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What is MiaYoga?

Mia is Maria Johnson, an experienced registered yoga instructor in the Salt Lake valley. Maria's been teaching since 1999 for the prestigious Cliff Spa at Snowbird and she is certified through Nancy Ruby's Iyengar influenced YogaMotion 200 hour certification. Mia is also registered through the Yoga Alliance as an E-RYT 200.

Mia is so grateful to have studied at workshops taught by amazing teachers like John Friend, Jamie Allison, Nancy Ruby, Baron Baptiste and in May 2007 attended a 30 hour spinal integration intensive with Donna Farhi.  

Mia's classes are great for beginners and seasoned yogis alike.   Mia is experienced and comfortable teaching classes ranging from physically challenging to restorative, gentle therapeutics, and prenatal yoga.   With nearly 10 years experience as an instructor, she has the capacity to modify yoga for anyone's special needs.  When asked about it, she says: 

"MiaYoga is a continuation of all the wonderful things I've soaked up from the brilliant teachers that have come before me. It's my goal through MiaYoga to offer a peaceful practice where anyone can feel welcome to choose options that best fit the needs of their unique body. My job is to facilitate ideas that assist you safely on your road toward wellness through yoga."

"Our MiaYoga practice starts before the poses with the practice of loving kindness for ourselves and our planet. Without that, you may not even make it to the mat! Explore all the wonderful ways to cultivate mindfulness, engage and explore the body. Experience that deep sense of wholeness that comes from knowing you are as much a part of the earth as any animal or tree. We are interconnected and never really alone. We are all in this together."

The MiaYoga approach to yoga empowers students with a wealth of options in practice to accommodate all of our experience levels, injuries & dis-ease in the body. MiaYoga encourages the developement of your personal practice by teaching you to listen to a deeper source of knowledge from within, your internal feedback from your body. MiaYoga places emphasis on realizing our relationship with the natural world, and cultivating an organic, nurturing energy to your yoga practice.

The Elements of Miayoga are Mia's approach to bringing "stirha sukha asanam", the balance of effort and ease within each pose by invoking the elements of earth, fire, water and air.