Jerry Givens is a 500-hour certified teacher of Tantric Hatha Yoga and Meditation. He began practicing in 2006 and has been teaching since 2008. His teachings focus on creating accessible experiences of mind-body connection through scientific sequencing of postures, breathwork, and meditation.

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With over a decade of experience working in corporate offices, hospitality, and leading culture at tech companies, he helps to create lifestyle harmony between personal values and actions in the business world through corporate wellness programming. His methods are informed by both modern and ancient psychological models of Self-understanding, including Yoga psychology, Rogerian therapy, and Internal Family Systems.

 

Jerry has studied primarily under the guidance of ParaYoga Senior Teacher Karina Ayn Mirsky, and has attended lectures, seminars, workshops and retreats with master teachers in yogic psychology, Ayurveda, modern psychology, and secular spirituality. Jerry is also an Internal Family Systems Level 2-trained practitioner.

 

Trainings:

• Level 2 Training - Internal Family Systems Model of Psychotherapy (2022) at IFS Institute

• Level 1 Training - Internal Family Systems Model of Psychotherapy (2019) at IFS Institute

• 300-hour Tantric Yoga & Meditation Training (2014) at Sangha Yoga Institute

• 200-hour Tantric Yoga & Meditation Training (2009) at Sangha Yoga Institute

 

Assistantships:

• 300-hour Training (2017) at Sangha Yoga Institute

• 200-hour Training (2015) at Blue Osa (Costa Rica)