J Mountain Yoga

J Mountain Yoga Joanne Dennis
500+hr Advanced Certified Yoga instructor. Yoga Therapist in Training.

Offering Gentle and Therapeutic Yoga to help cultivate sustainable well-being in your body and your life.

Join me for practice this week. I have availability this week for privates on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons in Jay or...
09/07/2026

Join me for practice this week.
I have availability this week for privates on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons in Jay or Newport studios.
More info: www.JMountainYoga.com

09/06/2026

“I can’t make it to class with my schedule.”

“The class you offer isn’t what I’m looking for right now”

I hear this often. And honestly, all I hope for is that people find the benefits of yoga in their life someway and somehow.

A one-on-one approach to developing a home practice can offer just that: a practice shaped around your body, your needs, and your actual life. With the guidance of someone skilled in yoga therapeutics, your practice can become a meaningful and sustainable source of support—not another thing on your to-do list.

This is what my daily morning practice looks like these days. Though this video is sped up 5xs.
-20 minutes asana focused on opening the front line of the body.
-10 minutes of Resonance (5:7) Nadi Shodhana.
-10 minutes meditation.

What might your home practice look like?


08/31/2026

What actually makes yoga therapeutic?

You might look at this photo and think “That type of backbend doesn’t look very therapeutic to me for my body? What happened to the one blanket option?”

The secret to practicing yoga therapeutically is that the magic and effectiveness isn’t in the pose itself—it’s in how it is customized to the individual.

How can these pieces connect to benefit you:

Restorative Yoga uses props to create a safe, supportive environment so your body can completely rest and release tension.

Therapeutics focuses on the specific benefits of the shape, like opening the chest, supporting the spine, and soothing the nervous system.

Yoga Therapy ties it all together by adapting these tools to meet you exactly where you are today.

A backbend is only therapeutic if it benefits your unique body and energy in this exact moment. For one person, that might mean this chair setup. For another, it may be a single, perfectly folded blanket. Both are deeply powerful because both respect your body’s current needs.

We don’t force our bodies to fit the yoga.
We shape the yoga to fit us.

Check out my webpage with more info on how you can work with me one on one in this therapeutic way. Link in the comments.

Classes this first week of September. Join me in Newport and Montgomery for Gentle Yoga. More info and registration:www....
08/31/2026

Classes this first week of September. Join me in Newport and Montgomery for Gentle Yoga. More info and registration:
www.JMountainYoga.com

08/26/2026

My teacher Judith Hanson Lasater says "If you are getting older, do backbends" and we all are getting older every day, no matter what our age. Back bending does not have to be extreme to be beneficial, and when we do a gentle supported backbend in a therapeutic way we are reaping more than the benefits of the physical body, we are also allowing a moment in our day to pause, slow down, do less and breathe.

Go to my Practices page on my website for a tutorial on a One Blanket Supported Backbend.

“The discipline of yoga must be practiced with joy, reverence, and happiness in order to receive the fullest benefits po...
08/19/2026

“The discipline of yoga must be practiced with joy, reverence, and happiness in order to receive the fullest benefits possible. Otherwise, yoga is just hard work, just another way to discipline an unruly body and mind.”
-Mukunda Stiles

What does it feel like when you step onto your mat? What does it feel like when you step off of your mat? Is yoga your work-out or your work-in? Is it about discipline or consistency? Is it about more suffering or more joy? What did you learn about yourself at the end of your practice and what tools did you gain to navigate life with more ease?

Yoga is a lifelong practice and a lifelong study of your ever changing self. It is a whole person approach to health and wellbeing that is layered well beyond the physical postures. I hope you find a teacher that gives you the agency and the information to cultivate a lifelong practice that brings you more joy, more discernment and more ease in your body and your mind.

Classes resume this week. Join me for Gentle Yoga Tuesday/Thursday and a Restorative practice Sunday. More info and regi...
08/17/2026

Classes resume this week. Join me for Gentle Yoga Tuesday/Thursday and a Restorative practice Sunday. More info and registration on my website www.JMountainYoga.com

Classes resume this week in Newport at The Nest - A Wellness Studio. Join me Tuesday for Gentle Yoga and Sunday for a Re...
08/16/2026

Classes resume this week in Newport at The Nest - A Wellness Studio.
Join me Tuesday for Gentle Yoga and Sunday for a Restorative practice.
More to come this Fall and I am available for Private Therapeutic sessions.
Yoga is more than stretching. It is a whole person approach to health & wellbeing.
www.JMountainYoga.com

08/03/2026

We’re only halfway through summer. And I am feeling ready for it! August and September are some of my favorite months of weather, gardening, vacationing and ultimately a much needed return to routine.

Have you found time to incorporate some ease into your current routine? 5mins? 20mins? Get caught up by going to my Practices page on my website and subscribe to my newsletter to receive early access to more practices and updates to come. As well as stay up to date on in person opportunities to practice with me and my Fall schedule.
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