Jen Newman E-RYT-500

About Me

Jen is an E-RYT registered yoga teacher and Somatic Practitioner who has always had a connection to the exploration of movement and the expression of her heart and is thankful to her father and her late mother for this upbringing. 

She has been studying movement and yoga for the majority of her life and has been teaching yoga since 2001. She has taught a variety of aspects in the yoga realm including public classes, business classes, yoga for special populations, kids/teen yoga, paddleboard yoga, private sessions, retreats, workshops, teacher clinics and teacher trainings. She has also had her own teacher training school, Lotus School of Yoga.

Her teaching style is a weaving of inner to outer alignment that is playful as well as soulful while supporting a cultivation of awareness. 

While teaching she brings in her wisdom from her many years of studying modern dance and other various forms of movement, where she had the opportunity to learn about energy, anatomy, and the fullness of expression from the inside out. This is intertwined with her in-depth study of asana, therapeutic benefits of yoga and yogic philosophy.

In 2012 she began her studies in Craniosacral Therapy under the Upledger Institute.

• 2012 Craniosacral Level 1
• 2015 Craniosacral Level 2
• 2023 Craniosacral Level2
• 2025 SomatoEmotional Release 
  

She also started exploring Ayurveda in 2006 and more in-depth in 2016. Focusing on dinacharya (Ayurvedic daily routines) in order to share with all kinds of individuals. 

In 2021 she was trained as a "Flexologist" and worked with several individuals doing 1 on 1 assisted stretching using PNF (proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation). 

Starting in 2023 she has been studying with The Embody Lab, 

• Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy
• Somatic Practitioner Mentorship
• Applied Polyvagal Theory in Yoga level 1,2, & 3
• Breathwork & Movement Therapy for Trauma Healing
• Somatic Developmental Trauma Therapy