Shaka Xolani
About the Teacher
Why study with them?
Shaka’s introduction to yoga began in 2002 with Hatha and Iyengar but it wasn’t until 2008 and she found ashtanga, her dedication to the path of yoga really began. She practiced consistently for 9 years before training in Hatha yoga, becoming a teacher in 2017. By this time, she completed her masters degree at SOAS university in Traditions of Yoga and Meditation (with distinction). She began teaching during her training and has been teaching yoga full time since.
She has studied with an international array of senior and certified ashtanga teachers, and has assisted the Mysore programs for Ryan Spielman and Corrie Ananda in London. Since graduating from SOAS she has taught for yoga teacher trainings in London - Hot Pod Yoga, Revival Yoga, Kindred School of Yoga - teaching yoga philosophy and history, restorative as well as developing specific modules for yoga and healing racial trauma.
She teaches weekly classes in Costa Rica, where she now lives, and has been a lead and guest teacher for yoga schools, Yogi’s Choice Academy and Caribe Yoga Academy. She has taken the decision to found The Abhyasa School of Yoga, with the intention to keep the fire of yoga burning bright in the world.
In addition to teaching yoga, Shaka is a psychic and teaches psychic development, as well as the empowerment and self-development Course for Empaths, for The School of Intuition and Healing. She is a Reiki Master and Body Worker, and works as an intuitive somatic coach, womb healer and has been offering therapies professionally since 2018. She is finishing her first book, Revolution of a Yogi, which is due to be published in late 2026.
She has studied with an international array of senior and certified ashtanga teachers, and has assisted the Mysore programs for Ryan Spielman and Corrie Ananda in London. Since graduating from SOAS she has taught for yoga teacher trainings in London - Hot Pod Yoga, Revival Yoga, Kindred School of Yoga - teaching yoga philosophy and history, restorative as well as developing specific modules for yoga and healing racial trauma.
She teaches weekly classes in Costa Rica, where she now lives, and has been a lead and guest teacher for yoga schools, Yogi’s Choice Academy and Caribe Yoga Academy. She has taken the decision to found The Abhyasa School of Yoga, with the intention to keep the fire of yoga burning bright in the world.
In addition to teaching yoga, Shaka is a psychic and teaches psychic development, as well as the empowerment and self-development Course for Empaths, for The School of Intuition and Healing. She is a Reiki Master and Body Worker, and works as an intuitive somatic coach, womb healer and has been offering therapies professionally since 2018. She is finishing her first book, Revolution of a Yogi, which is due to be published in late 2026.
