About
In the beginning ...
Yoyoga.com was established in 1996 as one of the first Yoga websites on the Internet. It caught the eye of an Editor at Simon & Schuster who approached Joan to write for The Complete Idiot’s Guide series. She was hired as the Expert Author and paired with Eve Adamson. They went on to create numerous editions of several titles in this best-selling series: The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Yoga (4 editions, Carolyn Flynn joined for the 4th), The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Meditation (2 editions), and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Massage. Foreign translations include French, Spanish, Turkish, Polish, Bulgarian, Russian, Romanian and more. DK Publishing recently released The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Meditation 2nd edition on Audible.com.
And along the way
Joan is a long-standing Chicago-area Newspaper Columnist currently featured in the Kane County Chronicle and Elburn Herald Newspapers. Her “Yo Joan” columns include insights into stress reduction and meditation – subjects Joan has studied and taught for decades. Before Kane County, DuPage and Cook Counties of Suburban Life Newspapers featured “Yo Joan” for 9 years as a bi-weekly Advice Column. Circulations for these papers reached well over 100,000.
Her Doctorate is in Education from the University of Illinois at Chicago with a final dissertation entitled Toward an Awareness Curriculum based on Yoga Experiences and Traditions. This dissertation was additionally inspired by her ten years traveling the globe giving Awareness Seminars with J. Francis Stroud, SJ, Founder of the DeMello Spirituality Center of Fordham University in New York. Over the years, Joan has written and produced a vast assortment of books, screenplays, and recordings with more on the way.
For a list of Joan’s Books click here.
Click here for the “Be Inspired” Podcast featuring Joan.
When Joan is not meditating, she enjoys playing meditative music on her harp.
