Shiva Rea is a well-known and respected
yoga teacher, who focuses on Transformational Vinyasa, or flow yoga, and Yoga Trance Dance. She seeks to bring the ancient roots of yoga to life for modern day participants. Her extensive background in world dance has greatly influenced her yoga style. Shiva is schooled in Balinese, African, Indian, Nepalese and Jamaican dance. She has also studied many types of yoga including: the Krishnamacharya Lineage, Tantra, Ayurveda, Bhakti, Somatic Movement, Kalaripayattu, and Yogic Art.
Shiva began her study of yoga at the age of fourteen, out of curiosity regarding her given name, an unusual one given to her by her father, an artist and surfer. Growing up near the beach, Shiva was influenced by the rhythms of the ocean and became attuned to the power of nature and its connection to human beings.
Initially Shiva studied yoga from a book and later studied at a Tantric-based school called Ananda Marga. As her studies developed, she became more interested in Vinyasa flow yoga. She has striven to incorporate the ancient techniques and philosophies of yoga into a comprehensive method that can be used in modern day life. She integrates movement,
meditation, art, nature and spontaneous humor into her practice and attracts students who want to understand the roots of yoga and also be able to apply them to life in the 21st century.
Shiva Rea is active in the world of yoga and has led over seventy retreats worldwide. She participates in festivals, seminars, conferences, actions for the environment and offers her creative insight to programs sponsoring yoga and the arts. Shiva is the creator of numerous CDs and DVDs designed to empower and improve the practice of home-based yoga and is a contributing writer for Yoga Journal. She holds an M.A. in Dance from UCLA and currently resides in Pacific Palisades with her husband and son. Shiva teaches, once a month, at Exhale, a yoga studio in Venice, CA.
~ Amanda Miller
