About

Aurora Bonner is a writer, artist, and yoga instructor, committed to the arts and creative expression. She speaks regularly at conferences and teaches writing, art, yoga, and wellness practices through workshops, retreats, and classes.

Aurora's writing has been published through the Colorado Review, Assay: Journal of Nonfiction Studies, Brevity, Hippocampus Magazine, Under the Gum Tree, and elsewhere. In addition to other past publications and exhibitions, she has won first place in creative nonfiction at the 2016 Pennsylvania Writers Conference. Her recent essay, "The York Street Diner is Closed," appeared in the anthology Dine in 2019. Aurora has studied at the Tin House Summer Workshops in Portland, Oregon, and at Wilkes University in Pennsylvania, where she received her MFA in Creative Writing.

Aurora Bonner is an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT 200) through Yoga Alliance, a Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider (YACEP), and certified Zen Barre specialist (pilates + barre). In addition to training in bikram-style yoga, vinyasa yoga, power yoga, Kundalini yoga, and Ayurveda, Aurora received her yoga certification through Power Yoga Works in Philadelphia, PA. When she is not on her mat, she is spending time adventuring with her family or outside on the trails.

​