WEEKLY YOGA CLASSES

Offered in-person weekly classes on a beautiful homestead in the Decatur/Greenwood/Dallas/Forth Worth Area

and educational series, virtually via Zoom.

🌿 EMOTIONAL WELLNESS THROUGH YOGA EDUCATIONAL SERIES 🌿

via ZOOM

Emotional Wellness Through Yoga is an advanced mind-body training designed for people who have achieved everything they thought would make them happy — yet still feel disconnected, anxious, or unfulfilled.

Through neuroscience, yoga, and emotional intelligence, you’ll learn how to regulate your nervous system, release emotional patterns stored in the body, and cultivate the inner state that real success requires.

Healing Through Science, Movement & Mindfulness

Michelle Acebo is a Board-Certified Respiratory Therapist, E-RYT 500 yoga educator, and founder of the Yoga Studio of Corpus Christi School of Yoga. She specializes in translating neuroscience, breath science, polyvagal theory, and yoga into practical tools that help people regulate stress, improve resilience, and cultivate emotional well-being.

Michelle Acebo (spiritual name Umā Devī) is a pioneer in the field of yoga education and emotional wellness, blending the precision of medical science with the depth of ancient wisdom. She is the Founder and Director of The Yoga Studio of Corpus Christi and Director of Education for the Emotional Wellness Through Yoga Educational Series, a groundbreaking program designed to integrate neuroscience, trauma-informed yoga, and spiritual philosophy into accessible emotional health practices.

A Board Certified Registered Respiratory Therapist, Michelle brings over three decades of clinical experience into her yoga teachings. Her medical career began in major trauma and teaching hospitals, including Memorial Medical Center (1986–1991), Driscoll Children’s Hospital in Corpus Christi, and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where she specialized in Neonatal Intensive Care and Pulmonary Rehabilitation. She served as Director of Neonate Pulmonary Function Testing, participated in HALO flight air transport for critical neonates, and later expanded her expertise into Adult Pulmonary and Hyperbaric Medicine, bringing a profound understanding of the breath-body connection to her yoga philosophy.

Michelle’s yoga journey began in 2001 and soon became her life’s calling. A lineage holder of the Jivamukti, Baptiste, Dharma, and Ashtanga traditions, she trained under Sharon Gannon and David Life to earn her Jivamukti certification and has studied with numerous world-renowned teachers. In 2005, she opened the first yoga studio in South Texas, becoming a catalyst for yoga education in a region where few models existed. Since 2009, she has directed Yoga Alliance–Accredited 200- and 500-Hour Teacher Training Programs, producing hundreds of teachers who now serve communities across Texas and beyond.

Her teaching is rooted in honoring the traditional purpose of yoga — liberation and awakening — while also addressing the realities of modern life and emotional struggle. She founded the Emotional Wellness Through Yoga Educational Series in 2024 to bridge ancient philosophy, neuroscience, and the nervous system, offering a compassionate, evidence-informed approach to healing. Her workshops — including The Healing Power of Presence, Repatterning the Mind, Trusting the Timing, and The Blame Game — are known for their integration of Dr. Stephen Porges’ Polyvagal Theory, Dr. Tara Swart’s neuroscience of change, Dr. Joe Dispenza’s mind-body rewiring principles, and the spiritual teachings of the Yoga Sutras and Bhagavad Gita.

Michelle’s work continues to evolve with her vision: to empower yoga teachers, healthcare professionals, and students to cultivate resilience, restore nervous system balance, and live from a grounded state of compassion and awareness. She believes that where attention goes, energy flows — and through conscious movement, breath, and mindfulness, we can transform emotional imprints into pathways of freedom.

Inspirations and Lineage

Western Influences: Dr. Stephen Porges, Dr. Tara Swart, Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, Dr. Arielle Schwartz, Dr. Pradeep Jamnadas
Eastern Lineages: Jivamukti Yoga (Sharon Gannon & David Life), Ashtanga Vinyasa, Dharma Yoga, Baptiste Power Vinyasa
Philosophical Roots: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, The Bhagavad Gita, and The Upanishads

Continuing Mission

As both a clinical professional and spiritual educator, Michelle’s mission is to inspire a new generation of yoga teachers who understand the profound intersection between breath, biology, and being. Through her Emotional Wellness Through Yoga Educational Series and advanced teacher trainings, she continues to build a legacy of embodied education that unites science and soul — one breath, one student, and one nervous system at a time.

