About Shiva Rea:

Shiva Rea, m.a., is a leading teacher of vinyasa flow yoga and yoga trance dance worldwide. she began exploring yoga at the age of fourteen as a way to understand her name, given to her by her father, a surfer and artist. her studies in the krishnamacharya lineage, tantra, ayurveda, bhakti, yogic art and somatic movement infuse her approach to living yoga and embodying the flow with love – one breath at a time.

As a global adventurer, she has lead over 60 retreats and pilgrimages in asia, africa and the carribean. she is known for bringing the roots of yoga alive for modern practitioners through the integration of movement meditation, yogic philosophy and art,nature’s vitality, spontaneous humor and joy. she writes for yoga journal, founded shiva-shakti yoga infused clothing with the marika group, serves as creative yoga director of exhale spa and lives with her family in los angeles where she teaches at sacred movement and ucla’s world arts and cultures program. she is also the author of home practice cd's, videos, and the new yoga shakti dvd series available through soundstrue.