Shiva Shakti Yoga – Shiva & Shakti The Supreme Being

Shiva Shakti Yoga explained - Yoga is experiencing the Divine Union of the Shakti (manifested energy) with the Shiva (un-manifested energy) which is Self-Realization or Liberation. It is in this divine union that the seeker experiences the Self to be the Supreme. This experience which is beyond the physicality of the body as well as the subtlety of the mind though the importance of body and mind cannot be undermined. A healthy body and a clear, open mind are central to the seekers journey.

Shiva Shakti Yoga - Empowering Seekers

We at Shiva Shakti Yoga empower the seekers with ancient Yogic Ways, Knowledge that can lead them to the experience of Yoga. Through our 200 hour and 300 hour Yoga Teacher Training Program (YTTC) conducted in India we introduce the seekers to Yog Asana, Pranayama, Mudra, Bandha, Mantra Chanting, Kriya, Dharana, Dhyan, Yoga Anatomy as well as Philosophy. Within each seeker the attribute of Omniscience is present in the seed form. We believe that the precisely designed courses (200 hour & 300 hour YTTC) and our experienced teachers provide the perfect foundation as well as environment for the seed of Omniscience to blossom and realize its full potential. The courses are conducted in two beautiful locations in the lap of the nature – Rishikesh and Goa.

Yoga is the science of human wellbeing and the Yoga Teacher Training Course sets the seekers on the path where they can experience physical, emotional, physiological, socio-economic as well as spiritual wellbeing. We believe that if the Teacher Training Course is completed by the seekers as per the guidance of our teachers they are bound to experience the Higher and Deeper Dimensions of human consciousness which in turn will enable them to live an enriched and fulfilled life.

Shiva Shakti Yoga Teacher Training – A Healing Experience

To ensure that the seekers enjoy a peaceful and blissful journey during the course we provide them with relevant study material and preparation processes. On registration for the course the seekers will be provided with the ‘mantras’ that will be chanted during a special initiation process of each seeker during the Divine Opening Ceremony. Yoga is about experiencing the union, being inclusive and hence we have designed the courses in a way that all the values as well as core traditions of the ancient yogic ways are blended with the modern way of living as well as the different belief systems of the seekers from across the World.

Shala is a place wherein exchange of knowledge takes place. In a shala the duality of a receiver (student) and a giver (teacher) remains throughout the process of learning. Yog Shala on the other is a sacred space where the students present themselves as Seekers and the teacher appears in the form of Guru to share the Knowledge of Yoga and Experience the Self to be Infinite. In the sacred space of Yoga Shala there the seeker and the guru experience communion rather than communication.

Guru – The one who Guides

It is in this space that the guru empowers the seeker not only through ‘articulated talk’ (vaikhari vani) but also through ‘the sound of heart’ (madhyama vani), ‘sound that is perceived only by internal vision’ (pashyanti vani) which is normally known to the yogis of high order and the ‘voice of divine’ (para vani). In the environment of the Yoga Shala there is a possibility that the seekers transcend themselves to the state of a mumukshu – the one who is the ideal seeker and thirsty for the knowledge of ultimate truth.

The energies of the yoga shala are such that during the process of the Teacher Training Course or by the end of it the guru and the seeker are bound to experience themselves not as two but as one being. To ensure that the energies of the yog shala are pure and from higher dimensions various ritual (homa and havana) are performed in the yoga shala space from time to time. The seeker can experience the same warmth, care, protection and love in the yoga shala as a child can experience in the mother’s womb. In the environment of yoga shala the practice of the seeker will be nurtured and will gain a progressive trajectory. We invite all the seekers to experience the divinity of yoga shala with us.

Shiva Shakti Yoga Teacher Training Methodology

Shiva Shakti Yoga – we are India based school that offers Traditional Hatha Yoga Teacher Training Courses. We offer 200 hours and 300 hours YTTC (Yog Alliance RYT). Our foundation and advanced courses have transformed more than 400 lives and have enabled many to become successful Yoga Teachers. The spiritual texts from the ancient times indicates that the knowledge of hatha yoga was passed on by Shiva to his feminine adobe Parvati. Parvati approached Shiva as a seeker and asked her to show the path which can free the humanity of its sufferings. Shiva in response to her request empowered her with the knowledge of hatha yoga – the science of hatha yoga. For a true seeker there is plenty to learn just from the legend on how the science of hatha yoga came into existence but to begin with we will highlight just a couple of aspects that are integral to our Yoga Teacher Training methodology at Shiva Shakti Yoga as well as the master key for the seekers to ensure correct, successful, progressive personal and professional practice. The legend indicates towards that the seeker should imbibe a feminine attitude (elaborated explanation will be available to the students through the pre-course material made available at request as a part of Shiva Shakti Yoga teacher training methodology) while seeking and the yoga seekers should pursue this knowledge for personal wellbeing but evolve themselves to become teachers who spread this knowledge to all mankind.

Yoga is one of the most ancient practices and it takes the seeker to the root of all yogic practices that have evolved in recent times. In Hatha Yoga practice the yoga asanas are performed in a static manner. The emphasis is on laying a strong foundation about developing the core strength of the body, understanding the body and attaining to near perfect body postures. In this process the seekers are empowered and enriched with asana techniques that can propel their existing practice to new heights as well as enable them to experience greater benefits from the asanas that they have been practicing till date. While performing asanas breathing (inhalation, exhalation and retention) is very important and in the static forms mastering these breathing patterns, getting control over the breath and integrating the breathing technique while performing asanas becomes easy which in turn can be carried on, applied by the seeker in the dynamic forms of yoga asana practice.

The energy flow within the body, the involvement of the chakras and the effects on the major nadis (energy channels) in the body of the seeker in this form of yoga asana practice is unbelievable. Hatha Yoga is the science that enables the seeker transcend the physical realm and hence along with the asanas we give equal importance to the other aspects which enrich the seeker which are pranayama, mudra, bandha, mantra chanting, kriya, dharana, dhyan, yoga anatomy and philosophy. It is the initiation that leads to the spiritual evolution and hence we have taken into account the physical, physiological, emotional, intellectual, moral as well as spiritual aspects while designing the 200 hours and 300 hours Teacher Training Programs.

Training Methodology & Aim

All our teachers and all the Yoga Teacher Training Methodology that we imbibe in our Teacher Training Courses has one aim and that is to ensure that by the end of the course the seekers should reveal themselves as the gurus. Teaching is a higher and deeper way of learning which comes only when the seeker learns to unconditionally trust, believe and surrender to the guru. Our teachers have done so in their guru’s and we install the same trust, belief and emotion of surrender in our students. We invite all the seekers to experience this Divine Path of Hatha Yoga with Shiva Shakti Yoga in the land from where it originates - India.