Out running the Viking; Mid-Evil times, Comparison and Resiliency action. This last week I had a great opportunity to travel abroad to Ireland. It was an important trip for many reasons. My husband and I were traveling alone for more than a weekend, without out our 2 and half year-old daughter for the first time since she was born, (thank you grandma!). It was also my first transatlantic flight in almost 4 years and I was looking forward to the discovery of a new adventure. A

Amy; beauty and yoga inside and out! The essay you are about to read was written by Amy, one of Spira’s amazing teachers. The beauty of her writing, the rhythmic undulations of her thoughts completely engulfed me, she is truly beauty and yoga inside and outside! Amy teaches mostly morning classes at Spira, she also has a lovely pilates studio that keeps her very busy, along with two young boys! She is a joy to know, and certainly a gift in my life. -Dora – owner of Spira P

You want a New Year’s Resolution that will work guaranteed? Stop setting goals at New Year’s. To this of course you may say, OK Dora, do you seriously wish not to improve my life or to reach my goals? I say: heck no! That is not what I mean. I simply mean that goal setting is the wrong approach. To understand my reasoning you must recognize two innate condition that drive any goal setting activity. The first is desire. You desire your goal. Seems obvious, but it is when thing

Listen now I was driving home when I got the call. All I could hear is “terrible” “accident” “dead”.  It took me a whole day to put some kind of cohesion between those words. “What is going on?”  – My mind kept reviewing a list of names. Names of friends, some very close, some not so close that passed away in the past 12 months. I had difficulty sleeping that night. So I picked up a book that was on my night table in hopes of diverting my attention.  As I flipped through the

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