Yoga

Michael Ward

Michael has been a student of yoga for over 30 years. In 1988, he completed teacher training at the Sivananda Yoga Ashram in Nassau, Bahamas in a program integrating the spiritual and physical aspects of yoga. In 2002, he began a regular and ongoing practice of the original “hot” yoga series of Bikram Choudary, a style emphasizing a challenging physical discipline. In 2015, he completed 200 hours of hot yoga and power flow training with Inner Fire Yoga in Madison. Michael has also been learning the somewhat revolutionary Sri Daiva alignment system of Desi Springer. Elements of all three of these traditions are blended in his teaching. Michael is also a physician in Rehabilitation Medicine and an Associate Professor Emeritus of the University of Wisconsin Medical School.