About Susanna Harwood Rubin
Susanna is a yoga teacher, writer and artist, whose work is rooted in South Indian Philosophy. Her spiritual home is in the great Nataraja and Tillai Kali Temples of Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India, where she has travelled for darshan annually since 2008.
Susanna’s teaching includes Yogic myth, mantra, mudra, and meditation in each of her classes. Based in NYC, Susanna leads workshops and retreats internationally, mentors, trains teachers, and speaks on yoga philosophy, meditation, myth, and writing. Teaching since 2002, she is E-RYT-500 and YACEP.
Off the mat, Susanna spends her time writing and drawing. Her book, Yoga 365: Daily Wisdom for Life On and Off the Mat, has sold over 30,000 copies and is currently being translated into Korean. Susanna writes for numerous publications and created the popular Writing Your Practice and 30Things workshops and online courses, which apply yoga philosophy and myth to the practice of writing, unlocking yogis’ creativity and refining their self-expression. Previously Susanna worked at NYC’s Museum of Modern Art where she lectured and wrote, including co-writing the book Looking at Matisse and Picasso(2003).
