LINDA SPARROWE is a writer, yoga teacher, and mentor with deep roots in the American yoga community. Former managing editor of and longtime contributor to Yoga Journal, she is also the former editor-in-chief of Yoga International magazine. Linda has written articles on yoga and women's health for national magazines since 1995. She was recently one of the featured yoga experts in the documentary Yogawoman. Linda has also lent her writing and editing skills to a variety of book projects and has authored several books of her own, including A Woman's Book of Yoga and Health and Yoga: A Yoga Journal Book.