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AZ I AM® founder Alanna Zabel is an internationally recognized yoga instructor, studio founder, wellness expert, author, inventor, and entrepreneur, bringing over 25 years of experience helping others connect with their most authentic self.
Committed to female empowerment, Alanna is a true visionary. In addition to originating the "day retreat" format, she was the first to create Goddess Detox Retreats in 1998, guiding groups of women on spiritual adventures and fasting retreats. In 2000, she founded her own unique YogaDance company based on combining the essential movements of yoga with modern dance. Her first performance was choreographed for a private party at Michael Jackson's home and performed at Neverland.
Beyond her accomplishments as an instructor, author, designer, and activist, Alanna is a creative force & a teacher with a passion for kids wellness. In addition to three memoirs, Alanna has written fourteen children's books with yoga & wellness themes.
Voted "Best Yoga Instructor in LA" in 2011 by LA Family Magazine and one of "Hollywood's Hottest Trainers" by Shape Magazine in 2014, Alanna is passionate about teaching yoga through her classes, life and writing. She is the author of As I Am: Where Spirituality Meets Reality, Meaningful Coincidence: Synchronistic Stories of the Soul, and Knock It Off; Imitation Isn’t Flattering. Alanna stars in five fitness DVDs in which Element: Beginner Level Yoga which became a nationally bestselling fitness DVD in 2016.
Committed to female empowerment, Alanna is a true visionary. In addition to originating the "day retreat" format, she was the first to create Goddess Detox Retreats in 1998, guiding groups of women on spiritual adventures and fasting retreats. In 2000, she founded her own unique YogaDance company based on combining the essential movements of yoga with modern dance. Her first performance was choreographed for a private party at Michael Jackson's home and performed at Neverland.
Beyond her accomplishments as an instructor, author, designer, and activist, Alanna is a creative force & a teacher with a passion for kids wellness. In addition to three memoirs, Alanna has written fourteen children's books with yoga & wellness themes.
Voted "Best Yoga Instructor in LA" in 2011 by LA Family Magazine and one of "Hollywood's Hottest Trainers" by Shape Magazine in 2014, Alanna is passionate about teaching yoga through her classes, life and writing. She is the author of As I Am: Where Spirituality Meets Reality, Meaningful Coincidence: Synchronistic Stories of the Soul, and Knock It Off; Imitation Isn’t Flattering. Alanna stars in five fitness DVDs in which Element: Beginner Level Yoga which became a nationally bestselling fitness DVD in 2016.