Program Description
SHIVA YOGA® 200HR YOGA ALLIANCE® TEACHER TRAINING
Registered Teacher Training Program with Founder of Shiva Yoga® Garth Hewitt
Founder of Shiva Yoga® and creator of the program, Garth Hewitt, draws on his extensive knowledge and practice of yoga with his teacher’s; Sri Dharma Mittra, Srivatsa Ramaswami, Annie Carpenter, the Patthabi Jois family, Dr. Larry Payne, Dr. Christopher Chapple, Dr. Richard Miller and Jill Miller, as well as 25 years of practicing yoga and 18 years of yoga teaching experience.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PROGRAM:
• 200+ Contact Hours
• 40+ hrs of Yoga Theory
• 40+ hrs of Asana Breakdown
• 40+ hrs of Practice Teaching
• Opening & Closing Ceremonies
• A Special Fire Cleansing Ritual
• Daily Personal Sadhana
• Advanced Shiva Yoga® Workshops
• A Partner Yoga Workshop
• Shiva Yoga® Maha Sadhana Event
• A Special Presentation of the film “A History of Yoga” by Deepika and Ramji.
SHIVA YOGA® CERTIFICATION & YOGA ALLIANCE® REGISTRATION:
The Shiva Yoga® 200hr Yoga Alliance® Registered Teacher Training Program is the ideal program for the serious practitioner of yoga and essential for those who want to become a certified Shiva Yoga® Shiva Vinyasa® Level One teacher and for those who want to become a Yoga Alliance® registered yoga teacher at the 200hr level.
SHIVA YOGA® LINEAGE:
Shiva Yoga® draws inspiration from; Dharma Yoga, Vinyasa Krama, Vinyasa Flow, Mysore Style Ashtanga Yoga, Iyengar Yoga, iRest, Yoga Therapy Rx and Yoga Tune Up.
TOPICS OF STUDY:
· Samkhya Yoga Philosophy
· Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras
· The 8 Limbs of Yoga
· Meditation
· Tantra Yoga Philosophy
· The Hatha Yoga Pradipika
· Cleansing & Purifying Techniques
· Bandha, Mudra and the Chakras
· Anatomy of Breathing
· Yogic Breathing
· Pranayama
· Self-Practice
· Personal Sadhana
· Practice Teaching
· Yoga Lineage
· Modern Styles of Yoga
· The History of Yoga
· Yoga As a Practice
· Yoga As a System of Philosophy
· Yoga Anatomy
· Applied Anatomy
· Asana Breakdown
· Yoga Etiquette
· Practice Guidelines
· Teaching Guidelines
· Sequencing a Yoga Class
· Using Props & Modifications
· Adjustments
· Pre-natal Yoga
· The Business of Teaching Yoga
Garth is a 500hr E-RYT with Yoga Alliance®, Teacher Trainer, Yoga Therapist, Certified Yogaworks Teacher, Certified Dharma Yoga Teacher, and has led Classes, Workshops, Retreats, and Teacher Trainings, in Los Angeles, and around the world.
Garth taught for several years at the original Yogaworks in Santa Monica and at Exhale – the Center for Sacred Movement in Venice. He led the first Pure Yoga Teacher Training, in Los Angeles, at Equinox, with Ashley Turner. He has been featured in and contributes regularly to: Yoga Journal, Yoga Journal China, Yoga Journal Japan, Men’s Health Magazine, Mantra Magazine, Yoga Life Magazine Dubai, Yoga & Wellness Dubai, Yoganonymous, LA Yoga, Yoga in China and Shanghai Daily News. Garth has completed over 2000 hours of Teacher Training with his teachers and Yoga Therapy Rx training at Loyola Marymount University.
