Rachel Brathen

Rachel Brathen was born in Sweden on 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; she started teaching it in 2009.{{cite news |last1=O'Riordan |first1=Alison |title=The beach bum yogi who is bending all of the rules |url=https://www.independent.ie/life/health-wellbeing/the-beach-bum-yogi-who-is-bending-all-of-the-rules-30582719.html |access-date=26 March 2022 |work=Irish Independent |date=12 September 2014}}

She is an internationally-known teacher of yoga as exercise{{cite news |last=Booth |first=Jessica |title=8 Yoga Tips I Learned From Taking Yoga Class With Yoga Girl, aka Rachel Brathen |url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/73625-8-yoga-tips-i-learned-from-taking-yoga-class-with-yoga-girl-aka-rachel-brathen |access-date=18 March 2017 |work=Bustle |date=14 April 2015}}{{cite news |last=Rudbäck |first=Johanna |title=Yoga girl: ingen har sett min riktiga yogaträning |language=Swedish |trans-title=Yoga girl: nobody has seen my real yoga training |url=http://rachelbrathen.com/press/svt-sport/ |access-date=3 July 2017 |work=SVT |date=14 February 2015}}{{cite news |last=Nilsson |first=Linda-Marie |title=Yoga Girl om spriten: Jag drack för att döva |language=Swedish |trans-title=Yoga Girl on spirits: I drank to shut it all out |url=http://www.expressen.se/noje/yoga-girl-om-spriten-jag-drack-for-att-dova/ |access-date=3 July 2017 |work=Expressen |date=16 October 2015}}{{cite news |last=Nestor |first=Linda |title=Rachel Brathen 'Yoga Girl' : Yoga är min krockkudde |language=Swedish |trans-title=Rachel Brathen 'Yoga Girl' : Yoga is my crockery |url=http://topphalsa.se/rachel-yoga-girl-brathen-yoga-ar-min-krockkudde/ |access-date=3 July 2017 |work=ToppHälsa |date=28 April 2017}}{{cite news |last=Hannum |first=Claire |title=These Photos Of 'Yoga Girl' Rachel Brathen Practicing While Pregnant Are Absolutely Gorgeous |url=http://www.self.com/story/rachel-brathen-practices-while-pregnant |access-date=18 March 2017 |work=SELF |date=13 October 2016}}

She is the author of the book Yoga Girl,{{cite news |last=Barnes |first=Zahra |title=Talking to Rachel Brathen, @yoga_girl, About Getting Political As A Wellness Guru |url=http://www.self.com/story/talking-to-rachel-brathen-yoga-girl-about-getting-political-as-a-wellness-guru |access-date=18 March 2017 |work=Self |date=22 July 2016}} which became a New York Times best-seller in 2015,{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2015/04/12/advice-how-to-and-miscellaneous/ |title=Books: Best Sellers: Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous |date=12 April 2015 |work=The New York Times |access-date=11 April 2017}} popularising the line "Yoga every damn day".

Brathen founded a yoga studio called Island Yoga Aruba{{cite news |url=https://www.womenshealthmag.com/fitness/g19995458/fitfluencer-yoga-girl-rachel-brathen/ |title='Yoga Girl' Rachel Brathen: 'A Fight With My Husband Changed My Entire Life' |date=30 January 2018 |work=Women's Health |access-date=25 June 2018}} as well as the yoga video service oneOeight{{cite news |last=Hurst |first=Samantha |title=International Yoga Teacher Rachel Brathen Captures Over $100,000 in 24 Hours on Kickstarter For New Online Platform "oneOeight" |url=https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2015/09/74116-international-yoga-teacher-rachel-brathen-captures-over-100000-in-24-hours-on-kickstarter-for-new-online-platform-oneoeight/ |access-date=18 March 2017 |work=Crowdfund Insider |date=9 September 2015}} and the non-profit 109 World.{{cite news |last=Olya |first=Gabrielle |title=‘Yoga Girl’ Rachel Brathen Loves Practicing at 20 Weeks Pregnant: ‘It Keeps That Connection’ |url=http://people.com/bodies/yoga-girl-rachel-brathen-still-practicing-20-weeks-pregnant/ |access-date=18 March 2017 |work=People |date=12 October 2016}}

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.{{Cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/rachel-brathen/?list=top-influencers-fitness |title=Rachel Brathen |work=Forbes |access-date=11 April 2017}} She is a certified yoga influencer, with a score of 98 from the influencer marketing software Klear. Brathen launched a podcast in March 2017,{{Cite news |url=http://rachelbrathen.com/new-podcast-from-the-heart/ |title=New Podcast! From the Heart – Rachel Brathen |date=31 March 2017 |work=Rachel Brathen |access-date=21 April 2017}} which reached the iTunes charts.

In 2019, she published an autobiography, To love and let go: a memoir of love, loss, and gratitude.{{cite book |last=Brathen |first=Rachel |title=To love and let go: a memoir of love, loss, and gratitude |publisher=Gallery Books |publication-place=New York |year=2019 |isbn=978-1-78325-367-8 |oclc=1111945119}}

She and her husband Dennis lived on Aruba, where he administered her yoga business. They married in June 2014. They now live in Sweden,{{cite news |last=Tyzack |first=Anna |title=Bad girl to Yoga Girl: How life changed for Instagram yoga sensation Rachel Brathen |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/11757601/Bad-girl-to-Yoga-Girl-How-life-changed-for-Instagram-yoga-sensation-Rachel-Brathen.html |access-date=18 March 2017 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=23 July 2015}} and have a daughter and a son.{{cite news |last=Prafder |first=Erika |url=http://www.yogajournal.com/lifestyle/yoga-of-childbirth-rachel-brathen-shares-baby-lea-lunas-birth-story |title=The Yoga of Childbirth: Rachel Brathen Shares Baby Lea Luna's Birth Story |date=9 May 2017 |work=Yoga Journal |access-date=15 May 2017}}

• Yoga in Sweden

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