Michele Pernetta

Michele Pernetta

Fierce Grace Founder & Chief Instructor, Yoga Alliance Senior Teacher (UK and USA), Certified Ashtanga Vinyasa teacher, Certified Rocket® teacher, Fierce Grace teacher and Certified Bikram teacher. Martial Arts Tae Kwon Do Black Belt, ITEC Certified Massage therapist.

Michele brought Hot Yoga to the UK and Europe in 1994. After opening four Hot Yoga studios, and becoming the UK’s leading Hot Yoga business, Michele launched Fierce Grace in 2013.

Michele Pernetta studied martial arts for 10 years, as well as dance and gymnastics. She began studying with Bikram Choudhury in LA in 1990 when she was trying to avoid knee surgery. This awakened her keen interest in yoga for healing injuries.

Michele has over 25 years' teaching experience. She has also written and contributed to countless magazine and newspaper articles and appeared on many TV and radio programmes. Michele has been a judge five times at the International Bishnu Charan Ghosh Yoga Championships. Michele was a fashion designer for 17 years, trained at the prestigious Saint Martins School of Art and has designed costumes for award-winning films. She has been a spiritual practitioner of a Buddhist discipline for 25 years and has a keen interest in homoeopathy and Ayurveda.

Michele has trained personally with the famous Larry Schultz in Ashtanga Vinyasa, and also credits Erich Schiffman, Brian Kest and Steve Walther with inspiring her in her work on Fierce Grace.

Fierce Grace is the culmination of all her years of study and her observation of the over a quarter of a million bodies she has had the privilege to observe in her years of teaching in her four London studios. She leads the FG Teacher Training programme, teaches on her FG Retreats and at workshops, festivals and seminars around the world.

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Michele Pernetta
  • Pigeon Pose Tutorial with Michele

    Michele illuminates the Pigeon pose, it's benefits, cautions and modifications in this helpful 14 minute tutorial that will also help yoga students discover more about this incredible gluteus, psoas and hip flexor stretch. Learn how to work with tightness or knee injuries, find alternatives, or p...

  • FG2 60 in Tuscany with Michele

    FG2 our use friendly intermediate class is suitable for general level practitioners too. It offers variations for those that wish to explore. The sequence varies from class to class to keep us on our toes. Expect the template FG class with warm up, strengthening, standing poses, abs and arms, de...

  • Mechanics of Retention Breath with Michele in Tuscany

    A relaxing 11 minute breathing exercise to connect us with the reception/release energetics of breath. Learn how to place the retention locks and how to feel the breath with the whole body.

    What you will need: Ensure you are sitting comfortably, so sit on a brick or pad or cushion to ensure you ...

  • Spine Twist Tutorial 12 mins

    Michele explains the alignment protocols for Spine Twist. A tutorial for teachers, which also helps practitioners understand this pose. She gives options for adjustments to ensure optimal spine alignment as well as adjustments for tight hips, knee issues, and generally how to get the most from th...

  • 25 minute Marathon Stretch with Michele

    An innovative series of stretches for the entire body focussing on the muscles of the legs, hips, quads, calves, Achilles, feet, lower back, pelvis, and hamstrings. Deeply release tightness, tease out tired muscles and aid recovery after a tough leg workout.

    Suitable for all levels - athletes, r...

  • Foundation 60 with Michele

    At last a dynamic, restructuring foundation class that keeps you working hard, realigning your whole body, developing correct technique, while strengthening safely.
    This yoga/physiotherapy class draws on elements from all the FG classes. Realign joints by utilizing scientifically proven physioth...

  • FG2 15 Minute Blast in The Desert with Michele

    The FG2 Sun Salutation and the FG2 60 Warrior Series in a condensed 15 minute invigorating session.
    Enjoy the virtual breeze, sand, sun and open space while flowing through our flowing sequence.
    Featuring the wonderful 1982 VW Vanagon camper van.

    Level: Intermediate
    Props: Block and Strap useful...

  • Mini Fix 15 with Michele in East Hampton

    A 10 minute standing series followed by 5 minutes of arm and ab strengtheners and a short stretch. Perfect for when you have no time but need a quick yoga blast that will get your whole body fired up and stretched out and your breath flowing.

    Level: All levels
    Props: A brick and/or a strap can b...

  • IN and WILD 22 minute Mash Up with Michele in Tuscany

    Start with poses from our Wild Class and finish with poses from IN (with a few surprises.)

