Jeff Krasno
Co-founder and CEO at Commune
About
I'm Jeff Krasno, co-founder and CEO of Commune. I host the Commune podcast and write about health, fatherhood and doing hard things.
Experiences
- Co-founder and CEO at CommuneBrought wellness courses to almost 7 million people
Five of us started at a whiteboard: bring well-being to a billion people. I also host our podcast.
- Author at CommusingWrite a weekly essay read by over a million people
Each one runs 2,000 words on well-being, spirituality and culture. I try to bring rigor to every one.
- Podcast Host at Diaries of a Dance DadTurned raising three daughters into weekly audio essays
Schuyler and the girls talk the essays over with me on the podcast, and I plunk out the music myself.
- Co-founder at WanderlustCo-created a yoga festival that became my identity
When I left Wanderlust I had to ask who I was. In 2016 Oprah named me to her SuperSoul100.
- Chicago → BrazilGot uprooted every six months as a kid, trying to fit in
Chicago, California, England, Spain, then Brazil three times. Later I saw my whole career was about belonging.
- ParisLived a year in a Marais turret with Schuyler
We met in art class in 1988, played ultimate frisbee at Les Invalides in Paris, and married in 1995.
- indie record labelRan a record label next to Ground Zero during 9/11
We couldn't get into our office for months. In early 2002 Schuyler opened a yoga studio right above it.