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Wishing you a year full of breath and joy of new perspectives in 2016!
So I will not talk of resolutions, I believe that topic has been chewed down to pure bone on mass media. I will rather talk of breath and...
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Spira
Nov 29, 20155 min read
The Prenatal Yoga Journey at Spira
The Mindful Mama Desiree Wood is nurse practitioner at the VA Puget sound and has been practicing yoga in the Seattle area for over 13...
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Spira
Nov 4, 20153 min read
A Shout Out for Liberal Education
Liberal education is not only useful, it’s a prerequisite, the life blood of a healthy society. I am not advocating that we should all...
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Spira
Sep 21, 20153 min read
Hippocratic Oath re-written for Yoga Healers
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...
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Spira
Jul 22, 20155 min read
Calling an end to masculine and feminine labels in yoga
LiEffort with Ease Listen now I occasionally hear instruction from yoga teachers to roll either to the left or the right side of the body...
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Spira
Jun 24, 20152 min read
Reflections on our retreat experience
It seems to me that nowadays we put all of our experiences into images before we had a chance to feel the moment. Selfies and views of...
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Spira
Jun 6, 20154 min read
Age IS in our control – Brenda’s blog
Brenda with her family. Maybe a decade older but feeling a generation younger. This Blog was written by Brenda. Ignore the side note on...
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Spira
May 20, 20154 min read
Local doesn’t end with broccoli and eggs
We all know the benefits of eating local. It’s better, fresher food. It may be a little more expensive but we’re willing to pay the extra...
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Spira
Apr 15, 20157 min read
Measuring ourselves to death….
Listen now I awaken to my alarm, hear the rain on the roof, and slowly open my eyes. Rolling out of bed, I navigate the hallway toward...
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Spira
Mar 31, 20151 min read
Spira is now certified by Washington State as a Vocational School!
Washington State Private School Certification above Yoga Alliance 200 hour School Certification! After many months of working with...
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Spira
Feb 11, 20159 min read
Let’s talk about vaccines. Dora’s interview with Shannon Schneider PhD
Listen now I am confused. I am confused about vaccines. When I immigrated with my family to Los Angeles, in order to attend school as an...
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Spira
Jan 26, 20152 min read
Maybe money does not run the universe…or maybe it is a fluke :-)
In the last two weeks Spira got named number one yoga studio in Seattle by Seattle SunTimes and was mentioned as one of the best studios...
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Spira
Dec 29, 20149 min read
Why ‘Setting Goals’ fails for most of us and why we keep doing it.
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...
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Spira
Nov 19, 20145 min read
The funny side of Thanksgiving with a very serious Thank You at the end by Dora
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. What is there not to like? It is a gathering with lots of food, family and friends. There...
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Spira
Oct 29, 20142 min read
Happy Halloween 2014
It took me a long time to get into the spirit of Halloween. In my home country Halloween corresponds to Day of the Dead. We take flowers...
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Spira
Sep 8, 20149 min read
Importance of preserving culture but not identity
The philosophy of yoga is very much occupied with finding “true self”, but what that means can be quite tricky to figure out. We are...
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Spira
Jul 27, 20144 min read
In loving memory…
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...
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Spira
May 6, 20143 min read
We are all Students and Teachers in life.
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...
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Apr 4, 201410 min read
Social Media, Images and Yoga – is it a tool or is it harmful?
Notice how black and white images make you feel when they do not focus Listenon sexual body parts. Listen now What is in an image? Can...
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Spira
Nov 21, 20134 min read
The Season of gratitude – Thanksgiving
The human body and spirit is amazingly resilient but at the same time shockingly fragile. If we build awareness of our own fragility, if...
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