Des at work at the VA I love to hear from my students on how yoga helps in their everyday lives. I received two beautiful blogs from Des. Des has been a Spira practitioner since I opened, she is also a visiting lecturer on the topics of anatomy and physiology for Spira’s Teacher Trainings. I am publishing part one now for you to enjoy. Look out for part two in a few weeks. – Dora From our new blog by Des Wood: I cannot believe it has been a year since I wrote my first blog p

This blog is first in a series: Mindfulness can heal our world- Part One. Listen now If you are a regular practitioner in my classes, you probably heard me saying; “We are all related. This is not your yoga. This is not YOUR time.” I know some of you are a bit shaken by this statement and may even take it personally in a hurtful way. That is not my intention. My intention is to teach yoga, meditation, and mindfulness. But momentary ease of challenges and temporary reduction o

Spira Power Yoga Teacher Training Class of 2015 - 2016 Teaching 200 HR Yoga Teacher Training and/or Self Enrichment is more than a job for me. It is my life calling. There is something very intimate about connecting to students over 9 months of time. I not only teach yoga philosophy, anatomy, asanas, chakras and so forth, but I also teach self-awareness and a way of being with yoga, living yoga. Because of its intimate nature, I don’t share what happens in Teacher Training, a

This blog is written by Jenna Buckley. She graduated Spira’s teacher training in 2015. —————— Jenna I’m one of those people that think about doing something and then I sit on the idea for quite some time and in this case, a couple years. I knew I loved practicing yoga with all my being but would I love teaching it or would it be forever different for me?   And the answer after getting my 200hr teaching certification was yes; it is now forever different for me mentally, physic

The first day is always the hardest, brand new students from all walks of life with a thousand different expectations. How do I get them excited for the learning ahead? How do I keep them excited? Over the many months of preparation leading up to teaching this course, I realized it was not excitement that I wanted to get across to my students. Rather, I want them to feel what it means to be a yoga teacher. I want them to sense the responsibility that they are undertaking. Too

Washington State Private School Certification above Yoga Alliance 200 hour School Certification! After many months of working with Washington State Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board, I am happy to announce that Spira Power Yoga is now a certified Private Vocational School! What does this mean? After looking through our finances, curriculum, teachers’ backgrounds and physical location, the state has determined that we are a reputable school, that lives up to

We are all Students and Teachers in life. Life is endless learning based on our life experiences and we teach others how to live based on how we act and feel. For this reason Spira Teacher Training is for every seeker, lover and wonderer in life. Spend 8 months taking a deeper look at your life. Find new friends and learn some history, anatomy, philosophy and public speaking techniques as a side benefit. This is one degree that you will use even if you never actually teach in