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Lili has been teaching yoga since 2017 and practicing since 1996 Originally from Mexico city, she discovered yoga while living in N.Y.C. After practicing for 10 years in different yoga studios around the city including Bikram and Dharma Mitra; she starter her first 200 hr. teacher training at Brahma Yoga in Sea Bright N.J. in 2007 and finished in 2008. She also completed a prenatal teacher training in 2009 and the Radiant Child teacher training in 2010. In addition Lili has completed level 1-3 of Thai yoga body work at the Open Center in N.Y.C. and Level 1 of Phoenix rising yoga therapy. Further studies included "The teacher with-in" workshop at Kripalu with Angela Farber. Since her certification she has taught at multiple studios in Monmouth County including Brahma Yoga Sea Bright and the community YMCA in Red Bank. In the summer of 2011, she completed a 500 hr. advanced teacher training at Atmananda Yoga Series in NYC. and in 2014 the Kula yoga for teachers retreat in Kripalu. Lili was blessed to have the opportunity to open her own yoga studio in N.J. Coba Yoga where she now leads a 200 hr. Yoga Alliance teacher training in Affiliation with Ashram Yoga of New Zealand. She is now in the process of completing an additional 300 hrs. of advanced teacher training at Yoga Maya in NYC. Completed so far the prenatal, props and teaching levels module of the YogaMaya advanced training. In 2017 Lili completed her second module of the 300hr. Yoga Maya advanced training. In Dec 2018 she completed all of her required hours for her 300hr. advanced yoga teacher training. Lili's class is fun and energetic finding challenge for all levels, a nice flow from pose to pose, and always with a charming sense of spirit. "My inspiration is helping students connect to their spirit and witnessing them blossoming their yoga practice"

Lili Avery 800hr 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.

Jen Johnson 800hr CYT

Regina Golden 200hr. CYT

Amanda Frost, 200-hour CYT

Michael Rodriguez 200hr. CYT

Emily Sobel 200hr. RYT

Melissa Beveridge 200Hr RYT

Liz Small 200hr. CYT

Alice Balzarini 200hr. CYT

Kim Buono 200Hr RYT

Michael Mills 200hr. CYT

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