Save The Dates! TWO CHOICES for YOGASHAPESHIFTING TEACHER TRAINING THIS SUMMER 2026!

PLEASE NOTE: There will be two separate postings for each Summer Training later this week on our Web Site… Check Back in A Day or so…. (This is just a SAVE THE DATES POST!) You can make a Deposit if you are very serious down below.

WHEN: June 1st-14th OR August 16-30th (2026) TWO DIFFERENT CHOICE DATES! YAYYYYYYYY!

WHERE: Grand Haven Area of Lake Michigan

WHAT’S UP: We have reserved a Large Lake House on Beautiful Lake Michigan for a very special Yoga ShapeShifting Teacher Training.

This will be a Limited Number of Yoga ShapeShifters … (You know...Because it is a Large Lake House on the Beach, not a hotel!) with Shared Roommate Accommodations

…And it’s AMAZING!!

We are looking for another small group of Serious Yoga ShapeShifters to spend Two Amazing Weeks of Intensive Study on Magical Lake Michigan with an Incredible Group of Yoga ShapeShifter Alumni Teachers Visiting also!

OUR COMMUNITY IS GROWING!

Our Lake House is directly on the beach on Lake Michigan. It was one of the FIRST EVER Built on this Shore!

This special beach is where Mary spent her childhood, and it is an Honor and a Privilege to be able to share it with you for two glorious weeks of training here! You will have 42 years of yoga experience from Mary.

If you are not sure of your dates but want to get a secured reservation… Here is a link for a non-refundable but transferrable deposit payment of $633.00 … LINK HERE …. The Future Payment Schedule will then be emailed to you.

If you are REALLY SERIOUS… Here is a link to make a deposit to confirm your reservation for Yoga ShapeShifting Training on Lake Michigan $1122.00 …. Click Here for June 1st -14th

… Click Here for August 16th -30th

For Other Deposits, Payment Plans and Reservation directions, Email us at contact@yogashapeshifting.com

Dear Yoga Friends…. This is going to sell out. It is a Lake House so that means LIMITED RESERVATIONS!

If you need a different Payment Method, contact us at this email address and we shall help you out with other payment options.

My Teacher Training Coordinator and Owner of Hot Yoga Grand Traverse, Mickey Boomer can also give you LOTS of Information! Email Mickey HERE

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Every day will be so full of Yoga Classes, Yoga Posture Talks, Yoga ShapeShifting Lessons, Anatomy References and Questions, The Finesse of Leading a Class and much more…

I promise you will have an amazing and transformational time of your life.

There will be Mentoring Requirements and Post Lake Michigan Assignments to be completed also.

Check back often… Lots more info to come! I just wanted to immediately share the GOOD NEWS with you!!

Quantum Healing, Transformation and JOY Happen Here Always!

We are so BLESSED!

We are so LUCKY!

Yoga ShapeShifting 3 Great Days at Chicago Hot Yoga

OH MY GOSH WE ALWAYS HAVE THE BEST TIME at CAT KOO’S Chicago Hot Yoga!

YOU REALLY MUST JOIN US NEXT TIME!

Miracles Always Happen When WE are Together!

Join Us for 3 Amazing Yoga ShapeShifting Days in Chicago! It is always such JOY to meet up with Cat Koo (Owner of Chicago Hot Yoga). Lots of the Yoga ShapeShifters from past Teacher Trainings and Yoga Students have already signed up… Please Join us!

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When: February 20-21-22 (2026!)

Where: Chicago Hot Yoga 4937 N Damen Ave 60625 “It will be amazing to see you all again!”

Questions? Message Me! contact@yogashapeshifting,com

Registration Opening Soon!

Welcome to Yoga ShapeShifting Everyone!

The Original Life Changing Transformational Practice Created by Mary Jarvis

This Series Supports and Supplements any Hatha Yoga Practice or Fitness Routine of your choice.

These Particular Yoga Postures and Body Skills make up this Yoga ShapeShifting Series.

This Practice is for EVERYBODY!! It is an incredible series and can be practiced ANYWHERE

(Outside, Inside, on the Beach, in the Grass, etc!)

