Softening Time: Collected Poems

Elena Brower is an American yoga teacher, author, and poet based in New York. She has taught yoga and meditation internationally for more than twenty years and studied with senior teachers in both Iyengar and Anusara traditions. As a writer, she is the author of the bestselling yoga and journaling books Practice You: A Journal (Sounds True, 2017) and Being of Grace (2018). Her poetry and prose engage themes of mindfulness, grief, spiritual transformation, and self-compassion. She has collaborated with other artists and teachers and has spoken at conferences and events worldwide. She holds degrees from Cornell University.