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Michelle Dorer


Ashtanga instructor

Michelle Dorer is the director of the Ashtanga Yoga Center in the Outer Banks which opened in September 2005. She is a long-term student of Tim Miller and has completed his First Series, Second Series, and Third Series Teacher Trainings. Michelle had the opportunity to practice with Pattabhi Jois at the tale end of his life and has also studied with several other prominent Ashtanga Yoga teachers within the Lineage, has been practicing Ashtanga Yoga daily uninterrupted for thirteen years, is currently learning the Fourth Series from Tim, has attended several workshops on various areas of spirituality such as meditation, chanting, astrology, Ayurveda, studies of sacred texts, and has a love for lore, dancing, and gathering around Fire. She has a BA in psychology from the University of Virginia.