about jen

since early childhood, jen has been drawn to yoga in both its physical and more contemplative expressions and has been falling in love with the practice over the past couple decades. since coming to the bay area nearly ten years ago, jen has had an opportunity to train and study with many wonderful asana teachers of various lineages and traditions. however, she has been perhaps most deeply influenced by her vipassana teacher jack kornfield and her studies at spirit rock meditation center. jen recently completed spirit rock's first mindfulness teacher training, an 18 month program exploring the relationship between yoga and buddhism, and cherishes the silence and stillness she has experienced there.

aside from the dharma, jen cites her relationship with her husband jonathan; their travels through india together; the birth of their son henry; motherhood and, most recently, becoming forty as some of the other major transformational experiences that most directly inform her teaching. jen wholeheartedly believes in the power of yoga to heal and transform and lovingly encourages her students to find compassion, grace and ease at their edge. jen is deeply grateful for the practice and views her teaching as both an act of personal devotion and an opportunity to serve her community and help ease suffering in the world.