Rachel Brathen Explained
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| Birth Date: | 5 October 1988 |
| Birth Place: | Sweden |
| Occupation: | Yoga teacher |
| Known For: | Yoga Girl |
| Website: | https://www.yogagirl.com/ |
Rachel Brathen (Swedish: Rachel Bråthén, pronounced as /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.
Biography
Rachel 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".
Brathen founded a yoga studio called Island Yoga Aruba[9] as well as the yoga video service oneOeight[10] and the non-profit 109 World.[11] 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.[12] She is a certified Yoga influencer, with a score of 98 from the influencer marketing software Klear. Brathen launched a podcast in March 2017,[13] which reached the iTunes charts.[12] In 2019, she published an autobiography, To love and let go: a memoir of love, loss, and gratitude.[14]
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.[1] [15] and have a daughter and a son.[16]
See also
Notes and References
- News: O'Riordan . Alison . The beach bum yogi who is bending all of the rules . 26 March 2022 . . 12 September 2014.
- News: Booth . Jessica . 8 Yoga Tips I Learned From Taking Yoga Class With Yoga Girl, aka Rachel Brathen . 18 March 2017 . Bustle . 14 April 2015.
- News: Rudbäck . Johanna . Yoga girl: ingen har sett min riktiga yogaträning . Swedish . Yoga girl: nobody has seen my real yoga training . 3 July 2017 . . 14 February 2015.
- News: Nilsson . Linda-Marie . Yoga Girl om spriten: Jag drack för att döva . Swedish . Yoga Girl on spirits: I drank to shut it all out . 3 July 2017 . . 16 October 2015.
- News: Nestor . Linda . Rachel Brathen "Yoga Girl" : Yoga är min krockkudde . Swedish . Rachel Brathen 'Yoga Girl' : Yoga is my crockery . 3 July 2017 . ToppHälsa . 28 April 2017.
- News: Hannum . Claire . These Photos Of 'Yoga Girl' Rachel Brathen Practicing While Pregnant Are Absolutely Gorgeous . 18 March 2017 . SELF . 13 October 2016.
- News: Barnes . Zahra . Talking to Rachel Brathen, @yoga_girl, About Getting Political As A Wellness Guru . 18 March 2017 . Self . 22 July 2016.
- News: Books: Best Sellers: Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous . 12 April 2015 . . 11 April 2017.
- News: 'Yoga Girl' Rachel Brathen: 'A Fight With My Husband Changed My Entire Life' . 30 January 2018 . Women's Health . 25 June 2018.
- News: Hurst . Samantha . International Yoga Teacher Rachel Brathen Captures Over $100,000 in 24 Hours on Kickstarter For New Online Platform "oneOeight" . 18 March 2017 . Crowdfund Insider . 9 September 2015.
- News: Olya . Gabrielle . ‘Yoga Girl’ Rachel Brathen Loves Practicing at 20 Weeks Pregnant: ‘It Keeps That Connection’ . 18 March 2017 . People . 12 October 2016.
- News: Rachel Brathen . . 11 April 2017.
- News: New Podcast! From the Heart - Rachel Brathen . 31 March 2017 . Rachel Brathen . 2017-04-21.
- Book: Brathen, Rachel . To love and let go: a memoir of love, loss, and gratitude . Gallery Books . New York . 2019 . 978-1-78325-367-8 . 1111945119.
- News: Tyzack . Anna . Bad girl to Yoga Girl: How life changed for Instagram yoga sensation Rachel Brathen . 18 March 2017 . . July 23, 2015.
- News: Prafder . Erika . The Yoga of Childbirth: Rachel Brathen Shares Baby Lea Luna's Birth Story . 9 May 2017 . . 15 May 2017.
