Michelle Ann Collins is a best selling author, certified yoga therapist, wellness coach, and grief educator. Her yoga therapy practice focuses on movement-challenged clients who suffer from disabilities and chronic diseases. As a coach, she integrates the ancient practices of yoga, mindfulness, and meditation combined with modern psychology and neuroscience to promote optimal well-being in her clients. After suffering a series of heartbreaking losses, including the loss of her mother to cancer, her divorce, and losing her second husband to suicide, Michelle dove deeply into the healing arts of Ayurveda, yoga, meditation, and mindfulness. Through study and practice, she developed life-changing skills to survive, recover, and ultimately thrive. Now, Michelle teaches what she received from her studies and her journey, that post-traumatic growth can happen and with the right coaching and support, everyone, no matter what challenges they face, can live in vibrant health and joy. When Michelle isn't writing or teaching, you can find her paddleboarding on the Willamette River near her Portland, Oregon home, playing on the beach with her pomsky, Happy, or hiking in the beautiful Oregon forests.