After twenty years of committed and regular practice, he was trained as a yoga teacher by Charlie Stewart-Brown in a blend of vinyasa, hatha and restorative yoga with the belief that the benefits of yoga, meditation and mindfulness can be applied to every kind of individual.

In addition to English, Michael is fluent in French, German, Swiss German and Italian and regularly teaches in French and English, and sometimes both in a bilingual class.

He likes to immerse himself in the philosophy of yoga, takes an interest in Sanskrit, reads the biographies of the great yogis, the Yoga Sutras and the annotated upanishads.

Michael's teaching style is creative and open to new ideas as he guides his yoga classes with great precision, awareness and care. He is warm and welcoming to new students and always checks in with them as to their level of ability and offering adaptations they may need.

His classes integrate pranayama, mindfulness, static and balancing poses, vinyasa flows, sometimes advanced postural approaches, long floor stretches, visualisation and relaxation. With breath awareness and great respect, he invites his students to gently explore the sometimes unknown potential of their bodies and to gradually open out to achieving more, while also acknowledging its limitations. The primary focus is to reduce the anxieties of modern-day life by achieving physical and mental balance with a view to attaining inner calm and strength.

Michael is also a keen practitioner of acroyoga or partner yoga, which, as the name suggests, is practised in pairs (or more).