He completed teacher training at Yogaworks in Santa Monica with Annie Carpenter & James Brown, mentoring with Annie Carpenter, advanced teacher training at the Dharma Yoga Center in New York, with Sri Dharma Mittra and additional advanced teacher training at Loyola Marymount University, with Srivatsa Ramaswami. He has spent time in Mysore, India, studying Ashtanga Yoga, with the Sri K. Patthabi Jois family, practicing with Saraswati Jois, and in Chennai, India, studying Yoga philosophy, meditation, and Vedic chanting at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram.
He also completed the Yoga Therapy Rx program, at Loyola Marymount University, with Dr. Larry Payne, completed Yoga Tune Up® teacher training, with Jill Miller, and completed iRest yoga nidra training with Dr. Richard Miller. Garth is the creator of the Shiva Yoga® style of yoga. His signature Shiva Vinyasa®, Shiva Flow™ & Shiva Power® classes focus on setting intentions, practicing gratitude, finding balance and quieting the mind. He also teaches Shiva Deep™ deep stretching classes, Shiva Rest™ yoga nidra guided meditation classes, Shiva Breath™ seated pranayama classes, Shiva Meditation® seated meditation classes, the DharmaYoga advanced psychic development meditation technique, and sees students privately for Yoga Therapy sessions. Garth is also the owner of the Mama Kuka™ yoga props company, which founded the YogaSphere® and the Yogi Pro Kit and progressive yoga strap system, and the owner of the Shiva Yoga® flagship Studio in West Hollywood, California.
Grace's yoga adventure started in 2004. She loved the way yoga made her feel: the greater awareness in her body and easier access to the joy inside. When she took her first class with Keric Morinaga, she knew that it would be a part of her forever. Yoga has given her life more meaning and helped her find her true purpose. Yoga has taught her again and again that the Highest Self is beyond moments of self-doubt, fear, or sorrow. Yoga reminds her that she is not alone, and that we are all on the path to overcome suffering and find lasting peace. Grace strives to uplift each student in every pose, whether it’s “beginner,” “advanced,” or something in between.
Her training includes 200 Hour Anusara Teacher Training, 12 Hour Anusara Yoga For Pregnancy Teacher Training, Yoga Therapy Level 1 at Loyola Marymount University, and 300 Hour Anusara Teacher Training. She wants to thank her extraordinary teachers (Keric, Joy Stone, Lori Rubinstein Fazzio, Laura King, Jeff Bass) and her students for showing her how to practice yoga and for changing her life.
Michelle began her yoga journey 12 years ago and found an instant love for the practice. She always had an affinity for wellness, spirituality, mysticism, and knowledge of self. Yoga opened up a door of healing and presence in her life and she continued to practice daily along with meditation, Ayurveda, and reiki. In 2017 she completed a 10 day Vipassana course and in 2019 she completed her 200 hr RYT training at La Casa Shambala in Thailand. Working in a Montessori preschool, Michelle became the children’s yoga teacher along with teaching private adult lessons.
She began teaching in studios in 2022 and loves the collective energy of flowing together in a space. She teaches Vinyasa, Hatha, and yin style but also loves breathwork, chanting, dance, intuitive movement, and listening to what the body needs. She feels she is merely a vessel to share the medicine of yoga and a forever student.
Erin Yoffee is a Los Angeles-based yoga teacher (& forever student), sound healer, and Certified Superconscious Healer™ – passionate about guiding her students toward an intimate knowing of themselves and their inner peace. With over 400 hours of yoga teacher training completed at Raj Yoga School in Dharamshala, India and Shiva Yoga in West Hollywood, Erin teaches at studios throughout Los Angeles, and enjoys sharing teachings with her online community.
As a Superconscious Healer™, Erin also works with clients one-on-one, creating space to safely witness the unconscious beliefs and patterns that stand between them and a life that feels truly their own. Her offerings weave together nervous system regulation, somatic awareness, breathwork, and vibrational healing through sound and chanting.
Rooted in a love of music and shaped by two decades of performance training, Erin creates spaces where devotion is a practice, self-expression is an act of healing, and presence feels not only possible – but inevitable.