When I began private sessions with Jenny, my intention was to build better alignment in my body and cultivate more vitality. Before our first session, I filled out a thoughtful worksheet that helped clarify my needs and intentions, and from the very start, Jenny took the time to truly listen and observe all of me — body, mind, and spirit. She created a plan tailored just for me, and we began working on it right away.

Not long after, however, my mother received a terminal diagnosis, and my initial goals shifted. I suddenly needed to build the capacity to withstand the stress of caregiving and, ultimately, the grief of loss. During this most difficult time, every single session with Jenny left me feeling stronger, soothed, and more aligned. She had an incredible ability to sense exactly what I needed and how my body needed to move in each moment. Having that kind of support during the most heart-wrenching time of my life is something I’m truly grateful for.

Now, after my mother’s passing, Jenny continues to be an integral part of my healing. Beyond the physical practice of yoga, she offers wisdom, knowledge, love, and care with such generosity. I look forward to our sessions because I know I’ll always leave feeling better than when I arrived — more centered, more grounded, more myself.

Working with Jenny isn’t just a yoga practice; it’s a whole experience that has the power to change your life for the better.

Delilah, Media & Entertainment Creator, Curator and Consultant

Delilah is a private 1:1 yoga therapy client

Jenny is an amazing yoga instructor who is compassionate and understanding. I wanted to take yoga with someone who would complement my calisthenics, weightlifting and boxing training exercises. Jenny was great at customizing our private sessions for exactly what I needed, including incorporating breathwork, stimulating and challenging positions, and restoration poses as a form of recovery. My overall mobility, balance and body alignment has noticeably improved since working with her. She’s also patient and great at explaining things during our lessons so that you maximize each pose/movement. I especially love Jenny’s holistic approach to health and her focus on my complete wellness. After every session, I feel more at peace and grounded. I highly recommend Jenny to anyone interested in improving not only their physical health but also their inner awareness and peace.

Salomon, Attorney

Salomon is a private 1:1 yoga therapy client

Working with Jenny has been a deeply transformative experience. As a yoga therapist, sound healer, and spiritual supporter, Jenny has held space for me with unwavering compassion and wisdom. When I began our work together, I was navigating PCOS, chronic neck and shoulder pain, and depression—each impacting my sense of self and connection to my body. Jenny met me where I was, offering not just physical relief but emotional and spiritual support that gently shifted the way I relate to my body and my worth.

Through her intuitive guidance, sound healing, and therapeutic movement, I’ve experienced real and lasting change. Jenny helped me ease long-standing physical discomfort, while also empowering me to expand my spiritual practice and cultivate a more loving relationship with myself. Her presence is grounding, her knowledge is vast, and her care is genuine. Jenny doesn’t just offer healing practices—she offers a relationship rooted in trust, deep listening, and sacred attunement. Working with her has opened pathways to healing I didn’t know were possible and reminded me that I am worthy of feeling well, whole, and connected.

Galloway, MSW and Advocacy Manager

Galloway is a private 1:1 yoga therapy client and has also taken group classes and attended special events and workshops

Where to start with Jenny?! She is a legend of yoga and body movement. I first met her at the yoga studio I went to that she was an instructor at. Her classes always had interesting flows and different ways of moving your body. Her energy was gentle but knowledgeable and the classes were fun and challenging. When you hit a pose you got the sense she was genuinely excited for you. It could just be moving your knee slightly out in warrior two or evening out your hips in a simple one armed twist, she notices every detail.

When I started having significant back issues I asked her if she did private one on one sessions. Good news: she does! She came over every Saturday and worked with me on form, drilling down into the smallest details, like pressing down with your big toe when coming up to a high lunge and keeping your middle finger working during downward dog. I left our sessions feeling much more solid in my foundation of yoga. I also felt safer in practice and able to do more.

Overall Jenny is a wonderful person and giving teacher. I highly recommend her for either group yoga or one on one sessions - or both! You won’t regret it

Kaitlin, Hospitality Partner, Director and Manager

Kaitlin  is a private 1:1 Yoga therapy client and group class student

Jenny was already one of my favorite teachers to practice with prior to studying with her as part of my 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training, but after learning from her in that environment I had a new appreciation for her approach to the practice and the specific areas of study that she specializes in.

