Breathe! Yoga and Massage
From the Womb to the Wise: Prenatal, Mommy and Me, Children's Yoga, Baby's 1st Massage. Women's Massage.
Meet MiMi
MiMi attended her first yoga class in 1989 at the University of Namur
in Belgium, her native country. Since then, her interest in yoga
philosophy and in the ancient science of yoga as a healing modality and
as a path to happiness has continued to grow. She has been a Certified
Yoga Teacher since 1996 and an Associate of the International Yoga
School of England since 1997. She has trained in California and
Colorado with Joseph Lepage, the founder of Integrative Yoga Therapy,
and has been a Certified Integrative Yoga Therapy Instructor since
1999. She also completed the advanced training in Integrative Yoga
Therapy.
By 2000, MiMi held 3 yoga teacher certifications, but was still feeling there was much more to be learned. In late 2000, she discovered the Viniyoga style and immediately knew she had found the path of yoga she wanted to explore in depth. The teachings of Viniyoga can be traced all the way back to one of the classical texts on yoga: the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. In 2001, MiMi completed the prerequisites to enroll in the American Viniyoga Institute’s certification program taught by founder and director Gary Kraftsow.
When enrolling in the program, MiMi had no idea she had embarked on a four-year journey of self-discovery and in-depth study of Viniyoga that would take her to Maui, Snowbird resort in Utah, back to her home country of Belgium, and finally to Austin, Texas. MiMi completed the foundation portion of the training in 2003, and in June 2006, she received her Viniyoga Teacher Certificate. Her final project was to create a 6-week prenatal yoga series, applying the principles of Viniyoga to the teaching of Prenatal Yoga. MiMi has been a certified Mamaste(TM) Prenatal Yoga teacher since 2003, and is trained in pre- and post-natal massage therapy, including the "Baby's First Massage" program.
Her training and experience as both a registered massage therapist and a yoga therapist help MiMi tailor her classes to the physical and emotional needs of her students. She places great emphasis on the breath as a means to deepen and enliven our yoga practice and on awareness of the movements of the spine in relation to the breath. MiMi’s students enjoy her gentle style, sense of humor and wonderful French accent. Her goal is to help them develop not only greater strength and flexibility, but also a calmer, more peaceful mind.
By 2000, MiMi held 3 yoga teacher certifications, but was still feeling there was much more to be learned. In late 2000, she discovered the Viniyoga style and immediately knew she had found the path of yoga she wanted to explore in depth. The teachings of Viniyoga can be traced all the way back to one of the classical texts on yoga: the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. In 2001, MiMi completed the prerequisites to enroll in the American Viniyoga Institute’s certification program taught by founder and director Gary Kraftsow.
When enrolling in the program, MiMi had no idea she had embarked on a four-year journey of self-discovery and in-depth study of Viniyoga that would take her to Maui, Snowbird resort in Utah, back to her home country of Belgium, and finally to Austin, Texas. MiMi completed the foundation portion of the training in 2003, and in June 2006, she received her Viniyoga Teacher Certificate. Her final project was to create a 6-week prenatal yoga series, applying the principles of Viniyoga to the teaching of Prenatal Yoga. MiMi has been a certified Mamaste(TM) Prenatal Yoga teacher since 2003, and is trained in pre- and post-natal massage therapy, including the "Baby's First Massage" program.
Her training and experience as both a registered massage therapist and a yoga therapist help MiMi tailor her classes to the physical and emotional needs of her students. She places great emphasis on the breath as a means to deepen and enliven our yoga practice and on awareness of the movements of the spine in relation to the breath. MiMi’s students enjoy her gentle style, sense of humor and wonderful French accent. Her goal is to help them develop not only greater strength and flexibility, but also a calmer, more peaceful mind.
