Rachel Brathen (born Rachel Bråthén, , 5 October 1988) 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''.
Biography
Rachel Brathen was born in Sweden on 5 October 1988. After graduating from secondary school, she went to
Costa Rica
Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo ...
to pursue yoga; she lived there for three years. She was one of the pioneers of
stand-up paddleboard yoga; she started teaching it in 2009.
She is an internationally-known teacher of
yoga as exercise
Yoga as exercise is a physical activity consisting mainly of asana, postures, often connected by vinyasa, flowing sequences, sometimes accompanied by pranayama, breathing exercises, and frequently ending with savasana, relaxation lying down or ...
She is the author of the book ''Yoga Girl'',
which became a
''New York Times'' best-seller in 2015,
popularising the line "Yoga every damn day".
Brathen founded a yoga studio called Island Yoga Aruba as well as the yoga video service oneOeight
and the non-profit 109 World.
In 2017, ''
Forbes
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'' 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.
She is a certified yoga influencer, with a score of 98 from the influencer marketing software Klear. Brathen launched a podcast in March 2017,
which reached the
iTunes
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charts.
[
In 2019, she published an autobiography, ''To love and let go: a memoir of love, loss, and gratitude''.]
Personal life
She and her husband Dennis lived on Aruba, where he administered her yoga business. They married in June 2014. They now live in Sweden,
See also
* Yoga in Sweden
References
External links
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Living people
Yoga teachers
1988 births
21st-century Swedish women