It was developed by Mary Jarvis, a devoted Bikram Yoga Practitioner of 41 years, in the early 1990's to get her out of pain and help her become whole again after spine injuries caused by a debilitating car accident.

These specific Body Skills practiced in this exact order will help bring you increased Strength, Flexibility and Stamina.

Your Body Posture will change.

The very constitution of “Your Total Body Fitness and Wellness” will change.

Your entire body will transform! Your heart will soften… You mind will expand…

How great is that?!!

It will absolutely positively help you improve your “Basic Body Skills” in every yoga practice or sport fitness that you also enjoy in your life.

You will finally like the way you Look- Feel- Be- Move in Your Life …. All of Your LIFE!

FROM Mar…” There are SO MANY of your yoga teachers, yoga champions, yoga competition coaches and yoga students that have been benefiting from this system all these years...”

“Now I share this Transformational System I developed for myself many years ago with the Public. “

“I invite you to join the fun... “

Become a part of This Incredible Rapidly Growing YogaShapeShifting Community!

Change your Body and Change your LIFE!

Bottom Line………

“Yoga ShapeShifting is the most clever, magical and original idea I have ever come up with….” Mary Jarvis

I am just so grateful…

“….to stand on my neck again…”

I have said this before. This photo was taken a couple of years after my car accident. Both ends of my spine and back had trauma and damage.

It is my favorite photo of me because I made it!! I got through “The Dark Before the Dawn”.

This particular Half Locust Posture I practice daily is part of The Bikram Yoga Series. I worked very hard to finally stand on my neck in this magnificent posture. A 10-year practice! The feeling when you accomplish it is magical, bliss .and “No Time No Space”.

I always thought if I could stand on my neck again, my spine would be okay. My spine doctor would be wrong about my future.

The years in between my car accident and this photo were not pretty. They were hard...they were different degrees of “painful” and “sometimes scary”.

I kept most of my suffering to myself. I just had to figure out a way to get out of pain and save my life, my spine, my yoga practice and my heart.

There was SO MUCH time I spent alone working on “Body Part by Body Part” … hours a day. Everyday! Two Bikram Classes a day at the Yoga School and 3-4 hours of Future Yoga ShapeShifting Homework at home after class.

I made it.

My gratitude is Beyond Words. I give thanks to The Heavenly Father for guidance, hope and faith... I give thanks to Bikram and Bikram Yoga for almost 40 years of this Yoga Practice, especially the first 10 years, that contributed to maintaining the health of my back. My life is better because of this.

All of this extra daily work in the Early 1990’s has become Yoga ShapeShifting. (Everything needs a title and a brand nowadays...!)

I am so happy to share this Transformational System I created for myself many years ago with Yoga Students and the Public.

This is why this is my most favorite photo of me ever.

I remember what I had to do to get there again...

….to stand on my neck again…

Grateful…

Official Yoga ShapeShifting Teachers!

CONGRATUILATIONS to Our New Teachers from Brighton, ENGLAND! We shall have listings soon… They look amazing! What a group of Beautiful Souls!

This List of Incredible Yoga Souls that I have the honor and privilege to spend time with just keeps growing!

The Transformations they have made in their lives over these past years are both EXCITING and HUMBLING for me.

I applaud their Life Changing Decisions and Determination to strive to be a Better Human Being with A Better Way to Live.

Our Yoga ShapeShifting Community is Growing….And so much is because of them!

I have many more Teachers Photos to still Post later!

BACKBEND DOWN THE WALL

If you ever wondered where the concept and practice of this specific technique of “BackBend Down the Wall” came from... It came from me.

Yes, indeed. It started with me.

I created this “BackBend Down the Wall” for healing and pain relief for myself after my car accident in the early 1990's.

The Wall became my strength and my balance when my body could no longer independently bend on its own because of the damage to both ends of my spine from my car accident.

I KNEW that Bending My Spine was the key to saving myself and getting out of pain... (Long story of explanation for another time....)

The Wall kept my body up and supported me when I was trying to bend again each section of my spine… ("BODY PART by BODY PART" of my back and spine). I was too weak to hold myself in any balancing, backbending position. The Bend of My Spine and Back was improving “Fraction of an Inch by Fraction of an Inch.”

