Michelle Locke

Michelle’s first career as a ballerina while cut short due to injury, led her to explore natural therapies in her quest for healing. After training and eventually teaching shiatsu in the school she founded in 1993, she was led down another path when her youngest daughter became seriously ill and was later diagnosed with Rett Syndrome, a debilitating and life limiting neurological disorder. In a search to find relief from her own worry and anxiety, Michelle began developing a dance form based on her knowledge of Qi flow and Traditional Chinese Medicine which eventually came to be known as Wu Tao - The Dancing Way. Conceived in 2001 and now with instructors around the world, Wu Tao is experienced as a flowing dance form that restores balance, vitality and most importantly peace. It consists of a series of dances that follow the Chinese Medicine System of the 5 elements and the flow of vital energy.