Yoga Journal New York Yoga Conference

	Shiva Rea teaches vinyasa flow worldwide and has led more than 60 retreats throughout Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean. Her studies in the Krishnamacharya lineage, Tantra, Ayurveda, and art infuse her approach to living yoga. She is a regular contributor to Yoga Journal and lives with her family in Los Angeles.

Sukha Shakti: The Yoga of Radical Happiness in a Changing World Instructor: Shiva Rea Friday, May 15 9:00am-4:30pm: Friday All-Day Intensive Code: AISREA All Levels Dive into the wisdom teachings of yoga. We'll delve into the truth that our inherent happiness is not based on material circumstance, but rather on claiming our inherent radiant light of love and consciousness that transforms all experience. Celebration includes enlivening Prana Flow vinyasa practice, joyous meditation, yogic text, community interaction, and courageous gratitude. Rasa: The Yoga of Liberating Love Instructor: Shiva Rea Saturday, May 16 8:00am-10:00am: Session 1 Code: M1SREA All Levels Learn to cultivate sringara rasa—the sensual experience of the Divine—as the union of the beloved and lover at the heart of the yogic universe. Class includes heart salutations (hridaya namaskar), a liberating backbending vinyasa flow,meditation, and visualization to liberate our natural, healing alchemy of love. Mostly asana. This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs. Nataraja: The Yoga of a Dancing Universe Instructor: Shiva Rea Saturday, May 16 3:00pm-5:00pm: Session 3 Code: M3SREA All Levels We are all born with an innate love of movement that connects us with the intrinsic flow of our life force and nataraja, the understanding that we live in a "dancing universe" of continual vibration. Experience Yoga Trance Dance, which flows into an exploration of free-form, breath-driven movement to liberate our creative life force and cultivate embodied freedom. Mostly asana. This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs. Kalari Shakti: The Yoga of Embodying Power Instructor: Shiva Rea Sunday, May 17 8:00am-10:00am: Session 4 Code: M4SREA All Levels Experience a dynamic introduction to the ancient Indian martial art form Kalarippayatu, or Kalari, and to its roots within yoga and Ayurveda. Exploration of the fluid spiral strength of Kalari includes Shiva's Prana Flow vinyasa forms for embodying the instinctual shakti of yoga. Mostly asana. This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs. Prana Shakti: The Yoga of Liberating Flow Instructor: Shiva Rea Sunday, May 17 10:30am-12:30pm: Session 5 Code: M5SREA All Levels Learn specific navigation methods within Prana Flow, an energetic approach to vinyasa that releases the "doing" of yoga and brings greater ease and vitality into "being" yoga, which is the liberating key to living flow. This class includes Shiva's fluid namaskars and a fully integrated Prana Flow yoga practice. Mostly asana. This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.

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