Julian Walker

Yoga Teacher

Shiva Yoga

Julian Walker grew up in South Africa and has also lived in London. He started teaching yoga in LA after a three-month trip to India in 1994. His original training was with Ana Forrest, but he cites poets like Rumi, Kabir, Hafez, Rilke, David Whyte and Mary Oliver as primary influences, alongside Buddhist meditation teachers and psychologists Jack Kornfield, John Welwood, Rick Hanson and Stan Grof. From 2011 to 2019 he co-created and taught the Awakened Heart, Embodied Mind yoga teacher training with Hala Khouri, that drew on perspectives from somatic psychology, neuroscience, and social justice. He is also co-host of the popular Conspirituality podcast. Julian has facilitated numerous times at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, and in Upstate New York, Connecticut, and Canada, and has led over 30 retreats in California. He hosted Funky Friday yoga & dance for 10 years, Dance Tribe weekly events in Santa Monica for 5-years before the pandemic. He brings a profound respect and passionate enthusiasm for integrated mindfulness and embodiment practices to Shiva Yoga.