Holy Love Institute of Tantra Yoga

Whether you are an aspiring teacher or desire to deepen your practice, this certified program will give you a solid foundation to practice and teach Shivakti Tantra Yoga. "Shivakti" is the inner alchemy sacred union of Shiva & Shakti, the dance of the divine, which we aim to explore and embody through our full range of practices. While honoring Yoga’s historical background, we approach Tantra Yoga as a modern and holistic practice, providing you with a potent blend of Eastern tradition, Western science, Asana Practices & Temple Arts.

In our Shivakti Tantra Yoga asana classes, we will experience through yoga practice and discussion of the anatomical and physiological dimensions on a gross or dense level through all the various levels of existence, including the subtle body energies, chakras and dimensions. We will contemplate and experience in our own unique journey on this path how everything is interconnected at some point, creating the fullness of Shiva and Shakti right here within ourselves.

We will look into historical content, various lineages and "styles" and/or "brands" (and the ancestral lineages thereof) with a compilation of many great philosophical and sacred works throughout the ages to guide this dance. Through lecture, discussion and practice we will experience various poses originating in various lineages - with special focus (though not limited to) discourse on Patanjali, and the yoga sutras. More specifically the 8 limbs of yoga, the Yamas and Niyamas.

As may be expected in a holistic and organic garden of possibilities, Shivakti Tantra Yoga highlights these great teachings in layers of classes. Each class yields its' special amrita of knowledge. Through Asana we will embody the teachings of those before us, the written words of the scholars, and the individual experience as reflected by the whole of the immersive intensive to contemplate the resonance of any lineage in sacred ceremony of life.

We will contemplate in our daily functions, the moment to moment and subtle layers of existence, as described by the sages and rishis who originally illuminated this path. We offer ourselves up as divine channels to be illuminated in the same ways as the original yogi & yoginis. After-all, we ARE the vessels and holy instruments of Source Wisdom.

We weave Intention, Ritual, Pranayama, Kundalini Flow Yoga, Tantra Yoga Movements, Anusara Principles of Alignment, the interplay of Dynamic Vinyasa & Passive Deep Yin Yoga, Temple Dance, Mantras, Mudras, Meditations, Ayurveda, Ecstatic Expression, deep inward reflections, Artful embodiment, Deity Yoga, Sound Healing, Vibrational toning, Loving Communication, Tantric Philosophy and more, all into the ceremonial tapestry of the eternal dance as Shiva and Shakti. May we brilliantly shine the light of Holy Love in our Divine Presence of Radiant Being.