🌿 About Andrea Aldridge
Yoga Educator | Author | Wellness Guide
With a yoga journey that began in 1974, I bring more than five decades of experience in living, practicing and teaching yoga. From my early days exploring asanas in their most basic form to my current work authoring Yoga Revolution, developing the Yoga Revolution Planner, and building a mobile app to support modern practitioners, I’ve grown alongside yoga itself. It continues to evolve—and so do I.
Throughout my teaching career, I’ve helped countless students reconnect with their bodies, rediscover their breath and rebuild trust in their own wisdom. My classes are rooted in deep anatomical knowledge, years of experience and a commitment to accessibility and care.
In addition to teaching, I’m also the founder of Asana Essentials, a yoga boutique offering thoughtfully curated products like our Professional Natural Rubber yoga mats—designed to support real practice and authentic living.
Yoga is more than movement. It’s a pathway to self-trust, healing, and long-lasting vitality—and I’ve dedicated my life to sharing it.
🌀 My Roots, My Rhythm
It’s been a long and winding road to get to where I am today and I’m grateful for every twist and turn. I needed to learn from every damn thing that came out of the abject chaos of my first two adult decades—and I did.
I often say I’m part of a bridge generation. My grandfathers were born in 1887 and 1908, so my toes are in the 1800s, but my head is in the 21st century. That duality shapes me. I remember life before the internet. I know what it means to entertain myself without a screen. I learned the “old ways”—gardening, raising chickens, making do, and swinging from a tree tire. We didn’t have apps, but we had resourcefulness. We didn’t have constant supervision, but we had freedom. And we didn’t know then that we’d be the last to experience that kind of raw, unfiltered childhood.
This gives me perspective. I see clearly that each generation brings something essential to the table. While mine came of age in the freedom-loving hippie movement, we also helped lay down the foundations for today’s collective craving for harmony, Earth-connection and human dignity.
That’s what I carry with me: a belief in living in alignment with nature, a devotion to loving unconditionally and a commitment to teaching people how to truly care for themselves—mind, body and soul.
The people, places and circumstances of my life? Too many to count. Too rich to summarize here. They show up when needed—in class, in conversation, in the moment. But what really matters are the values that endure:
- 🕊️ Harmony.
- 🕊️ Unconditional love.
- 🕊️ Self-trust.
- 🕊️ Freedom.
It’s my time. I own my dreams. And I’m grounded, open, and ready for what comes next.
🧡 An Invitation to Self-Love
The overarching theme to “having it all” in life is rooted in self love. Ask yourself,
How successful do you think you could be without self love.
How well could you care for yourself be it not for self love.
How well could you care for others without self love.
How confident could you be to take on life’s challenges were it not for self love.
How well do you think you could thrive with self love.Loving yourself is the biggest act of selflessness you could do. Because it lets everyone else off the hook.
There I said it. You have permission to love yourself!!!
Now get to work!