Kim Valeri Povey, CAP CHW, AYT, C-IAYT, Kim turned to alternative medicine in the early 1980s. Through meditation, Kim realized firsthand the power of healing chronic pain, which opened the doorway to her mystical journey with yoga. Her transformation in overcoming serious near-death injury, illness, and life events has allowed her to learn to release pain and suffering and, in turn, help others. Kim studied with Senior Iyengar Teacher Patricia Walden in Somerville, MA, In the late '80s, and in 1993, Kim took Patricia's first public Two Year Teacher Training program, which was completed in 1995. Kim highly respects the excellent education she received in the Iyengar Tradition, and much inspiration from that time in her life is rooted in her teaching today. Kim has been using yoga to help others and is a Certified Yoga Therapist through the International Yoga Therapy Association (C-IAYT) and the National Ayurveda Medical Association (NAMA).

Kim is currently a Ayurvedic Doctor Level Practitioner through Kerala Ayurveda Academy under Vaidya Jayarajan Kodikannath and studied Satvavjaya with Smriti Institute Founder Dr. KV Dilipkumar. She is a Board Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner since 2018. In 1994 she was certified in Kundalini Yoga and continued to follow the path of inner contemplation and direct experience. This led her to the path of Surat Shabda Yoga, where the innermost teachings of mystical yoga through contemplation of inner sound brought everything together for her teachings and influenced Kim as part of Yogaspirit’s teaching.