Shazi Usman:
Shazi (born and raised in Hawai’i) is a professional health and life coach, retreat leader, actor, and certified yoga teacher with over 1,000 hours of training. Deeply rooted in Indian culture, Sanskrit, and compassionate ancient wisdom – Shazi teaches many styles of yoga and meditation in Los Angeles, Hawai’i, Brazil, India, and around the world: Vinyasa Yoga, Power Yoga, Bikram Yoga, Hot Power Fusion Yoga, Yin Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Raja Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, and Yoga Nidra. Shazi first discovered yoga as a young boy while visiting his family in India, and he has been practicing yoga since childhood. Through a daily yoga practice, mindful eating, energy work, and mystical practices (from Zen, Sufism, and Kabbalah) – Shazi has embraced a life of good health and vitality.
Through the sacred sciences of yoga and ayurveda, Shazi has helped thousands of students to activate the prana (“life force”) within and strengthen the mind-body-spirit connection. Shazi has trained with Conrad Gacki, Deanna Ainsworth, Shayna Hiller, Jai Dev Singh, Brad Koontz, Rebekah Rivera, Eve Bradford, and Isis Indriya. Shazi completed his first 200-hour yoga teacher training at Hot 8 Yoga in Santa Monica, and he finished his first 500-hour yoga teacher training at Samadhi Yoga in Mumbai. Shazi offers HEAVEN ON EARTH in Costa Rica at Blue Spirit – located in one of the most beautiful “Blue Zones” on Earth – to share how to attain a deeper feeling of inner peace and joy.
Roxanne Ruby:
Roxanne is an experience designer, professional performer, fire dancer, yoga teacher, and holistic health advocate. Born in Montana and introduced to yoga and meditation by her parents who are both yoga teachers, Roxanne moved to Hawai’i at a young age and discovered her passion for nutrition and other forms of regenerating the body, mind, and spirit. Roxanne’s love for event curation and the arts brought her to Los Angeles – where she founded a company and hosted over 100 events to raise funds for local and global benefit – elevating the consciousness of the planet. Roxanne loves bringing people together and creating a sense of community and belonging, as she will weave a practice she calls “social alchemy” into HEAVEN ON EARTH.
Roxanne is a self-proclaimed student of life and has broadened her skill set in studies with a vast array of masters including Tantra Yoga teacher training with Psalm Isadora, Egyptian Qabalah with Isis Indriya, Business Mastery with Allison Maslan, and many other world-class thought leaders such as Ronnie Landis, Dave Sandoval, Martin Prechtel, Paul Stamets, and countless elders and wisdom keepers from around the world. In recent years, Roxanne has developed her studies of hermetic philosophy, abundance, the chakras, intentional living, superfoods, and the art of integrating ritual into everyday life. Roxanne’s greatest joy is sharing art through music and dance. She has toured the world as part of a fire show called HeLLaMaNa, performing on stages with tens of thousands of people in the crowd. Roxanne is most excited to offer a sacred fire ceremony and a dance celebration at HEAVEN ON EARTH, illuminating how to reconnect with Self-love and fun.
