Allie Cooper
Allie Cooper is a freelance writer currently based in California. In her free time, she likes to practice painting or head to the nearest gym.
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Beth Ann Mayer
Beth Ann Mayer is a writer, editor and brand strategist. Her bylines have appeared in places like parents.com and healthline.com. In her spare time, you can find her running marathons, doing yoga and wrangling her two dogs, cat and son, Peter.
Vaughn Powell
Vaughn has been practicing yoga for years, but officially became enamored when she realized that her daily practice enhanced her self-awareness and ability to think clearly. She is interested in the connection between mind and body and how we can use the breath to strengthen parts of the brain that make us mindful and present …
Mika Nishimura
Mika Nishimura is originally from Japan residing in Los Angeles. She started practicing yoga in 2006. In her first yoga class, she fell in love with it and decided to become a yoga teacher. Although she initially started practicing yoga to get in shape, she loves the fact that yoga is much more than fitness. …
Alyssa Macon
Alyssa Macon is a mom (and dog mom) in Nashville, TN who started practicing yoga in 2013. Like a lot of people, she came to yoga for the physical aspects simply wanting to stay in shape. Over time, she realized that the asana may bring us to yoga but it’s usually not what keeps us …
Cobb Rogers
Cobb Rogers is the co-founder YogaPose.com. Cobb was born and raised in Santa Monica where the “yoga lifestyle” is extremely prevalent. However, his personal practice didn’t take effect until high school, when yoga was offered as an elective. Thinking it would help him athletically, he gave it a try. Not only did Cobb love the …
Kari Jaffe
Kari is a fearless creator who powerfully impacts everything she touches with her vibrancy. As our dedicated yoga expert and wellness advisor, Kari oversees most of our production, photoshoots and video shoots – creating accurate content endorsed by the yoga community. Creating a home for all facets of a yogic lifestyle, Kari is a Curator …
Yasmin Parsloe
Ever since Yasmin can remember, lifestyle and health has been a top priority, and while she at first leaned towards more strenuous forms of exercise, she now takes a more gentle, and self care approach to fitness. In between nerding out on content and writing, Yasmin makes time for her yoga practice both at home …
Jessica Catlin
Jessica is an advocacy and marketing pro who has advised elected officials, corporate CEOs, and wellness organizations. At the young age of 39, Jessica was diagnosed with Stage 3 colorectal cancer, and her longtime yoga practice gave her the resilience she needed to beat the disease. Of note, she was able to keep up with …
Daryl Satcher
Daryl Satcher is a theatre artist, educator, griot, professor, yoga teacher and wellness specialist. He founded and is the C.E.O. of ‘A Leading Man’. ALM collaborates with its clients to create and cultivate a positive, healthy and balanced wellness lifestyle through courses, wellness retreats, creative workshops, plays and masterminds.
Sharon Roemmel
Sharon Roemmel, E-RYT shares her love of wellness via writing, teaching, and coaching. A yoga teacher since 1993, she teaches Purposeful Yoga online as well as on retreats. She believes in helping students find a way to make yoga work for them rather than trying to fit themselves into a form. In addition to teaching …
Claudia Pantani
Besides being a writer, Claudia is a dance and movement teacher and performer currently based in Montreal, Canada. A passionate traveler, she completed her Yoga Alliance teacher’s training in Vrindavan, India in 2011 and has been integrating asanas and mindfulness into her practice ever since. Yoga has helped her to heal the common back pain …
Rabia Meghani
Rabia Meghani is an Ayurvedic Practitioner and Yoga Therapist. Rabia’s formal education is in public health and epidemiology. Merging her knowledge of disease and the ancient science of Ayurveda, Rabia aims to modernize Ayurvedic teachings and make them accessible to the masses. Her passion lies in harmonizing western medicine with eastern healing methodologies. Rabia uses …
Lanre Salau
Lanre is a self-development and wellness writer. He is deeply passionate about all things concerning the growth of the human trinity; mind, body, and soul.
Amanda Webster
Amanda is a certified Mind Body Wellness coach as well as a certified Yoga instructor. She has over 500 hours of training under her belt including under the legendary, Diamond Dallas Page, with his DDPY program. She is a passionate vegan, suicide survivor, mental health advocate and the creator of Happiness Boost, a program that …
Luna
Sakshi Udavant, often published as Luna, is a content writer and freelance journalist covering the intersection between mental health and society. She loves taking nerdy scientific facts and breaking them down into engaging and highly readable content. She connects the bridge between ‘Here’s a mind-blowing scientific breakthrough’ and ‘why the hell should you care about …
Robyn Parets
Robyn Parets is the founder of Pretzel Kids yoga, a certified yoga instructor, a former yoga studio owner, a coach for female entrepreneurs, a recovering journalist, and a mom to three adult boys and two rescue dogs. You can learn more about Robyn and Pretzel Kids here.
