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