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Jenn Lucene Smith

Position:Yoga Teacher / Belly Dance Teacher
Experience:eRYT-500 / YACEP
Biography:
Jenn is an experienced yoga teacher who brings strength, intimacy, self-transformation and a great sense of fun to all her teachings.  Her style of teaching is an alignment-based Hatha yoga that helps people learn yoga poses and find their own way in order to facilitate health and wellbeing.   Jenn also loves to infuse humor and laughter into her classes.   She works with people who are fit and active, as well as working with people who are physically limited and have injuries.   After a lifetime struggling with body image and weight issues, Jenn seeks to exemplify self-love and to promote health and acceptance for everybody.  Yoga is beyond size. Jenn relocated to the Palm Springs area in the fall of 2013, after owning and managing a yoga studio in North Hollywood, CA for several years.   Prior to owning that studio, she worked in TV and film production and found that her passion and her true calling is in teaching.    Being a yoga teacher is a continually rewarding experience for her, and a way she can take her life experiences and help others to find their own path to transformation and bliss. All of Jenn's formal yoga training (more than 700 hours) has been in the "style" of alignment-based Hatha yoga.    Anusara, Iyengar and other forms of yoga that incorporate a deep understanding of anatomy, alignment and deepening of the connection to yoga.    Her main teacher is Noah Maze.     Jenn recently hit the magical 10,000 hours of teaching yoga mark, making her a Master Yoga Teacher.  She is incredibly proud of her work and continues to find passion and joy in teaching and helping others through the practices of yoga.