Jazz Poitier
Certified Yoga Instructor
& Yoga Alliance Registered Trainer for Teachers

...(yoga) means a poise of the soul which enables one to look at life in all aspects evenly.” –Gandhi

In her holistic and precise approach, Jazz blends the art, discipline and science of yoga to help others awaken the power and grace within themselves. She has cultivated her own unique and soulful approach to yoga in which she combines a strong emphasis of the Universal Principles of Alignment (Anusara Yoga), Yoga from the Inside Out (Angela Farmer), as well as Iyengar, and Bikram styles of yoga.

Sensitive to all body types and abilities, Jazz encourages her students to see yoga as a tool for self-transformation and as a life-long process that blends fitness with a profound sense of inner peace and balance.

Jazz has over 10 years of teaching experience. She was the Founder and Director of The Yoga Source in Berkeley which was nationally registered with the Yoga Alliance Yoga Teacher Training Program. Jazz is a Yoga Alliance registered yoga instructor, a Certified Hatha Yoga Instructor with the Yoga College of India, and has studied with Rodney Yee in Piedmont Yoga Studio’s Advanced Teacher Training Program. Jazz began her studies with John Friend, founder of Anusara Yoga, in 1999. She earned her Anusara Teacher’s Affiliation in 2002.

In addition to her classes at 7th Heaven, Jazz specializes in individual yoga instruction and yoga therapeutics.