Hi, I’m Devra
I attended my first yoga class 18 years ago at age 18, and I have maintained a consistent and daily practice for the last 15 years.
I believe in the power of yoga, in its whole, as an internal process. Yoga is a practice to touch deeper into ourselves and experience ourselves more fully, as a means to elevate consciousness.
I teach yogic techniques such as asana, pranayama, and meditation to be used as tools to help us tune into the process of yoga and utilize energetic currents. I recognize and personally experience the power of yoga and I hope that the techniques I share can help others along this path.
I seek to promote health and fuller lived experience by teaching energetically inspired practices. I try to encourage the internal process of yoga, while not shying away from the physical benefits as well.
I aim to be gentle, kind, and open – to approach with lightness and space, while maintaining commitment and a certain vigor in the practice – gentle strength.
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Yoga Certifications and Qualifications
Completed 560 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Certification at Ashtanga Yoga Tel Aviv in June 2018
Completed first 300 Hour Yoga Teacher Certification at Ashtanga Yoga Tel Aviv in July 2015
Recognized by Israel Yoga Teacher’s Association
Completed Developmental Yoga for Children Series with Dudu Hakimian of YogaLand in July of 2016
Into the Depths Yoga Philosophy Course Year 2 with internationally renowned yoga teacher, Ty Landrum, currently
Completed Into the Depths Yoga Philosophy Course Year 1 with Ty Landrum in May 2022
Completed many, many workshops, intensives, retreats, and courses relative to the following subjects: Ashtanga Primary Series, Ashtanga Intermediate Series, Ashtanga Advanced A Series, Vinyasa Yoga Sequencing, Asana, Pranayama, Meditation, Chanting, Yoga Alignment, Physical Adjustments and Assists, Yoga Therapy, Yoga Philosophy, Chair Yoga, Yoga during Pregnancy, and more.
Upon graduating from university, I traveled around for the next several years, thus maintained a primarily self-guided and home practice in Vinyasa and Ashtanga. In 2015 I met Maya Gross of Ashtanga Yoga Tel Aviv. Maya taught me the Ashtanga Yoga System and broadened by knowledge considerably. I proceeded to do all my official teaching certifications under her instruction, and continue to remain in touch with her and practice with her. In early 2017 I first met Ty Landrum at a workshop in Tel Aviv. Since then I have completed several courses, workshops, retreats, intensives, and visits with Ty, and he has been my primary teacher and mentor for the last several years. My style of teaching is largely influenced by what I have learned from him.
I have experience teaching the following demographics: adults, children, teenagers, elderly (Holocaust Survivors), at risk women, pregnant women, and students with injuries.
I have taught in the following capacities: private lessons, private small groups, studio group classes, at high tech companies, online, extended courses, assisted workshops, assisted retreats, organized yoga workshops, and for several volunteer projects.
I teach yoga in two languages – English and Hebrew, and I teach both in Israel and the United States.
Outside of yoga, I hold a B.A. in History and Sociology with a Minor in Business from the University of Texas at Austin, as well as an M.A. in Holocaust Studies from the University of Haifa.
Other interesting certifications: I recently completed a certified course in vegan cooking.