10-Day 50-Hour Bhakti Yoga Teacher Training in Cusco, Peru

Tiana is a curious and passionate lifelong lover of creative movement, mythology, magic, and devotional expression. She fell in love with Bhakti Yoga during nightly kirtans at her first yoga teacher training, where the mood of longing for the Beloved took up residence in her heart. This inner calling led her to complete her advanced yoga teacher training in Bhakti Yoga and to spend meaningful time living, learning, and volunteering at Bhakti ashrams around the world. Tiana draws from her extensive background in yoga, dance, theatre, and education to offer creative, heart-centered experiences that weave together asana, music, mantra, storytelling, philosophy, and poetry. An experienced yoga teacher (E-RYT 500), she has been teaching yoga internationally since 2018, leading Bhakti, Vinyasa, and Yin Yoga trainings and retreats around the world—from India to Peru, throughout Europe, and in her hometown in Canada. She also loves to lead kirtan, ecstatic dance, poetry workshops, and kids’ yoga. Tiana is a certified arts and language educator with two Bachelor’s degrees from Queen’s University in Canada, and a graduate of Audrey Sarquilla’s 300-hour Bhakti Academy and Yandara Yoga Institute’s 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training. She believes that the best teachers are learners and explorers and is an ongoing, dedicated student of Bhakti Yoga, Hindu mythology, somatic movement, and Tantric philosophy. In her classes and courses, expect an immersive mix of movement and mantra, wisdom and bardic inspiration, a space both playful and profound. Guided by her desire to make life a creative act of devotion, Tiana offers embodied pathways to connect deeply with the divine—through our bodies, our voices, our unique gifts, and the living expressions of our dynamic connection to nature and God. Tiana is deeply grateful and delighted to be guiding this Bhakti Yoga Teacher Training Course at Pachānanda, and can’t wait to sing and dance along the path of the heart with you!

Vida is a passionate and adventurous soul, dedicated to a path of growth, love and connection. Growing up on the coast of New Zealand in the forest, a deep sense of wonder and gratitude for the natural world was born, something that would continue to fuel her curiosity and inspiration for life throughout the world. Vida followed her passion for classical ballet in Australia, studying full-time before working professionally for several years with the West Australian Ballet Company. Life in the city was comfortable and secure but when she returned home and connected to her natural essence once again, she knew that there was so much more wild beauty and adventure waiting for her elsewhere. Following her heart and passion for nature, movement, and connection, Vida then studied Outdoor Adventure Education in NZ and completed her 200hr Yoga Teacher Training with the Kula Collective in Guatemala, her vision being to work towards combining the magical forces of nature and movement to create experiences for people to remember how to come closer to themselves and the truth within that is love. Vida has been traveling now in Central/South America for the last few years continuing to grow and expand her knowledge of the world, people and nature, while discovering deeper ways of sharing this connection with others - through yoga, meditation, cacao and music. Helping to remind us of how to listen to that deep calling of our hearts so we can follow our true creative missions in life. Vida is extremely excited and grateful to be able to help support Tiana’s creation and to share together during her Bhakti Yoga Teacher Training Course at Pachānanda.