💻 Workshop Details:

Live via Zoom (link sent after registration)
$40 per session | Bundle pricing available
All levels welcome | Chairs, bolsters, and beds are all valid yoga spaces
Replays available for 7 days after each session

📍 Saturdays | 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM CST

🌟 A Transformative Series Rooted in Science and Soul

Since its launch, the Emotional Wellness Through Yoga Educational Series has empowered students across the country with tools to regulate the nervous system, release emotional blockages, and reconnect with inner peace — all through the integration of neuroscience, somatic movement, mindfulness, and yoga-based education. This is unlike anything out there!

✨ Join us from the comfort of your own home — live on Zoom
✨ $40 per workshop (2-hour Yoga Alliance CE)
✨ Perfect for students, teachers, and anyone ready for a fresh start
✨ These offerings have already helped so many, and January is the ideal time to begin.

Emotional Wellness Through Yoga® Original Series

On-Demand Courses

Transform the way you understand your mind, body, and nervous system through these in-depth educational workshops. Each recording includes lecture, experiential practices, breathwork, yoga (accessible for all levels), guided meditation, and practical tools you can immediately integrate into daily life. Perfect for yoga teachers, therapists, healthcare professionals, caregivers, and anyone seeking greater emotional resilience.

Holding It All Together: Burnout, Compassion Fatigue & Nervous System Recovery

Discover why burnout isn't simply about doing too much—it's often about replenishing too little. Learn how chronic stress affects the nervous system and explore yoga, breathwork, and evidence-based strategies for restoring resilience without adding more to your to-do list.

Rest as Resistance: Yoga Nidra & The Neuroscience of Deep Restoration

In a culture that glorifies constant productivity, rest becomes a radical act of healing. Explore the science of deep relaxation, Yoga Nidra, polyvagal theory, and how intentional rest supports emotional regulation, recovery, and resilience.

Repatterning the Mind: Changing Thought Patterns Through Yoga & Neuroscience

Learn how thoughts become habits, habits become neural pathways, and how yoga, mindfulness, and neuroplasticity offer practical tools for creating healthier emotional patterns and greater mental flexibility.

Stop Creating Emotional Debt

Every unresolved emotion has a cost. Explore how unprocessed stress accumulates in the nervous system and discover practices that help prevent emotional overload while cultivating resilience, presence, and healthy boundaries.

The Power of Forgiveness: Releasing What the Nervous System Still Carries

Forgiveness is not about excusing harmful behavior—it's about freeing yourself from the physiological burden of chronic resentment and emotional pain. Learn how yoga, breathwork, and neuroscience support healing from within.

Holding Space Without Absorbing It

Ideal for caregivers, therapists, healthcare professionals, teachers, and anyone supporting others. Learn how to remain compassionate without becoming emotionally depleted through nervous system regulation, boundaries, and mindful presence.

Ghosting, Avoidance & the Nervous System

Why do people disappear? Why do we avoid difficult conversations? Explore attachment styles, trauma responses, polyvagal theory, and emotional regulation to better understand avoidance, relationships, and authentic communication.

Panic: Understanding Anxiety Through the Nervous System

Gain a deeper understanding of panic attacks, anxiety, and fear through neuroscience and yoga. Learn practical breathing techniques, grounding strategies, and movement practices that help regulate the autonomic nervous system.

Trusting the Timing

When life doesn't unfold according to plan, uncertainty can activate the nervous system. This workshop explores patience, acceptance, resilience, and yogic philosophy to help cultivate trust during life's transitions.

Nourish to Flourish: Emotional Eating, Ayurveda & the Gut-Brain Connection

Explore the powerful relationship between digestion, emotions, hormones, and the nervous system. Learn Ayurvedic principles, mindful eating practices, and nutritional strategies that support emotional wellness from the inside out.

Twist & Transform

Twists offer more than spinal mobility—they symbolize release, renewal, and resilience. Discover how twisting postures influence digestion, circulation, fascia, and emotional processing while exploring the neuroscience of letting go.

Chakras, Neuroscience & Emotional Wellness

Bridge ancient yogic wisdom with modern neuroscience by exploring the chakra system through the lens of emotional regulation, the endocrine system, vagal pathways, and embodied awareness.

Emotional Health & Emotional Regulation

Learn practical tools for understanding emotions rather than suppressing them. Explore the nervous system, polyvagal theory, mindfulness, yoga philosophy, and breathwork to develop greater emotional flexibility and resilience.

