Livia Cohen-Shapiro

Livia Cohen-Shapiro M.A. is a yoga teacher, somatic mentor, writer and founder of Applied Psychology for Yogis. A yoga teacher since 2003, Livia mentors and facilitates the psychological/social/emotional awareness and development of hundreds of teachers and committed yoga students across the United States through potent webinars, recorded lectures, teacher training modules, and in-person programs and classes. Livia’s teaching 'style' is thoughtful, clear, direct and witty.  Progressive sequencing and articulate alignment instruction convey the teachings of yoga asana, tantric and earth-based philosophy, and somatic psychology. This is a blending of years of study in the Iyengar and Anusara yoga methods along with Rajanaka Tantric philosophy; body centered psychology, 5 Rhythms dance and Rites of Passage. Students and clients report feeling empowered, ignited and pushed right up to the edges of their own progress mentally, physically, spiritually, emotionally.