Jennifer Johnson 800- hour CYT
Jennifer Johnson is an 800-hour advanced-certified Jivamukti Yoga teacher, with over ten years of teaching experience. She grew up on a small farm in northern New Jersey, where she developed a deep love and respect for the natural world. Yet the culture and diversity of the city beckoned to her, and she moved to New York to study psychology at Columbia University. She graduated in 1996, and that same year took her first yoga class at Jivamukti Yoga Center.
While cultivating her practice, the words of her teacher Sharon Gannon echoed in her mind: "Joyful people have a steady connection to the source." Jen felt this connection, and knew she had to share. She received her first yoga teacher certification in 1999, and has been teaching ever since. Yet a journey to India in 2006 - where she witnessed the devastation wrought by the tsunami that hit South East Asia - convinced Jen that yoga practice alone would not fully serve someone who needed a broken bone set or antibiotics to fight an infection. She started nursing school later that year and is currently a registered nurse on the stroke unit at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation in West Orange.
Jen's teaching style is rooted in her devotion to Mother Nature. Her classes are challenging and uplifting, and inspire students to seek the truth of their own nature, which is peace, love and joy.
Jen humbly bows at the lotus feet of her blessed teachers, Sharon Gannon and David Life, for courageously sharing the Truth; and to sweet Narayani, whose patience and loving guidance has enabled her to provide the same for others.
While cultivating her practice, the words of her teacher Sharon Gannon echoed in her mind: "Joyful people have a steady connection to the source." Jen felt this connection, and knew she had to share. She received her first yoga teacher certification in 1999, and has been teaching ever since. Yet a journey to India in 2006 - where she witnessed the devastation wrought by the tsunami that hit South East Asia - convinced Jen that yoga practice alone would not fully serve someone who needed a broken bone set or antibiotics to fight an infection. She started nursing school later that year and is currently a registered nurse on the stroke unit at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation in West Orange.
Jen's teaching style is rooted in her devotion to Mother Nature. Her classes are challenging and uplifting, and inspire students to seek the truth of their own nature, which is peace, love and joy.
Jen humbly bows at the lotus feet of her blessed teachers, Sharon Gannon and David Life, for courageously sharing the Truth; and to sweet Narayani, whose patience and loving guidance has enabled her to provide the same for others.