Shiva Rea
Shiva Rea (born 1967) is a teacher of Vinyasa flow yoga, a school of yoga as exercise, and yoga trance dance. She is the founder of Prana Vinyasa yoga.
Life
Shiva Rea was born in Hermosa Beach, California, in 1967;[1] her father, liking the image of Nataraja, dancing Shiva, named her after that Hindu deity.[2] She studied dance anthropology at UCLA, completing her master's thesis in 1997 on "hatha yoga as a practice of embodiment".[2] She studied under yoga and tantra masters including Swami Sivananda Saraswati and Daniel Odier.[2] She practised the vigorous Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga for ten years, adopting a more restorative style when she became pregnant.[2] She teaches Vinyasa flow yoga, having created her own style called Prana Vinyasa, and yoga trance dance.[2][3] She teaches in the USA and many countries around the world, touring each year.[2] Teachers are similarly trained in the USA and around the world in 200, 300 and 500 hour courses in her Prana Vinyasa yoga.[4][5] She has contributed to publications including Yoga Journal[6][7] and Yoga International.[8]
References
- ^ Collins, Amy Fine (15 June 2007). "Planet Yoga". Vanity Fair.
- ^ a b c d e f Gates 2006, pp. 120–126.
- ^ "Shiva Rea". Gaia. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ "Welcome to the Evolutionary Global Prana Vinyasa Teacher Studies Program!". Shiva Rea. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ "Prana Vinyasa Global Training". Shiva Rea. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ "Shiva Rea". Yoga Journal. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ "About Shiva". Yoga International. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ Rea, Shiva. "Introduction to the Dosha Series". Yoga International. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
Sources
- Gates, Janice (2006). Yogini: Women Visionaries of the Yoga World. Mandala. ISBN 978-1932771886.
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