JEN XANDERS
My journey crossed the path of yoga around 1995 as I looked to create a healthier lifestyle, as my Type A approach to life was wearing me out quickly. It has been an ever evolving and changing experience that has deepened and enriched all aspects of my life. I began the practice of yoga to get stronger, and somewhere along the way realized yoga can heal not only the body but also settle the mind. It has changed and enriched every aspect of my life and relationships. I find this practice to be a metaphor for life that helps us hone the tools that we need to not just survive our hectic lives but to live them and love them!
As a teacher, I look to encourage students to reconnect with their bodies and intuition; helping them realize how powerful, loving and happy they are beneath all the junk they don’t need. My teaching style is physically challenging and a compilation of every teacher and student I have had the joy of practicing and studying with. Expect to sweat, smile and let go of the outside world.
Special interests of mine, include neuroscience and the overlap of yogic practices, philosophy of yoga, and modern & medical overlaps of breath work.
I am honored to have created and run the Flourish Yoga and Wellbeing 200 RYT each fall. It is a joy to help grow my yoga home and community. In 2022, I put together a team and got our first 300RYT off the ground.
When not teaching or practicing yoga, you will find me spending time with husband, Mike, and our twin 19 year-old girls, Sophie and Amelia. In my free time (ha) you may find me, hiking, lifting, climbing a mountain, catching live music, doing yoga on my paddleboard, working in my garden, or cooking!
Peace.
RYT since 2007, ERYT 500 since April 2018, and Yoga Alliance YACEP provider for continued ed. | Lululemon Amabassdor since 2012 | Yoga and Youth Ambassador | 200 hr training from All People Yoga | 300hr training from Asheville Yoga Center
**Prior to teaching yoga, I attended university studying pharmacology and business. I graduated with a business degree, that put me into the pharmaceutical industry for 10 years. I am a science minded skeptic by nature. And once yoga took me in, I was captivated with how and the why it works. This is has led me down the path of all the ways that modern neuroscience and medical knowledge show the power of a true yoga practiced steeped in the 8 limbs. I am humbled and honored to be able to share the gifts of yoga and blessed to hold space for others to find healing.