Chaya Spencer

Contact Information   
3 Barnstable Court
Saddle River, New Jersey
United States
Email: chaya@shreeyoga.com
Phone: (201)822-1131
Website: www.ShreeYoga.com


Schedule  
Shree Yoga Studio 
3 Barnstable Court
Saddle River, New Jersey 



Events  
Name Date Location Type
Shree Teacher Training Sep 7, 2013 - May 4, 2014 Saddle River, New Jersey Teacher Training


Professional Background  
Chaya is a certified Anusara Yoga Teacher since 2002. She is also an E-RYT500 Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance. Chaya has been practicing yoga for over 25 years. She runs an Anusara style studio in Saddle River, NJ.



Yoga Background  
In 1977, at the age of 14, Chaya made her first pilgrimage to India to study yoga philosophy and meditation with your Guru, Baba Muktananda. Ever since that initial visit, yoga, chanting and meditation have been an integral part of her daily life. After many years of practice, her great love of yoga naturally led her to want to teach and share yoga with others. In 1990, Chaya completed a nine month hatha yoga teachers certification course in India.

Chaya moved to Rockland County, New York, in 1997 with her family where she began teaching a popular ongoing series of Anausara yoga classes. It is her intention to share thejoy and grace that yoga has brought into her life with her students, and to help them bring out the best in themselves. Chaya`s teaching is influenced most strongly by Gurumayi and John Friend with whom she continues her studies each summer.

Aside from her yoga practice, Chaya loves to sing bhajans - poems from India and accompanies herself on the harmonium. She has two delightful children: Daniel, age 9, and Sophia, age 5. Her husband William is a great support and regular student at her classes.


Questions and Answers   

Q: What other hobbies do you have aside from yoga practice?
A: I love to read. Fantasy books are my favorite.

Q: What is the title of a book that you have read recently that you could strongly recommend?
A: The Power of One is an amazing book about a young South African boy at the time of the Second World War. It is incredibly inspiring and demonstrates beautifully the power of the human spirit.

Q: What is one of your all-time favorite movies?
A: I really enjoyed August Rush. It had all the elements in a movie I love, including a happy ending!

Q: What is one place that you would like to visit in the world? Why?
A: I've always wanted to go to Greece - it sounds so exotic and romantic.

Q: What's your favorite color?
A: At the moment, shades of purple.

Q: What award in high school should you have won?
A: None! I only attended one year!

Q: What is one of the funniest incidents that occurred in one of your yoga classes?
A: