Ginny East

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Ginny East Shaddock is an ERYT- yoga teacher C-IAYT a Reiki Master and a trained Ayurveda Counselor from the Kerala Institute India She is a registered member of the National Ayurveda Association She has a BA in Business Management from Eckerd College and a Masters of Fine Arts in writing from Lesley University Her extensive background in dance yoga and spiritual 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 of Heartwood Yoga Center and Heartwood Retreat Center  In the area of yoga Ginny draws from extensive knowledge of Iyengar and Ashtanga yoga styles and has trained in chair yoga yin yoga acu-yoga and restorative yoga techniques as well She founded of the first aerial yoga training program in Sarasota/Bradenton and the RCYT program "Yoga for the Balanced Child" She also specializes in yoga teacher training courses at both the and level as well as an hour IAYT  program Ginny a former professional dancer and choreographer draws upon her extensive range of movement studies to provide a safe and insightful physical yoga experience that includes proper alignment and structure as well as a gentle easy to understand presentation of meditation & breathing She encourages students to use journaling and other methods to tap into internal wisdom for stress relief and physical awareness Her studies of energy transference and organic lifestyle methods as well as her Masters degree in writing provide a foundation for guiding students into a deeper level of understanding as they discover yoga journaling and organic lifestyle choices as a path to self-healing and personal balance.