Shiva Rea, M.A., is a leading teacher of Prana Flow Yoga and Yoga Trance Dance worldwide. She began exploring yoga at age 14 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, kalaripayattu, world dance, yogic arts, and somatic movement infuse her approach to living yoga and embodying the flow. She is known for bringing the roots of yoga alive for modern practitioners in creative, dynamic, and life-transforming ways, and for offering the synthesis form of Vinyasa Flow throughout the world.

As a global adventurer, she has led over 70 retreats and pilgrimages nationally and internationally. She also has served as a creative catalyst for conferences, festivals, and actions for the environment, yoga, and the arts, including the third annual Yogini Conference of Kripalu and Omega. Shiva writes for Yoga Journal and has created award-winning CD and DVD programs to empower and transform yoga home practice. She lives with her family near their favorite surf break at Sunset Beach in Pacific Palisades, California.