Mark Stephens
Yoga teacher and author
Mark Stephens is a yoga teacher who has written books on teaching yoga and on yoga therapy. His 2019 book Yoga for Better Sleep is in our catalog.
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American Born in Santa Cruz, United States
Influenced by David Reich
About Mark Stephens
Mark Stephens was born in Santa Cruz, California. He began a daily yoga practice in 1991 and started teaching in 1996. Yoga Journal has called him "the teacher's teacher". He founded Yoga Inside Foundation, L.A. Yoga Center and Santa Cruz Yoga. In 2000 Yoga Journal gave him its first Karma Yoga Award, recognizing non-profit work that took yoga to prisons, shelters and inner-city schools across North America. His books are mostly textbooks for yoga teachers: Teaching Yoga, Yoga Sequencing, Yoga Adjustments, Yoga Therapy and Yoga for Better Sleep. His background includes Ashtanga Vinyasa, Iyengar, Vinyasa Flow, Tantra and Yoga Therapy, along with academic study. He has said he is writing a book on the histories and philosophies of yoga.