Alignment-Based Yoga & Gentle Therapeutic Bodywork
I help people decrease pain and restore natural posture through alignment-based yoga and gentle therapeutic bodywork that supports lasting ease in how the body moves.
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This is a welcoming yoga and wellness space where women reconnect with their bodies, feel accepted as they are, and rediscover belonging through mindful, supportive movement.
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Practice live online from anywhere while staying connected to supportive community and personalized guidance.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
My Approach
At In Your Body, yoga is rooted in acceptance, belonging, and listening to your body’s wisdom.
Acceptance
You don’t have to change or perform to belong here. Classes and sessions meet you exactly where you are.
Belonging
Practice becomes a pathway to reconnect with yourself and supportive community.
Embodied Wisdom
Your body holds deep intelligence. Through mindful, alignment-based movement and gentle hands-on work, you learn to listen to what your body is telling you and respond with care.
This is yoga that supports your whole life — not just your time on the mat.
Why Women Come to This Work
Many women come to yoga feeling disconnected from their bodies, overwhelmed by life transitions, or unsure how to listen to what they truly need.
Through mindful movement, alignment-based yoga, and supportive community, clients often begin to feel more connected to their bodies, more at ease in how they move, and more confident in caring for themselves.
If this kind of supportive, body-centered practice resonates with you, I would be honored to practice with you.
Testimonials
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"I have had monthly massages with JennTara for too many years to count. A steady practice of well-being with a massage impacts all the days in between. We have traveled through menopause, life stresses, arthritis and injuries. Each time, her massages bring my body back to balance and ease. JennTara provides what my body needs in the moment… a deep tissue, myofascial release or therapeutic massage. I always feel better. "
-P.S., Massage client
"I am walking without pain and my body feels awesome!"
-B.M., Private yoga student
"Through JennTara's guidance, I've deepened my physical yoga practice and cultivated a greater sense of mindfulness, inner peace, and self-awareness. Her teachings extend far beyond the confines of the class, inspiring me to approach life with more grace, resilience, and gratitude. In JennTara, I've found a teacher, mentor, and friend. Her passion for yoga is infectious, and her dedication to spreading its transformative power is genuinely inspiring. I am endlessly grateful for her positive impact on my journey, and I wholeheartedly recommend JennTara to anyone seeking to embark on their own path of self-discovery through yoga. "
-E.H., Yoga Student
"JennTara listens to what I need, she's professional and consistent. I feel muscles release and her bodywork helps me cope with my Parkinson's symptoms. "
-Dr. J.S., bodywork client
"Your classes get me to “yes” more quickly and then when I get to yes, slow me down to a pause with compassion for myself. "
-Dr. S.M., Yoga Student
"Her zoom classes help me to stay committed to my yoga practice. Jenn Tara is a truly gifted and inspirational yoga teacher!"
-M.C., Yoga Student
"I cannot attend the live classes, so I start my week off with the recording and it helps to ground me and helps to start my week in an intentional way."
-Yoga Student
"I have much less stiffness in my back and legs. I can tell when I have missed a class or two because everything feels a little tight."
-Yoga Student
"Your classes provide inspiration, support for my optimum alignment in the poses, modeling of living Yoga, warmth, and fun. Your classes have helped me to gently push myself, self-explore on all levels with your support; to feel accepted no matter what place I am in. "
-Yoga Student
"I think the pace of your class enables a student to be able to listen to her own body and feel what is happening in each pose. You are gentle and have an engaging method of teaching. I have had many teachers now, but your assists and adjustments feel more correct and opening than other teachers. Aside from the fact that your classes opened up both my body and mind and changed my life, I would say your classes are very good!! There is one more dimension that your classes offer, and that is a lesson, an insight that I am always drawn to, so that is special to me. Not all teachers do that every class. "
-P.S., Yoga Student
""I have worked with JennTara as my yoga instructor for over four years, growing & transforming in my ability, practice, and overall wellness journey. JennTara’s alignment-based instruction & wellness coaching embodies her gifts of teaching, intuition, and care for meeting individuals where they are in their journeys. Whether in a 1:1 instruction or group class, JennTara’s instruction feels dedicated to my personal journey & needs; each week, I leave my mat feeling more transformed and elevated in my journey. Under her care and dedication, I have elevated my abilities in yoga, and overall wellness. As a woman, I feel more empowered to prioritize my well-being both on, and off the mat and to invest time and energy into trusting my experience. Whether you’re a beginner, or long-term yogi, you’ll leave the mat feeling the gifts of her practice. It’s a personal investment you’ll find returns more than yoga abilities." "
-C.S., Yoga Student
"I like the pace, the challenge and the style of your classes. I can understand the poses when you say what to do. I have been in other classes and the teachers are not as clear about what to actually do. I feel like i make progress in every class with your style of teaching."
