Michelle’s interest in Chinese medicine blossomed over 16 years ago after she worked for several years as a remedial massage therapist. Realising the toll that giving deep tissue massage was taking on her own body, she intuitively decided on acupuncture as her next career choice. Little did she realise at the time what a profound influence the philosophy of Chinese medicine would have on many aspects of her life. Since then Michelle’s passion for the Oriental arts has expanded into tai chi, meditation, yoga, Taoist and Buddhist philosophy, as well as metaphysical and esoteric teachings.
Michelle has been practicing acupuncture in the South Eastern suburbs since 2005. She completed a 4 year degree in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine at Victoria University, with a clinical internship at Zhejiang Provincial Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Hospital in Hang Zhou, China. It was in Hang Zhou that Michelle discovered a passion for tai chi and was a student and instructor at the highly