Alanna Zabel

AZ I AM® founder Alanna Zabel brings over 25 years of fitness/wellness experience, with a passion for helping others connect with their truest and most organic self. She holds a double BA in Psychology and Human Services, with a concentration in Child Development. Alanna is a Trauma-informed Yoga instructor, a registered ERYT-500 teacher trainer, a Sound Healer and Program Director/Trainer, the creator of Yoga Barre®, as well as a Stott Pilates and fitness instructor.

Committed to female empowerment, Alanna is a true visionary who created Goddess Detox Retreats in 1998. She is highly experienced at guiding groups of women on spiritual adventures and fasting retreats, while deepening their connection to their own Dharma and Divine Feminine.

In 2000, she founded her own unique YogaDance company based on combining the essential movements of yoga with modern dance. Her first performance was choreographed for a private party at Michael Jackson's home and performed at Neverland. Her performances have been requested at fashion shows, conferences and private parties.

With a flare for style and design, Alanna launched the premium AZ I AM® Active Wear collections. Beyond her accomplishments as an instructor, performer, program director, writer, and designer, Alanna is a creative force and a teacher with a passion for kids. In addition to fourteen children's books with yoga and wellness themes, she single-handed created The World's First Yoga Doll® and Soul Model collections.

Voted "Best Yoga Instructor in Los Angeles" in 2011 by LA Family Magazine and one of "Hollywood's Hottest Trainers" by Shape Magazine in 2014, Alanna is passionate about teaching yoga through her classes, life and writing. She is the author of As I Am: Where Spirituality Meets Reality and Meaningful Coincidence: Synchronistic Stories of the Soul. Her children's book titles include The Seven Doors, a children's version of Deepak Chopra's best selling The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success. Alanna stars in five fitness DVDs: Yoga Total Body Makeover and Pilates Yoga Fusion, as well as Beginner Level Yoga for Toning, Flexibility + Stress Relief, Cardio + Conditioning Yoga, and Beginner Level Yoga which became a nationally bestselling fitness DVD in 2016.​