About
I’m Drew Gaither, and Lior Agni is the name I use for my yoga, creative, and reflective work.
Much of what I do begins with a simple observation: pressure changes people. The world shapes us through what it asks us to carry. Sometimes that pressure hardens us; other times it breaks us open.
My work moves between sociology, yoga, and writing. I am an incoming Sociology Ph.D. student at Georgia State University, where I study how work, mental health, autonomy, and belonging are shaped by social systems.
The more I study work, alienation, institutions, and inequality, the more interested I become in how those forces live inside the body. Stress is not only an idea. Neither is disconnection. They have rhythms, masks, symptoms, and consequences.
Yoga is one way I move through that terrain. Writing is another. Research is another.
My yoga teaching is rooted in nervous system support, mindful movement, breath, reflection, and adaptability. I’m less interested in performance or self-optimization than I am in helping people reconnect with themselves in ways that feel grounded and sustainable.
My writing wrestles with healing, memory, spirituality, politics, identity, and the strange work of remaining human in a burning world. Some pieces are reflective, some political, some deeply personal. Most walk the tightrope between them.
My research so far has focused on public opinion, healthcare, worker autonomy, neurodivergence, and alienation. Across these projects, I keep returning to how people experience institutions, responsibility, and belonging — and how larger systems become lived experience.
Some forms of pressure leave us fractured. Others become light.
Whether you are here to practice, read, collaborate, or simply look around, I’m glad you found your way here.