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Timothy McCall, M.D.
Todd Jones, Blogger
Kaitlin Quistgaard, Blogger
Dayna Macy, Blogger
Lori Neumann, Blogographer
Alan Zucker, Webmaster
Andrea Kowalski, Editor
Kathryn Arnold, Editorial Director
Martin Kupferman, Co-Executive Producer
Susan Mernit, Co-Executive Producer
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Timothy McCall, MD is Yoga Journal's medical editor and the author of the forthcoming book Yoga as Medicine. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin Medical School and a board-certified specialist in internal medicine. His articles have been published the New England Journal of Medicine, the Nation, the Los Angeles Times and more than a dozen other major magazines and newspapers. He has studied yoga with Patricia Walden since 1995. He can be found on the web at www.DrMcCall.com
 A yoga practitioner for more than 20 years, Todd Jones has been an editor at Yoga Journal since 1997. He’s edited the Asana (now Master Class) column for eight years and the Anatomy column since its beginning, as well as writing and editing a wide range of feature stories and departments and coaching the yoga practitioners at most of Yoga Journal's photo shoots.
Todd's fascination with Indian meditative practices began at age 13, when he discovered the writings of J. Krishnamurti. In college, at Princeton University and the University of California, Santa Cruz, he discovered Zen, vipassana, and yoga. Todd is also a devotee of the interactive dance form/spiritual practice called Contact Improvisation, a runner, a road cyclist, a massage therapist, a former chef, a (mostly) unabashed and (mostly) temperate gourmand, and a reading addict. He’s extremely grateful to all the yoga teachers who have instructed and inspired him, and especially to his primary teacher, Kofi Busia.
One of Todd's favorite poses is Supta Virasana. Backbends are his most challenging asanas, and preparing for them with this pose makes them much easier.
 Yoga Journal's deputy editor, Kaitlin Quistgaard, first stepped onto a yoga mat more than two decades ago and has been enjoying Triangle Pose ever since. Don't ask to see her Downward Facing Dog, though--a shoulder injury (compliments of an ill-timed maneuver on the flying trapeze) has all but eliminated that "resting pose" from her repertoire. Among her favorite memories is a taxi ride through the eerily deserted streets of Buenos Aires--the whole city had shut down as everyone watched a crucial World Cup match; she was headed to an Iyengar Yoga class packed with yoginis who preferred forward-bending to futbol.
Kaitlin lives in Sebastopol, California with her husband and daughter, a herd of deer, a flock of wild turkeys, and a bountiful organic vegetable garden. Before joining Yoga Journal, she was an editor at Salon.com. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Time, Wired, the Sunday Times, and other publications.
 Dayna Macy joined Yoga Journal in April 2001 as Communications Director. Just prior to Yoga Journal, she was the head of public relations for Salon.com. Before that, she ran the publicity department at various publishing companies including Collins Publishers San Francisco, Ten Speed Press, and Nolo Press. The results of her work have appeared in Time, Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Oprah, Good Morning America, The Today Show, NPR, CNN, and on all major networks. She is also a musician and writer. She has performed at the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley, CA, and Sweetwater in Mill Valley, CA. Her essays have appeared in Yoga Journal, Self, Salon.com and other publications.
Macy holds her Bachelor of Arts degree from Drew University in Madison, N.J., and received a masters degree in philosophy from Brown University in Providence, R.I.
She's been studying yoga for over ten years. Her favorite pose of the moment is Half-Moon Pose.
 Lori Neumann is the founder and President of LANStudio, a small design
firm specializing in brand marketing for the Internet for large technology companies. Before starting her own business, she held numerous design and management positions for companies including IBM, Netscape and AOL. A passionate photographer since high school, Lori has been photographing weddings, landscapes, people and events for many years.
Two and a half years ago, after experiencing back pain and sciatica, she began practicing yoga.
After six months, her pain was almost gone and she noticed improved flexibility and strength, which
she continues to enjoy, in addition to the many other benefits of a regular practice.
