Elena Brower is a renowned international yoga and meditation teacher on Glo, guiding transformative practices since 1999, as well as a mother, mentor, poet, artist, volunteer, bestselling author, and host of the acclaimed Practice You Podcast. She authored Art of Attention (translated into seven languages), the bestselling journals Practice You and Being You, and the poetry collection Softening Time, with her next book Hold Nothing forthcoming from Shambhala Publications in 2025. Through her courses, classes, and talks, she explores studentship, practice, life, and listening, weaving body, breath, art, and contemplative mindfulness to help individuals build resilience and inner alignment. She writes a Substack column supporting girls and women, offers weekly classes on Glo, and brings deep, compassionate conversations to her podcast. In 2023, she received Jukai (lay Buddhist vows) from Roshi Joan Jiko Halifax at Upaya Zen Center, where she is training in chaplaincy and volunteers in hospice and penitentiaries, embodying Upaya’s commitment to compassionate service and community care.