Who’s Behind the Magic
Founder and Creator of Yogie Land
He began his journey as a preschool assistant at his mother’s school in Arizona. Over the next 15 years, he worked in early childhood classrooms while earning graduate degrees in film and digital media design for learning. He was often the only male teacher in the school, and quickly came to see that not as a challenge, but as a responsibility. His presence mattered—especially to children without male role models at home—and he approached his work with care, empathy, and a deep commitment to showing up.
Even then, he dreamed of building something bigger.
Inspired by childhood heroes like Mister Rogers and Jim Henson, Grant spent years studying their work, visiting the Henson Museum, and imagining how he might follow in their footsteps. After moving to New York in his mid-thirties, he hoped to enter the children’s media world. But breaking in proved difficult. He was too experienced for entry-level roles and not yet seasoned enough in media production for senior creative jobs.
So he started creating on his own.
While finishing grad school, he completed a 200-hour yoga teacher training and met his future wife, a yoga teacher and creative herself. Together, they co-founded House of Flow—a company focused on making yoga and wellness accessible for all ages. But Grant’s heart always returned to children.
With Yogie Land, he finally saw a way to bring everything together: early education, character-driven storytelling, music, movement, and design. He creates everything you see—on screen, on paper, and across the web—as a professional photographer, videographer, and designer.
Grant was also moved by how few resources existed for young boys to learn breathing, expression, and emotional self-regulation. He grew up anxious and unsure of himself, and often wonders how different life might have been if he had those tools as a child. Yogie Land is his way of giving today’s children what he never had.
Today, he is building the kind of world he wishes he had as a child—one filled with movement, music, kindness, and imagination. One where boys, girls, and every child in between can see themselves, feel supported, and grow into who they’re meant to be.
