James Reeves is a UK-based Sivananda Yoga teacher and the founder of Restful Being. He completed his teacher training at the Sivananda Yoga Ashram in Kerala, India, in 2004, and then qualified as a Structural Yoga Therapist under Mukunda Stiles. Reeves has studied extensively with a wide range of teachers including renowned yogini Kali Ray, Ayurvedic physician Vasant Lad, and Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh. He also studied with and was greatly influenced by Richard Miller, the founder of iRest Yoga Nidra.