While embracing New York City’s fast-paced yoga culture, Jordan Ashley recognised a need for a more service-based practice and experiences that give self-perspective through selflessness.

Feeling incredibly blessed to not only be given the opportunity for education but to have a voice in society, she thought it was imperative to raise awareness and funds for girls all over the planet who are denied such essential human rights.

Drawing on her travel experience and being a full-time yoga teacher, she created Souljourn Yoga as an avenue for the practitioner who wants more than just a “down dog” and to expand the need for equal education across the globe.

Souljourn Yoga takes the yoga practice on and off the mat to expose, challenge, and reflect on the personal and global journey to inspire positive change. It is dedicated to raising global compassion and peace by teaming up with yoga teachers worldwide.

Jordan Ashley first had a taste of global Seva (a Sanskrit word meaning selfless service) when she completed two study abroad programmes. The first was in Siem Reap, Cambodia, where she taught English and women’s self-empowerment through the Ponheary Ly Foundation. The other was in Dharamsala, India, where she lived with a Tibetan family and studied the community in the diaspora.

Between completing her 200 and 300-hour yoga teacher training, Jordan uprooted to Southeast Asia, where she worked as a reporter focusing on NGO coverage for the Phnom Penh Post and worked as a journalist in Bangkok, Thailand.

Featured in Forbes, Yoga Journal, the Los Angeles Times, New Balance, Reebok, the Evening Standard, Marie Claire UK, Jordan Ashley is an activist, writer, yoga teacher, Tedx speaker, and PhD candidate. When she’s not travelling, Jordan splits her time between New York and London with her dog, Maya.