Annie Mahon (she, they) is a white, Armenian-American, ordained layperson in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh (2009), author of Things I Did When I Was Hangry: Navigating a Peaceful Relationship with Food (Parallax Press, 2015), founder of Circle Yoga Cooperative (2003),  DC Community Yoga and DC Yoga Week (2005), the Pink House Foundation (2010)—a grant-making organization supporting the development political and social capital for marginalized groups in the United States, moving land, wealth, and power to historically oppressed groups, Opening Heart Mindfulness Community (2014), and most recently Making-Visble (2018), an ongoing webinar series grounded in mindfulness and led by those most impacted by issues of social injustice, internal biases. Annie has been a student of mindfulness since the early 1990s. 

Annie also holds masters degrees in both Computer Science, from the University of Michigan, and Religious Studies from Howard University and became a licensed massage therapist in 2011. Her first yoga teacher training was with Suzie Hurley at Willow Street Yoga Center in 2004, and she was one of the country’s first certified Children’s Yoga teachers. She is a certified Focusing professional, Trauma-informed Clinical Practice, Nonviolent Communication (NVC), and works with many other modalities.

Read about Annie’s latest mindfulness events and blog here.