Heidi Spear

Heidi Spear, MA, is an author, workshop presenter, Reiki master, and yoga and meditation teacher. Since 2008 she has led workshops and retreats on meditation, gentle yoga, and energy wellness, in person and virtually, for wellness centers, yoga studios, and Fortune 500 companies. She has taught at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health and The UltraWellness Center in the Berkshires. She is also a course creator, corporate speaker, and podcaster, and her stated mission is to support people in connecting to their true nature and aspirations.

She studied yoga with Rodney Yee, Seane Corn, and the faculty at Kripalu, where she completed her yoga teacher training and taught workshops and meditation for several years. She has studied with meditation teachers including Sharon Salzberg, Jack Kornfield, and Pema Chodron, and became a Reiki master under the guidance of Libby Barnett, MSW, Reiki Master Teacher.

Her recording Universe: Guided Meditation and Deep Relaxation offers three slow, colorful guided experiences meant to leave listeners balanced and restored.

Heidi holds BA and MA degrees in comparative literature from Washington University in St. Louis and an MA in interdisciplinary studies from New York University. She won awards for her thesis on Shakespeare in performance and for her course on comedy in theater and cinema, and she has presented her academic research at conferences in the US and the UK and given talks at the St. Louis Shakespeare Festival.

Her work draws on mindful, time-tested practices that calm the nervous system, cultivate compassion, and invite deeper awareness of who we truly are. She occasionally hosts classes on meditation, breath work, and energy wellness, and is editing her next book.