Michelle (she/they) has been involved with teaching movement since the mid 1990s when she was certified as a step aerobics and weight training teacher. She was an active instructor until the early 2000s when she turned to teaching chemistry full time. Although she always incorporated some type of mind-body connection in her movement-based courses, she didn't really discover yoga until about 15 years ago. When faced with challenges as a larger bodied yogi, Michelle began to attend classes at Circle taught by Annie Carlin Olle and decided to offer the same welcoming environment to others. She graduated from RYT200 training at Circle Yoga in 2018, is Curvy YogaTM certified, and completed her RYT300 training at Circle Yoga in 2021. Michelle's classes are infused with a sense of joy and fun and she focuses on mindful movement to connect with and love your body. When she isn't on the mat, she's biking, kayaking, or playing with her basset hounds, Boo Radley and Scout.

Angelique Raptakis is an E-RYT500 Yoga Teacher, YACEP, Reiki Master, and Community Herbalist who looks to nature for inspiration, weaving its lessons into her classes. She believes that through the practice of yoga, we can more easily come to the connection between our body, our breath, our mind, and the universe we find ourselves in.

Angelique has been practicing yoga for over 10 years. Yoga has helped her recover from injuries, work through grief, and manage anxiety. She enjoys working with people to facilitate a state of balance and connection between mind, body, and spirit, from the physical/material body to the energetic subtle body, through the use of asana, pranayama, and meditation.

She completed her 200-hour training with Sky House Yoga in 2016 as well as an advanced 300-hour training in April 2019 with the Bhagavata-sevaya School of Yoga. In addition, Angelique is a Certified Grief Yoga® Teacher and has completed over 60 hours of training in Restorative Yoga, over 100 hours of training in Yin Yoga, a Yoga Nidra training with Kaya Mindlin, and the Surviving Assault (Yoga Essentials as Early Intervention Following Assault or Trauma) course with Diana Tokaji.