Alzheimer's Disease, Brain Health & Caregiver Wellness

A compassionate exploration of Alzheimer's disease, brain function, and the emotional realities of caregiving. Learn strategies to reduce caregiver burnout while supporting cognitive health through movement, breath, and self-care.

Rituals of Renewal: Ayurveda, Lymphatic Health & Nervous System Restoration

Discover how ancient Ayurvedic daily rituals support modern emotional wellness. Learn dry brushing, self-lymphatic drainage, abhyanga (warm oil massage), breathwork, fascia care, and daily rhythms that promote resilience, vitality, and nervous system regulation.

The Endocrine System & Emotional Regulation

Explore how hormones influence mood, stress, sleep, energy, and emotional balance. Learn how yoga postures, breathwork, mindfulness, and lifestyle practices support endocrine health and nervous system regulation.

Emotional Armor: When Protection Becomes Disconnection

Discover how emotional armor develops in response to stress and trauma, and how yoga, mindful movement, and nervous system regulation help us soften protective patterns while cultivating greater authenticity, connection, and self-trust.

The Body Remembers: Trauma, Fascia & Healing Through Yoga

Explore how stress and trauma are reflected in posture, breath, fascia, and movement patterns. Learn trauma-informed yoga practices that help restore safety, embodiment, and resilience without overwhelming the nervous system.

Each Workshop Includes:

2-hour educational presentation
Downloadable recording
Guided meditation or Yoga Nidra
Breathwork practices
Gentle yoga suitable for most abilities
Evidence-based neuroscience
Trauma-informed instruction
Ayurvedic principles and practical applications
Yoga philosophy integrated into modern life
Continuing Education suitable for yoga teachers and wellness professionals

IN PERSON, PUBLIC ASANA YOGA CLASSES

MONDAYS 10-11:30AM

THURSDAYS 10-11:30AM

Location: FM 1204/CR 2630 l Decatur, Texas

Address provided at time of booking. Please bring your own mat.

I teach the following things in each class.

nervous system regulation
burnout prevention
emotional intelligence
resilience
neuroscience
stress recovery
breathing science
movement for longevity
trauma-informed wellness

When attending in person, we will practice on our outside yoga deck, in our heated garage studio space or in our beautiful, custom-built, climate-controlled yoga barn with brand new, modern facilities including an outdoor shower with hot water, a posh restroom, and changing area for your convenience. The indoor studio allows us to hold classes rain or shine.

To register, text Michelle 361-779-0183

EMOTIONAL WELLNESS THROUGH YOGA EDUCATIONAL SERIES
ZOOM & IN-PERSON

YOGA ALLIANCE CONTINUING EDUCATION

Emotional Wellness Through Yoga Series

Chronic stress impacts both body and mind, often leading to discomfort and imbalance. This workshop series offers tools to incorporate the physical body as a primary mode of healing—helping you release "stuck" emotions, restore energy flow, and cultivate emotional balance through yoga and mindfulness practices.

Each session dives into key topics like nervous system function, vagal toning, and emotional detox. While the workshops build on one another, they also stand alone, so you can join any session that resonates with you.

Why Attend?

Explore the connection between emotions and the body (e.g., anger, fear, sadness) through Traditional Chinese Medicine principles.
Learn how yoga postures, breathwork, and meditation improve energy flow and support physical and emotional healing.
Gain practical tools to balance your mind, body, and spirit in daily life.

What to Expect

Each workshop includes:

A guided lesson on anatomy, energy systems, or emotional wellness.
A tailored yoga practice to integrate the concepts.
Time for Q&A to ensure your understanding.

This series is ideal for yoga teachers, students, and anyone seeking tools to complement traditional therapy. It’s about finding balance—not perfection—on your healing journey.

$40/CLASS OR $108 4 CLASS PACK | Pre-Registration Required

GENTLE YOGA

RESTORE & RESET

Gentle/Restorative yoga classes invite you to ease into serenity as you embrace a floor-based practice that centers around tranquil movements, relaxing poses, and postures that are lovingly supported by an array of props to make the class accessible for everyone. Each pose is held for 3-5 minutes to foster profound physical and mental relaxation akin to the soothing ambiance of a spa visit.

Restorative classes also utilize Umā's expertise as a Texas-Licensed National Board Certified Registered Respiratory Therapist. Each class is designed to facilitate breath regulation and control to support circulation of blood, nutrients, and oxygen into every cell of your body. The breath is the center of well-being. Join Umā for this transformative experience.

$15 | Pre-Registration Required

TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS:
GENTLE YOGA