Mike Burgasser, M. Ed, E-RYT 500, YACEP, has been practicing and teaching yoga since the 1990s.  His first yoga teacher was Vickie Russell. He completed his first  yoga teacher certification with Larry Schultz of It’s Yoga in San Francisco, CA in 2000. He completed his Advanced Yoga Teacher Training with Indubala Bhardwaj at It’s Yoga Cincinnati in 2013.  Mike began his Thai Yoga Therapy training in 2001 and completed his instructor training in 2004.  While he has been practicing qigong off and on since the 1990s,  he didn’t find his teacher until 2013.  He completed his Medical Qigong certification in 2017 and continues to study with his teachers Master Michael Leone and Master Jason Campbell of Zen Wellness.

 Mike has taught yoga for several local organizations, including the Art Academy of Cincinnati, AT&T, Cincinnati Enquirer, Channel 12, and Ethicon Endosurgery. In addition to teaching yoga he has worked for a number of years as a personal fitness trainer, a corporate fitness program manager and a cardiac rehabilitation program exercise physiologist. He earned a BA in Psychology in 1978, and M.Ed. in Health Education in 1988. Mike co-founded It’s Yoga-Cincinnati in 2000.  He retired from yoga studio ownership in 2017.