Joanna's goal is to help her students unite their body and mind in the present moment. Her breath-based vinyasa classes incorporate creative sequencing and attention to alignment, heating and strengthening the physical body to prepare for relaxation and release. She has trained in Trauma Sensitive Yoga, and is knowledgeable about restorative and yin yoga and breathing techniques that bring about inner focus and tranquility. 

In addition to teaching group, corporate, and private classes for students of all ages, Joanna has taught yoga and meditation to residents at Hazelden Tribeca Twelve, a drug rehab program for young adults. She taught patients working with severe depression, schizophrenia, and addiction at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, and has worked with patients and clinicians at NYU Langone Medical Center. She loves seeing firsthand how yoga and other mind-body practices promote healing. 

Joanna has completed a 40-hour Trauma Sensitive Yoga training with Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, Dave Emerson, and Jenn Turner through the Trauma Center at Justice Resource Institute and has studied yoga as a complementary treatment for PTSD extensively with her mentor, Annie Piper. She is a graduate of Conquering Lion Yoga teacher training and has also participated in advanced teacher trainings at the Shala in New York.

In addition to teaching yoga and meditation, Joanna is a writer; her first novel, ALTERNATIVE REMEDIES FOR LOSS, was published in May 2018. 

Joanna is not currently teaching a weekly group class, though she fills in occasionally at the Shala in Fort Greene.