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Mama, teacher, speaker, coach, and co-author of Art of Attention, Elena has taught yoga since 1999. After graduating from Cornell University in 1992 with a design degree, she worked as a textile and apparel designer for 6 years, and has been studying with master yoga teachers since 1997. Influenced by several traditions including Katonah Yoga, ParaYoga and Kundalini Yoga, Elena offers yoga and meditation as a way to approach our world with realistic reverence and gratitude. Her classes are a masterful, candid blend of artful alignment and attention cues for your body, mind and heart.
photo credit: Sidney Bensimon
From the Museum of Modern Art to the Great Lawn at Central Park, from the playa at Burning Man to the Eiffel Tower, Elena is honoured to offer larger-scale experiences of yoga and meditation, but her true service is in shifting awareness within the smallest interactions; one family, one household at a time. She’s been featured in the New York Times, Yoga Journal, Element Yoga for Beginners DVDs, ABC News, CBS News and NBC News.
Her first book, Art of Attention, has been ranked number one for design on Amazon, and has now been translated into five languages. Her Audio Meditation Course is globally renowned as a way to boost or begin a consistent practice, and the film on which she’s an Executive Producer, On Meditation, is being featured on several international airlines and national public television. Elena has contributed to Yoga Journal, Yoga International, Huffington Post, MindBodyGreen, Well and Good NYC, Positively Positive, and more. Practice with Elena on YogaGlo.com.
Are you completely honest with the people in your life? Do you put off having potentially difficult conversations, or avoid them altogether? Is your best resolution to stay quiet, hope for the best, or try and get over it? Tough conversations take courage, grace, and wisdom. In this tele-talk, HG Life Co-President Laurie Gerber and […]
Mother’s Day on its own is enough of a reason to celebrate our moms. Now you can go a step further–– join yoga teacher and author, Elena Brower and Co-President of HG Life, Laurie Gerber in this 1-hour tele-talk and take your relationship with your mother to a new level––wholly designed by you. No matter […]
It’s two weeks until Mother’s Day. And, whether your relationship with your mother (or as a mother) is a work of art or a work in progress (or just a piece of work), we trust this letter that our dear friend, Elena Brower, wrote to her mom after her passing in 2016 and so graciously […]
It’s a true privilege to teach people the art of having tough conversations. For my family, friends and me, it’s a regular practice of alchemizing misunderstandings into more closeness. The cultivation of this simple art is happening almost daily in my home. Typically, misunderstandings, grudges or disagreements – whether they’ve been in place for a […]
From deep inside, we are always broadcasting energies that differ from what we’re saying. Let’s be more aware of how we say differs from what’s true inside. My coach, Lauren Zander, teaches that all lying is honouring fear, and anytime our inner world is broadcasting something different than what we’re saying, we’re honouring fear. […]
By Robin Giacomo with Elena Brower About two years ago, I stumbled across a blog entitled “Understanding Why We Keep Secrets” By Elena Brower. I was standing in my kitchen with my jaw dropped as I read about her huge (former) secrets-smoking and cheating! It would take another two years for me to fully understand […]