Yoga with Emma Jean
Emma is a mental health counselor and yoga teacher with over ten years of experience in the field of wellness. Her classes focus on combining mind and body health, tailored to each student's unique needs. She prioritizes practical benefits over strict form and aims to create a welcoming and empowering atmosphere. Her current offerings are listed below. Try a class today!
Practice with Emma
Mondays
Gentle Essentials 12 pm @ Nourishing Heart Yoga Studio
Private Yoga with Emma
These special classes are just for you. Private yoga classes with Emma are offered on a sliding scale. Classes are offered in-person or via Zoom, and may be 1:1 or with a group. Please e-mail yogawithemmajean@gmail.com to request a class.
What Students Are Saying
“Emma is an exceptional yoga instructor. Her cues are wonderful and her teaching style is not only great for the body, but it is also inspirational!” - Lynne
Everyone should experience Emma’s yoga classes. She is more than my yoga teacher, she is my guru! After being in lockdown for so long due to Covid-19, it was refreshing to find someone thta I could connect to mentally and spiritually. Emma cares about specific needs with patience and compassion. Take Emma’s yoga class and see for yourself why she is the best!”- Cindy
“Emma projects warmth and calm energy. Emma makes everyone feel special as she takes time to connect with her students every class so that she is in tune with their needs. She is excellent at detailing and demonstrating postures, and adapting the postures for individuals”- Lori
“Emma is very friendly. My husband and I are yoga novices in our 60s and Emma has made us feel so welcome in her class. She always begins class by asking if anybody has any requests. We highly recommend her classes. ” -Kay
More about Yoga with Emma Jean
Emma found the practices of yoga in her early 20s after years of “hitting the gym”, dieting, and struggling with body image as a way to make peace with herself. Initially, Emma found meditation to manage stress and anxiety before beginning a more physical yoga practice. While the physical yoga practice showed Emma expansive possibility, the whole of the yoga practice (meditation, asana, pranayama, philosophy, etc.) is what Emma is the most passionate about. While Emma’s yoga continues to evolve as she practices and studies, she is currently most called towards practicing and teaching therapeutically, and combining her mental health work with her yoga teaching. Emma believes your yoga should give you healing, balance, and growth in your life, like it has given her. In over a decade, Emma has accumulated various experiences, certifications, and degrees in the realm of health and wellness.
In 2013, Emma graduated with a B.A. in Psychology from Indiana University. She also completed her Reiki Master level training with Christine Eartheart in Bloomington, IN. That same year, Emma studied Integral Yoga while residing at Yogaville, Virginia as a “Living Yoga Trainee”. In 2015, she did her first 200-hour yoga teacher training at Denver Yoga Underground with a focus on Hatha Yoga, Restorative Yoga, Trauma Sensitive Yoga, and Ayurveda. Following her training, Emma joined the Peace Corps, and taught yoga in Macedonia (in Macedonian!) from 2015-2017, while also serving as a special education teacher in a Macedonian kindergarten. Emma completed her second 200 hour in 2021, and her advanced 300-hour teacher training with Selena Garefino in 2022 with concentrations in yoga history and philosophy, yoga energetics, Tantra Yoga, Katonah Yoga, Personal Development, and Ayurveda. Emma graduated with her Masters in Mental Health Counseling from Indiana Universty in 2023. Emma is currently a student of Somatic Experiencing.
Emma is particularly passionate about providing education in her classes, mentoring other yoga teachers and keen students, teaching private therapeutic yoga classes, restorative yoga, hatha yoga, slow flow yoga, Katonah yoga inspired classes, yoga nidra, meditation, and pranayama. She enjoys teaching at events and festivals. She teaches people of all ages individually and in groups, couples, culturally diverse peoples, and LGBTQIA+ folx.
Outside of her professional work, you can find Emma working in her garden, preparing a garden meal in her kitchen, hiking, camping, kayaking, hula-hooping, playing her ukulele, reading, or snuggled up with her cats. Emma is currently learning to speak Spanish, walk on a slackline, and juggle. Emma is a a forever student and deep lover of life. Her personal life gives color to her teaching.
Emma can’t wait to meet you. <3