yogi. artist. mentor. Michelle Rae Sobi is a yoga teacher trainer, mentor, continuing education provider (YACEP), and author. TRAINER MENTOR YACEP AUTHOR TRAINER Yoga teacher training programs designed with structure, flexibility, and real-world application. Students are supported through mentorship, practice teaching, and a steady learning rhythm. MENTOR Guided support for teachers and students developing their voice, confidence, and direction. This work focuses on clarity,

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Join us for our flagship course in 2026. Registration is open. Curious about the course? See a sample from the manual. Announcing Our Ayurvedic Yoga Teacher, Trauma-Informed Course at Edge Yoga School At Edge Yoga School, we are preparing a new learning path for yoga teachers and dedicated students who want a deeper, more integrated way to study, practice, and teach. Our Ayurvedic Yoga Teacher, Trauma-Informed course is a year-round Yoga + Ayurveda Integration Pathway designe

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Enjoy a ten-minute sound bath A Blanket of Warm Light There are moments when the world feels loud, demanding, and fast. Notifications arrive. Responsibilities stack up. Thoughts race ahead to tomorrow before today has even finished unfolding. In those moments, many people are not looking for more information. They are looking for relief. Recently, I recorded a simple 10-minute guided sound meditation built around a single image: a blanket of warm light gently settling over th

Soothing sounds in a salt cave for you # An Evening of Stillness: Meditation & Sound Bath in the Salt Cave There are few things more valuable in our busy lives than the opportunity to pause. To set down our responsibilities for a little while. To step away from the constant stream of information, notifications, decisions, and demands. To simply rest. Join us this Saturday for an afternoon of meditation and sound in the peaceful setting of the Salt Cave. While meditation can b

Many of us spend our days looking down. Heart Openers in a World That Asks Us to Fold Inward Many of us spend our days looking down. Down at a phone. Down at a keyboard. Down at a task list. Down at the endless stream of information demanding our attention. Our shoulders begin to round. The chest narrows. The neck strains forward. Over time, the posture of our body begins to mirror the posture of our mind. Protective. Guarded. Contracted. This is one of the reasons heart-open

A beautiful doorway through postures. Come sit beside me for tea. Not because there is something you need to accomplish today. Not because there is a certification waiting at the end of a checklist. Not because anyone is asking you to become something other than who you already are. Simply because there may be possibilities worth exploring. Over the years, I have discovered that people rarely arrive at yoga teacher training because they want to memorize anatomy terms or learn

Let our senses settle a bit as we hold space for you. Tour the Studio Some spaces are furnished. Others are created. When students first step through the door at Edge Yoga School, they often pause for a moment before saying anything at all. The fairy lights glow softly against the walls. Crystal singing bowls rest quietly in the candlelight. Music drifts through the room. Cushions invite conversation. Yoga mats wait patiently for practice. What many people don't realize is th

What is already here? Some projects begin with a grand vision. Others begin with a clear phone case, a sheet of origami paper, and a cup of tea. Recently, I activated an older iPhone as my personal phone. The work phone remains just that...work. The new setup is part of an ongoing experiment in reclaiming time, creating boundaries, and allowing more space for the things that nourish me. When searching for a new phone case, I found myself drawn less toward luxury brands and mo

The Quiet Power of Gathering After Practice There is something meaningful that happens after yoga practice when no one rushes away. The props are stacked. The nervous system softens. Tea is poured slowly. Conversation becomes gentler. Someone shares a reflection from class. Someone else asks a question they may not have asked in a formal lecture setting. Laughter happens naturally. People exhale. At Edge Yoga School & Arts, our post-practice luncheons following Ayurvedic Yoga

Travel, Wellness + Mentorship At Edge Yoga School & Arts, we recognize that meaningful learning can happen in many environments…including while traveling the world. Students enrolled in eligible programs may have the opportunity to earn a portion of their training hours while participating in independent wellness travel experiences, destination retreats, or educational journeys. This pathway allows students to blend personal restoration, cultural exploration, mindfulness, and

Let's support relaxing the pelvic floor. Morning tea in hand, pups nearby, and a softer conversation today… There is a growing awareness around something many people silently experience for years: chronic tension held in the body, especially in the pelvic floor. For a long time, conversations around pelvic pain, urinary urgency, tailbone discomfort, hip tightness, pain with intimacy, or unexplained low back pain were often fragmented into separate symptoms. But increasingly,

Lessons in Imperfection, Tea, and Making Things by Hand Today I painted a teapot. Not a perfect teapot. Not a polished department store teapot. Not a carefully engineered luxury teapot. A strange little sculptural teapot with a circular opening through the center that feels somewhere between modern art, meditation object, and playful experiment. And honestly, I think that is exactly why I love it. There is something deeply grounding about making things with your hands in a wo

Creating a Gentle Home Apothecary | Hibiscus Tea, Watercolor, and the Art of Slowing Down There are moments in life that feel almost impossibly simple, yet somehow complete. A screened patio. The sound of birds. A breeze moving through the trees. A watercolor palette spread across a table. Pups quietly nearby. The distant presence of horses grazing beyond the fence. A cup of hibiscus tea catching sunlight in a glass. Nothing extraordinary by modern standards. No productivity

Expanding the Path Beyond the Mat Yoga teaching is no longer confined to memorizing postures or leading a single style of class. Today’s yoga teachers are being called to serve in more diverse, thoughtful, and compassionate ways than ever before. Students are seeking teachers who understand accessibility, mindfulness, emotional safety, creativity, nervous system support, anatomy, aging, stress, community, and sustainable wellbeing. Continuing education allows yoga teachers to

Returning to Yourself in a Noisy World Some retreats happen in silence beside the ocean. Some happen in a studio across town. Some happen in the quiet hour before the rest of the house wakes up. Retreating within is less about geography and more about remembering yourself. The Power of Retreating Within | Returning to Yourself in a Noisy World There comes a point when the nervous system quietly asks for less. Less noise. Less performance. Less urgency. Less constant exposure

Drying Fruit, Herbs, and Tea Ingredients for Seasonal Living Creating a Gentle Home Apothecary | Drying Fruit, Herbs, and Tea Ingredients for Seasonal Living A home apothecary does not need to begin with shelves of rare herbs, expensive jars, or complicated systems. Sometimes it begins with a single tray of drying citrus on a quiet afternoon. Sometimes it begins with slowing down long enough to notice what the season is offering. A blood orange in winter. Mint in summer. Ging

Exploring the roots of yoga. **The History of Yoga | A Living Tradition Across Time** **Page 1 | Origins in Ancient India** Yoga begins not as a fitness practice, but as a quiet inquiry into what it means to be human. Its roots trace back over 5,000 years to the Indus Valley civilization. While we cannot say with certainty what early practitioners called their methods, archaeological findings, including seated figures in meditative postures, suggest that the seeds of yoga wer

Begin the art of authoring a script for meditation. Morning Meditation | Arrival and Strength Find a comfortable seated position or lie down in a way that allows your body to feel supported. Gently close your eyes. Allow your hands to rest wherever they feel natural. Take a slow breath in through your nose. Pause. And gently exhale through your mouth. Again, inhale slowly. Pause. Exhale softly. Begin to settle into your breath without needing to change it. Let it move natural