Regina Beach
Regina is an American writer based in the UK. She specializes in content related to the arts, culture, travel, wellness and the unique people and places in those spheres. She is most at home pedaling her bicycle or on her yoga mat. Read more of Regina’s writing and listen to her podcast at reginagbeach.com.
Tara Caguiat
Tara Caguiat is a certified yoga instructor (RYT 500) and freelance writer with a passion for all things travel, minimalism and extreme sports. When she’s not practicing a new yoga pose or writing, she exploring a new destination—likely with her dive and kiteboarding gear in tow. Read more of her work on her blog SheNeedsLess.com or check out her …
Jesse Sage
Jesse Sage is a writer, model, and YouTuber. Her interest in yoga began as a teenager and has grown into a necessity. She is passionate about how yoga can help anyone feel better and how it can be adapted to be personalized to every body, age and physical need. She mainly practices Vinyasa Yoga but …
Britt Mattie
Britt is a freelance writer, magazine editor, watersport enthusiast, evolving yogi, and avid traveler. When she’s not out in the surf, or mastering her headstand sequence, she’s planning her next escape to some exotic destination to meet other like-minded wayfarers/creatives. She hopes to bring a fresh, modern perspective to the sacred 10,000-year-old practice and philosophy …
Ben Dornbush
Yoga is a powerful source of grounding energy and it is Ben’s mission to share this strength with all those he encounters in life. He believes the greatest teacher is also the greatest student and he strives to continually expand his understanding of the yogic tradition with experience in Ashtanga, Yin, Iyengar, Bikram, Power Vinyasa, …
Bobbie Casalino-Lewis
Bobbie grew up in the New York metropolitan area during an era of major change, which shaped not only her view of the world but embedded a clear understanding of the importance of how you visually present yourself. Fashion is what you wear, style is how you wear it. That mantra was the backbone of …
Bobby Rodriguez
Bobby Rodríguez came across the yoga practice over ten years ago while navigating what felt like rock bottom. After years of self medicating and disordered eating proved fruitless, the tools of the yoga practice allowed Bobby to find healing in Self excavation through movement- and later on stillness. Bobby draws largely from Ashtanga and Dharma …
Bruce Sommers
By day, Bruce is the founder of an advertising agency, Sincbox Media, that has thrived for more than 20 years. It’s through riding the chaotic waves of creative businesses that Bruce discovered his own struggles with mental illness. Before finding yoga, he found himself battling manic bursts of creativity which were enhanced and exasperated by …
Carrie Sherman
Carrie was first introduced to yoga as a teen suffering from depression, anxiety, ADHD and dyslexia. As a classically trained ballet dancer, Carrie instantly felt connected to the practice and the relief her new set of tools gave her. Years later, she found herself living in survival mode as a successful television producer. The stress …
Elyse Jung-Vrymoed
Elyse Jung-Vrymoed is a Los Angeles based artist and teacher. She is a practitioner of the mantra “Yes, and…” A student of yoga to some degree since her early teens, she is a great believer in its restorative value as part of a holistic approach to mental and physical health. In her 10 year work …
Hunter Haliniak
From Honolulu, HI, Hunter grew up playing competitive athletics, having the opportunity to play division 1 volleyball at the University of Hawaii and New Jersey Institute of Technology. Athletics allowed Hunter to connect to what he calls “athletic samadhi” also known in the sports world as “the Zone.” “The Zone” is that moment an athlete …
Kelly Von Schleis
Kelly Von Schleis is a certified health coach, personal trainer, and founder of LUXEFit, a luxury at-home health, fitness, and lifestyle app. Her lifelong passion for fitness was inspired by her eternal love for athletics. Kelly specializes in coaching her clients through complete lifestyle transformation and provides emphasis on finding inner joy and balance in …
Lesley Greer
Lesley started her yoga journey with the 26+2 series about 14 years ago. Her first class was one of the hardest things she had ever done, and her body was incredibly tight from years of running and competitive sports. She almost religiously took a 90-minute 26+2 class for five years, and then she became curious …