Specialties
It is my intention to extend present-moment awareness into each student I work with and as such, teach students a balance of hatha, yin, Iyengar, and restorative-style yoga depending on their needs. I am also certified to lead Yoga Nidra, a practice of deep conscious relaxation. My overall approach is highly meditative, as I consistently cue students to look inward and stay with the breath and sensations of the present moment.
Because I practice and teach Ayurveda, the sister science to yoga, I treat all students holistically through an Vedic lens. This means that when a person comes under my care, I take their full constitution into consideration when writing lesson plans. Body, mind, and spirit are intrinsically connected and as such, I treat the entire person, not just their “illness”.
I lead classes publicly, privately, and online. I specialize in private one-on-one yoga for the injured, fearful, and inflexible. Additionally, I am certified in Ayurvedic lymphatic massage, known as abhyanga, offered in my office studio in downtown Modesto. Publicly I can be found teaching at Brenda Athletic Club on Tuesday and Thursday and Monday night on Zoom. See my website for more great info!
I hope to meet you on the mat one day: Om Shanti!
History
Established in 2016.
I’m Yogi Michelle Patino, founder and owner of Be You Yoga. I began practicing yoga in 2008, and gleefully became certified by Yoga Alliance in January 2016. Prior to beginning, I had never found a discipline able to help me work with quieting my racing mind. Once I learned about the sciences of yoga and Ayurveda together, I felt like I had finally come home to the knowledge I’d been seeking my whole life. Working with people using yoga and Ayurveda is truly my dharma, my reason for being here, and the way I best express the love of the divine that lives in all beings.
People come to me for a myriad of reasons, but most are dissatisfied with the way they are being treated by their Western medicine and want to be empowered to take their health into their own hands. What I love most about working with people is allowing those with fear to embrace their own individual experience toward deeper harmony among body, mind, and spirit.
Meet the Business Owner: Michelle P.
I have been studying yoga since 2008 and am a Registered Yoga Teacher. I graduated with Honors from Modesto Junior College in 2014 with an Associate Science Degree in Athletic Training/ Sports Medicine. My techniques are highly therapeutic with emphasis on safety. I first realized my passion for yoga when I began taking classes at a local gym many years ago. I completely fell in love with the practice and was inspired to learn more. An opportunity arose to enroll in a teacher training program at Village Yoga Center in Modesto, CA, in which I did, successfully completing the program in 2015. After completing 200 hours of training there, I gained deeper awareness of the peace and balance that yoga can bring to the mind, body and spirit and how best to share my gifts with those in need. In 2022 I completed my Ayurvedic Health Counselor internship with the Calif. College of Ayurveda and am now a practicing AHC specializing in private-tailored individualized diet and lifestyle counseling.