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Yoga Teacher Trainers

shakti mhi provides powerful leadership and empowering tools for teaching as the core program leader with her assistant, and secondary teacher, Daniel Mirecki. Individual courses offered during different seasonal training programs will have additional program leaders and will vary depending on the subject, program location and availability. See the specific program information for details about additional leaders.

shakti mhi

After nearly 30 years of personal practice and teaching thousands of students around the globe, shakti mhi has made Yoga her passion and her life's purpose. Since the age of 14 when she first discovered Yoga she has traveled the world in search of Yoga and Zen teachers who would expand her knowledge of all aspects of Yoga. Since 1982, shakti has trained hundreds of Yoga teachers, who are sought after by yoga studios and practitioners around the world. Many of them have gone on to open their own schools internationally.

See shakti's full bio, photos and writings

Daniel Mirecki

Co-founder of Prana Yoga College, Daniel has experienced teaching yoga and meditation to students worldwide in Canada, England, Thailand and China. His Yoga philosophy is based on experiential approach to the practice. His driving passion is a knowing that each class is an opportunity for the students to dynamically integrate their minds with their bodies and deepen their self awareness of the connection between the two. He specializes in mentoring individual students requiring personal assistance during the course, particularly through the tools of NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming). He is currently in the process of completing his Certification as a 4th generation NLP practitioner. His audio CD of guided meditation using the ancient Yoga Nidra method is now available for purchase through Prana Yoga's online store.

Special Guest Yoga Master - Fall 2008

Swami Vivekananda Saraswati

Born in 1962, Swami Vivekananda Saraswati is the brilliant exponent of a unique and modern trend of thinking in Yoga. Educated as an electrical engineer, he is a passionate and dedicated teacher of the true, ancient lines of Indian and Tibetan Yoga, rapidly becoming lost in today's "spiritual marketplace."

Although he does not deviate in spirit from the traditional teachings of ancient masters, he has found the resources to present spirituality not as something dogmatic and dead, but as a living science, based on common sense and joy, which at the same time fulfills the fundamental quest of man.

See Swami Vivekananda Saraswati's full bio, photos and course descriptions

Bernie Clark

Bernie Clark has been teaching yoga and meditation since 1998. He has a bachelor degree in Science from the University of Waterloo and combines his intense interest in yoga with an understanding of the scientific approach to investigating the nature of things. His ongoing studies have taken him deeply inside mythology, comparative religions and psychology. All of these avenues of exploration have clarified his understanding of the ancient Eastern practices of yoga and meditation. His teaching, workshops and books have helped many students broaden their own understanding of health, life and the source of true joy. Bernie's yoga practice encompasses the hard, yang-styles, such as Ashtanga and Power Yoga, and the softer, yin-styles, as exemplified in Yin Yoga. His meditation experience goes back to the early 80's when he first began to explore the practice of Zen meditation. During those days, while he struggled with the conflict between practice and theory, Bernie also worked as a member of the executive team of one of Canada's oldest and largest Hi-Technology companies, assisting it to become a world-renowned leader in its field. He has two children who have launched successful careers of their own.

Todd Caldecott

Todd Caldecott is a Clinical Herbalist and Ayurvedic practitioner, former clinical director of Wild Rose College and author of "Ayurveda: The Divine Science of Life".

Farah Moolji Nazarali (Laughter Yoga)

Farah Moolji Nazarali BA MA RYT teaches Power, Hatha, and Hasyna (Laughter) Yoga. Through her business, the Smiling Yogi, she teaches classes, workshops, and leads Laughter Trainings all across the country. Through she graduated from McGill University with a Bachelors in Political Science and from George Washington University with a Masters in Latin American Studies, Farah has realized that the power for change in the world lies within each individual and has found the practice of yoga and laughter to be transformative. Farah is also Founder and Producer of Vancouver's first yoga radio talk show- Drishti Point. (photo credit: Alistair Eagle)

Wendy Eyton (Restorative Yoga)

Wendy has been teaching yoga since 2003. She took her primary hatha Yoga training at Prana Yoga College with shakti mhi and has since studied yin and restorative yoga practices.

In addition to yoga, Wendy is a certified pilates teacher and is currently working towards her cranial sacral degree, a 900 hour program through the International Institute for cranial balancing.

Wendy's primary focus is working with people who are in rehabilitation or who experience high levels of stress. She uses a variety of techniques including restorative & hatha yoga, meditation, pilates, breathing & nutrition. Wendy works closely with a variety of professionals to ensure each client is effectively treated.

Wendy owns and operates The Space Vancouver, an integrated healing studio located in Yaletown.