Prior to working with Jenny in mentorship, I felt that I was slowly progressing in my journey as a "new-ish" yoga teacher, having been teaching for about a year-and-a-half. I felt generally okay about the parts of the practice that I was sharing with my communities, but knew that there were areas I wanted to grow into and explore further. I lacked confidence in many areas of my teaching practice and felt that there were major ebbs and flows to the energy I brought to my offerings.

Now that our mentorship is completed, I feel genuinely more confident and steady in my teaching practice, and feel less stressed out about teaching in general. Jenny truly helped me realize my potential as a teacher and showed me that I was already doing that aligned with where I wanted to grow.

I really had no hesitations about working in mentorship with Jenny, as I already trusted her from several years as a student of hers. The schedule and process Jenny offered in mentorship provided a clear yet flexible framework that allowed for deep learning and engagement to take place. Right from the beginning, I was grateful for the robust mentorship intake Jenny shared with me in advance of our first session together. As someone who has lots of varied interests and growth areas as a yoga teacher, I found this to be helpful for me to "brain dump" my ideas and wonderings about many different topics in one place to share them with Jenny.

The schedule Jenny put together for our time together felt comprehensive yet dynamic, and as my interests and our work together ebbed and flowed over the first few months, we were easily able to adjust focus areas for future sessions and stay grounded in what would serve my learning best from month to month. My favorite aspect of working in mentorship with Jenny was getting to spend extended time with her, in this format, across a six month period. I looked forward to our time together each month so much, and it felt so valuable to have our sessions as a recurring check-in to revisit my shifts and growth as a teacher and to simply connect.

Following mentorship, I feel most confident in my ability to consistently teach grounded and intentional public group classes that feel authentic to who I am as a teacher and human.

Greg, Yoga Teacher and Arts Educator and Administrator
Greg is a 200HR YT trainee and has complete 1:1 mentorship

I honestly couldn’t sing Jenny’s praises enough.

Jenny is a pure ball of light. I’ve been practicing with her for the past three years at Kala Yoga in Bushwick. She has a way of creating a space that is as grounding as it is rejuvenating. Her flows transition so seamlessly, I often feel like I’m dancing with my breath (and I’m not a dancer!).

So naturally, when I was putting together a yoga and wellness event for my last project with Breksey (a mental health startup), Jenny was my first call. And, in true Jenny fashion, the event came together with such ease, from our very first brainstorm all the way to the closing circle, where everyone left asking when they could practice with Jenny again.

Jenny has been a pillar of my yoga practice in both the physical and energetic sense of the word. Her knowledge and passion for yoga are not only infectious, but also continue to inspire me to deepen my own practice, as a yogi, and eventually as a teacher myself. Anyone who has the chance to cross paths with Jenny Chao, inside or outside of the yoga studio, is in for a rare and extraordinarily nourishing treat!

Jessica, Media and Marketing Consultant, Musician

Jessica is a collaborator for a special event, as well as an on-going group class student

I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in January 2021 during the COVID pandemic. When I asked my doctor if there was anything I could do to hopefully slow down the progression of this disease, he named yoga as one of the things that could help my balance and mobility. My daughter immediately contacted Jenny and we began practice together over Zoom. I’m 71 years old and I have never experienced yoga. Working with Jenny has been enlightening. The results have been amazing. My balance and mobility have improved greatly and I’m able to do everyday tasks that had been difficult before the introduction of yoga into my life. Jenny started our standing and chair yoga sessions very slowly, teaching me breathing techniques and posture. When I look back at our recorded sessions, it shows the progress I have made. Jenny is patient and understanding. I look forward to seeing her smile and hearing her encouragement everyday. She has made me a believer in the benefits of yoga. Jenny is the best and most caring yoga instructor you will ever find.

Debbie, retired (former full-time Mother and Operations Manager, after her kids became adults)

Debbie is a private 1:1 Yoga therapy client (who practices online)