Founded by Gianna, the Siddhi School of Yoga is a traveling yoga school, that presents a precise process to becoming a yoga teacher, helps teachers develop and reveal their personal powers and potential, and aids studios in growing their class offerings. Focused on a hatha practice, students are offered the opportunity to become 500-hour certified teachers and a variety of modules to further their practice and teaching.
Gianna has committed herself and her teachings to the healing benefits of a yoga practice. Her school, classes, workshops, and trainings stress the holistic approach to asana and the necessary union of pranayama, mudra, and meditation for yogic living. All Siddhi School of Yoga teacher trainers have over ten years of experience in the yoga industry, are yoga alliance certified, and have comprehensive study in the greater theories of yoga as a whole.
The Siddhi School is now a completely separate entity with a public and on demand schedule. You can find more info here!
Maha hatha 200 teacher training
A 200 hour program, the Siddhi School of Yoga has constructed a series of hatha practices meant to take the yogi through asana, pranayama, kriya and meditation work to find ultimate liberation through mind and body connection. This course is a sadhana development program that shares traditional practices derived from Sivananda, Yogananda, tantric yoga, and Ghosh lineage practices to make them accessible to all students. This module is perfect for the new teacher, someone looking to dive deep into the branches of yoga, and someone looking for a safe and interesting system to share. Students will experience sadhana development, postural geometry, human anatomy, yoga philosophy, tantric philosophy, breath work, and meditation techniques necessary to transition a yoga student into a yoga teacher.
All trainings have pre and or post word to receive their full certificate.
For details on the next offerings please see the schedule.
300 hour Maha Hatha Training
The 300 training’s consists of on and off site study for existing 200-hour certified teachers. This course is usually taught modularly and can be pieced together. 300hr course modules consist of mandatory modules including sequencing of backbends, hips and splits, and twists, functional anatomy, pranayama and meditation, and subtle anatomy. Elective modules consist of Maha Slow for emotional balancing, advanced posture development, Vedic literature for sequencing, and Ayurvedic pulse reading.
Ayurvedic Education
As an Ayurvedic counselor, Gianna teachers students and teachers how to dissect Vedic literature and use the wisdom in class as well as how to utilize Ayurveda in their daily life. These courses are often shared on teacher trainings and intensives.
For more questions or to have Gianna teach on your teacher training, contact info@giannayoga.com
Progressive Hatha
Based on the 26&2 hot yoga series, this practice teaches educators how to advance their students from their beginning asana practice to more advanced positions. Meant to be attainable to all, but challenging, Learning the next steps, challenging range of motion, and exploring the body is the point of this practice. Over the course of 40 hours, teacher learn new drills, asanas, functional anatomy, and teaching techniques and methodology. This course is for existing 26&2 hot yoga teacher.
Intermediate Training
The intermediate training is a 60 hour course sharing an attainable variation or the Classical 84 Asanas. These traditionally were taught by Emmy Cleaves and Bikram Choudary but have since been traced back to other Ghosh School students such as Buddha Bose. The course shares these postures in an attainable way to prepare students working towards the classical 84 Asana practice. You must be a certified yoga teacher of 200 hours or more to do this course.