Teaching Team
 

Management Team

Garth Hewitt, Owner

 

Garth started practicing yoga over 20 years ago.  He was blown away with the power of the practice from his very first classes.  He completed his first 500hrs of Teacher Training with Annie Carpenter at Yogaworks in Santa Monica and assisted Annie in class for a year after the training was over.  He went on to complete several additional training programs.  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 has completed over 2000 hours of Teacher Training with his teachers Annie Carpenter, Sri Dharma Mittra, Srivatsa Ramaswami, Dr. Larry Payne, Dr. Richard Miller and Jill Miller.  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.  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 is the creator of the Shiva Yoga® style of yoga and system of practice.  His signature Shiva Yoga® classes focus on setting intentions, practicing gratitude, finding balance and quieting the mind. Garth is also the owner of the Mama Kuka™ yoga props company, founder of the YogaSphere® and the Yogi Pro Kit and progressive yoga strap system, and owner of the Shiva Yoga® center in Los Angeles.  Garth is so excited to be building this community in West Hollywood.