    Work legs, back, arms, breath, stamina and raise your heart rate. Then stretch, release tight muscles and fascia in spine, hips, arms, legs, hands, shoulders and chest and release your breath.

  • FG2 Mash Up with Michele in Spain

    FG2 is a more intermediate version of our Fierce Grace class. This creative mash up has two different Sun Salutation sequences to warm you up and work your abdominals. Followed by a combination of Warrior poses, safe arm and shoulder strengthening, back bending, leg and hip flexor stretches, more...

  • IN Group Class with Michele in Italy

    A deep, slow class, based entirely on the floor.

    This class is yoga physiotherapy, deeply correcting, aligning and releasing.
    You will open your hips, spine, neck, shoulders and wrists carefully, deeply and softly. You will get flexible in slow holds, stronger in stationary core activators, pass...

  • Yoga Nidra with Michele in Italy 17 mins

    This Nidra takes you through a journey that will deepen your relaxation and connect you deeply with your body, breath, feelings and deepest life intentions.

    Relax to the sound of the Nidra instruction with the sounds of cicadas in the forest setting.

  • FG2 60 with Michele

    FG2 60 is a shorter variation of FG2 90/75 with new sequencing in the warrior series, a more intense balancing series, and new arms and abs. It may be shorter but don’t be fooled by the length - you’ll get a power-packed 60-minute workout and burn plenty of calories.

    Props: 2 bricks/blocks and a...

  • Deep Stretch, Deep Core, Go IN with Michele

    Michele combines the deepest stretch poses from Deep Core and IN to specifically release hips, legs, glutes, spine, pelvis, hamstrings, quads, shoulders, neck, and wrists.
    Stretch and relax.

    All levels
    Demonstrated by Oscar

  • Crescent Lunge Mash Up 15 with Michele

    Three flowing sequences based in a Sun Salutation format. Each 5 minute mini flow takes you into hamstring, hip flexor, and quad stretches, Plank, DD, Dragons, and twists. Each flow gradually intensifies.

    Stretch, Strengthen, and Ignite. If it made Daniel sweat you're in for a treat!

    Demonstra...

  • IN 75 with Michele

    Improve joint mobility and open your whole body while gradually getting wound down, de-stressed and softened in our popular IN class taught by Michele Pernetta. Mich will give you tips along the way to improve your practise

    This entirely floor based yoga/physiotherapy class will reach deeper in ...

  • Fixed Firm Tutorial with Michele

    Michele workshops Fixed Firm pose, shows correct alignment, modifications, troubleshooting, and how to move on safely. An interesting deep dive into the pose for teachers and students interested in the alignment protocols that make this pose effective and safe.

    Demonstrated by Daniel.

  • Camel Tutorial with Michele

    Michele workshops Camel pose, shows correct alignment, modifications, troubleshooting and how to move on safely. An interesting deep dive into the pose for teachers and students interested in the alignment protocols that make this pose effective and safe.

  • Eagle Tutorial with Michele

    Michele workshops Eagle pose, shows correct alignment, modifications, troubleshooting and how to move on safely. An interesting deep dive into the pose for teachers and students interested in the alignment protocols that make this pose effective and safe.

    Demonstrated by Nicola F.

  • Merry Mash-Up with Michele

    A rounded yoga class that combines poses from Fix, FG and FG2 with some new variations and sequencing. 25 minutes will fire up, tone, stretch and strengthen.

  • Trikonasana tutorial

    Taken from our teachers' tutorials, this 18 minute video will ensure you have the tools you need to teach this pose to all levels, and to practise with correct alignment in this master pose, no matter your level. A useful tool for teachers and students alike.

  • FG2 60 NYC with Michele

    Michele guides you through a 60 minute version of FG2, our intermediate class. Suitable for FG students who want to try some new things and advanced practitioners who wish to go deep. A pleasurable but strenuous yoga class that will challenge you. If you're familiar with FG2 expect some new varia...

  • Uplift and Relax with Michele in Italy

    The one where Michele gets mauled by feral cat Grey Boy. Twice. 11 minutes of mood boosting opening poses and breath work, followed by ten minutes of affirmations and a deep guided relaxation. Guaranteed to leave you feeling renewed both mentally and physically. Extra cat-attack giggle factor inc...

  • Quick FIIT (Legs, Arms & Abs) with Michele

    A re-style of our high intensity strength class FIIT where instead of working each body part in each section, we work one body part per section. This 14 minute strength workout will tone your legs, glutes, arms, upper back and abdominals. Legs x 3 exercises, arms x 3, Abs x 3. A short warm down t...