ABOUT MICHELE HÉBERT:
Michele Hébert has been a global pioneer in the
health and fitness industry in the area of mind-body-spirit integration
for 25 years. She has been teaching the Walt Baptiste Method of
Yoga for 27 years and is a former competitive bodybuilder. She
applies her unique educational background in Raja Yoga, health
& fitness, and nutrition to her consciousness based teachings
and has brought these teachings to the varied fields of medicine,
education, yoga, as well as the corporate and spa industries,
working with the leaders in each field. She is a respected member
of the International Spa and Fitness Association (ISPA) and was
the 1996-98 media spokesperson for The American Council on Exercise
(ACE) in the area of mind-body integration.
In her role as an educator within academia, Michele has served
as adjunct professor at United States International University
and currently teaches a course entitled Introduction to Meditation
at the University of California in San Diego. She is a frequent
contributor to professional journals and health magazines both
in authoring articles and providing expert advice in the areas
of consciousness, fitness, healing, yoga, and the spa industry.
In the area of medicine, she pioneered a meditation-based Stress
Management Program at the renowned Scripps Clinic in La Jolla,
CA, teaching mind-body healing methods to enhance the immune system.
She has taught these methods to people with life threatening illnesses
as well as with anxiety disorders.
In the area of Yoga, she founded Yoga at the Cove, a school of
Raja Yoga and Meditation in La Jolla, CA. She develops and leads
Yoga Teacher Training Programs internationally. Her private clientele
includes the late Dr. Jonas Salk.
Within the Spa Industry, Michele has been associated with The
Golden Door and Rancho La Puerta for twelve years as a teacher
and lecturer. She is also a spa consultant and develops and implements
Mind-Body-Spirit Fitness Programs for spas internationally. She
has frequently presented at ISPA conferences.
Within the corporate world, she provides seminars and lectures
in Stress Management and Creativity.
PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS
The Breath
of Life, Idea Today
Salutation to the Sun, Idea Today
Fit to Meditate, Idea Today
Book Review, Fitness Matters, American Council on
Exercise
Mindful Fitness, Idea Today
Yin, Yang and You, Living Fit
In Search of the Fountain of Youth, Real Woman Magazine
EDUCATION AND APPRENTICESHIPS The
Walt Baptiste Yoga and Health Center was one of the first and
largest holistic health centers of its kind, and opened its doors
in San Francisco in the 1940's long before "body, mind and spirit"
became a household phrase. It was an esoteric university that
encouraged the development of physical health and creative expression.
Hundreds of thousands of people came through the doors to study
health, metaphysics, and the healing arts and continue to do so
to this day.
Today, Walt Baptiste a great Western Yoga Master and former Mr.
America, remains so highly respected in San Francisco that the
current mayor proclaimed a Walt Baptiste Day to honor his half-century
of dedication to the residents of the city.
Michele's fourteen years of training with him began in 1974 at
the Baptiste holistic health complex which included a yoga studio,
weight lifting gym, dance studio, health food store, and natural
foods health restaurant. In 1976, Walt Baptiste provided her with
a four-year retreat experience in the jungles of El Salvador where
her most intensive Yoga and self-mastery training took place.
Michele has also studied extensively with the great nutritionist
Dr. Bernard Jensen, one of the fathers of natural nutrition in
the U.S. and received a certification from him in 1989.
She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education and has completed
numerous advanced courses in the area of Mind-Body-Spirit Integration
ranging from course audits at UC San Diego Medical School to receiving
Teachings from H.H. The Dalai Lama.
WHAT STUDENTS SAY ABOUT MICHELE HÉBERT
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"Michele inspired me with her knowledge
of physiology, nutrition, and meditation. For anyone
interested in tuning up body and mind, Michele Hébert
is the person to find."
Meredith Brokaw
New York City
"Through Michele's meditation classes,
I have learned how to draw on new sources of energy
which have fed and expanded my powers of creativity."
Judythe Seick
Art Director, Harcourt Brace
San Diego, CA
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