Last November The New York Times described @yogawithadriene as the “reigning queen of pandemic yoga”. 🧘♀️
Behind the scenes, however, she was reaching burnout. thetimes.co.uk/article/yoga-g…
Behind the scenes, however, she was reaching burnout. thetimes.co.uk/article/yoga-g…
From March 2020 to March 2021 her videos were watched an incredible 300 million times (they’ve had more than one billion views since she launched the channel).
Benji, her docile speckled grey dog, is often seen snoozing in the background.
Benji, her docile speckled grey dog, is often seen snoozing in the background.
If you are one of Adriene Mishler’s 10.4 million YouTube subscribers, you might be surprised to hear that the lively, peppy, all-smiles woman who helped us to “find what feels good” hasn’t been feeling, well, all that great.
“I remember I told my partner I felt knocked out by anxiety. I am a caretaker by nature, but then that became my job, my world…
“I was saying yes to everything because I knew how to do it. It felt like the proper, obvious thing to do. But I took on way too much.”
“I was saying yes to everything because I knew how to do it. It felt like the proper, obvious thing to do. But I took on way too much.”
“I don’t know how many virtual offerings I did for other people, not just on the community site but everything from a live class on Karlie Kloss’s Instagram to my friend’s non-profit.”
Mishler says the anxiety she experienced left her with shortness of breath, pounding in her chest, tingling in her hands and feet, and faintness.
“I am not helping anyone or myself if I continue to try to be full-time everything.”
“I am not helping anyone or myself if I continue to try to be full-time everything.”
The yoga guru is very aware that, in the west, yoga is a wealthy white woman’s space. “We need to do better,” she keeps saying.
Read the full interview: thetimes.co.uk/article/yoga-g…
Read the full interview: thetimes.co.uk/article/yoga-g…
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