Subhadra (Sandra Griffiths)
Author · Founder of Yoga Angels International · Wellness Speaker and Teacher · Filmmaker
“Her experience working as an exotic dancer was a catalyst to owning an international yoga company.”
Forbes, 2017
Forbes · September 17, 2017
Forbes on how her years as a dancer became the start of Yoga Angels, the international yoga company she leads today.
Read FeatureBold Journey · January 8, 2026
Three decades of Yoga Angels, her memoir and taking her story to film.
Read FeatureJamaica Observer · May 30, 2025
A wellness retreat in Portland with Yoga Angels International, centred on heart health.
Read FeatureJamaica Observer · July 2, 2022
A business profile of the Yoga Angels group and its work in yoga, wellness and events.
Read FeatureJamaica Gleaner · June 14, 2019
Great Huts in Portland partners with Yoga Angels International for wellness day retreats.
Read FeatureSuit · Nude · Truth
By Subhadra (Sandra Griffiths)
A raw, spiritual and sensual memoir of one woman’s journey through trauma, desire and healing: from Jamaica to New York to Los Angeles, and from shame to power.
Available now on Amazon: paperback US$16.99, Kindle US$9.99.
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Short bio
Subhadra (Sandra Griffiths) is a Jamaican-born author, wellness educator and the founder of Yoga Angels International, which she started in Los Angeles in 1997. She leads yoga teacher training at the YAI Wellness Oasis in Yallahs, Jamaica, and is the author of the memoir Strip to the Naked Truth (2026).
Full bio
Born in Jamaica, Subhadra (Sandra Griffiths) founded Yoga Angels in Los Angeles in 1997, offering yoga and wellness programmes for children, adults, schools, communities and companies. She began training yoga teachers in 2000, and in 2006 brought Yoga Angels Teacher Training home to Jamaica. Today the YAI Wellness Oasis in Yallahs, St. Thomas, is the home of the Yoga Angels community. Her memoir, Strip to the Naked Truth, follows her journey from Jamaica to New York to Los Angeles, and she has written a screenplay based on it. Her story has been featured in Forbes, Bold Journey, the Jamaica Observer and The Gleaner.
