Empowered Yoga

About Empowered Yoga

Our mission is to provide a clean and welcoming space with enthusiastic and learned teachers. Our unique programs will guide you to improved function of the body, clarity of the mind, and a greater sense of awareness. Through the repetition of practice, your body, mind, and spirit will begin to align, creating a more passionate and fulfilling life. 

We are dedicated to helping each and every student along his or her path. All of our teachers have studied the principles of yoga extensively and are registered with Yoga Alliance. Each teacher has been trained in anatomy, physiology, yoga philosophy, and our own Empowered Yoga teaching methodology. Our teachers’ education is further developed in the emerging science of integrated movement through our nationally recognized Balanced Athlete certification program. Each teacher maintains a committed daily practice. We believe that we cannot give what we do not live. 

JOHNNY GILLESPIE, BSc, CSCS, NSCA-CPT, E-RYT 500, YACEP
Founder

Johnny Gillespie is a true revolutionary. To state it simply, he has developed a unique operating system to teach people how to move more efficiently and safely. A graduate of the School of Physical Education at West Virginia University, he has been a dedicated student of human movement since 1991. 

He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), a Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) with the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), and a certified 500-Hour Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) with Yoga Alliance. He had the honor of being awarded his meditation instructor certification by David Nichtern, senior teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist Lineage.

Every year since 2005, the NSCA has engaged Johnny to offer presentations about Balanced Athlete. He is the creator of an online video series, “Balanced Runner” --- www.runnersworld.com. He has written many training manuals and is a continuing education provider for the American Council on Exercise (ACE), the American Fitness Aerobics Association (AFAA), the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM), and the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA).  

Johnny’s teaching and coaching combine over two decades of experience that fuses personal training, strength and conditioning, yoga, and meditation into one powerful experience.