In this powerful episode of Healthy Living with Yoga Anita, I sit down with the inspiring Michelle Turner Young—a certified chakra and color therapy practitioner, fitness professional, and trailblazing dancer from Dorchester, MA. With over 18 years in dance and fitness, Michelle made history as the first American International Dance Hall Queen.

But her path hasn’t been easy. Michelle bravely shares how she overcame unthinkable challenges—including rape, homelessness, and suicide attempts—to rise as a healer, entrepreneur, and founder of Soul Fire Movement, her own dance and wellness studio.

We talk about the healing power of movement, chakras, color therapy, and how Michelle uses her story to empower others through dance and spiritual alignment. This girl is on fire!

💥 Connect with Michelle
YouTube: SoulFireMvmt
Facebook: SoulfireMovement

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Danny Guzman watched his older brother perform and compete in break dancing events, never dreaming that it would someday be his career. Listen to the interview as we discuss:

🕺🏾Danny's love of sports and movement
🕺🏾How an epiphany moment led to his present career
🕺🏾The establishment of a hip hop, breaking dancing studio
🕺🏾How Danny combines fitness, health, wellness and artistry into a business

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After Melissa "Missy" Hendry had her second child she sought treatment for post partum depression. When her therapist suggested running, Missy started with a "Couch to 5K" program. Little did she realize how her experience would lead her to run for charity.

Listen as we discuss:

🏃🏽‍♀️ Missy's background as a soccer player and stay at home mom
🏃🏽‍♀️ Missy's determination to beat post partum depression
🏃🏽‍♀️ Missy's experience as a runner for Boston Children's Hospital Charity "Miles for Miracles"
🏃🏽‍♀️ Missy's marathon in London, New York, and Boston
🏃🏽‍♀️ Upcoming charity events and her million dollar mission

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Frankie Fortuna was an avid skateboarder. When he was a victim of a hit and run in 2015, his friends honored his memory by refurbishing a skatepark in his honor. Even legend Tony Hawk contributed. But two of his friends just got together and organized the first ever skatepark competition to he held in Leominster, MA. In this interview:

🛹Meet Ascenzio Valenti and Jeremy Marro, organizers of the event
🛹Learn the backstory of how it got started and their tribute to their friend, Frankie Fortuna
🛹Get details of the event to be held on May 31st in Leominster, MA

✨BONUS- both Ascenzio (@the.8vr) and Jeremy (@ molerat) are also musicians are are each dropping new music

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Play On is a non profit group founded by Maggie Leighton, Leominster's own Miss Massachusetts Teen. When Maggie was in 5th grade, the music budget was cut throughout the district. Maggie knew she has to do something and the opportunity came when she was researching her community project. Maggie saw the need to keep music education available and affordable to all students in Massachusetts. Listen as we speak about:

👑 Maggie's year as Miss Massachusetts Teen and mentoring other pageant hopefuls
👑 Establishing the non-profit Play On group to to fundraise, volunteer, and advocate for music education funds
👑 Maggie's year as a high school senior and her time in the Show Choir, Ignition
👑 Maggie's acceptance into Harvard University and her dream to be a doctor

Check out Maggie's non-profit group

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Julia Klebanov came to her calling as a healer after spending her youth sick and misdiagnosed. The modalities she practices are the things that brought her back to life after years of severe disability and unbearable pain. Listen as we speak about:

🎶 Julia's journey to heal that aligned with her personal beliefs
🎶 How sound heals us on physical, emotional, and spiritual levels
🎶 Vibration from healing instruments reaches muscles, fascia, organs, and bones to aid the body in healing
🎶 Julia's rediscovery of herself as a singer, dancer, and artist
🎶 Julia's study of Kundalini yoga

Find Julia at https://healingsongvibrations.com.

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The MAIPSE/PIE Program at Fitchburg State University is a program to support students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), ages 18-22, in partnership districts in the north-central Worcester County, as well as adults with IDD that are 22+ years of age, that have exited school and are receiving special education services through adult services disability agencies such as DDS or MassAbility. The purpose of MAIPSE is to increase the students’ academic and career success by being included in the university’s community of learners.

My guests, Rebekka Farquharson, Program Coordinator and Mike LaVoie, Program Education Coach as well as student Monue Figeroa speak about

• the program's key objectives
• student eligibility
• the goal to locate paid employment for participating students

as well as some fundraising events.

For more information about this program you can visit https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/academics/massachusetts-inclusive-postsecondary-education-maipse-program.

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Do you get red, watery eyes and headaches during allergy season? Follow along as I talk about:

👀What doctors say about eye exercises
👀8 simple eye exercises you can do daily
👀What these exercises will and won't do for you

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Would you like a pdf of these exercises? Send your name and email to info@yogaanita.com for your copy

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