Meet Jane

Jane Carlsen writes fiction and poetry deeply rooted in her decades-long yoga practice and thirty years as a shepherd and timberland steward in Oregon’s fertile Willamette Valley. Bridging her creative and scientific interests, Carlsen’s yoga research has been published in academic journals including Neurology and The International Journal of Yoga Therapy. Sweet Constance, her debut novel, weaves together her intimate knowledge of the land with profound questions of belonging and stewardship. Her second novel, Cultivating Eden, will be released in June 2027. It’s a wild ride through the forests of the Pacific Northwest with Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras pointing the way.

Jane will continue teaching yoga as long as anyone wants to come and study. Since her move to Portland, she can usually be found with dirt under her fingernails, rewilding the vacant lot next door.