Shana Marie Yoga

Shana Marie Stitzel

E-RYT 200, E-RYT 500

Studio Owner

 

Shana's desire to teach yoga began with her journey into meditation and most importantly, as she describes it, “the journey into truth & presence". Completely dedicated to teaching others to reflect joy, peace, and light into every moment of their lives, she shares her own light & love with others by sharing from traditional forms of yoga with the emphasis  being mindfulness.

 

After many years of encouragement & practice Shana decided to follow her calling to take on the role of becoming a meditation and yoga instructor. She completed her certification of raw food chef in 2009, her 200- hour RYT certification in 2010 with Global Yoga and 300- hour RYT yoga certification in 2015 under the direct guidance of Suddha Weixler of the Chicago Yoga Center. Shana is an Authorized Ashtanga Yoga teacher and studied under the direct guidance of  Manju Pattahbi Jois, of the K. Pattahbi Jois family. She has many teachers that have blessed her along her path, she has taught over 6500 hours and has since formed a 200hr registered yoga teacher training that shares her own unique style of yoga incorporating various traditional yogic elements.

Completely in love with being a student of the teachings, Shana continues to share the gift of yoga with others worldwide, she opened her own studio in 2015, Central Street Yoga, and since created and runs the © SMYL 200 hr RYT teacher training, teaching workshops, privates, corporate events and classes. Her teachings encourage students to explore the vital principles in breathing, various therapeutic benefits of a yoga practice, healthy lifestyle and the depth beyond. 

Attending her classes you will find her voice echoes warmth, authenticity, knowledge and true gratitude for every moment. She encourages others to see themselves with clarity & reveal their own gifts while in the practice.

Her deepest hope is that she may continue to grow & share the gifts that ignited her true heart’s passion for the practice and invite others to join her along the journey into knowing presence.