When I practice yoga, I take Jeanette’s class. Not only is she a challenging teacher, she has taught me how to breathe, tighten up my core, & lengthen my body. Here we talk yoga, yoga, & more yoga:

+ Introduce yourself.

My name is Jeanette and I am a life & yoga enthusiast! I began study­ing yoga at the age of seventeen, then became a ded­i­cated prac­ti­tioner of yoga in Santa Cruz, Cal­i­for­nia, where I under­went a teacher’s train­ing process begin­ning in 2004 & received my yoga cer­ti­fi­ca­tion in War­rior Yoga in 2006. In 2011, I under­went a two hundred hour teacher train­ing pro­gram through Yoga­Works under the guid­ance and instruc­tion of Stacy McCarthy & Jes­sica Seabern. Through­out my yoga jour­ney, I have had the oppor­tu­nity to study multi­ple styles of yoga includ­ing Hatha, War­rior, Ash­tanga, Anusara, Iyen­gar, Vinyasa, Syn­ergy, & Bikram in var­i­ous set­tings includ­ing North­ern and South­ern Cal­i­for­nia, Turkey, & Thai­land. I have had the priv­i­lege of study­ing under and being influ­enced by sev­eral extra­or­di­nary instruc­tors includ­ing Michael Fuku­mura, Rev­erend Tom Kelly, Jes­sica Seabern, Stacy McCarthy, Peri Ness-DeFay, Sen­sei Jeremy Cor­bell, and Sen­sei Kevin Snorf. I am also the Man­ager of the Haute Yoga stu­dio in Solana Beach. She feels hon­ored and blessed to be a part of such an incred­i­ble com­mu­nity of yoga. Check out my website and class schedule here.

+ Best part of yoga?

Attuning to the suttlties of life itself!!! The practice of breaking down the boundaries of the mind & experiencing deep levels of freedom through the breath.

+ How does yoga change your body?

Yoga strengthens, opens & balances the body, promoting the body to function at its optimal capacity!

+ What should you eat before and after yoga?

There are many schools of thought on this. One method is to make sure not to eat within two hours of practice & to maintain a vegetarian diet. This works for many, but NOT for everyone! You do not need to be a vegetarian to do yoga. My recommendation: eat in a way that makes you feel vibrantly alive! Allow food to by your medicine & medicine to be your food.

+ Favorite pre or post yoga smoothie?

YES!!! Water, banana, & spinach is WONDERFUL [ similar to the Yogi Green Smoothie Drink found here ]. You can add rice protein [ Sun Warrior brand, for extra protein if you want go the vegan, raw route ]. One other thing you can use is spirulina protein!

 + Effective yoga move you can do from home?

Cat/cow- opens the spine. It promotes healthy funtion in the spinal highway which makes way for healthy posture & open body!