{"id":2136,"date":"2014-04-01T07:00:09","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T11:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wanderlust.com\/?p=2136"},"modified":"2019-01-14T12:32:17","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T17:32:17","slug":"elena-brower-trailblazer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/ro\/journal\/elena-brower-trailblazer\/","title":{"rendered":"Elena Brower&#8217;s Biggest Fear: Being Late For School Pick-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Published on April 1, 2014.<\/strong> This piece is part of a &#8222;From the Archives&#8221; series on The Wanderlust Journal in celebration of our 10 Year Anniversary in 2019.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>We sat down with the beautiful and loving <a href=\"http:\/\/stratton.wanderlustfestival.com\/elena-brower\">Elena Brower<\/a> to learn a few fun facts about her life. Elena is a mother, an author and a teacher. Her first book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artofattention.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Art of Attention<\/a>, is in its second US printing and its second translation. Influenced by alignment-based Hatha, Kundalini and Yin yoga, Elena offers yoga as a way to approach our world with realistic reverence and gratitude. She is always honoured to collaborate with fellow teachers and thought-leaders, and her classes are a masterful, candid blend of alignment and attention cues that speak to body, mind, and heart.\u00a0As an Executive Producer of <a href=\"http:\/\/elenabrower.com\/practice-perfect\/on-meditation-and-why-it-matters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">On Meditation<\/a>, she&#8217;s helping curate a film that takes us into the lives of meditators to introduce and inspire practice.<\/p>\n<p>Elena will be <a href=\"http:\/\/schedvt.wanderlustfestival.com\/sponsor\/elena_brower.1rwn1xho#.UzWcY9ykDKg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">teaching<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/stratton.wanderlustfestival.com\/tickets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wanderlust Stratton<\/a> in June, where she will also be serving as a guest scholar for the <a href=\"http:\/\/wanderlustyoga.com\/teacher-training-stratton-vt-june-14\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wanderlust Teacher Training<\/a> program.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2022 \u2022 \u2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WL: What do you want to be when you grow up?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>EB:<\/strong>\u00a0An acupuncturist.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WL: What did your child self want to be when you grew up?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>EB:<\/strong> A veterinarian!<\/p>\n<p><strong>WL: What is your personal theme song?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nYFEf7Y1Gco\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">AND<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/90c9pEtZquw\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>WL: What is your biggest fear?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>EB:<\/strong> That I&#8217;ll be late for school pickup.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WL: What is your favorite yoga pose?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>EB:<\/strong> Lotus pose. The ultimate container for meditation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WL: What has been your most embarrassing moment as a teacher?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>EB:<\/strong> Not being able to hold a handstand in front of Rodney Yee when I was being interviewed for a Yoga Journal gig.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WL: What do you love about what you do?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>EB:<\/strong> I get to help folks feel extraordinary. Confident. Free.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WL: \u00a0What challenges you about what you do?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>EB:<\/strong> \u00a0There aren&#8217;t enough hours in the day. I love my job.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elena Brower is a trailblazer and an OG Wanderlust teacher and presenter. 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