Dance of Shakti
Shakti Module• 300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training
An Shakti-filled fusion of inner sensation, blissful holistic movement, serene stillness, and boundless creativity that will transform your approach to your yoga, movement and sequencing practice, propelling you towards spacious self-discovery and spiritual growth.
Live-Online: Aug.1-Sept. 25, 2025
What you will learn
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The Dance of Shiva and Shakti: The Vijnana Bhairava’s teaching of navigating inner and outer reality on and off the mat as a path for spiritual growth
Physics, Physiology & The Self: Reconnecting with the Profound spaciousness that occupies a majority of both our physical body and universe
Prakasha and Vimarsha: Kashmir Shaivsim’s teaching on the reflection of awareness that encompass both an outer object and our Inner Self.
Biological Composition of Fascia as well as its role in coordinating holistic movement
Swami Muktananda’s teaching on the spontaneous practice of Hatha Yoga
Interoception and Intero-surfing: The neurology of inner sensation, and a key practice for harnessing our Inner Awareness at the onset of every practice
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Physics, Physiology & The Self: How the Higgs Field and our Connective tissue can help us understand Holistic movement
Re-Uniting our Movement Teams: Rolling Sequences that generate more holistic movement and re-unite movement pathways
Rippling through the fascial lines: Moving with Effortless Effort through the primary movements of our Asana practice as a method of re-kindling inner awareness
‘Churning’ inner awareness in continuity: Kashmir Shaivism’s teaching on ‘Nāda’, and how our movement can generate more inner awareness.
The dynamic flowing essence of awareness: The Pratybhijnahirdayam’s teaching of ‘Cid-Rasa’, how we can learn to move like the Yogic Universe.
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Teaching From Inside 3.0: The Vijnana Bhairava’s approach to generating inner awareness through the outer circumstances of our life
Matrika Shakti & The Three Levels of Speech: Kashmir Shaivism’s teaching on how to teach from the heart, transforming words into energy.
Philosophy in practice: Merging inner and outer worlds through a variety of Om-based Mantra practices such as ‘Rolling OMs’ and ’ Middle Path OMs’
Catching the shooting star of Inspiration: The Shiva Sutra’s teaching on how to prepare to receive inspiration when writing a yoga class, or teaching one.
The Shakti Flow: The structure and approach to the most important building block of a Vinyasa Flow Class.
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The Yogic Story of Creation: How we can not only understand but skillfully participate in Kashmir Shavism’s explanation of the ‘5 Acts of Shiva’, an explanation of the Universe’s ongoing means of creation.The Spring of “Unmesha”: Kashmir Shaivism’s description of how reality blooms, and how we can bloom with it on our mats and in our lives
Our Inner Spring: Tracing the path of the Spiral line and its role in holistic fully body movement
“Gram for Gram, stronger than steel”: The strength and spring of our connective tissue
Use it or Lose it: Re-patterning the bounce in our connective tissue through spring and momentum
Everyday Unmesha: Rediscovering the spring and spiral of everyday movement in walking and getting up and down from the floor.
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Dissolving into Stillness: Kashmir Shaivism’s teaching of “Nimesha”, the natural path to profound stillness
“Stilling the Thought Waves”: Patanjali’s approach to stillness of body, breath and mind.
“Invisible Circles of Stillness”: Using the Vijnana Bhairava to find stillness both in our yoga asanas and in our meditation seat
The Strength of Stillness: Anatomy of the Deep Core, and it’s role in generating inner support for stillness in postures
The Space Between Activities: Bringing the teachings of Nimesha into the in-between spaces of your everyday life
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The ECM & You: The Biology of our Extra Cellular Matrix and its role in Cellular health
Gotta Let if Flow if You Want it to Grow: The supply and demand approach to cellular health, and how Fibroblasts, the most abundant cell in our fascia, get the job done
Cells Need to be Stretched Too: Why movement is key, not only our cellular health, but for informing creation of new cells
Keeping a State of Flow: Swami Rudrananda’s teachings on how to stay open when experiencing tension and resistance
Smooth Motion Cures Commotion: Zen master, Paul Reps’, teachings on how to move like water on your mat as a means of dissolving both physical and subtle tension.
Shakti Vinyasa: The culminating presentation of a Vinyasa Flow Class Structure, incorporating every aspect to the training in one cohesive image and worksheet.