About
Michelle Pugh established Joonbug Yoga in 2010 with a passion to blend her creative talents with health, wellness and community. Her diverse experience comes from over 30 years of athletics, ballet and dedicated yoga training. Her yoga classes blend creativity, strength, balance, flexibility and flow blooming straight from the heart!
She ran her brick and mortar yoga studio, Joonbug Yoga, located in Shelton, Washington from 2010 through 2018 where she led three 200 hour yoga teacher trainings and managed 12 instructors until she closed her studio and was ready to extend the benefits of yoga, meditation and wellness services in the surrounding communities and throughout the state!
Michelle is a traveling Yogini and Graphic Designer with a love for plant knowledge born and raised in the Pacific Northwest. With one foot in the mountains and one foot on the shore, she extends her love of health, creativity and wellness with the wellbeing of her clients and community on her heart’s sleeve.
Michelle has over 15 years of professional experience sharing yoga in person and virtually at various locations including Turning Pointe Women’s Shelter, the Skokomish Tribe, the Cowlitz Tribe, the Puyallup Tribe, Mason General Hospital, the Olympia Golf and Country Club, Alderbrook Golf and Yacht Club, local yoga studios, gyms, non-profit organizations and Washington State agencies (i.e. Attorney General’s Office, Department of Natural Resources and Labor and Industries).
Michelle currently shares yoga offerings at The Chehalis Tribe, The Nisqually Tribe, The Squaxin Island Tribe, The Salmon Center and The City of Shelton Parks and Recreation Department. She also offers private sessions for Hood Canal Events and Alderbrook Resort and Spa guests as an exclusive service by reservation.
She also shares digital art classes at the Nisqually Tribe Language Program and helps with the herbal plant classes and yoga classes at the Chehalis Tribe Community Center Native Pathways suicide prevention program.
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Create and Meditate!
Michelle loves spending time with her husband and their son in nature - kayaking, paddle boarding, fly fishing, skiing, gardening and mountain biking! She enjoys volunteering at community gardens, gathering wild edibles, creating herbal wellness products and beaded jewelry. Michelle works for the Chehalis Tribe’s Healing House and Native Pathways Program offering classes that blend yoga, plant knowledge, herbalism, medicine making, gardening and self-care practices.
She is certified in various holistic practices by Living Spirit Yoga School, YogaFit®, Forrest Yoga®, Reiki Fitness and Twist Yoga Edmonds. Her depth of experience stems from training and dedication with diverse teachers in the practices of Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin, Stand-up Paddle Board, Thai Yoga Bodywork, Hot Yoga and Herbalism.
Michelle's professional expertise in marketing and visual communications is rooted in her graphic design career. She has worked professionally as a Senior Graphic Designer for over 25 years in house and as a freelance designer for state agencies, small businesses, non-profit and tribal organizations.