Shivani Cooper was introduced to the Siddha Yoga path by her parents, when she was born in 1989. As a visiting sevite at Shree Muktananda Ashram, she serves as a director and assistant director in the SYDA Foundation Live Events Department. Shivani has offered seva supporting a number of global teaching and learning events in recent years, including as the director for the Global Live Audio Stream Satsang: Chanting Creates a Paradise in This World, which was the culminating event of the Siddha Yoga Chanting Tour: Australia 2014. Shivani served on staff at Shree Muktananda Ashram from 2010 to 2012, also as a director for live events.

Shivani has a bachelor of arts from The University of Sydney, where she majored in Indigenous Australian Studies, and she is a certified doula. She works for a non-profit organization that supports the sights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Shivani lives in Sydney, Australia, with her mother and father.