Indian Temple Dance, Sacred Feminine and Yoga

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Posted by Daniela Riva at 1:53 PM

Daniela Riva: Dancer, Indian Dance and Yoga teacher. Daniela is an expert of Sacred Indian Dance, having studied extensively for over 13 years in India under the guidance of gurus of the prestigious Kalakshestra Academy of Fine Arts in Chennai as well as at Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram, in India. She has been also learning the basic steps and postures of Odissi dance style at Pondicherry’s Ashram. Her teachers blessed her and appointed her to begin sharing this ancient dance of the Sacred Feminine, and since then she has been performing and teaching in all Europe, US and India to hundreds of students. Daniela embodies in her classes the spiritual essence of the Devadasi, to share the mysteries of the sacred temple dancers, with all women. Following traditional Yogic and Ayurvedic principles, she guides her students to open to the awareness and beauty of their body temple and discover the inner power of transformation encoded in this ancient sacred art. Daniela is currently based in California (US), but travels constantly to teach in Europe and for her studies in India, following her Shakti Bhakti Spirit with grace, vibrant joy and devotion.

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