It was not easy and the pain sensation as I was attempting to heal was sometimes so stunning as each of my hands would slightly move down the wall...oh my God when I think of that time alone!

I did not go all the way down to the floor in the beginning. NO WAY! But what I soon came to realize was THIS… “The MOMENT your hands touch the wall... IT is Happening!” It doesn’t matter how far down you go. It doesn’t matter if you NEVER touch the floor. Something magnificent is already happening the moment your hands touch the wall. What a MIRACLE!

I am beyond grateful and blessed that Spirit Guided Me all those years ago to create this Body Skill... It has changed thousands and thousands of yoga practices all these years. You see it all over the world now in social media...

I never take my gifts of Godly Inspiration and Guidance for granted. It is beyond precious. It is humbling. It softens my heart and my soul while it stimulates my entire Central Nervous System! That’s a WIN!

So now you know where “BackBends Down the Wall” came from... It came from me. It started with me in the early 1990's.

I am now going to be a little firm in my next statement because there has been a lot of confusion over all these years. (This is NOT a "Wall Walk") I do not call, nor have I ever called Backbends Down the Wall this term. It cheapens this incredible Healing Process that saved my Life, My Spine and my Yoga Practice so many years ago. I am VERY SPECIFIC about the exact technique to execute bending your spine down the wall. New students must be conservative in their initial practicing of this Amazing Body Skill. I am upset when I come across videos of inexperienced students forcing their way down the wall to the floor when they are not ready in some kind of Social Media Challenge. Falling down the wall too far too fast is not good... The Wall safely helps you touch the floor in time to never to hurt you in any way. I know they are excited about something new… I know their hearts are in the right place…Their intent is sincere…They just need mentorship and guidance with wisdom to help them improve without injury.

These are some of the Body Part problems that I have seen from students who get seduced by Wall Walk Challenges.‍ ‍ Torn Labrums in the shoulder or hip. (A nasty and inconvenient surgery if really bad) Torn Meniscus in the Knee. (Takes forever to heal) Tears in Bicep Nerve. (Affects every yoga posture) Inflammation in the Shoulder Joint area. None of that listed above is okay. It is not necessary for you to experience any of this ever!

You just have to WAIT and ENJOY each level of your success. You’ve got time.

I am happy to help you.

Five a Day is all I ask! It changes everything!

HELLOOOOOOOOOO! A LITTLE HISTORY!

These are just some of YogaShapeShifting’s Past events all these years. I have lots more to post here… Just getting started…

REMEMBER…THESE ARE ALL POSTERS FROM THE PAST! LIKE A SCRAPBOOK, RIGHT?!

But you should join us in the PRESENT also! It will be lovely to see you somewhere!!

HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! This Yoga ShapeShifting Training at Yoga in The Lanes in Brighton England was AMAZZZZZINGGGGGGGGG!!!

Okay it was EPIC!!

I REALLY wish you were with us!!

So HAPPY!!!!!!

Our Yoga ShapeShifting Community is Growing and it is Just Incredible and Humbling to think you will be a part of it!

This was so exciting to be able to share Yoga ShapeShifting and the Teacher Training in the United Kingdom for the FIRST TIME EVER!

BA and Simon’s new location in Brighton! ADORABLE!!

Their Students…ADORABLE

BRIGHTON ENGLAND…ADORABLE!!

OUR COMMUNITY IS GROWING! It’s an honor to have England as a NEW Yoga ShapeShifting Community!!

We have just confirmed TWO Incredible Dates for this coming Summer on Lake Michigan Yoga ShapeShifting Teacher Training!

You should JOIN US!!!

We had the BEST TIME Visiting Cat Koo in Chicago This Past November 13-14-15-16th

THANK YOU CAT!!! Beyond love you

Cat is an inspiration to so many people.. She is a wonderful part of our GROWING YOGA SHAPESHIFTING Community!

We shall see you back at Chicago Hot Yoga February 20-21-22 (2026).

More details later!!

We have also just confirmed TWO Incredible Dates for this coming Summer on Lake Michigan Yoga ShapeShifting Teacher Training!

You should JOIN US!!!