Shubhada Wavikar, Yoga Instructor
Originally from India, I see yoga as a way of life. I consider yoga an incredible – often transformative – blessing that should be accessible to everyone – to all bodies, minds and abilities. I started on the yoga instructor journey a few years ago to deepen my own practice, and to be able to humbly share this legacy with others.
My students have ranged from 3 years old (kids’ yoga) to 90 years old (chair yoga). Each has taught me. I am a registered yoga instructor and received my 200 hour and 300-hour teacher training at The Yoga Studio in Millis, MA, and an additional 300-hour teacher training at Down Under Yoga, MA. I am trained in oncology yoga (through yoga4cancer), yoga as a therapy (a short certificate course through The Yoga Institute, Mumbai, India), chair yoga (through Lakshmi Voelker), yoga nidra (through Divine Sleep), laughter yoga (through Laughter Yoga International) and kids’ yoga (through Kidding Around Yoga). I regularly attend online classes and workshops through yoga institutes in India and the US, and these greatly influence my practice and teaching.
I am deeply interested in all of yoga’s teachings, its ideology and practices. This is such a vast field of knowledge, that one lifetime is too short to explore it. I am a keen student of yoga history, anatomy, Sanskrit, subtle body concepts like chakras, and of course, philosophical underpinnings from the Bhagavad Gita, the Yoga Sutras and Samkhya philosophy. When not on my mat, I love being outdoors, gardening and hiking. I’m also a voracious reader and a lover of murder mysteries 🙂
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