Shanna Hughes, M.A.

Shanna Hughes, M.A., C-IAYT is a board member in the Swami Lakshmanjoo tradition and a former Professor of Yoga Studies at Loyola Marymount University. Spending the first fifteen years of her life in Kashmir, India, Shanna lived where her parents studied Yoga and meditation under the guidance of a world-acclaimed philosopher and Kashmir Shaivite saint. By joining these classes from childhood, Shanna learned, at an early age, the healing power of meditation and Yoga. She is an IAYT-certified Yoga therapist and iRest Yoga nidra practitioner with a specialty in the clinical applications of Chair Yoga and special-needs Yoga integration and accessibility.