-Yoga Student
"Bodywork: blood and bone; not to mention muscle and brain. These flow after massage and bodywork with JennTara; or they rest, preparing to flow when called upon. As I’ve grown much older in age, I find it affirming that with such incentive, my life continues not transformed but invigorated rather than debilitated – still slowing down but assuaging my fears that accumulate and take over: don’t fall; don’t push; who knows what will break. It is a must for me to regularly seek the benefits of the yoga poses (in gentle form) which JennTara develops and the enlivening energy transfer of massage in her creative and responsible hands. "
-P.K., Massage Client & Yoga Student
"As a Doctor of Oriental Medicine and Acupuncture for nearly two decades, I have lived, breathed and provided traditional medicine and hands on therapeutic touch. It is rare to come across someone who has innate ability to access the energetic field between the physical and spiritual body. JennTara possesses this natural instinct in her healing touch, massage and yoga. From this place, deeper healing can happen. I frequently refer patients to work with JennTara. She provides a non-critical, safe and spacious environment for healing."
-J.H., Husband and frequent recipient of my work!
"I feel safe and nurtured by your teaching, I enjoy that every week has different routines with much encouragement and expectations."
-Yoga Student
"You have a calming presence. Your directions are clear. Sometimes your approach is such that I can do things that I normally have trouble doing."
-Yoga Student
"You have a gift of explaining the physical poses and a beautiful talent to inspire the spirit."
-Yoga Student
"I have had monthly massages with JennTara for too many years to count. A steady practice of well-being with a massage impacts all the days in between. We have traveled through menopause, life stresses, arthritis and injuries. Each time, her massages bring my body back to balance and ease. JennTara provides what my body needs in the moment… a deep tissue, myofascial release or therapeutic massage. I always feel better. "
-P.S., Massage client
"I am walking without pain and my body feels awesome!"
-B.M., Private yoga student
"Through JennTara's guidance, I've deepened my physical yoga practice and cultivated a greater sense of mindfulness, inner peace, and self-awareness. Her teachings extend far beyond the confines of the class, inspiring me to approach life with more grace, resilience, and gratitude. In JennTara, I've found a teacher, mentor, and friend. Her passion for yoga is infectious, and her dedication to spreading its transformative power is genuinely inspiring. I am endlessly grateful for her positive impact on my journey, and I wholeheartedly recommend JennTara to anyone seeking to embark on their own path of self-discovery through yoga. "
-E.H., Yoga Student
"JennTara listens to what I need, she's professional and consistent. I feel muscles release and her bodywork helps me cope with my Parkinson's symptoms. "
-Dr. J.S., bodywork client
"Your classes get me to “yes” more quickly and then when I get to yes, slow me down to a pause with compassion for myself. "
-Dr. S.M., Yoga Student
"Her zoom classes help me to stay committed to my yoga practice. Jenn Tara is a truly gifted and inspirational yoga teacher!"
-M.C., Yoga Student
"I cannot attend the live classes, so I start my week off with the recording and it helps to ground me and helps to start my week in an intentional way."
-Yoga Student
"I have much less stiffness in my back and legs. I can tell when I have missed a class or two because everything feels a little tight."
