About Marianne

Marianne Jacuzzi, MA. , E–RYT 500 (Experienced - Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance, at highest level)

How yoga became my life passion is a story with many twists and turns. You can read My Story if you like. If you want just the highlights, here they are in a nutshell:

• Yoga Teacher in Dublin since 2000.
• Meditation practice for 40 years.
• Disciple of the late Ramesh S. Balsekar, enlightened sage and teacher of Advaita Vedanta.
• Extensive teacher training in Ashtanga, Iyengar and Sivananda yoga, including numerous training courses, workshops and retreats with senior teachers around the world, Western and Indian.
• Direct student of Sri K Pattabhi Jois beginning 2003.
• Regular visits to India over many years.
• Advanced teaching certificate--Sivananda Yoga-Vedanta Centre.
• Over 1000 hours of yoga philosophy study with Georg Feuerstein Phd., eminent yoga scholar and practitioner (Two certificates).
• Advanced certificate in Buddhist Psychology and Counselling from Amida Trust, UK (an order of Pure-Land Buddhists).
• Shamanic training with the Sacred Trust (UK), the Scandinavian Center for Shamanic Studies, and the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (California).
• Experienced Buddhist and shamanic counsellor.
• BA and MA in English literature and language.
• Author of Blood Memories, a novel.
• Certified doula and birth educator. Apprenticed with independent midwife.