Jordan Chiles Teams Up With CorePower Yoga To Champion Mental Health Awareness

Forbes

19-05-2025

PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 30: Jordan Chiles of Team United States competes in the floor exercise during ... More the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Team Final on day four of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on July 30, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by)
Life hasn't slowed down one bit for Jordan Chiles. Since winning gold in Paris last summer, the 24-year-old gymnast has gone from rising star to household name.
The World Champion gymnast continues to make headlines on and off the mat. Whether starring on the cover of the 2025 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, winning her third individual NCAA title, or promoting her book 'I'm That Girl: Living the Power of My Dreams,' Chiles hit the ground running in 2025 and hasn't looked back.
When I sat down with Jordan earlier this month, she had just spent the night at the Gold House Gala, where she presented the A1 Honor to two-time Olympic teammate and close friend Sunisa 'Suni' Lee.
The next day, Chiles would be announced as one of the first gymnasts to land a cover in the famed Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Just weeks prior, Jordan collected an NCAA title on uneven bars and led the UCLA Bruins women's gymnastics team to its best finish since 2018.
'I feel like I've been in the air more than I have on the ground,' she jokes, smiling. The period since the Paris Olympics has been a 'whirlwind." Despite the frenzy, Chiles remains grounded with gratitude for her new ventures.
'It's just been a remarkable feeling,' she reflects. 'It's been an outstanding feeling to have so many different opportunities.' This May, she adds another to her list.
Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles practices yoga in partnership with CorePower Yoga for Mental Health ... More Awareness Month, promoting mindfulness, strength, and self-care.
The Olympic Champion was eager to discuss a new and impactful role as Mental Health Ambassador with CorePower Yoga, the largest yoga studio brand in the United States.
The leading brand is spotlighting Mental Health Awareness month with a plethora of community classes, wellness partner perks, and a 31-day mindfulness journey, all highlighted on its Mental Health Hub.
For much of Jordan's storied gymnastics career, mental health discussions were stunted and discouraged. 'Mental health wasn't a topic when I was younger,' she shares. Instead, the sport's culture fostered silence.
This environment led to Jordan hitting her mental 'breaking point' in 2018. 'Maybe my sport doesn't want me,' she remembers thinking. 'Maybe I'm not talented enough."
She credits her transfer to Simone Biles' gym in 2019 as the beginning of her newfound mental health journey. Jordan says that Biles consistently encouraged her to push through her doubts. 'It's your journey. It's your dream. You're very talented. You're very gifted," Biles often said. 'So either you can throw it away or you can keep pushing.'
Less than two years from the date of her gym transfer, Jordan Chiles roared to life on the mats, clinching a spot on the Tokyo Olympic team after years spent as an underdog. Behind affirmations and hours of 'mental work' with her sports psychologist, Chiles achieved her Olympic dream.
Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles practices yoga in partnership with CorePower Yoga for Mental Health ... More Awareness Month, promoting mindfulness, strength, and self-care.
With 'Live Your Power' at the heart of CorePower's campaign during Mental Health Awareness Month (May), Chiles immediately resonated with the message behind the company's efforts.
The campaign encourages people to own their personal growth and reclaim space for themselves, on and off the mat. It's not just about movement, but about being intentional with how you move through life. For Chiles, that message hit home.
CorePower's mantra is much like her trademark slogan (and now book title) 'I'm That Girl." 'They're the exact same – they're affirmations,' she tells me. Together, the statements are about 'discovering your power.'
'It's OK to fix your crown here and there. It's OK to go back and replenish yourself. It's OK to take care of yourself," she shares, her passion growing with every word. With this partnership, Chiles hopes to show athletes how to 'protect [their] peace.'
'My superpower is being able to show the younger generation that my life cannot be perfect, but I'm gonna make it perfect, and I'm gonna show you it's okay to go through those ups and downs," she says.
'I want to show people—especially other athletes—that slowing down and tuning into yourself is powerful. If your mind isn't right, your body won't be either.'
Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles practices yoga in partnership with CorePower Yoga for Mental Health ... More Awareness Month, promoting mindfulness, strength, and self-care.
Chiles credits her mental health work with helping her achieve career goals despite countless obstacles. In 2023, Chiles lost both her aunt and grandfather. Months later, she incurred an LCL injury.
Making a second consecutive Olympic team is hard enough – now she had to balance elite training with emotional and physical pain. It would have been easy, and justified, to throw in the towel. But Jordan's 'mental capacity' prevailed.
"I knew that…at those low moments, they would only make me stronger," she said. In Paris, she helped Team USA to team gold and achieved personal redemption with faultless performances in the qualification round.
Despite earning her gold medal moment, Chiles soon made headlines for her involvement in a bronze medal mishap. In unprecedented events, Chiles became embroiled in a contentious legal battle for her previously awarded Olympic bronze medal. While the battle is ongoing, Chiles says the experience was 'traumatic.'
As media coverage intensified, online outrage grew. While negativity and hatred flooded her social media feeds, Chiles returned to UCLA for her junior season. Instead of bursting with excitement, she was terrified.
'I was actually scared to step out onto a competition floor,' she says, sharing that this is her first time discussing it. 'I didn't know what was going to happen. I didn't know what people were going to think about me. I didn't know how many negative people were going to be in the audience looking at me.'
However, like her prior bouts of adversity, Chiles pushed through the insecurities. About a month into the season, Chiles felt the love for her sport return while competing in front of a raucous yet supportive Westwood crowd.
'I really just wanted to turn things around for myself,' she said, reflecting on her season. With the authentic, charismatic Jordan on display, Chiles channeled her energy into near-perfect gymnastics, leading the Bruins to a historic postseason run.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 01: Jordan Chiles of the UCLA Bruins competes on floor exercise ... More during a meet against the Michigan State Spartans at Pauley Pavilion on February 01, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by)
For Jordan Chiles, bringing mental and physical strength together has long been the key to repeated success. Now, with CorePower, she hopes to help others do the same.
As her career evolves, Chiles embraces every role with unapologetic strength and clarity. Her journey hasn't been linear, and that's precisely the point.
With CorePower Yoga, she's helping rewrite the narrative surrounding mental wellness in sports — one poignant affirmation at a time. 'You don't have to have it all figured out,' she says. 'You just have to show up for yourself.'
For Olympic and World Champion Jordan Chiles, the real gold doesn't come from the medals — it comes from living her power and helping others find theirs, too.