Rachel Brathen (Swedish: Rachel Bråthén, IPA: [ˈrɑ̌ːkɛl brɔˈteːn]) is a Swedish yoga teacher, a pioneer of paddleboard yoga, and the founder of Island Yoga Aruba in the Caribbean. She is the author of the 2015 book Yoga Girl.
Rachel Brathen | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 5, 1988 Sweden |
| Occupation | Yoga teacher |
| Known for | Yoga Girl |
| Website | https://www.yogagirl.com/ |
Biography
editRachel Brathen was born in Sweden on the 5 October 1988. After graduating from secondary school, she went to Costa Rica to pursue yoga; she lived there for three years. She was one of the pioneers of Stand-Up Paddleboard Yoga (SUP Yoga); she started teaching it in 2009.[1]
She is an internationally-known teacher of yoga as exercise[2][3][4][5][6] She is the author of the book Yoga Girl,[7] which became a New York Times best-seller in 2015,[8] popularising the line "Yoga every damn day".[9]
Brathen founded a yoga studio called Island Yoga Aruba[10] as well as the yoga video service oneOeight[11] and the non-profit 109 World.[12] In 2017, Forbes named Brathen on its list of the most important social media influencers in the fitness category, noting that Brathen can command a $25,000 fee per Instagram post.[13] She is a certified Yoga influencer, with a score of 98 from the influencer marketing software Klear. Brathen launched a podcast in March 2017,[14] which reached the iTunes charts.[13] In 2019, she published an autobiography, To love and let go: a memoir of love, loss, and gratitude.[15]
Personal life
editShe and her husband Dennis lived on Aruba, where he administered her yoga business. They married in June 2014. They now live in Sweden.[1][9] and have a daughter and a son.[16]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b O'Riordan, Alison (12 September 2014). "The beach bum yogi who is bending all of the rules". Irish Independent. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
- ^ Booth, Jessica (14 April 2015). "8 Yoga Tips I Learned From Taking Yoga Class With Yoga Girl, aka Rachel Brathen". Bustle. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ Rudbäck, Johanna (14 February 2015). "Yoga girl: ingen har sett min riktiga yogaträning" [Yoga girl: nobody has seen my real yoga training]. SVT (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ^ Nilsson, Linda-Marie (16 October 2015). "Yoga Girl om spriten: Jag drack för att döva" [Yoga Girl on spirits: I drank to shut it all out]. Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ^ Nestor, Linda (28 April 2017). "Rachel Brathen "Yoga Girl" : Yoga är min krockkudde" [Rachel Brathen 'Yoga Girl' : Yoga is my crockery]. ToppHälsa (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ^ Hannum, Claire (13 October 2016). "These Photos Of 'Yoga Girl' Rachel Brathen Practicing While Pregnant Are Absolutely Gorgeous". SELF. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ Barnes, Zahra (22 July 2016). "Talking to Rachel Brathen, @yoga_girl, About Getting Political As A Wellness Guru". Self. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "Books: Best Sellers: Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous". The New York Times. 12 April 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^ a b Tyzack, Anna (July 23, 2015). "Bad girl to Yoga Girl: How life changed for Instagram yoga sensation Rachel Brathen". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "'Yoga Girl' Rachel Brathen: 'A Fight With My Husband Changed My Entire Life'". Women's Health. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ^ Hurst, Samantha (9 September 2015). "International Yoga Teacher Rachel Brathen Captures Over $100,000 in 24 Hours on Kickstarter For New Online Platform "oneOeight"". Crowdfund Insider. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ Olya, Gabrielle (12 October 2016). "'Yoga Girl' Rachel Brathen Loves Practicing at 20 Weeks Pregnant: 'It Keeps That Connection'". People. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ a b "Rachel Brathen". Forbes. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^ "New Podcast! From the Heart - Rachel Brathen". Rachel Brathen. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
- ^ Brathen, Rachel (2019). To love and let go: a memoir of love, loss, and gratitude. New York: Gallery Books. ISBN 978-1-78325-367-8. OCLC 1111945119.
- ^ Prafder, Erika (9 May 2017). "The Yoga of Childbirth: Rachel Brathen Shares Baby Lea Luna's Birth Story". Yoga Journal. Retrieved 15 May 2017.