"You know when a yoga class feels nothing short of transcendent. Much of that is related to you showing up. Yet a lot also depends on the teacher escorting you through your practice, whether you're a newcomer learning the poses and principles or someone who's been showing up for years with the voices of your earliest yoga teachers still echoing through your head."
"As much as yoga teachers shape your individual experience, they also hold the potential to reshape the larger experience of those in the yoga community. The following yoga teachers are each tremendously influential in their own way. Some had momentous years due to a book publishing or an award being received. Others have simply continued to contribute to their communities. And all have been on our radar for quite some time."
"A year ago, self-described "good troublemaker" and former political activist Reggie Hubbard was recovering from a stroke and uncertain whether he could continue what he had started as founder of the nonprofit Active Peace Yoga. Yet in 2025, Hubbard has not only continued but expanded the organization's mission to make yoga accessible to anyone, "regardless of race, gender, body type or practice level.""
Yoga teachers shape individual experience and can reshape the larger yoga community. Eight changemaking yoga teachers share influence through in-person and online teaching. Some teachers achieved notable milestones such as book publications or awards; others continued long-term community contributions. Reggie Hubbard founded the nonprofit Active Peace Yoga and recovered from a stroke before expanding the organization's mission in 2025. Active Peace Yoga provides in-person and online classes in yoga, meditation, and breathwork, plus workshops, lectures, teacher trainings, and sound therapy tracks on Insight Timer. Hubbard also initiated a partnership with the Kripalu Center for Yoga to share techniques supporting BIPOC males.
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