Michael Holmes

Michael, a lifelong Californian, completed his yoga teacher certification in the mid-90s in Santa Barbara. Teachers that have influenced his approach to yoga include Erich Shiffman, Shandor Remete, Cheri Clampett, and his twin brother and renowned Ayurvedic practitioner and yoga teacher, Scott Blossom. Michael has taught yoga in Berkeley, Santa Barbara, and Oakland. He teaches with focus on breath, alignment, and an awakening to greater ease, freedom, and strength. Michael is also a meditator and studied cross-cultural religious studies at UC Berkeley. He is a lover of the natural world and sees yoga as a holistic tradition and tool for individual and collective health and wisdom. Michael is the proud parent of a daughter named Ruby.