Teaching Style
Shelby teaches trauma-informed yoga rooted in Kundalini, Tantra Hatha, and Ayurvedic principles. Her classes are intentional, intuitive spaces that emphasize nervous system regulation, somatic awareness, and sacred ritual. She weaves energy medicine, breathwork, and ceremonial practice into each offering—creating containers that support authentic embodiment and soul-level transformation. Whether through restorative stillness or dynamic movement, Shelby meets each student exactly where they are, holding space for deep healing, empowerment, and remembrance.
How Yoga Serves Shelby
Yoga is the foundation of my path toward wholeness and liberation. It first found me in 2007 through meditation and seasonal ceremony, opening gateways into the unseen realms. Over time, the practice became not just a tool for healing trauma, but a sacred map for awakening intuition, reclaiming sovereignty, and living in alignment with the rhythms of nature. It’s through yoga that I learned to transmute pain into purpose, and survival into embodiment—and it’s this journey that I now offer others.
Words of Wisdom
Your body remembers what to do.
Meet yourself with grace.
Let the breath be your guide back home.
Background
Shelby earned her 200-hour certification in 2015 from Peachtree Yoga Center in Sandy Springs, GA, and has since completed advanced training in Tantra Hatha Yoga, Restorative Yoga, Yoga for Anxiety and Depression, Reiki Energy Healing, and trauma-informed practices. She is a graduate of the 300-hour Spiritual Warrior Trauma-Informed Advanced Yoga Teacher Training through Yoga Farm Ithaca. Shelby is also the founder of Ecstatic Shakti Yoga + Wellness, a community-rooted platform offering yoga, continuing education, healing circles, embodiment retreats, and sacred events. Her work is guided by Earth wisdom, lunar cycles, and the subtle body—inviting others to return to their own intuitive power, with devotion and integrity.