History
Opened in 2003, Yoga Jones was the first and remains the only yoga studio in Ventura to offer yoga classes in a wide variety of styles for students with varying interests and needs. Creators Tina Chappel, who teaches, and her husband Tom Lane immersed themselves in the practice during the burgeoning yoga movement in '90s Los Angeles. They practiced mainly at Center for Yoga on Larchmont--now part of the YogaWorks chain. They studied with such renowned teachers as Erich Schiffmann, Shiva Rea, and Paul Cabanis, while Tina did teacher training in 1998 with Ana Forrest.
Specialties
Consistently voted one of the top yoga studios year after year in the VCReporter's Readers Poll, YOGA JONES is yoga for everybody! The studio has been designed to be a haven for Ventura and the surrounding community. Our aim is to create a place of refuge where you can focus on your purpose and discover what is most important to you. We believe each student's practice is very personal. People come to yoga with many different aims and needs--healing, growth, and inspiration. Yoga Jones's experienced, dedicated staff has been practicing yoga and related disciplines for many decades. We teach in a wide variety of styles--all of which focus on helping you realize your potential though awareness of body, mind, and spirit. Styles include Astanga, Sivanada, Kundalini, Restorative, Taoist, Core Flow, Vinyasa Flow, Community, Gentle Yoga, Over 50 Yoga, Beginner Slow Flow, Hatha, Pre-Natal, Post-Natal, Meditation, Ayurveda. Workshops include Ayurveda, Mantras, Qi-Gong, MELT