Desiree Wood This blog has been written by Desiree Wood Des is a Nurse Practitioner in Critical Care at the VA, Anatomy specialist for...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Brenda with her family. Maybe a decade older but feeling a generation younger. This Blog was written by Brenda. Ignore the side note on...

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...

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...

Washington State Private School Certification above Yoga Alliance 200 hour School Certification! After many months of working with...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...