My name is Michelle Bailey and I am the owner and main instructor at Nature's Path Health & Fitness. I have always loved the outdoors and feel very fortunate to have turned it into a business. I started five years ago with a couple of small ladies only, run classes. To be honest I was looking for some women to run with and figured if I could convince some of my friends to give it a try, they would be hooked. I was right, and then it seemed to take on a life of it's own!

My educational background is nutrition counseling, herbology and other forms of wholistic healing. I have always tried to include a little of that knowledge into each of my classes as I believe the two go hand in hand. Although I started with a couple of running classes, over the years I have expanded my class schedule to include something for everyone. Last year we even added an annual ladies' outdoor fitness & wellness retreat; Women In The Woods! I have also been lucky to find a crew of fantastic instructors so we can offer a variety of classes second to none! Make sure you check out our schedule while you're here!

I have lived in Red Deer most of my life, and I love it! We are lucky to live in a city that puts such an emphasis on our parks and trails. Not to mention we are only three hours from the mountains in either direction. I have been married for five years to Curtis and just this past February we had our first child, the love of our life, Annabelle. We also have two dogs; Scout, as seen above, known to most people who use the Red Deer Trail System as he is on them everyday as our class mascot, and Vegas, our Shitzu who loves to swim all summer at Three Mile Bend.

I hope that as Nature's Path Health & Fitness continues to grow and evolve, I can always maintain the personal touch that I feel is so important in this industry.