Background
Alborzian was born in Tehran, Iran to an English mother and Iranian father.
Alborzian was born in Tehran, Iran to an English mother and Iranian father.
He attended various boarding schools in England as well as one year of university before dropping out and moving to London.
The Guru in You, his first book published in America, was released by HarperCollins in January 2011. In late 1978, Alborzian’s parents sent him away to an English boarding school in response to the ever-increasing anti-Shah protests dominating the country. Soon after his arrival, a modelling scout on the street spotted him.
Several weeks later he appeared in a Jean Paul Gaultier show in Paris to start off his career.
Modeling
Alborzian began work as a fashion model on the runways of Paris in 1986. Along with Gaultier, he worked for other designers such as Dior and YSL. This work earned him a great deal of attention, including that of Madonna who handpicked him to be her love interest in the music video for her song "Express Yourself." He appeared in the 1997 music video for Elton John"s "Something About the Way You Look Tonight", also starring Kate Moss.
In 1998, he ended his career in fashion after he joined fellow models Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, and Kate Moss in visiting Nelson Mandela in South Africa for a charity event to benefit the Mandela Fund. as well as a reflexology masters course at the Open Center in New York City. He continued his studies at Arsha Yoga Vidya Peetam Trust in Coimbatore, India in 2003.
Alborzian’s work as a practitioner has been featured in various media outlets, including The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Today Show, The Doctor Oz Show, East! Entertainment, Access Hollywood, and Extra.
He has been written up in The New York Times, Times of London, Men"s Journal, Vogue, Elle, and Gentlemen’s Quarterly. He is also a contributor to The Huffington Post. Alborzian is the author of two books, the first published in Spanish and entitled Ahora es el Momento. The second, The Guru in You, is his first book to be published in English.
lieutenant was published by HarperOne in December 2010.
