Create a professional and personal healing practice
using the tools of Yoga, Ayurveda, and Meditation

200 hour program

Shiva Shakti Synthesis is a yoga teacher-training program approved by the Yoga Alliance at the 200- hour level. It prepares the practitioner to teach classes in a variety of settings and to a wide range of populations.

Shiva Shakti Synthesis incorporates and integrates the vast body of therapeutic wisdom, which has been studied, practiced, and taught by Yoga practitioners throughout the ages. It draws from a wide range of traditions, all of which can be traced back to original source materials. At the same time, it seeks to create an understanding of this wisdom so it is applicable and useful for “householders” in the 21st century while documenting its therapeutic value through modern science.

This program is open to anyone with a basic foundation in yoga (at least 6 months of a regular practice) and is especially suitable for anyone interested in a “whole person” approach to teaching and practice. Students will experience the elements of Yoga, Ayurveda, and Meditation, including asana, pranayama, mudras and mantras, body awareness, deep relaxation, guided imagery and yoga nidra while learning how they can be woven together in a way that maintains the integrity of the traditions while making yoga accessible to all. Students can complete this training program in nine months with weekend classes held monthly. It includes an internship under the direction of a professional mentor.

In addition to the director, Janice George, there will be various guest teachers. These men and women bring with them a wealth of knowledge and their love of yoga. The staff consists of Shannon Clark RYT, Dr. Vijay Jain, Dianne Kadonaga O.T., Mary Sinclair LMT, and Suzanne Roberts RPP.

The Curriculum

History and Philosophy

The Physical Body
Anatomy and Physiology, Asanas and their Principles of Alignment, Yamas and Niyamas, and an Introduction to Ayurveda.

The Energy Body
Breath, Prana and Pranayama, and the Chakra System.

The Emotional Body
Stress: Its impact and skills to reduce it.

The Wisdom Body
Guided Imagery, Witness Consciousness, Yoga Nidra.

The Bliss Body
Meditation techniques.

Putting It All Together
Class Sequencing and Structure, Creating Safe and Healthy Boundaries, Ethics, Practice Teach, Internship, Monthly Homework for Integration.

Mission Statement

The vision of Shiva Shakti Synthesis is to provide a quality program that is affordable and accessible. We seek to create a non-judgemental, non-competitive learning environment where the student feels free to explore the five bodies or "sheaths" of the yoga tradition-the physical, energy, emotional, wisdom and bliss bodies - and re-member their wholeness. In this safe haven, students can find any starting place for themselves and then work, play, and dance to unwind and create healing in all levels of their being. Through this reconnection, the student facilitates his or her own perfectly unique integration and unity, and from that place finds his or her unique, divine voice as a teacher.

The 200-hour Shiva Shakti Synthesis Teacher Training Program provides the needed foundational skills for becoming a yoga teacher and prepares the student for advanced study. We also offer a Yoga Alliance approved 500-hour course that takes the material further.

The tuition includes a manual, posture cards and other resources that will support teaching and practice, both now and in the future.

Janice

Janice has a Master’s Degree in Social Work, has taught yoga for 18 years, is certified through Kripalu and has completed the IYT 500 hour Advanced Professional Yoga Therapy (certification) program. Her teachers include: Todd Norian, Stephen Cope, Mary Lou Weprin, Joseph LaPage, Richard Miller PhD, and Vijay Jain M.D. Additionally, she is trained in Polarity Therapy and Ayurveda.