Elena Brower

Elena Brower is a mother, artist, author, and longtime teacher of yoga and meditation. For nearly three decades, she has shaped the practice of modern yoga through teaching, writing, and contemplative practice. She is the author of five books, including Hold Nothing (2025) and the widely translated Art of Attention (2012), as well as Practice You, Being You, and Softening Time.
Elena is a Soto Zen student, hospice and penitentiary chaplain, and host of the Practice You podcast. Through her writing, teaching, and the Hold Nothing Foundation, she supports greater care, presence, and service to girls and women around the world.