-Yoga Student
"Your classes provide inspiration, support for my optimum alignment in the poses, modeling of living Yoga, warmth, and fun. Your classes have helped me to gently push myself, self-explore on all levels with your support; to feel accepted no matter what place I am in. "
-Yoga Student
"I think the pace of your class enables a student to be able to listen to her own body and feel what is happening in each pose. You are gentle and have an engaging method of teaching. I have had many teachers now, but your assists and adjustments feel more correct and opening than other teachers. Aside from the fact that your classes opened up both my body and mind and changed my life, I would say your classes are very good!! There is one more dimension that your classes offer, and that is a lesson, an insight that I am always drawn to, so that is special to me. Not all teachers do that every class. "
-P.S., Yoga Student
""I have worked with JennTara as my yoga instructor for over four years, growing & transforming in my ability, practice, and overall wellness journey. JennTara’s alignment-based instruction & wellness coaching embodies her gifts of teaching, intuition, and care for meeting individuals where they are in their journeys. Whether in a 1:1 instruction or group class, JennTara’s instruction feels dedicated to my personal journey & needs; each week, I leave my mat feeling more transformed and elevated in my journey. Under her care and dedication, I have elevated my abilities in yoga, and overall wellness. As a woman, I feel more empowered to prioritize my well-being both on, and off the mat and to invest time and energy into trusting my experience. Whether you’re a beginner, or long-term yogi, you’ll leave the mat feeling the gifts of her practice. It’s a personal investment you’ll find returns more than yoga abilities." "
-C.S., Yoga Student
"I like the pace, the challenge and the style of your classes. I can understand the poses when you say what to do. I have been in other classes and the teachers are not as clear about what to actually do. I feel like i make progress in every class with your style of teaching."
-Yoga Student
"Bodywork: blood and bone; not to mention muscle and brain. These flow after massage and bodywork with JennTara; or they rest, preparing to flow when called upon. As I’ve grown much older in age, I find it affirming that with such incentive, my life continues not transformed but invigorated rather than debilitated – still slowing down but assuaging my fears that accumulate and take over: don’t fall; don’t push; who knows what will break. It is a must for me to regularly seek the benefits of the yoga poses (in gentle form) which JennTara develops and the enlivening energy transfer of massage in her creative and responsible hands. "
-P.K., Massage Client & Yoga Student
"As a Doctor of Oriental Medicine and Acupuncture for nearly two decades, I have lived, breathed and provided traditional medicine and hands on therapeutic touch. It is rare to come across someone who has innate ability to access the energetic field between the physical and spiritual body. JennTara possesses this natural instinct in her healing touch, massage and yoga. From this place, deeper healing can happen. I frequently refer patients to work with JennTara. She provides a non-critical, safe and spacious environment for healing."
-J.H., Husband and frequent recipient of my work!
"I feel safe and nurtured by your teaching, I enjoy that every week has different routines with much encouragement and expectations."
-Yoga Student
"You have a calming presence. Your directions are clear. Sometimes your approach is such that I can do things that I normally have trouble doing."
-Yoga Student
"You have a gift of explaining the physical poses and a beautiful talent to inspire the spirit."
-Yoga Student
"I have had monthly massages with JennTara for too many years to count. A steady practice of well-being with a massage impacts all the days in between. We have traveled through menopause, life stresses, arthritis and injuries. Each time, her massages bring my body back to balance and ease. JennTara provides what my body needs in the moment… a deep tissue, myofascial release or therapeutic massage. I always feel better. "
-P.S., Massage client
"I am walking without pain and my body feels awesome!"
-B.M., Private yoga student
"Through JennTara's guidance, I've deepened my physical yoga practice and cultivated a greater sense of mindfulness, inner peace, and self-awareness. Her teachings extend far beyond the confines of the class, inspiring me to approach life with more grace, resilience, and gratitude. In JennTara, I've found a teacher, mentor, and friend. Her passion for yoga is infectious, and her dedication to spreading its transformative power is genuinely inspiring. I am endlessly grateful for her positive impact on my journey, and I wholeheartedly recommend JennTara to anyone seeking to embark on their own path of self-discovery through yoga. "
-E.H., Yoga Student
"JennTara listens to what I need, she's professional and consistent. I feel muscles release and her bodywork helps me cope with my Parkinson's symptoms. "
-Dr. J.S., bodywork client
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Live Class Schedule
Friday
Apr. 03
No events scheduled
Saturday
Apr. 04
3 PM
1 hr
CanceledMindful Morning Zoom Yoga
Sunday
Apr. 05
No events scheduled
Hi, I'm JennTara
JennTara Ward, has been a dedicated and curious yoga teacher for 21 years and practicing for 26 years, culminating in over 750 hours of formal yoga training. JennTara graduated from her first yoga teacher training in 2003, received her certification as an Anusara-Inspired yoga teacher in 2010 and is recognized as an E-YRT, YACEP by Yoga Alliance. Her classes are inspired by her background in bodywork as well as the precision and therapeutics of Iyengar and Anusara yoga to keep people safe and strong in their practice after 50.
