ABOUT ZENSPOT

ZenSpot’s Mission is to empower people to be themselves.

ZenSpot, Inc. represents an evolution in total wellness and fitness. Conceived in New York in 2007, ZenSpot is headquartered in Oregon and operates facilities in Portland and Eugene. Its services are delivered regionally, nationally and internationally.

Mission Statement

ZenSpot's Mission is to empower people to be themselves.

Core Values

To be fearless
To celebrate the self and other beings
To learn to love
To cultivate positive energy
To live simply and fully in relationship to the environment 

Through its mission and core values ZenSpot emphasizes the importance of positive energy as a way to sustain and nourish the individual and their community. Positive energy and life affirming balance are created and sustained through holistic efforts that form the basic services of ZenSpot.

At ZenSpot there are three primary paths: Hot Yoga, Human Empowerment (Life Coaching, Nutritional Counseling, Stress Management & reiki Energy Healing) & Feng Shui.

These three paths serve as a catalyst for total wellness and fitness. They fuse of thousands of years of holistic practices, contemporary science and practical application of healthy ways of being. The result is to enliven the mind, rejuvenate the body and soothe the spirit. So what are you waiting for? Visit us and find your ZenSpot!

FOUNDERS & INSTRUCTORS
Dr. Kelli Harrington - Founder
Dr. Kelli Harrington is co-founder of ZenSpot, Inc., a holistic human empowerment company, dedicated to creating positive life balance for mind, body, spirit in the lives of others. The company’s development evolved in part from Harrington’s previous company, KAMP KELLI, whose mission was to stimulate active health and wellness for wome [...] Full Bio
Dr. Michael Bittner - Founder
A native westerner, Dr. Michael Bittner brings a complementary blend of western practicality, free spirit and authenticity to teaching, fitness, interior design and project management to his role as co-founder and managing partner of ZenSpot, Inc., a human empowerment center, whose mission is: Empowering People to be Themselves. Michael views overa [...] Full Bio
Tia Winkler
Tia’s mother introduced her to yoga at the age of 14, and she’s been infatuated ever since. She decided to make the transition to teacher after eight years of practice. “My journey with yoga has taught me so many things and I decided it was time I started sharing my insights with others!” she says. Her favorite pose current [...] Full Bio
Alecs Garrett
Alecs credits yoga with helping her establish priorities and giving her a way to measure her own self-worth. She became a yoga teacher to guide others through ‘their own discovery of how wonderful, amazing and strong they are as individuals,’ she said. Her favorite pose is Twisting Crescent Lunge. “There is something so wonderful [...] Full Bio
Nooshi Dieken
Nooshi Dieken serves at ZenSpot as both instructor and studio manager. She became a teacher to help others find the same potential and balanced state of being she’s experienced as the fruits of her practice. “I am lucky to have teachers who helped guide me through the difficult moments of doubt and negative self-talk by showing me that [...] Full Bio
Julie Marie
A Licensed Massage Therapist since 2008, and a yoga practitioner since 2003, Julie harbored a secret desire to be a teacher for years before taking teacher training. “As a body worker I know the importance of self-care, and yoga is the single best self-care activity I know of,” she says. Julie’s current favorite pose is Standing [...] Full Bio
Maddie Allen
After practicing for three years, Maddie became a teacher to share the healing benefits of yoga with others. She loves taking on a good Warrior. “It requires me to fight with myself to stay in the pose, holding it as deep as I can.” Born in Boulder, she moved to Eugene to attend the University of Oregon, where she currently is a senio [...] Full Bio
Katie Mundal
Katie began practicing hot yoga two years ago and "got hooked after the first time it kicked my butt," she says. After devoting 15 years to dance, Katie now finds that yoga provides a similar combination of stretching and intense workout. In fact, Katie adores sun salutations because they feel like a dance to her. Katie teaches yoga with the hope [...] Full Bio
Megan Popma
After experiencing yoga as a catalyst for tremendous life change over the course of two years of practice, Megan became a teacher to “pay it forward” to new practitioners. “It's a community, and I wanted to become a more integral part of it,” she says. Teaching is also her exit strategy, or ‘Escape from the Killer Cubi [...] Full Bio
Megan Burke
Megan was first introduced to yoga eight years ago. Two years later, she became a yoga addict. She now teaches because she wants to help others become in tune with their bodies and their existence. “Sharing yoga is such a gift!” she says. Megan is also a PhD Student in Philosophy at the University of Oregon and an Instructor in Women& [...] Full Bio
Todd Anthony Tucholke
Completing ZenSpot teacher training last summer helped Todd realize his intention to do something positive with his time and energy. A practitioner of eight years, teaching yoga has always been in the back of Todd’s mind, and the ZenSpot community and teacher training program proved to be a great fit. The youngest of four children from a far [...] Full Bio