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In 2011, Jennifer Prugh founded Breathe Together Yoga, our Bay Area yoga studio, tea house and wellness center, a welcoming community for beginners and experienced practitioners. Breathe Together recently made the Silicon Valley Hall of Fame for consecutive years as best yoga studio through the San Jose Mercury News.

Jennifer is an author, artist, educator and teacher whose work is dedicated to practicing presence and cultivating joy. She’s the author of two books: River of Offerings – Twelve Journeys Following the Path of the Ganges River, and Moving Into Meditation: 27 Meditations for Daily Life.

Certified as both a Yoga Therapist through the International Association of Yoga Therapy and an E-RYT 500, in 2008 she founded the JOY of Yoga School of Integrative Learning for those who want to deepen their practice and train to become yoga teachers through 200 hours of training. She created a 300-hour yoga training program in 2011 and a 100-hour Meditation and Awareness Program, in 2020.

Introduced to yoga as a child in 1969, Jennifer has had a steady practice since 1989. She has trained within the Iyengar, Ashtanga, Baptiste, Bhakti Vinyasa, Vinyasa Krama, Vajrayana, and Prajna Yoga lineages.

 

In 2011, Jennifer Prugh founded Breathe Together Yoga, our Bay Area yoga studio, tea house and wellness center, a welcoming community for beginners and experienced practitioners. Breathe Together recently made the Silicon Valley Hall of Fame for consecutive years as best yoga studio through the San Jose Mercury News.

Jennifer is an author, artist, educator and teacher whose work is dedicated to practicing presence and cultivating joy. She’s the author of two books: River of Offerings – Twelve Journeys Following the Path of the Ganges River, and Moving Into Meditation: 27 Meditations for Daily Life.

Certified as both a Yoga Therapist through the International Association of Yoga Therapy and an E-RYT 500, in 2008 she founded the JOY of Yoga School of Integrative Learning for those who want to deepen their practice and train to become yoga teachers through 200 hours of training. She created a 300-hour yoga training program in 2011 and a 100-hour Meditation and Awareness Program, in 2020.

Introduced to yoga as a child in 1969, Jennifer has had a steady practice since 1989. She has trained within the Iyengar, Ashtanga, Baptiste, Bhakti Vinyasa, Vinyasa Krama, Vajrayana, and Prajna Yoga lineages.

She created the Tapas series (meaning steady practice), a seasonal approach to caring for the body through conscious movement and breath, and teaches yoga as a creative form of moving meditation, both in person at her studio, online through live zoom classes, via her YouTube channel as well as Yoga Anytime.

Jennifer has traveled to nearly 50 countries, leading international retreats and trainings, with a passion for bringing together people, practices, and places around the world. There is wisdom everywhere and we all benefit when we learn from one another.

The three main areas where she dedicates her fundraising efforts are to clean accessible water, education, and reforestation. For over twenty years she has supported Tibetan refugees and their children, and currently serves as President on the board of the Tibetan Children’s Education Foundation.

Formally trained as an artist, with a B.A. and teaching certification in Fine Arts (sculpture specialization) and an M.A. in Art and Consciousness Studies, Jennifer is a photographer, collage artist and painter whose work has been shown nationally and published in Yoga Journal and Psychology Today magazine. For eight years she taught storytelling, storyboarding, mythology, and creativity as an Associate Professor at Cogswell College.

Jennifer lives with her husband Will, and their Golden Retriever, River, while their son is entering his final year at UCSD. She shares her life and insights on Instagram (@jennprugh).

 

Jennifer Prugh is an author, artist, explorer and educator whose lifelong inquiry into mind and body practices, creativity and the power of presence have supported thousands of people to live healthier and more meaningful lives.

Integrating over 30 years of yoga and meditation practice, eight years as an associate professor, and fourteen years as a business owner, Jennifer’s educational experiences, whether workshop, teacher training or adventure somewhere in the world have opened eyes and hearts to greater courage, compassion, and creativity. Passionate about “life education,” with insight, warmth and levity, she makes ancient as well as evidence-based mind and body practices practical and transformative.

Her Joy of Yoga School of Integrative Learning ™ (JOY School) founded in 2007 (link) has empowered hundreds of people in deepening their experience of yoga, meditation, and embodied awareness practices and teach others, if they have feel called to do so, through her 100/200/300/1000 hour certification programs.

For thirteen years, her yoga studio, Breathe Together Yoga in Silicon Valley has been an inclusive space for healing, insight, growth, and life-long friendship.

In her recent book, River of Offerings, 12 Journeys Following the Ganges River (link), Jennifer explores the intersection of love, awareness and wisdom, expressed through the ancient stories of three great rivers in India.

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Kind Words

Jennifer Prugh is a masterful teacher who creates safe space and strong bonds between the students. She has an amazing ability to see in everyone our greatest potential, and skillfully guides us to fulfill what’s beyond what we consider possible. ~Nelly
Once you commit to work with Jennifer, she commits to you; she will make sure you have everything you need to be successful, whether that means teaching or some other path as well.” ~ Mark
“Jennifer is the rare teacher who always knows exactly what her students need: whether it’s to slow down and take things more mindfully or it’s time to explore one’s edge. She has an uncanny ability to know more about her students than they might even know about themselves. Jennifer uses that knowledge to allow her students to become better yoga practitioners and, most importantly, better people. You can feel Jennifer’s dedication, love and compassion for everyone she interacts with the moment you walk into her studio, her class, the classes of those who have studied with her or when you are lucky enough to travel the globe with her.” ~Melissa
Jennifer has a unique ability to recognize people's strengths. She also has the expertise to show you how to tap into these skills in order to develop, both as a yoga teacher and a lifelong yoga practitioner.” ~ Helen
Jenn does a wonderful job of encouraging people to follow and grow their passion and pass it along to others. ~ Veronica
Jennifer has that amazing talent to see every student as they are and what they need to grow so that they become their very best. Not better than anyone else but just the best you can be. ~ Judith