Shiva Rea is an American yoga instructor and founder of Prana Vinyasa yoga.
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prAna Ambassador Shiva Rea's diverse upbringing has shaped her character and ignited her passion for dance and world culture. Her journeys around the world studying ritual movement have led to a fusion of yoga and dance.
The gateways to wonder and delight are flung open wide for all to enter. At once a beautiful love song and an encyclopedia of yogic techniques, the cherished text known as the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra shimmers with new effulgence in Lorin Roche's The Radiance Sutras.
Within yoga, a different guide is needed—one that charts the landscape of the self. The koshas, “layers” or “sheaths,” make up one such map, charted by yogic sages some 3,000 years ago.
Watch this inspiring interview with Shiva Rea as she talks about her new Yoga Energy Activism program. Through this program Shiva encourages us all to take an Energy Restoration Retreat - unplugging our electronics and plugging into ourselves.
Based on Taoist Meditation practice, Shiva Rea's inner smile meditation is an opportunity smile at yourself and embrace your happiness.
Steps to perform the Mountain Pose with heart opener and victory mudra. Start your day right.
I’m preparing for a dance performance in front of a big crowd of people, many of whom I know. I’d like to calm my nerves and quell my anxiety. How should I channel all my nervous energy?
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You may have read of people doing 108 Sun Salutations (Surya Namaskar) at the time of the spring equinox, or own mala with 108 beads. Here's why the number is considered so auspicious.
Head-of-the-Knee Pose fosters flexibility in the hamstrings and spine while calming the nervous system.
When we’re in tune with ourselves, says Rea, we get a clear-eyed view of our positive and negative habits, our sense of what’s right and wrong for us, and the places we are in or out of balance.
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