Michelle Nguyen

Michelle (also known as Big Meesh) is a residential architect, a Rocket Ashtangi, and sometimes a yoga teacher. Michelle came to yoga as a way to reintroduce exercise back into her life after suffering a concussion in 2013. Along with regaining strength and balance, what Michelle didn’t expect to find was the connection between the mind, body, and breath and how the practice permeates into all facets of her life even off the yoga mat.

Michelle is a EYT-200 through Yoga Alliance and is certified to teach the Rocket through David Kyle, as well as Yin Yoga through Yael Flusberg. She’s also a regular, Ashtanga Mysore practitioner and is grateful for her teachers, Maggie Lively & Jarrick Browner. In the yoga room, she’s all about creating a safe space, building a supportive community, including all types of bodies, while honoring individuality. She is the co-founder of Yoga Commons, a ashtanga/rocket/dharma yoga studio based in Fairfax, VA.

Off mat, Michelle enjoys traveling around the world with her husband of many lifetimes, hanging around with their adorable pups, designing the house of your dreams, and fishing at local ponds to always smash her personal best.