I tried out the salt cave for my first time ever and was very impressed! I suffer from anxiety and depression and don’t take meds for it. Spending 45 mins in the salt cave not only cleared up my breathing but eased my anxiety tenfold. I left feeling like a great weight was lifted off my chest and felt like I was ready to tackle life again.
Shailaja has been a student of yoga for much of her life - she
started in her early teens in India. After a short break during her
college years, she came back to a regular practice in her mid 20s
here in the US. Her classes help the students connect with their
body, mind and breath as she guides the asana practice in an
informative, informal, friendly way with a focus on stretching,
balancing and strengthening throughout. This leaves the student
energized yet calm. Shailaja’s strength as a teacher is the ability
to guide each student individually, to find comfort in each pose
practiced, irrespective of their level or years of practice.
Pranayama (breath work) and sound ( chanting ) are an integral part
of her classes. Her passion is to teach meditation – the silence of
the meditative state, she believes, leads to an inner listening
which forms a bond between the heart and the mind – a way to find
the beauty within each soul.
One of her early teachers saw her potential and encouraged her
to start teaching in the year 2000. In the 18 years that she has
been teaching, she has trained with various teachers in the US (
Gary Kraftsow, Leslie Kaminoff, Lillah Schwartz and Marlysa
Sullivan are among the few ) and in India ( T. K. V. Desikachar and
Dr. N. Chandrasekharan) She holds an E-RYT
500 Yoga Alliance registration. She has more than 1200
hours of training from two different Yoga Therapy training programs
and is C- IAYT (Certified Yoga Therapist by the
International Association of Yoga