Jen - Twist Yoga

I’ve spent the last 27 years teaching yoga for people who want to live with purpose.

For some, it’s not even that grand: they re just tired of re-living the same patterns and making the same old mistakes.

Either way, I love every minute of it.

I teach with humor and candor, sometimes weaving my own neurosis and love for metaphors found in binge-worthy television into classes, trainings and retreats.

My classes are balanced & straightforward, informed mostly by the work in the ashtanga primary series and include intentional breath practices & some stillness. I invite you to just come, with an open mind and a willingness to shake things up.

Here are some other things about me 👇

I consider myself a forever student of yoga… and a gentle skeptic of the overly shiny wellness world.

To me, yoga is revolutionary when it makes space for the messy parts of being human: discomfort, mistakes, and the my occasional urge to flee… in my case, typically toward a plate of pasta.

My time on the mat has helped facilitate breakthroughs, rough restarts, and lessons that sometimes cost more than I’d like, both financially and emotionally.

These lessons have been my biggest teachers.

I have studied with actual teachers over the years – from Shiva Rea, Judith Lasater and Om Yoga NYC to meditation experiments with Jai Uttal and Stephen Cope, plus a very humbling 14-day vipassana retreat that proved enlightenment was… not arriving that week.

Through it all, yoga reminds me that growth isn’t one dramatic comeback story: it’s a lifelong series of tries, stumbles, and small transformations.

I teach exclusively at Twist Yoga, or at Twist Yoga retreat locations worldwide and would love to practice with you.

Jen Mitchell, M.Ed, ERYT 500, KRI: Curriculum Vitae (CV)

* In my training, I’ve studied within the KRI/3HO Kundalini Yoga lineage, including with Guru Jagat. As information about the harm and abuse of these organizations came to light – and in the absence of meaningful accountability within those organizations – I chose to step away from that tradition. My teaching reflects a strong commitment to integrity, transparency, and keeping the focus on the wellbeing of clients rather than any guru model.

2025 – Krista C, Mysore Ashtanga Teachers Retreat, Poitiers, France.
2023 – Krista C,Various practices, Paris.
2022 – April Magrane, Sound school, 20 hours, Seattle
2019 – Guru Jagat, Immense Grace Solstice Workshop, 36 hrs, Los Angeles.
2019 – Guru Jagat. Aquarian Yoga Business Academy, 36 hrs, New York City.
2019 – Samara Andrade. Trauma Informed Yoga Training, 20 hrs, Twist Yoga.
2018 – Guru Jagat. Aquarian Womens Leadership Society, 40 hours. New Lebanon, NY.
2018 – Guru Singh. Kundalini Yoga, 240 hr certification, Seattle.
2018 – Guru Jagat. Aquarian Yoga Business Academy, 36 hrs, Los Angeles
2017 – Kia Miller & Tommy Rosen. Kundalini Yoga pranayama & yogic lifestyle Intensive, 120 hrs, Rishikesh, India.
2017 – Judith Hanson Lasater . One True Thing, 20 hrs, Edmonds, WA.
2016 – Judith Hanson Lasater . Semi-private mentorship, 80 hrs, San Francisco
2015 – Judith Hanson Lasater. Non-Violent Communication Intensive, 20 hours, Edmonds, WA
2014 – Stephen Cope. Loving Kindness Meditation Intensive, 40 hrs, Kripalu, Massachusetts.
2013 – Twist Yoga. 500 hour teacher training, Edmonds, Washington.
2013 – Judith Hanson Lasater. Level 2 Restorative Yoga Teacher Training, 20 hrs, San Francisco
2013 – Jai Uttal. Bhakti Yoga Chant Camp, 40 hrs, Breitenbush, Oregon.
2012 – Maty Ezraty. Ashtanga Mysore Intensive, 100 hrs , Goa, India.
2011 – Judith Hanson Lasater. Restorative Yoga Teacher Training, Level 1, 20 hrs, New York.
2011 – Rod Stryker, 20 hrs, & Sarah Powers, 20 hrs, Seattle, Wa.
2009 – 8 Limbs Yoga. 200 hour teacher training, Seattle, Wa.
2004 – 8 Limbs Yoga. Advanced teacher training, 50 hrs, Breitenbush, Oregon.
2000 – Cyndi Lee. OM Yoga teacher training, 100 hrs, New York
1999 – Shiva Rea. Prana Flow Yoga, 100 hrs, Kripalu, Mass
1998 – Stephanie Adams. YogaFit Level 1 & Level 2, 40 hrs, Seattle.
1997 – ACE Personal Training/Group Exercise certification
1996 – Brigham Young University. Masters Degree in Education & Curriculum Methods.
1992 – University of Washington. BA, Business Administration