindu Deities, JJ Gormley, January 20, 1002
700 Hour Teacher Training Workshop, teaching handstand and forearm balance, and adjustments and modification, to Level 3-4 Students, January 19, 2002
Yoga and the Psoas, JJ Gormley, January 19, 2002
Shoulders, Wrists, Tendonitis, and Bursitis, JJ Gormley, January 20, 2002
How to Align Your Chakras, JJ Gormley, March 9, 2002
American Sanskrit Institute Sanskrit Training, Cynthia Snodgrass, July 1, 2001; February 8-10, 2002
Scoliosis and Therapeutics, JJ Gormley, March 10, 2002
Philosophy of Yoga, Maureen Clyne, February 26, 2000
Teaching Level 1 Students, JJ Gormley, February 26, 2000
Languaging, The Art of Touch, Seeing and Adjusting Bodies, Teaching the Level 1 Student, Level 1 Standing Poses and their Adjustments, JJ Gormley, February 11-13, 2000
Women’s Issues and Processes and Yoga, Dr. Marie Shum-Bradey and JJ Gormley, June 16, 2001
Immune System, Gland and Organs, Depression, Fibromyalgia, Chakras, Gunas, Doshas, and Yoga, JJ Gormley, June 17, 2001
Ammachi, Spiritual Teachings and the Yoga of Meditation, July 7-8, 2001
The Endocrine System and Yoga, Dr. Marie Shum-Bradey and JJ Gormley, June 16, 2001
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Repetitive Stress in Yoga, JJ Gormley, Ellen Serber, 1999

Also:

The George Washington Medical School Physicians' Symposium on The New Spectrum of Mood Disorders, DC, April 2, 2005
The Harvard University post-graduate course in Healing and Spirituality, Boston, MA, Fall, 1997
The Hilton Head National Insitute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine course on The Psychology of Health, Immunity and Disease, SC, July, 1995
The Philosophy of Torah, Boston, MA, 1991-1994
Ivy League Torah Study Program, NY, 1993
Bernard Ouestlandt, Philosopher, Faith and Mind-Body Healing Symposium, Brussels, 1991
Bernard Ouestlandt, Philosopher, Homeopathy, Religion, and Prevention of Disease, Geneva, 1990

EDUCATION

Harvard University, BA 1994, Philosophy
Harvard National Scholarship
Editor of Political Liberalism, 1994, by John Rawls, author of A Theory of Justice
Senior Editor, The Harvard Review of Philosophy, 1993
Valedictorian, Lycee la Saulaie, France, 1991
Valedictorian, Baccalureat, Grenoble, France, 1991

PRIOR STUDIES AND TRAINING:

First honors from McLean High school, foreign language studies award, multiple departmental award, and five college course award, 1990
Rotary Club scholarship for multiple socioeconomic family residence and schooling in France
Ballet performance contract; regional ballet theaters
Washington School of Ballet professional program
New York City ballet, Kennedy Center
Boston Ballet professional program
Ballet West professional program
Captain of Track and Cross Country teams through 1991, regionally ranked
1^st in National Junior Olympics in 2 mile, 1990
4 marathons, 3 Boston marathons, 1988-1994