Michelle Cassandra Johnson

(she/her)

Michelle’s Website
www.michellecjohnson.com

Michelle has spent nearly two decades centering conversations and practices around the intersection of social justice and yoga. Her unique work in the world inspires people to remember our interconnectedness, take action to create change, so that everyone can be well and have what they need to thrive, and engage in spiritual practice to help create a just world.

Michelle’s experience as a Black woman seeking healing and spiritual practice in a white-washed industry led her to begin asking questions about why the industry of yoga was so exclusive. These questions led Michelle to the desire to create a resource that encouraged people to align with the true meaning of yoga and move away from samskaras, which separate us from our true essence, nature, and one another.

Michelle has traveled nationwide, working with various yoga communities to raise awareness about the intersection of social justice and yoga. She has taught aspiring and certified teachers, and studio owners and managers, new skills to create more inclusive and liberatory spaces. Michelle has led continuing education programs, immersions, and a mentorship program to train others in the lineage of Skill in Action.

The skills Michelle teaches are deeply informed by her years as an activist and dismantling racism facilitator, as well as her study of the Bhagavad Gita and the Yoga Sutras, ancient yogic texts that teach us about the divinity held within us all and that call us to devote our actions to something greater than ourselves.