Branden Yoga
Yoga with
Branden Collinsworth
“I was still sitting at the kitchen bar, weeping into my cereal when I noticed an app on my phone called the Nike Training Club. I didn’t remember downloading it and had never opened it before, but out of desperation, I tapped the icon.
A welcome message informed me that because of Covid, all the training programs were free. The app suggested I try yoga so I tapped on the link and there, on my phone, grinning from ear to ear was one Mr. Branden Collinsworth, Nike Master Trainer for Yoga.
Let’s just get this out of the way right now.
Branden is, as we say in the South, easy on the eyes.
So I get the “wink-wink” that a suicidal, middle-aged widow weeping into her cereal tapped an app, discovered a handsome, young yoga instructor and was suddenly, after fifty years of not giving one shit about yoga, “inspired” to start a practice - but people, that’s kinda what happened.”
How to Love Yourself in a World That Says You're Not Enough
Branden Collinsworth
TEDxUNLV
In 2002, Branden Collinsworth was broke, homeless, and a high school dropout. Destined for either prison or death, it was at his lowest that he made the powerful decision to transcend the streets that enslaved him. He founded The Jump for Joy Foundation, a local nonprofit dedicated to helping kids lead healthier lives. Branden then built Real Results Fitness, an award-winning chain of high-performance gyms throughout Las Vegas. He went on to become an internationally renowned performance coach, one of the first trainers signed globally to Nike, and even received his Master's from UPenn.
After beating the odds, Branden set out to travel the world. From 2016-2021, Branden lived in Peru, Bali, Thailand, Hawaii, and India, diving deep into the study of yoga, indigenous plant medicine, Osteo-Thai massage, and Muay Thai kickboxing. In 2018, the Indian Ministry of Ayush honored Branden as a US ambassador of Yoga. His expertise bore fruit in 2019, when he collaborated with Nike to unveil Nike Yoga, the brand's pioneering yoga performance apparel line, and co-created a comprehensive yoga program for the Nike Training Club app.
Branden continues to devote himself to humanitarian causes. In 2017, he launched the global leadership rite of passage Warrior Retreats Peru and in 2020, Branden joined the founding team of Mined, a novel digital platform dedicated to emotional well-being. Today, he serves as Head Human Performance at Core Power Yoga and continues his decade long partnership with Nike,
Branden's Ted Talk on Self Love has emerged as one of the most viewed TEDx talks of 2023 and he is now pursuing a PhD in Neuroscience alongside Dr. Mark Guadagnoli.