Biography
Jessica Berger Gross is a mother, writer, and yogi. Born in New York City, she grew up in Rockville Centre, Long Island. Jessica graduated from Vassar College, and earned a master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Jessica’s anthology, About What Was Lost: 20 Writers on Miscarriage, Healing, and Hope, was published in 2006 by Plume and awarded a 2007 National Parenting Publications Award (NAPPA). About What Was Lost was excerpted by Salon, reviewed in Lilith and Bitch magazines, and featured in Cookie magazine, USA Weekend, Jezbel.com, and selected as an Elle.com “Must Read.”
Jessica’s essays and articles have appeared on and in Yoga Journal, Salon, Babble, The Huffington Post, Yoga International, The Globe and Mail, and Literary Mama, as well as other magazines and anthologies. She has taught creative writing at the Harvard University Extension School and at the University of British Columbia.
A longtime student of yoga, and an off and on yoga teacher, Jessica took her first yoga class in Katmandu, Nepal, and continued her studies at the Jivamukti Yoga Center in NYC. She has since become a devoted student of the Iyengar yoga method.
Her latest book, enLIGHTened: How I Lost 40 Pounds with a Yoga Mat, Fresh Pineapples, and a Beagle Pointer (Skyhorse), was excerpted in Yoga Journal and featured in The Washington Post.
Jessica lives in Vancouver, British Columbia with her husband, the sociologist Neil Gross, and their four year old son Lucien. She writes the Enlightened Motherhood blog for Yoga Journal.