Hello, my name is Michelle. I am a movement mentor, personal trainer, climber, artist, traveler, and human being. My roots go back to Chicago, Illinois and I currently reside in Las Vegas, Nevada.
"I WAS BORN TO MOVE"
My mother always said I was dancing in the womb. I danced my way through my childhood and continue to dance to this day. In my youth, I found a passion for rhythmic gymnastics. This turned into a 13-year career, competing at an elite level and training for the Olympics representing Team USA. What a dream! I know. During this time, I learned a lot about flexibility, strength, mobility, and recovery.
LIVING THE
QUESTION
I spent the next four years getting my Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and pursuing my new found love for weight training. After a year of consistent strength training, I learned that my body was not recovering the way I needed it to. I was simply experiencing too much pain to continue training this way.
This is when my pain journey began. I started keeping a keen eye on my body when I was moving. Low and behold, my observations found imbalances in my hips, shoulders, and feet. Almost instantly I worked to correct it; but it was harder then it seemed. I quickly began to realize that I lacked a mind-body connection when executing certain movements.
Today, I utilize the knowledge I have accumulated to teach people how to purposefully move their bodies with LTQ FITNESS.
I call myself a movement mentor because our practice is not just about getting strong and flexible, it’s about ensuring you understand your movement. Creating a mind-body connection and bringing awareness to the imbalances that naturally occur.
MIND-BODY CONNECTION
For the next 6 years, I worked to understand, strengthen, and heal my body. During this time, I received my degree, traveled the world and lived abroad. I fell in love with rock climbing, nurtured old injuries, got new ones, and helped friends and coworkers work on their physique. All of this inspired me to achieve a specialization in functional pain-free movement.