Dianne Sirna Mancus, a retired elementary school teacher, school principal, reading specialist, university professor and university administrator, has practiced yoga for more than 50 years. Her yoga teacher training took place at Yoga Haven in Westchester, New York, 200 hours, at New York City Prenatal Yoga Center in Charlotte, N.C., 85 hours, at Vastu School of Yoga in Isla Mujeres, Mexico, 300 hours, and at Vastu School of Yoga in Tuscaloosa, AL, 200 hours. She holds Registered Yoga Teacher 500 and Registered Prenatal Yoga Teacher credentials with Yoga Alliance. Dianne is certified by Ashanti Ashram, Amsterdam, Netherlands, in Yoga Nidra, 50 hours, and Yin Yoga, 50 hours. Dr. Mancus authored the successful Maha Shanti Yoga School “Registered Yoga School Application” to Yoga Alliance. She has entered more than 800 hours of teaching hours with Yoga Alliance since 2016. A mother of three and grandmother of three, Dianne has lived in Tuscaloosa since 2016. She has taught at Yoga Bliss, University of Alabama School of Social Work, University of Alabama School of Nursing, and Lifeline Solutions, LLC.