Yoga is stilling of movement in the mind
February 24, 2026
Shanti Yoga is a living lineage developed since 1972 by Shanti Gowans. Evolving through the Health Institute Australasia, our training weaves decades of embodied practice with Vedic wisdom, ancient healing, and meditation to help you become a clear, ethical, and embodied leader. Choosing this path is a commitment to how you live, lead, and serve.
The Responsibility of Lineage
Shanti Yoga has a long history of service. Shanti Gowans has dedicated her life to healing communities worldwide, a mission we continue through scholarships and free activities. As a certified Shanti Yoga teacher, you will be required to continue this lineage of karma yoga and accessibility which could include offering free classes to underserved communities and other selfless forms of service.
What You Are Stepping Into
This training is a deep dive into physical, emotional, and spiritual healing. Through guided meditations, yoga and movement sequences, breathwork, and the intelligent use of prana, you will learn to:
- Awaken sensation and aliveness.
- Work skillfully with injuries and emotional holding.
- Strengthen your physical and energetic core.
- Ride the breath through challenge and release.
A Path of Healing, Courage, and Spirit
You will be guided to feel honestly and respond authentically, developing the skills to tailor this work to the unique needs of your students. We challenge you to heal, release emotional backlog, and awaken your intuition. This path requires you to live and teach with absolute integrity.
Teaching with Integrity
Everything you do as a teacher reflects your beliefs. We expect our teachers to
be conscious of your behaviour, communication, boundaries and presence both on and off the mat. Students learn as much from how you live as from what you teach.
- Teach authentically and responsibly, honouring student agency.
- Live by clear personal and professional ethics.
- Maintain appropriate emotional, physical, financial, and energetic boundaries.
- Commit to continuous learning and personal growth.
- Walk your talk and hold yourself to a high standard of presence.
The Shanti Yoga Classroom
Body, breath, and mind are your "sat gurus"—teachers of truth. You must cultivate a safe, sacred container for deep work, focusing on energetic clarity and practical care. By arriving early and listening deeply to your students, you will build the trust necessary for real healing to begin..
The Shanti Yoga Class Formula
Our classes follow an intelligent structure that balances a fixed framework with the intuition to choose variables that meet the moment. The goal is to read the energy of the room to guide students toward insight and freedom.
Communication, Presence, and Authentic Voice
Teaching Shanti Yoga requires clarity. You are encouraged to:
- Refine your expression with precision and care.
- Speak from personal experience rather than theory alone.
- Speak clearly using complete sentences
- Use your authentic voice, free from affectations or teacher drone.
- Communicate through precise verbal cues and demonstration.
- Eliminate filler language and unconscious habits.
