Her 300-hour certification is in Jivamukti Yoga and her 200-hour certification is in Ashtanga Yoga. She is registered with Yoga Alliance and certified in Pilates with Exercise Science Alliance.
Since 2001, she has conducted the yearly yoga teacher trainings at Miami University. She offers training and continuing education for yoga teachers in the topics listed to the left, plus method and theory topics, such as:
Observing and Responding to Students
Pacing and Sequencing
Precise Use of Language
Cueing Alignment in Flow
Adjustment Techniques
Applying Philosophy to Practice
Yoga with Elizabeth Silas
Elizabeth Silas, RYT, is an experienced certified yoga teacher who recently moved to the Troy/Dayton area from Chicago. (Click here for a schedule of drop-in classes.)
Her instruction teaches students to carefully align the body while flowing through a meditative and challenging series of postures. Students learn to initiate each movement with the breath and compassionate intention. Themes from eastern and western philosophies are woven into each class.
Elizabeth teaches drop-in classes for new beginners, mixed levels, and experienced students--as well as personalized private sessions--in a variety of formats:
Jivamukti Yoga
Vinyasa Yoga
Hatha Yoga
Ashtanga Primary Series
Pilates
Partner Yoga
She designs and refines each class sequence to provide students with the opportunity to immerse themselves in the practice.
She also teaches special topics in workshops and private sessions:
Breathing
Meditating
Freeing the Pelvis
Inverting
Arm Balancing
Backbending
Ascending and Floating in Vinyasa Movements
Using PNF Resistance Techniques in Yoga Practice and Teaching
Our endless and impossible journey toward home is in fact our home.... finally, the door opens... and it opens outward: we've been inside what we wanted all along. --David Foster Wallace