Shivani Ma

Shivani Ma O'Brien is Co-Founder of SYAMA Sunrise Yoga and Meditation Academy in Australia.  She is a mother, Teacher Trainer and Massage Therapist with 25 years experience. With Japan as her base for over 11 years, Shivani trained and has taught thousands of students in Asia and Europe. 

Drawing on her own healing experiences as a once severe asthmatic and chronic back pain sufferer, Shivani has expertise in pranayama (breathwork), manual lymph drainage, Hawaiian temple massage, pain therapy, reproductive health, Tantra, and embodied meditation. Currently training as a counselor, her areas of interest include how to effectively apply embodied mindfulness to sexology, grief, trauma, and relationships.

Shivani is known for her intuitive ability to fuse a variety of yoga, breathing, and massage techniques into one session to help clients ease pain and experience deep states of relaxation, pleasure and bliss.

She has presented keynotes at Seven Sisters Festival, Melbourne, Eros Festival, The Better Sex Festival, the Water & Peace Global Forum Japan, Soul Sessions Sydney, Yoga Fest Japan & Bali. Shivani leads annual teacher trainings and detox retreats and facilitates weekly tantra, mindfulness, meditation and yoga classes.

During this retreat she will show you the best techniques and tools she knows to propel self-healing, optimize your health and wake up feeling invigorated and passionately alive. We will focus on an exploration of the Chakras - the subtle energy anatomy of Yoga that helps the body and mind function optimally and invites more health and harmony into one's life.