About Us
Kelly Beaty
- Yoga has been a part of my life for over twenty years now! What started as curiosity about a new fitness option turned into fascination with a discipline that has the potential to improve life on deeper levels as well. This fascination has led me to study yoga broadly—in a variety of settings, through a wide range of styles, and from differing philosophical approaches. In addition to becoming a Registered Yoga Teacher, I have training in yoga for seniors, adaptive yoga, and yoga as an expression of personal faith.* But really, I my most effective training has been a steady personal practice. Ultimately, I believe yoga is about the relationship we have with ourselves. As a teacher, I offer safe and effective practices that can vary in intensity to meet the needs of individual students. *Dharma Yoga Teacher Training (RYT-200), 2015 *Holy Yoga, 2016 *Duke Integrative Medicine: Integrative Yoga for Seniors Professional Training, 2017 *Mind Body Solutions’ Intro to Adaptive Yoga, 2020
Jenny Moreno
Jenny has been practicing yoga for over 30 years. A retired educator, she was certified with the yoga alliance as a RYT200 in Dec 2019 and has been teaching a variety of styles since then. Jenny believes in the power of yoga to uplift and transform everyday people. She lives in Flat Rock with her husband, dogs, chickens, and a very regal and impressive cat.
Paula Naputano
Paula's been a dedicated mindfulness practitioner since 2010 and received her meditation teacher certification in 2019 from The Mindfulness Center in Bethesda, Maryland. She’s completed over 200 hours of coursework and hands-on teaching through the Science of Mindful Awareness Meditation Teacher program. She's worked with several non-profits that support our veterans and seniors with age-related challenges, as well as their caregivers.
Paula's mission is to serve and support others by creating a safe, comfortable space of encouragement, offering effective mindfulness tips & techniques, and valuable insights that help her clients heal and live more satisfying and meaningful lives.
Paula recently relocated to Flat Rock from southeast Wisconsin with her husband and cat. She enjoys exploring the beauty of western N.C. and practicing guitar in her downtime.
Jill McMillion
Jill is retired from the IT field and has been practicing White Crane Tai Chi for nine years under the tutelage of Hanshi Travis Ginn of the Traditional Martial Arts Center in Etowah. Now a certified instructor, Jill loves sharing Tai Chi with students of all ages and physical abilities.
Christy Alexander
Stay Tuned! Bio to follow......
Mary Miller
coming soon!
Garrett LaValley
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Arlene Riley, owner and teacher
- Life Education/ Certification > UNC Chapel Hill, NCSU School of Design, RYT200 One Center Yoga, YogaFit Level 1. Yoga studies with Judith Lasater, ParaYoga, Amrit Yoga Institute.
- Why did you become a yoga teacher > My yoga teacher needed a sub and asked me to get certified.
- Hobbies and Interests > Making art, hiking, sound therapy, gardening
- Life Motto > The worst lies are the ones we tell ourselves.
- Background/Life Experience > Design positions with IBM, UNC Public TV, Burroughs Wellcome, Sales with Bell Atlantic, commercial real estate firms, Adjunct professor in art and design, Midlands Tech & Brevard College, former owner of CarePatrol of WNC
- Modalities and Specialities > Restorative, Vinyasa, Yin, Yoga Nidra
About Spiritus Yoga
A friend dragged me to a yoga class in 1999. I was a single mother with 2 kids, going through a rough time.
This studio was built in the teacher's backyard, with glass walls, candlelight and soft music. The teacher gave us down-filled comforters during savasana and she wore bright red lipstick and a beautiful white turban. I was enchanted.
Back then, I didn't really understand what was going on in that tiny glass studio but I felt love, wisdom and truth and I was hooked.
Spiritus was born of the desire to give to others what I was given in 1999- a compassionate environment offering three things besides "just a yoga class"-
CLARITY
Why are you here? What are you doing with the precious minutes of your life? How can you live skillfully, both with the ordinary routines as well as the out-of-the-box surprises?
CARE (as in "self"-care)
We all want to live well and need support to do so. Often friends and family are unable or unwilling to give us what we truly need. Yoga offers the tools for you to thrive and survive in all circumstances.
COMMUNITY
Join our classes of like-minded people that are likely searching for the same thing.