She is also a licensed massage therapist since 1998 and recently became certified as a holistic family health coach. Her warm, compassionate and healing presence combined with her knowledge has helped hundreds of clients to reduce pain, stress and manage chronic conditions.
JennTara teaches mindful alignment-based yoga classes that are both physically challenging and deeply calming with an emphasis on women’s health in midlife and beyond. Her aim is to help women remember their bodies' wisdom, uncover their essence and to craft a more authentic world.
Stay connected for class updates, supportive resources, and gentle inspiration for your practice and daily life.
Frequently asked questions
What styles of yoga do you specialize in?
I teach alignment-based yoga classes for strength and flexibility. I also teach restorative yoga classes. I am trained in the tradition of Anusara Yoga and inspired by Iyengar Yoga.
What are the benefits of private yoga sessions?
Private yoga provides personalized instruction, individualized attention, and customized practices, maximizing progress, alignment, and wellness goals.
How do online private yoga sessions work?
You will need a computer that you can aim at your mat so I can see your postures. On my end, I have a giant screen so I can easily see your postures and give you feedback. You will also need yoga props including a yoga mat, two firm blankets, a strap and two blocks for best results. You or I can record your private yoga sessions for you to use for your practice.
Do you offer private yoga classes at your studio?
Yes, I have a wonderful studio at my home that I see private clients for yoga and bodywork.
How do I schedule a private yoga session?
Call or text me at 314.497.8452 to schedule an appointment.
How do I join your online yoga classes?
Click on the Zoom Yoga button above to sign up for classes.
Are your online yoga classes suitable for beginners?
Yes, I offer a lot of instruction and you can go at your own pace.
What types of online yoga classes do you offer?
I offer a morning practice once a week which is a for flexibility, strength and stamina. I also offer a restorative class once a week for relaxation.
Can I access recordings of the classes if I miss the live session?
Yes, there is a recorded library you can have access to if you join the monthly membership which also includes the live classes.
What equipment do I need for online yoga classes?
You will need a screen (laptop or tablet best). Ideally you want to set your mat up near a wall or door. For the Form and Flow class you will need a yoga mat, two yoga blocks, a yoga strap and a firm blanket. For the restorative class, you will need a chair, yoga mat, 2 blocks, a yoga strap, 2 firm blankets and a yoga bolster or firm couch pillow.
What is health coaching, and how can it benefit me?
Holistic health coaching takes a comprehensive approach to wellness, considering not only physical health but also mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. I help you address various aspects of life, such as nutrition, exercise, stress management, and mindset. I will offer resources that can assist you in making sustainable lifestyle adjustments to boost your overall health and vitality, thereby fostering long-term well-being and satisfaction.
Do you offer personalized health plans as part of your coaching services?
Yes, I do offer personalized health plans for you.
What topics are covered in your health coaching sessions?
We cover detoxification, stress, nutrition, exercise, spirituality, mindset, and lifestyle changes.
How do I schedule a health coaching session?
You can schedule a health coaching session by calling or texting me at 314.497.8452.
Do you offer different types of bodywork?
In my bodywork sessions, I use techniques such as applying hand pressure along meridians, precise pressure on areas of muscle tension, stretching, long fluid strokes, gentle kneading, and rhythmic motions to relax muscles and encourage relaxation.
How do I book a bodywork session?
You can book a bodywork session by calling or texting me at 314.497.8452.
What should I expect during a bodywork session?
When you come to me, you can expect a serene space to relax in my home studio. I will send you an intake & consent form and we will discuss it before we begin the bodywork. You can tell me what kind of pressure you enjoy and anything you would like me to focus on. From there, I will tailor a session to meet your specific needs that day. I also play relaxing music during the massage.
If I come to you on a regular basis, I prefer that you own a massage table. I will bring the sheets, massage table pad, blankets, oil and music. It's best if you have a quiet space in your house for ultimate relaxation.
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