Andrea Gilats is a writer, educator, artist, and former yoga teacher. She is author of After Effects: A Memoir of Complicated Grief (Minnesota, 2021), which received a Foreword INDIES honorable mention, and Restoring Flexibility: A Gentle Yoga-Based Practice to Increase Mobility at Any Age. The cofounder and longtime director of the University of Minnesota’s popular Split Rock Arts Program, Gilats also created and directed two University of Minnesota lifelong learning programs for older adults, LearningLife and Encore Transitions: Preparing for Post-Career Life.