” This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.”
~ The Dalai Lama

Jean Johnson is the girl and the mat.

As a certified Yoga Instructor, longtime student of human potential and transformational practices, wife, mother and avid recreational athlete, Jean has come to believe that the most potent and satisfying life is one lived with deep, compassionate self-awareness. And that the most direct path to that awareness is through the practice of Yoga. The Whole of Yoga.  The Yoga that teaches us to be present with our breath, our physical body, our thoughts and our emotions. The Yoga that strengthens, balances and opens our physical bodies while teaching us to include all that comes onto our plates and into our lives with grace, compassion and awareness.  To practice on our mats, and day to day, the subtle art of observing and accepting ourselves in our lives as we are living it.

Welcome to the girl and the mat. Yoga that meets you exactly where you are. In your life, in your body, in your mind and in your heart. Because where you are is exactly where you should be. And where you are is where we begin…