MEET BHĀVANI

Née Silvia Kazazis, Bhāvani was raised quadrilingual in the milieu of the University of Chicago,  from a multicultural European background and has traveled extensively from a young age. Bhāvani interweaves the insights she has gathered into a holistic exploration of the microcosmic and macrocosmic self. Dedicated to exploring Yoga in its complete expression, her teachings are steeped in the traditions of Patañjali’s classical eight-limbed Yoga, with an emphasis on integrity of alignment and the use of Yoga as a powerful tool for healing.  

Often described as a teacher’s teacher, Bhāvani offers unique insights into discovering greater joy and freedom. She specializes in addressing the individual’s specific needs to develop a practice appropriate to their challenges, physical injuries, and desire for personal growth and transformation. Bhavani believes that that engaging in all the aspects of Yoga is a means of compressed evolution that uplifts, connects, and accesses the inner source of joy.  

Bhāvani has resided on the island of Kaua’i since 1993, and resides with her husband Ray and son Nikola on their organic permaculture farm. She offers live and online workshops, intensives, mentorship programs and annual teacher training programs at her studio, Kaua'i Yoga Shala, and Yoga workshops on the US mainland and Europe.