Prana Flow & Shiva Rea
About Prana Vinyasa and Prana Flow
Excerpts from the Embodying the Flow manual, by Shiva Rea
“As our breath rises inside us, it returns us to the instinctual waves that are the essence of vinyasa.”
~Shiva Rea
Prana – Life force
Vinyasa – Evolution, wave, cycle
Flow – the state of unified consciousness
Prana Vinyasa Flow is an energetic, creative, full spectrum approach to embody the flow of yoga. Based upon the movements of prana first written down in the early Vedas, Tantras, Hatha Yoga texts and Ayurveda, my intention in the evolution of Prana Vinyasa is to offer a method to embody the flow of prana through vinyasa to awaken our inner intelligence in connection with the great Source.
In Prana Vinyasa this is our devotion, our focus, our river, tide, and current, which draws us into the experience of embodying the flow. As we come to embody these movements of prana, we will experience Prana Flow….
“To become a river guide – a teacher of vinyasa flow,our connection to the river as the current of prana is how we embody the flow.”
~Shiva Rea
The five movements of Prana form the vinyasa of movement and form. These movements of prana underlie every movement we see around us and within us. The way you sit and move through the world is a reflection of these movements of Prana. The way a tree grows, a car moves, the planets swirl, and our heart beats are all by these movements of Prana. And every aspect of yoga practice: asana, pranayama, bandha, mudra, chanting is created by these movements of Prana. There is not one asana that is not formed by these movements of Prana…
“The most important guide to the way in which we teach vinyasa flow is to connect with these movements of prana, which are as ceaseless as our breath.”
~Shiva Rea
Please visit Shiva’s website to learn more about her and her amazing offerings. You can also visit Theresa’s website for some additional reflections on Prana Flow.
Meet Shiva Rea
Shiva Rea serves the art of Yoga around the world inspired by her teachers and thirty years of pilgrimage and studies in India and around the world.
As founder of Prana Vinyasa and the Samudra Global School for Living Yoga, she integrates the roots of vinyasa, yoga, ayurveda, and tantra in creative and life-transforming courses, workshops, retreats, and training. Her studies in the Krishnamacharya lineage, kalaripayattu, world dance, yogic arts, and somatic movement infuse her approach to living yoga and embodying the flow.
An activist and innovator in the evolution of vinyasa yoga around the world from large-scale festivals and conferences to unplugged retreats, Shiva has taught thousands of students, teachers, and movers and shakers how to integrate yoga as a way of life.
Author of Tending the Heart Fire: Living in Flow With the Pulse of Life, she writes for Yoga Journal, is the author of home practice CDs, videos, and the Yoga Shakti DVD series available through Sounds True.
To learn more about Shiva, her global pilgrimages, offerings and teachings, visit her website and follow her on Instagram.
