The Holistic Health Insititute of San Diego is owned by Yoga With Shawna and is a 5 star rated accredited institution offering various programs + certifications in the science of holistic health. The school was founded in 2012 and has certified thousands of students locally, nationally and internationally. The institution provides accreditation internationally recognized through the Yoga Alliance + board certifications through The American Association of Natural Wellness Practitioners (AANWP) + Board Certification by the AADP (American Association of Drugless Practitioners) accreditation through the International Association of Reiki Professional (IARP).
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What is unique about this institution is it is also a community center and yoga studio offering the opportunity for the school's graduates to intern to gain real life experience. Dependent on the program, the student's education will be fostered +supported through interning either during and/or after the completion of the program(s). We learn from doing and this institute provides the space to do.
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You will be learning directly from the founder, writer, and creator of the curriculum,Shawna Schenk. While many other schools hire others to teach programs they have created, Shawna, the founder, both writes + teaches the programs. Aside from having thousands of hours + certifications + diplomas in various holistic health modules, has a BA in Education, BA in Sociology + MA in Rhetoric + Curriculum Development. Shawna has been an educator since 2006. Prior to opening her own school, community center, and yoga studio, she was a post secondary professor at 10 different colleges in universities online + on the east + west coast for 7 years.
Shawna has experience in understanding teaching pedagogy and understanding learning styles and human interactionsto teach all levels of students. She has certified students with various learning disorders, physical disabilities and PTSDalong with certifying students as young at 12 and "old" as 76. She is a published author of over 12 books, workbooks + manuals.
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The main thing about Shawna is she will always be genuine with you. She started this work on her own journey of finding health and wellness after battling anxiety and depression + being medicated for it for many years. Through holistic healthshe has found her peace and restored her health. She cares deeply about passing this on to others and believes it is a priceless tool that saves lives and that it is everyone's birthright to feel peace + happiness.
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Different from many institutions, as a student in these programs you will work with the person who created the curriculum. Shawna is lead [and sole] instructor in every program offered at the school. She feels this is very important because she wrote the program, and she knows the program. This school focuses on nurturing and enriching your education with a
highly competent instructor. With this, Shawna is also the founder of San Diego Yoga Festival + the co-owner of the yoga retreat center in Twentynine Palms, CA, Desert Dimension which provides students the unique opportunity to be a part of these successful projects through interning or working there.