ABOUT CARLA DOUROS
I believe that yoga can change the world - one heart at a time.
Yoga can bring strength, flexibility and balance to your body, as well as enhance your immune system. More importantly, yoga empowers you - mind, body and spirit - to take responsibility for your health and control of your destiny!
Yoga is not the only path, but it has been an important part of my journey since I was 19! I have had a wonderful life of adventure and travel. I was a paramedic on the Chicago Fire Department and earned a Ph.D. in Physiological Psychology from UIC. I traveled around the world, studying Tai Chi in Thailand, Tibetan medicine in Nepal and acupressure massage in Malaysia. I became a certified yoga instructor in 2001 and am so happy to have found my niche. My yoga classes are a blend of Kripalu and Iyengar disciplines; breathing into postures, focusing on alignment, and pausing to receive the benefits.
I continue to study and teach aspects of the mind/body/spirit relationship and am passionate about sharing my experience with yoga students and teachers. I am in awe of the human body and consider it a blessing to be able to teach anatomy and physiology to yoga teachers in training.
Namaste,
Carla Douros, Ph.D., RYT 500
carla@mindbodyandyoga.net
ARTICLES
- Autism Within the Yoga Community - July/August 2012
- One Small Step at a Time: Yoga for People with Disabilities - Oct 2010
- NIH Yoga Week - Yoga Chicago, Sept./Oct. 2008
- Post-Apocalyptic Yoga in New Orleans - Yoga Chicago, Jan./Feb. 2008
- The Yoga of Autism - Yoga Chicago, Nov./Dec. 2006
EXPERIENCE
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
- BA University of Illinois at Chicago, 1974 (Psychology and Education with departmental honors and distinction)
- MA University of Illinois at Chicago, 1986.
- PhD University of Illinois at Chicago, 1990. (Physiological Psychology)
PARAMEDIC
- Chicago Fire Department 1977-1986
ACADEMIC TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- University of Illinois at Chicago
- Introduction to Psychology as a Biological Science
- Introduction to Research Methods
- Lab in Cognition and Memory
- Physiological Psychology
- Governors State University
- Adult Development and Aging
- Seasons of Life
- Principles of Psychology
- Lab in Personal Stress Management
- Health Psychology
STRESS MANAGEMENT SEMINARS
- Chicago Fire Department Paramedic Training
- Malcolm X College Paramedic Training
- Governors State University Psychology Department
YOGA TEACHING
- Bodhi Spiritual Center, Chicago
- Rio Chirripo Retreat Center, Costa Rica
- Bloom Yoga Studio, Chicago
- Casa dos Rios, Costa Rica
- Eight Limbs Yoga Center, Chicago
- Ojo del Mar, Costa Rica
- Sanctuary Healing Arts Retreat Environment, Costa Rica
- Tierra de Milagros, Costa Rica
- The Yoga Boutique, Chicago
- Yoga Now, Chicago
TEACHING ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY FOR YOGA TEACHER TRAININGS
- Dancing Feet Yoga - New Buffalo, MI - 2011
- Union/Yoga - Lake Leelanau, MI - 2010
- Yoga Matrix Studio - Orlando, FL - 2007
- Sonic Yoga - New York City - 2012
- Bamboo Yoga Play - Costa Rica - 2012
- The Yoga Sequence - Costa Rica - 2011, 2012
- Dancing Feet Yoga - New Buffalo, MI - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
- Blue Heron Wellness - Silver Spring, MD - 2010
- Devi Yoga - Sedona, AZ - 2002
- Eight Limbs Yoga Center - Chicago, IL - 2002, 2003, 2004
- Healing Power Yoga - Highland Park, IL - 2004
- Yoga Now - Chicago, IL - 2010
- Union/Yoga - Lake Leelanau, MI - 2006, 2009
500-Hour Level
200-Hour Level
HEALING ARTS
- Professional Level Kripalu Yoga Teacher, RYT 500
- Tai Chi Chuan
- Thai Massage Therapist
- Acupressure Massage Therapist
- Interactive Guided Imagery Therapist
- Biofeedback Relaxation Techniques