Mimi Kuo-Deemer is an internationally recognised teacher of yoga, qigong and mindfulness meditation. Her YouTube channel has had 2.9 million views, with her 8 Brocades Qigong Practice reaching more than 1.7 million.

She is a graduate of Stanford University and SOAS, where she received a distinction in her MA in Traditions of Yoga and Meditation. She is a teacher of both students and of other teachers, having practised and taught for over 20 years in China, the UK, Europe and the United States.

She also co-founded Yoga Yard, Beijing's first and leading yoga studio, and is a senior teacher at London's triyoga.

Alisons passion for movement and mindfulness practices naturally developed into a love of yoga in 2006. Since then, yoga has become an integral part of her life, both on and off the mat. Alison trained at Triyoga, is certified by the British Wheel of Yoga and taught extensively in London. She now resides in Asheville, North Carolina where outdoor life, her home yoga practice, friends and family are the things which sustain her.