About Michelle
Michelle Pietrzak-Wegner (pronouns: she/hers) is a licensed somatic-based psychotherapist with a twenty-year background in teaching and facilitating yoga, mindfulness, and somatic practices that are rooted in teaching people how to slow down, connect to sensation and restore their relationship with their body and their inner selves.
She has extensive training in Yoga & Taoist philosophy, yin yoga, somatic psychology, polyvagal theory and trauma-informed methodologies. She is trained and certified as a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner™ (SEP), an International Yoga Therapist in the Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy tradition, and a Certified Japanese Shinrin Yoku/Forest Therapy Guide. She is also serving as the Japan-based Director for Unplugged Collaborative, the non-profit organization and global initiative for the Unplugged Movement inspiring individuals and communities to gather, connect, and recharge without electronic devices.
Michelle lives and works in Japan while also providing programming focused on slowing down throughout the U.S., Japan, and Asia. She continues to train and mentor yoga teachers/therapists in trauma-informed practices and the teaching of yin yoga. She has provided presentations for conferences, mental health agencies, professional organizations and the general public on trauma-informed practices, befriending your body, somatic practices for emotional well-being, and somatic psychology. To inquire about Michelle’s services for retreats, trainings, workshops, and community events, please email her at: michelle.slowlife@gmail.com.
Michelle has a private mental health practice in Tokyo, Japan. To inquire about her services as a somatic licensed psychotherapist/mental health counselor, please visit her private practice business page: Embodied Therapy