Melanie C. Klein, MA, is an empowerment coach, thought leader, and influencer in the areas of body confidence, authentic empowerment, and visibility. She is also a successful writer, speaker, and professor of sociology and women's studies. She is the coeditor of Yoga and Body Image (Llewellyn, 2014), Yoga, the Body and Embodied Social Change (Rowman and Littlefield, 2016), Yoga Rising (Llewellyn, 2018), and Embodied Resilience through Yoga (Llewellyn, 2020). She's also a contributor in 21st Century Yoga (Horton & Harvey, 2012), and she's featured in Conversations with Modern Yogis (Shroff, 2014) and Llewellyn's Complete Book of Mindful Living (Llewellyn, 2016). She co-founded the Yoga and Body Image Coalition in 2014 and lives in Santa Monica, California.
Kat Heagberg is the editor of Yoga International and has been teaching yoga since 2005. Though she initially trained in alignment-based styles of yoga (which continue to inform her practice and teaching), Kat likes teaching vinyasa flow best of all. In her editorial life, she writes about the power of language in yoga culture and how to make challenging poses more accessible.
Kathryn Ashworth is an associate editor, yoga teacher, and writer at Yoga International. She views yoga as a healing resource that can re-awaken a sense of wonder and individual purpose, and her specific interests lie in simple and adaptable practices that anyone can benefit from.
