Our mission is to provide a welcoming space where people can come to cultivate a deeper connection with themselves while studying yoga as a career path or a way to contribute something special to the world, whether that involves in-person sessions at our beautiful retreat facility or online meetings in small cohorts where we hold space for sharing and interaction & connection. Our experienced YTT instructors not only specialize in the highest level of yoga education but understand how to break down comprehensive subject matter and make it understandable and applicable to contemporary yoga programs and practices. We are available to counsel, support, and encourage our students beyond the formal classroom time. We honor our roles as mentors with an understanding that personal interaction and accessibility is necessary to support you in your educational journey.
Ginny East Shaddock is the Program Director and lead teacher. She founded Heartwood Yoga Institute in 2010 and has taught thousands of teachers in her 11 years of YTT directorship and has been a teacher of yoga, dance and healing arts for over 40 years. She is an ERYT-500 yoga teacher, and a CIAYT certified yoga therapist with IAYT (International Association of Yoga Therapists), RCYT (Registered Children's Yoga Teacher), a Reiki Master and a trained Ayurveda Counselor from the Kerala Institute, India. She has a BA in Business Management from Eckerd College and a Masters of Fine Arts in creative writing from Lesley University.
Her extensive background in dance, yoga and the healing arts have helped her create a multi-faceted school with an educational program that combines arts awareness, physical training and mind-body awareness for ever-broadening learning experiences. She is the director Heartwood Yoga Institute, and the founder of the Florida Reiki Association, as well as Yoga for the Balanced Child, a YA certification program designed to qualify teachers to share yoga with children ages 3-teen. She is author of the book Yoga on the Page, which provides instruction and exercises that combine writing and yoga for self-discovery and healing.
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David Shaddock is an ERYT-500 yoga teacher, C-IAYT Yoga Therapist, Licensed LMT and Cranio Sacral therapist and Reiki Master, as well as Thai Chi and shamanism enthusiast. He is our "science guy" teaching anatomy, physiology and the science of crystals, energy, and more. David is a licensed Professional Engineer in both mechanical and electrical fields, as well as having a bachelor's degree in Information Technology. He is also an airplane, seaplane and hot air balloon pilot, a master gardener, a former paramedic, a musician (guitar sitar, piano), wood crafter, champion canoe racer, writer, gourmet chef, and more - which defines his love of learning and passion for exploring life in all its diversity.
His medical background (he was one of the first five Certified Emergency Cardiac Technicians in Illinois, and one of the first privately registered paramedics there as well) allows him to lecture on anatomy and physiology, with special attention to inversions and prānāyāma. He has a particular affinity for Aerial Yoga and his anatomy of inversion course is insightful thanks to his experience in medicine, flying and yoga.
Chantal Dupuis is an RYT500 and IAYT Yoga Therapy Candidate (soon to complete her requirements) who had taken her 200, 300 &800-hour certifications at Heartwood. She is poised to revolutionize the integration of yoga therapy into holistic health practices. With a forward-looking approach, this professional is dedicated to pioneering innovative techniques that enhance well-being and resilience among diverse populations. Committed to lifelong learning and professional development in the field of yoga therapy she hopes to lead and inspire transformative health journeys. She also has a CMT (100-hour certification in Meditation) and she is a 500-hour Kundalini teacher working on a 1000-hour Ayurveda Practitioner certification. A life-long learner, she recently attended the Neuroscience educational conference and attained a Trauma-Informed Certification for Coaches.
Bonnie Francis is an ERYT-500 who is currently in the last phases of her IAYT Yoga Therapy training. She is a highly valued member of our team as a adjunct teacher and in her role as Student Liaison to keep us all connected. She helps with record keeping and Yoga Therapy Transcripts.
Having trained thousands of quality yoga advanced teachers and certified yoga therapists, Heartwood has an expansive list of contributors and adjunct teachers who join us to share their expertise and wisdom where needed and appropriate. We believe it takes a village to provide a powerful yoga education, and we extend great respect and gratitude to those who begin as our students and become our most valued teachers.
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