Alden (Shambhavi) Caldwell, LMT, RYT 500
Owner and practitioner
Alden has been a Licensed Massage Therapist since 2006 when she received her massage certification from the Holistic Massage Training Institute in Baltimore, MD. She is a member of the American Massage Therapy Association. Alden began her massage practice in a private office. From 2008-2011 she was co-owner and director of evolvewell healing arts studio located in Roland Park, where she maintained a bodywork practice and taught weekly yoga classes to both adults and children. Currently she is a volunteer massage therapist at Joy Wellness, a holistic wellness center attached to Shepherd's Clinic in Baltimore City. Alden is a 500 hour Registered Yoga Teacher offering group, corporate, and private therapeutic yoga. She is also a co-facilitator of the Wise Heart Community which meets weekly at Ruscombe Community Healing Center.
Alden has been practicing various styles of hatha yoga since 1998. Her earliest yogic influences where from teachers in the Iyengar, Anusara, and Integrative Yoga Therapy styles. In 2007 Alden completed her 200-hour Integrative Yoga Therapy teacher certification at yama studio in Baltimore. She continued her training at yama and completed her 500-hour Yama Therapeutics certification in 2009. Alden is an Experienced Registered Yoga Teach at the 200 hour level and RYT at the 500 hour level with Yoga Alliance as well as a Certified Yoga Therapist with the International Association of Yoga Therapy. Alden maintains a daily practice and has completed over 2000 hours of official training in her study of yoga.
Since 2010 Alden has traveled annually to the Sivananda Ashram in Rikhiapeeth, India as well as the Bihar Yoga University in Munger, India, where she studied various meditation techniques and experienced ashram living. She was inspired by the teachings of Paramahansa Satyananda Saraswati and the therapeutic approach of Satyananda Yoga® from the Bihar School of Yoga. In 2011 she was initiated as a karma sannyasin in the Saraswati lineage and given the spiritual name "Shambhavi". Alden/Shambhavi follows the teachings of her guru, Paramahansa Niranjanananda Saraswati. She has completed Yogic Studies 1-2 and Teacher Training 1 at the Yoga Academy of North America. She is a Level 1 Accredited Satyanada Yoga Teacher.
Alden loves playing with the complementary elements of bodywork and yoga. She often incorporates many of her yogic philosophies and breath work into her bodywork sessions and uses her knowledge of anatomy and physiology to aid with correct alignment in yoga postures. Her philosophy in her practice is to address specific problem areas while revitalizing the entire being, promoting mind-body awareness, and allowing space for healing to occur. She dedicates her work to the education and empowerment of both her clients and students to help them improve upon their own wellness.
Alden has taught Yoga for Men group classes. She also has experience working with chronic fatigue and yoga for stress reduction. Her passion is teaching Yoga for Life Balance and Yoga for Mind Management classes and workshops.
Alden has been practicing various styles of hatha yoga since 1998. Her earliest yogic influences where from teachers in the Iyengar, Anusara, and Integrative Yoga Therapy styles. In 2007 Alden completed her 200-hour Integrative Yoga Therapy teacher certification at yama studio in Baltimore. She continued her training at yama and completed her 500-hour Yama Therapeutics certification in 2009. Alden is an Experienced Registered Yoga Teach at the 200 hour level and RYT at the 500 hour level with Yoga Alliance as well as a Certified Yoga Therapist with the International Association of Yoga Therapy. Alden maintains a daily practice and has completed over 2000 hours of official training in her study of yoga.
Since 2010 Alden has traveled annually to the Sivananda Ashram in Rikhiapeeth, India as well as the Bihar Yoga University in Munger, India, where she studied various meditation techniques and experienced ashram living. She was inspired by the teachings of Paramahansa Satyananda Saraswati and the therapeutic approach of Satyananda Yoga® from the Bihar School of Yoga. In 2011 she was initiated as a karma sannyasin in the Saraswati lineage and given the spiritual name "Shambhavi". Alden/Shambhavi follows the teachings of her guru, Paramahansa Niranjanananda Saraswati. She has completed Yogic Studies 1-2 and Teacher Training 1 at the Yoga Academy of North America. She is a Level 1 Accredited Satyanada Yoga Teacher.
Alden loves playing with the complementary elements of bodywork and yoga. She often incorporates many of her yogic philosophies and breath work into her bodywork sessions and uses her knowledge of anatomy and physiology to aid with correct alignment in yoga postures. Her philosophy in her practice is to address specific problem areas while revitalizing the entire being, promoting mind-body awareness, and allowing space for healing to occur. She dedicates her work to the education and empowerment of both her clients and students to help them improve upon their own wellness.
Alden has taught Yoga for Men group classes. She also has experience working with chronic fatigue and yoga for stress reduction. Her passion is teaching Yoga for Life Balance and Yoga for Mind Management classes and workshops.
Testimonials:
“ The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new. ~ Socrates. I came to Alden in hopes of learning something that I could do for myself to get out of pain. Systemic pain had eaten away at my body, my courage, my love of learning, and my trust for what could be.
Alden created a safe space with her sincerity and willingness to sit with, encourage, support, and guide me through a process of discovering how to listen to my body and make a new path toward living as my best self.
As my body continued to heal and my life of pain began dissolving into smaller and more manageable pieces, pain no longer dictated my life. I have the most healthy relationship with my body that I have ever had. I live with great appreciation of what I am able to do every day. Over many sessions I realized I was erasing my chalkboard. I began creating a practice which lead to a new way of living, thinking, and understanding my body; a new beginning.
Alden has helped me through this process in each and every way for nearly three years. Her ability to sincerely connect in each session and share her deep bank of knowledge and many tools has enabled me to make incredible changes toward a life filled with peace, hope, love, patience, and gratitude."
“ The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new. ~ Socrates. I came to Alden in hopes of learning something that I could do for myself to get out of pain. Systemic pain had eaten away at my body, my courage, my love of learning, and my trust for what could be.
Alden created a safe space with her sincerity and willingness to sit with, encourage, support, and guide me through a process of discovering how to listen to my body and make a new path toward living as my best self.
As my body continued to heal and my life of pain began dissolving into smaller and more manageable pieces, pain no longer dictated my life. I have the most healthy relationship with my body that I have ever had. I live with great appreciation of what I am able to do every day. Over many sessions I realized I was erasing my chalkboard. I began creating a practice which lead to a new way of living, thinking, and understanding my body; a new beginning.
Alden has helped me through this process in each and every way for nearly three years. Her ability to sincerely connect in each session and share her deep bank of knowledge and many tools has enabled me to make incredible changes toward a life filled with peace, hope, love, patience, and gratitude."
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