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Terra Yoga has joined Yoga for Hope to put an end to Cancer, Diabetes, and HIV/AIDS. We want to build a large team to raise as much money as we can. Terra yogi James Hubbard is our team captain and will be representing Terra Yoga at the Seattle Yoga for Hope Event on July 14. Please click here to donate to the cause and join our team!

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200-HR VINYASA TEACHER TRAINING WITH CARINA TERRA, LIZ DOYLE & ALI VALDEZ 

Terra Yoga: February 22-24th 
Garopaba, Brazil March 1-14th

Terra Yoga: March 22-24th

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Announcing a new addition to the many wonderful things Terra Yoga has going on...Terra Yoga Run Club!!!! An ALL levels running group that will meet at Terra Wednesday mornings at 7am (optional 6am class with the fabulous Rebecca Pitzer). We'll explore the trails around the area, go for a 45-60 min run, and be done by 8:30am - so you still have time to make it to work!!! This is a great way to get more involved in the Terra Yoga community, and best of all, it's FREE!! Come get your run on!! 

We have a lot to celebrate and be thankful for at Terra Yoga. 2012 has definitely been a transformational year for us. In our 9th year of existence, we've reached many important milestones and are ready to embrace the next step in our evolution. Nine ("Nava" in the Sanskrit language), also means "New," thus indicating the advent of a New World Order based upon the Eternal Principle of All-Encompassing Unity and Harmony. This is just the beginning...We have big plans for the next 9 years. 

Terra Yoga is in the process of becoming more than just a yoga studio. Yoga is much more than just the yoga poses that we do. Yoga is everything, yoga is our life. Our vision is to become a wellness and yoga center - a place where yogis and yoginis come not only to get a physical workout and stay in shape but also a school where students of all levels can learn, evolve and heal physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. In addition to our high-quality yoga classes and workshops, we will soon be offering continuing education courses, retreats and teacher trainings.  

With that in mind, we have already begun to take steps to make our vision of becoming a wellness and yoga center a reality: 

I have recently finished the 500-hour teacher training I started in January of last year. During the course of my training, I had the honor and pleasure of studying under many yoga luminaries. It was a truly humbling experience. In the process I also met some other wonderful yogis and yoginis who have become dear friends. This certification is not only an important milestone in my role as studio owner, but it has also changed the way I teach and view the world. This training also showed me that I am on the right path, that I am following my dharma, or purpose in life, and stressed the fact that to be a good yoga teacher one has to be an eternal student. I still have so much to learn... I look forward to the next step in my yogic journey and hope to continue to share my experiences with you all.  

My RYT 500 status, in conjunction with my earlier ERYT 200 certification, opens many doors as far as what I can offer at Terra Yoga. Our studio is now a Registered Yoga School with the Yoga Alliance at the 200-hour level (RYS 200), and we are launching our first teacher training in Brazil in March of 2013, with seasoned yoga teachers Ali Valdez and Liz Doyle as my co-teachers. The three of us have over thirty years of combined experience. In addition to being members of our TT faculty, Liz Doyle teaches her signature style Dynamic Vinyasa classes on Mondays and Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m. at Terra Yoga; and Ali Valdez hosts regular workshops at Terra, subs for me, and leads our 40-Day Challenge. Our inaugural training will be a unique experience! The training is open to yoga students who want to become yoga teachers as well as those students who have no interest in teaching but want to deepen their practice. 

As we expand our horizons, it is also time for us to move into a newer, bigger location with showers, more parking, and other amenities. We are in the process of finding the perfect spot for our new studio here in Issaquah. We will have more details to share with you once we secure this new location. 

You can expect to continue to receive top-quality instruction at our new location. Our teachers have attended some of the best trainings in the country. Yoga is a way of life for our teachers, not just a job: we stay up to date and continue to better ourselves year after year. In order to teach Yoga, which is a science and art of living, we must practice that way of living ourselves, which involves teaching and practicing not just Asana (the physical postures) but all of the 8 limbs of Yoga. If we practice and teach only Yoga poses, we might as well call what we are teaching by a name other than Yoga. As I say often in class, unless the practice quiets the mind, it is not Yoga. At Terra Yoga you get the real deal, the entire spectrum of the yogic experience. 

I am very thankful for our loyal and knowledgeable staff. As a result, May is Teacher Appreciation Month at Terra Yoga! We will be featuring different teachers on our blog over the next few weeks. We will also have contests and prizes on Facebook to make things even more fun. 

I'd like to acknowledge that we could not have come this far in our evolution without your continuous trust and support over the last nine years. We are planning to have a celebration at Terra Yoga in the near future. More details will be divulged soon. 

Many Blessings,