Breathe and flow and transcend

200+ yogis and yoginis. Five hours. One goddess. Divine. It was my honor this weekend to practice prana flow yoga with with Shiva Rea, one of yoga’s current rock stars. Shiva is based in Santa Monica, Calif. and teaches around the world. I’d learned of her Washington, D.C., appearance via a post on twitter. She’d be teaching merely blocks from my home and my home yoga studio (the lovely Tranquil Space).

So, I joined 200+ others in two Tending the Fire: Living Yoga Sadhana sessions, the descriptions of which are lifted from the Flow Yoga facebook pages.

The evening class on Friday embodied Shakti Sadhana - the Creative Flow. "Explore pathways of awakening kundalini shakti as the divine creative brilliance within nature, within your body and as a supreme navigating intelligence within the flow of one's life." 

Saturday afternoon session invoked Bhakti Sadhana - the Sacred Flow, "a transformative prana flow heart-centered practice kirtan, tantric sutras, heart salutations (hridaya namaskar), a liberating backbending vinyasa flow and meditation to liberate our natural, healing alchemy of love."

Shiva coaxed us into yoga trance dance, chant and flow. What more can I say? Remarkable.


Shanti, om.