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About Me

Shivani Ray Kadakia is a meditation and spirituality teacher, healer, and performer raised in an Eastern meditation tradition derived from Kashmir Shaivism and classical yoga. Shivani was one of the founding directors of UC Berkeley's acclaimed "Meditation, Mysticism, and the Mind" class which taught the practice of meditation and spiritual philosophy to over 500 students a year, and has since taught meditation at venues that range from corporate offices to hospitals. Shivani also leads retreats and workshops on personal healing, shamanism, energywork, and intuitive living, and has a private healing practice. She has a J.D. from USC Law School and a B.A. in Rhetoric and minors in Theater, Business, and South Asian Studies from UC Berkeley. Shivani's teaching dives into the depths of human vulnerability and the nature of existence, and is valued for her insightful, grounded, hilarious, and totally skeptic-friendly approach.*************************************************** ***********NEW!: Read my blog at www.shivaniray.blogspot.com

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

In general? Bright, Creative, Honest, Courageous, Kind, Humble People...
Specifically, people who are interested in, in no particular order: Meditation, Eastern Spirituality, Yoga Philosophy, Sanskrit, Mysticism, Health and Wellness, Alternative Medicine, Reiki, Shamanism, Acting, Film, Dance, Music, Alternative Theater and Film, going hiking with me. : )

My Blog

Reading Update

Quite a good book, and very touching.  Not at all what I expected and immensely enjoyable.
Posted by on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 01:59:00 GMT

Oh Dear God, There's No Hope; also known as Wikipedia, On Nerds

Don't ask me, but for whatever reason I found myself reading the "nerd" entry in Wikipedia this evening, and it was fascinating for a number of reasons. Yes, Virginia, I do realize that that by itsel...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:34:00 GMT

Work in Progress

Hello my dear ones,I just got on this crazy website, so it's still a work in progress.  I hope to post more photos and information soon!  In the meantime, you can reach me at shivaniray@gmai...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 14:29:00 GMT