Jenna McDonald
Training Studio Owner, Director & Teacher
Jenna is currently working on her PhD in Transformative Studies with an emphasis on psychedelic integration and interpersonal neurobiology. She studies how relationships, place, and altered states heal the brain, body and spirit with a special interest in attunement for intergenerational, ancestral healing.
Jenna holds a 500 hr E-RYT with Yoga Alliance and has taught in the US and Abroad since 2010. She has a MA in Transformative Leadership from the California Institute of Integral Studies with an emphasis in Matricentric-Liberation Leadership Philosophy as well as a BA in Eastern Philosophy and Indigenous Education, but her true vedantic lineage comes through 4 + years of study at Arsha Vidya Gurukulam and independently with Teachers of the Swami Dayananda Saraswati Lineage.
She has lived in Yoga Centers, Ashrams and Off-grid communities for the majority of her life - studying and applying a true yoga lifestyle. She has two spirited children Adi, 11, and Areya who is 6.
Her entry to asana came through a deep immersion in breathwork, meditation, and shamanic healing arts. She now specializes in Breathwork, Yoga Teacher Training, and a few weekly classes for devoted students on Bainbridge Island, Wa.
Teachers she loves to study with; Meghan Currie, Day Christensen, Swami Tattvavidananda, Jeff Martens and Paulie Zink.
Outside the studio her life is immersed in writing (aka grad school), outdoor adventuring with kiddos and being a gypsy whenever time affords the opportunity. Her sweetest secret is that she is also trained as a doula and LOVES working with women in all stages of life - through embodied birthing seminars, coaching and women programs.
Jenna's Classes range between restorative and vigorous and oscillate between inspirational philosophy and alignment-based Asana. As a modern mother, steeped in Ancient Traditions - she strives to offer both a challenging practice & an invitation to step into altered states of consciousness through sadhana (practice with the purpose of liberation).
Devoted Yogi is Jenna’s community offering and home base for teaching.