Jessamyn Stanley
Jessamyn Stanley is an award-winning, internationally acclaimed voice in wellness, highly sought after for her insights on 21st- century yoga and intersectional identity. She is well-versed on a variety of cultural issues including the modern Black experience, LGBTQIA+, representation, and equity in the heath industry. As a successful yoga instructor and entrepreneur, Jessamyn is the co-founder of The Underbelly, a streaming wellness app with digital yoga available by web, iOS, Android, Roku, Apple TV & Amazon Fire. Jessamyn launched The Underbelly to help individuals tune in with with themselves and live authentically. The flourishing platform is a home for wellness enthusiasts and the "wellness-curious" who may feel displaced, discouraged, or overlooked due to not seeing themselves reflected in the health and fitness community. The brand is also known for its inclusive approach towards physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.
Jessamyn's first book 'Every Body Yoga: Let go of Fear, Get on the Mat, Love you Body,' has inspired global audiences to discover the power of yoga and set forth a path of for personal development. Her second book 'York: My Yoga of Self Acceptance' was released to much acclaim. In a series of deeply honest, funny, gritty, thoughtful, and largely autobiographical essays, Yorke explores issues of self-love, body positivity, race, sex and sexuality, cannabis, and more, all through the lens of an authentic yoga practice.
Jessamyn has been featured on the cover of SELF, Cosmopolitan UK and featured on Good Morning America as well as covered in New York Times, Vogue, Glamour & Sports Illustrated among many other domestic and international media outlets. She can currently be seen in Gatorade Fit's new campaign alongside athletes Sydney McLaughlin and Cody Rigsby and is an ongoing Adidas ambassador.
Jessamyn in consistently labeled as one-to-watch in the media and is an award winning social advocate. In 2020, Essence included her in their feature 15 List, Women's Health magazine recognized The Underbelly as the 'Most Inclusive Yoga Flows' and Jessamyn also received an Shorty Award for Best in Healthy Living in 2021.
Jessamyn's first book 'Every Body Yoga: Let go of Fear, Get on the Mat, Love you Body,' has inspired global audiences to discover the power of yoga and set forth a path of for personal development. Her second book 'York: My Yoga of Self Acceptance' was released to much acclaim. In a series of deeply honest, funny, gritty, thoughtful, and largely autobiographical essays, Yorke explores issues of self-love, body positivity, race, sex and sexuality, cannabis, and more, all through the lens of an authentic yoga practice.
Jessamyn has been featured on the cover of SELF, Cosmopolitan UK and featured on Good Morning America as well as covered in New York Times, Vogue, Glamour & Sports Illustrated among many other domestic and international media outlets. She can currently be seen in Gatorade Fit's new campaign alongside athletes Sydney McLaughlin and Cody Rigsby and is an ongoing Adidas ambassador.
Jessamyn in consistently labeled as one-to-watch in the media and is an award winning social advocate. In 2020, Essence included her in their feature 15 List, Women's Health magazine recognized The Underbelly as the 'Most Inclusive Yoga Flows' and Jessamyn also received an Shorty Award for Best in Healthy Living in 2021.