I started practicing yoga in 1996 with a Denise Austin VHS. I didn’t even know there was such a thing as a yoga mat. Little did I know what I had stumbled onto. But one thing I did know for sure. I loved how it made me feel.

​Fast forward years later when I was working as a writer in Manhattan. Walking through the city on my lunch break someone handed me a free 2-week pass to Yoga Works. I went every day. When my husband and I spent our first anniversary in Jamaica, we took a private yoga class on a dock stretched over the Caribbean. In savasana, I decided I would become a yoga teacher. Less than a year later, I was deep into my 200-hour yoga teacher training. Serendipitously, as part of my training, I found myself on the same street handing out free 2-week passes.

​I discovered Reiki many years later, but the story is similar. Something called me to book a session. Then several months later, a second. Not long afterwards, I knew it was my calling to become Reiki certified. I now have my Level I, Level II and Reiki Master certification, and am a Reiki Master Teacher.

In 2019 I read the book “How to Read the Akashic Records” by Linda Howe and began a self-led journey working with the Records for both myself and others. In 2022 I was called to complete more in-depth studies so that I could offer others a more cohesive, detailed and practical usage of the information within. In 2023, I became a Soul Realignment® practitioner.

In 2023, I also began honoring the call to Mediumship. The roots were planted two decades ago after my grandmother passed away. I found I could easily talk with her and directly experience the love we still shared. Not long afterwards, I began receiving messages for friends and neighbors whose loved ones had recently passed away. Because their visits and messages arrived spontaneously (while I was walking the dog, doing the dishes, teaching yoga, etc.) I wondered if I could initiate contact myself with those in spirit. In 2023, I took a deep dive into the study of Mediumship and began offering readings, which has been one of the most rewarding and amazing experiences in my life. I’ve had the privilege to continuously study under amazing teachers and mentors, including Alaine Portner, Lindsay Marino, Lynn Probert and Dominic Boag.

​While I'm not currently practicing as one, I'm also a certified health coach. I trained at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN), the world's largest nutrition school with a world-renowned health coach training program. After IIN, I did further training in digestive health. Even though I no longer see private clients, I still call upon my knowledge of the body in yoga, Reiki and Akashic Records soul readings. 

Prior to falling madly, deeply and forever in love with yoga, Reiki and Mediumship, I was a writer, editor and reporter for magazines and newspapers. I also did a brief stint in advertising and public relations in New York City.

- Michelle Whelan