Yvette van Kessel
Yvette van Kessel first noticed yoga when a funeral-home family chose a posture class to rehearse being calm in public. She lives by one rule: release the outcome, then watch who checks whether anyone noticed.
Articles by Yvette van Kessel
Yoga Teacher Training Program Graduates Its First Student Who Can Actually Teach Yoga
In the program's 12-year history, only one of its 3,400 graduates has demonstrated the ability to both practice and explain yoga, a ratio that the director calls 'aspirational.'
Man Attends First Yoga Class, Discovers He Has Been Breathing Wrong for 38 Years
The instructor's casual observation that he was 'reverse breathing' sent the participant into a spiral that has fundamentally undermined his confidence in all autonomous bodily functions.
Savasana Expert Accidentally Sleeps Through Entire Retreat, Declared Most Enlightened Attendee
The participant, who was unconscious for all seven days, was praised by facilitators for her 'unprecedented surrender to the present moment.'