Elena Brower

Mama, founder and co-owner of VIRAYOGA, and co-author of Art of Attention,  Elena has taught yoga for 16+ years. After graduating from Cornell  University in 1992 with a design degree, she worked as a textile and  apparel designer for 6 years, and has studied with master yoga teachers  for over 10 years. Through her teaching, influenced by several  traditions including alignment-based Hatha and Kundalini yoga, Elena  offers yoga 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.  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, 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 and NBC News.