Anne Clendening is a yoga teacher, creative nonfiction writer, and columnist forElephant Journal. She was born in Santa Monica, California to a family of writers and studied English Literature at the University of Southern California. After more than two decades working in the fashion business designing, styling music videos, producing fashion shows and bartending in Hollywood nightclubs, Anne turned her attention back to writing. She currently lives in L.A. with her Australian husband and their boxer dog Sabina, where she's probably listening to Abbey Road right now and wearing flowers in her hair.