meditation Teacher Training (Level 2)

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30-Hour ShambhavAnanda Yoga® Meditation Teacher Training (Level 2) 6-Week Course

Meditation Teacher Training (Level 2) at Chi-Town Shakti is for those who deeply wish to grow and who wish to deepen their inner relationship with the divine and their truest Self. MTT Level 2 builds and expands upon concepts and practices learned in MTT 1. Successful completion of Meditation Teacher Training Level 1 is required for enrollment in MTT Level 2.

Participants may choose to teach upon completion or may wish to use the tools and depth of experience to continue working within with renewed commitment to practice. 

Shakti Oliver-Skaggs (Alabama) and Aasha Elliott (Chicago) have been practitioners of ShambhavAnanda Yoga@ and trainers for many years and are excited to be co-leading Meditation Teacher Training Level 2 together. Shakti will be linking to Zoom and hosting from her center in Huntsville, Alabama and Aasha will link to Zoom and host from Chi-Town Shakti in Chicago. Participants are welcome to join via Zoom from their homes for Sunday sessions OR they may join in person with Aasha in Chicago or with Shakti in Huntsville, AL. Thursday evening sessions will be conducted via Zoom. A separate zoom link will be provided for Thursday sessions. 

Training Curriculum:

Further deepen and expand your experience of meditation as practiced in the ShambhavAnanda Yoga® tradition

  • Develop and enhance teaching skills for continuing meditation students. 

  • Work more deeply with Shambhavananda Yoga® Meditation practices including mantra japa (and the 3 levels of mantra), witness consciousness, gratitude practice, chakra work (and harmonizing with energy) and the profound practice of surrender. 

  • Develop a 6-week continuing meditation course to teach from (if you choose) upon completing training.

  • Complete weekly teaching practicums. 

  • Learn and grow alongside fellow practitioners and trainees! So much of the magic happens in the moment and each participant's contribution is golden.  

Training Schedule:

Sundays (In-Person in Chicago/Huntsville or via Zoom)

  • October 13th through November 24th (Excluding November 10th)

  • 1015am to 415 pm (50 min lunch break)

AND

Thursdays (Via Zoom) with Shakti River

  • October 17th through November 21st

  • 630 to 715 pm

And (optional)

Invitation to attend additional online community meditation classes including: 

  • Tuesdays: 1030 am to 1115 am with Shakti

  • Tuesdays: 8pm to 830 pm with Chi-Town Shakti Certified Meditation Instructor

  • Fridays: 930 am to 1015 am with Shakti 

Prerequisite:  

  • Successful completion of Meditation Teacher Training (Level 1)

Tuition:

$150 deposit to register

$430 remaining tuition (if deposit paid by Sept 15gh)

$500 remaining tuition (if deposit paid after Sept 15th)

**Upon successful completion of this training, participants receive certification and 30 hours of continuing education credits that may be applied toward Yoga Alliance CEU requirements


Text: 

  • Sacred Journey: A Guide to Meditation in the Shambhava School of Yoga by Swami Kripananda (for purchase at Chi-Town Shakti

  • Seat By The Fire: Spiritual Discussions with Sri Shambhavananda

How to Enroll:

Email info@chi-townshakti.com to request and application or to express interest in our 6-week program

Pay Deposit of $150

Pay Remaining Tuition of $430 (if deposit was paid by September 15th, 2024)

Pay Remaining Tuition of $500 (if deposit was paid after September 15th, 2024)

Lead Instructors:

Aasha Elliott and Shakti Oliver-Skaggs

BIO for Shakti:

Shakti Oliver-Skaggs E-RYT500, C-IAYT, NCPT, Atma Buti Sound + Vibration Practitioner, Advanced Biofield Tuning Practitioner, Certified ShambhavAnanda Yoga® Meditation Instructor - Levels 1,2,3 and Owner/Lead Trainer for ShambhavAnanda Yoga® Shakti River RYS200/300 (located in Huntsville, AL)

Shakti found Hatha Yoga and Pilates while searching for a sustainable movement system after too many years of ballet and modern dance over use and injury.  She dabbled in a few different yoga school styles in the early 2000s before finding her true heart home in ShambhavAnanda Yoga® at Shoshoni Yoga Retreat in 2007.

Shakti loves sharing the variety of practical tools ShambhavAnanda Yoga® has in the living lineage of teachings.  She is deeply honored to have the supportive blessings of her teacher Sri Shambhavananda to share these beneficial practices through group and private classes, workshop series, and teacher trainings.

Shakti candidly shares her resistance journey and challenges in coming fully comfortably and confidently to her inner seat.  Having to work far harder to embody the meditative practices compared to her relative ease in the Hatha Yoga levels within the greater whole of ShambhavAnanada Yoga® surprised her.  Today she delights in, rather than dreads, her daily sits, even looking forward to future challenges on the path as she knows that steady work brings steady growth.

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Bio for Aasha:

Aasha Elliott (E-RYT 500, Chi-Town Shakti Studio Owner, Lead Teacher Trainer, Certified ShambhavAnanda Yoga® Meditation Instructor - Levels 1, 2 and 3 and Licensed Clinical Social Worker)

Aasha is a lover of all things yoga, meditation, mantra, astrology, chanting and singing. She is also currently working on drawing 108 Ganeshas and each one is a surprise in how he manifests! :)

Yoga has become an integral part of Aasha's life over the years, and preserving the authenticity of Chi-Town Shakti as a ShambhavAnanda Yoga™ Center and supporting the growth of her students brings her so much joy. Aasha first welcomed yoga into her life several years ago when she was desperately seeking a "life-line". She first began to understand the true essence of "surrender" while melting into the exhale of a supine twist. Aasha continues to deepen her ability to surrender, to trust the divine and to open her heart through practice and through teaching. Aasha completed her 200-hour teacher training in 2012. She also completed Meditation Teacher Training Level 1 in 2012 and 2015 (simply for further growth!), and Meditation Teacher Training Level 2 and 3 over the last few years. Aasha is committed to daily yoga and meditation practices of her own. Aasha is passionate about sharing these invaluable practices that have become such an invaluable part of her life. 

Aasha also holds a Masters degree in Clinical Social work from Loyola University Chicago (2009) and also works as a clinical therapist. She frequently integrates yoga and meditation practices into her sessions with clients as well as Somatic work and Internal Family Systems (a deeply intuitive and somatic practice). Aasha feels eternally grateful for her meditation practice, for the Chi-Town Shakti Yoga community, for her life-changing connection to ShambhavAnanda Yoga® and to her teacher/founder of ShambhavAnanda Yoga®, Babaji Shambhavananda.

Meditation Teacher training is one of her absolute favorite trainings which is why she took level 1 twice and audited the course for a 3rd time, all with different instructors. With our own depth of practice shifting and changing over time, it is always a new and valuable experience. 

If you have questions about this training or about whether Meditation Teacher Training may be a good fit for you, email Aasha at aashayoga108@gmail.com or contact Shakti at shakti.river@gmail.com

We look forward to growing with you! <3