meet elle.
Elle Abari is a Los Angeles-based yoga teacher, mindfulness educator and wellness community builder.
She teaches across multiple modalities, including Vinyasa, Yin, Sculpt, Yogalates, mindfulness and meditation, creating practices that meet people where they are whether they are looking to build strength, slow down, reconnect or simply make space for themselves.
Her teaching is grounded in movement, presence, curiosity and connection. Elle believes yoga does not need to look one particular way. It can be powerful, athletic, restorative, playful or deeply still. There is no prerequisite for belonging in a yoga room.
Elle is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, where she earned her B.A. in Sociology with a minor in Society & Genetics. Her academic background informs her interest in the ways environment, health, nutrition, and social connection shape how people experience wellness and gather as a community.
Her relationship with yoga began at 17, when she completed her first yoga teacher training and began teaching private clients. She went on to teach at CorePower Yoga for several years, where she also led teacher trainings and helped develop fellow instructors. Before transitioning into wellness full-time, Elle spent several years working at a marketing agency, building experience across brand strategy, partnerships, communications, and experiential marketing. She now brings that creative and strategic perspective into her work within the wellness space.
Today, Elle serves as Studio Director at glo Active in Venice, where she teaches while also overseeing community programming, events, partnerships and brand collaborations. She works at the intersection of movement, wellness, and community, creating experiences that bring together people, brands, practitioners and ideas.
Her experience includes private instruction for celebrity clientele, wellness programming for Fortune 500 companies, corporate teams, leading wellness brands, studio communities, private events and experiential activations.
This blend of movement and marketing allows Elle to approach wellness from a unique perspective: honoring the integrity of the practice while understanding how thoughtful programming, storytelling, and community can create experiences that resonate beyond the studio.
Whether working with a first-time student, private client, corporate team, brand, or experienced practitioner, Elle creates spaces that are intentional, inclusive and grounded in real life.
Wellness is not one-size-fits-all. It is personal, evolving and deeply connected to the environments and communities we create around ourselves.
Outside of the studio, Elle enjoys cooking and baking, hiking, spending time at the beach, reading, and spending time with her dog, Jade and her cat, Sophia.
meet marla.
Marla Abari is a Certified Health & Wellness Coach who brings together her background in business, marketing, personal development, and wellness to help people create healthier, more balanced lives and workplaces.
With a bachelor’s degree in Business and Marketing, Marla has built a career around understanding people, communication and personal development. Her work spans health and wellness coaching, yoga, meditation, mindfulness, breathwork, guided visualization and corporate wellness.
As the founder of Abari Wellness, Marla has worked with companies and teams to bring practical, approachable wellness into the workplace, helping create environments where people can feel more energized, supported and connected.
Marla also works alongside her daughter, Elle, supporting the business and vision behind their wellness work together. She brings her expertise as a health and wellness coach, along with her business and corporate experience, to help shape wellness programming, client relationships, program development, and the broader strategy behind each experience.
Together, Marla and Elle bring complementary strengths to their work: Elle’s experience in movement, mindfulness, teaching, and community building alongside Marla’s expertise in health and wellness coaching, business, and organizational wellbeing.
At the heart of Marla’s work is a simple belief: wellness should feel accessible, personal and sustainable, something that supports people not only in how they feel, but in how they live, work and connect.