Favorite pose: Warrior II.
 I have been the Yoga Journal webmaster for over 4 years. In that time I have come to love our readers. I am very enthusiastic about helping you, kind reader, with your yoga practice through this website.
I will be posting some video and photography into this blog. I hope that my posts help you feel like you are there with us in Colorado. If you come across any technical glitches I totally want to know, so send me an email at azucker@yjmag.com
 We have been asked to post our favorite pose. I enjoy the Uttanasana (Standing Forward Bend) portion of Surya Namaskar (Sun Salutations) -- check out this video clip -- it brings such calming delight along with stretched hamstrings. I also enjoy a good long version of Uttanasana, just hanging upside-down. Or 30 minutes of meditation in easy-seated pose after a vigorous practice. Or handstand (my mug shot in the upper left is during handstand). Or....
 Andrea Kowalski is the Yoga Jounal Web Content Editor. Andrea came to YJ from Okinawa, Japan, where she taught journalism and music at Kubasaki High School. Prior to living in Japan, Andrea worked on Prevention magazine at Women.com, for Earthlink and as a reporter in Southern California.
Andrea received her Bachelor's degree in music from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh and her Master's degree in journalism from Columbia University. She's certified in Living Foods by the Ann Wigmore Institute in Puerto Rico and has studied Thai medicinal massage at Wat Pho in Bangkok.
Offline, Andrea enjoys spending time at Spirit Rock meditation center, teaching Kundalini yoga, surfing Pleasure Point in Santa Cruz and preparing vegan raw/living foods. Her vice is soy chai and her favorite pose is Sarvangasana.
 Since Kathryn Arnold joined Yoga Journal in November 1998, the circulation of the magazine has more than tripled. She has enjoyed a distinguished career in the publishing industry and has been a dedicated yoga practitioner and vipassana meditator for 30 years.
Before coming to Yoga Journal, Arnold was editorial director of the consumer division of New Hope Natural Media in Boulder, Colorado. She has held editorial positions at Working Woman and Savvy magazines, and was a founder of New Chapter Press, an independent book publishing company. Arnold is a graduate of the University of Tennessee.
 Martin Kupferman joined Yoga Journal in August 2002, where he heads up the company's New Media Department which includes web, video and other non magazine initiatives. In 2005, Mr. Kupferman was named by Folio Magazine as one of its "Folio 40: Industry Innovators with Impact (a group which also includes Anne Moore (Time Inc.), David Remnick (The New Yorker) and Maria Rodale (Rodale Press)).
Prior to joining the company, he was the CEO of Pasqua Coffee, a sixty store national coffee retailer which he co-founded in 1985 and sold to Starbucks in 1999. He began his business career as a management consultant with Coopers & Lybrand. Kupferman is the author of "Slowth: The Changing Economy and How You Can Cope Successfully," published by John Wiley & Sons. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin.
Yoga and Meditation have been a central part of his life for over thirty years.
One of his favorite poses is Ustrasana (Camel).
Susan Mernit has more than ten years of senior executive experience building profitable new brands and products. 5ive, Mernit's consulting group, has worked with a wide range of companies, including The Associated Press, Hearst Magazine Group, CosmoGirl!, Consumer Reports and Time4 Magazine Group. As a Senior Fellow for The Media Center of the American Press Institute, Mernit helped organized a conference on Emerging Technology, Media and Policy in Palo Alto in February and another conference on Mobile Media in Los Angeles in late April. Mernit also served as Vice-President, Programming, Design and Production at Netscape.com, transforming the site into the #1 daytime work/home content destination on the Internet. In her consulting practice, she now works with both large media companies and emerging technology start-ups to create new products and rethink existing businesses. A popular blogger focusing on digital media, Mernit covers ecommerce, publishing, emerging technology, and Web 2.0 at Susan Mernit's Blog.
She is new to yoga, but loves the YJ team.
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