Jennifer Smith

Lululemon Athletica Ambassador for Buckhead

MY LOVES: My family, my friends, yoga, reading, the beach, the woods, the spring and fall (times of change), animals, music, creativity, enthusiasm, babies laughing, camping…

A FEW THINGS I COULD DO WITHOUT: Negativity, humidity (I think I live in the wrong city), loud and aggressive people, judgement, the current frenetic pace of life (was I born in the wrong century?). I am the only person I know who doesn’t “facebook” or “twitter”. I would rather be in the woods!

HER CLASSES: Hopefully inspire power and strength through courage and grace; it is not what happens, but how you handle it that matters. Hope you like music…

MY TEACHERS: This life I lead; my parents, children and husband, friends, fellow teachers and students; the sutras and the book of common prayer; a host of people I have been blessed enough to have learned from, including, but not limited to: Manju Jois, David Swenson, Adele Gale, Tim Miller, Shiva Rea, Todd Roderick, Paul Dallaghan. I hope this list continues to grow and I am lucky enough to learn from many others.

I started practicing after college at Vanderbilt in 1996 when Ian Lopatin took me to a class and I was hooked! I went on to business school and kept up a rather sporadic practice until after I graduated from business school. At that point, I knew that I wanted to do something fulfilling that would also allow me to be almost a full-time mommy, and being a yoga teacher was the answer! I began teaching in 2002 and continue to focus on learning more every day, both about myself and the practice. I hope I can do this forever!