Welcome to LUMINOUSbody
Your Upper West Side NYC haven for group yoga and pilates mat classes, private sessions and international yoga retreats.
Online classes available for hybrid drop-ins and on demand videos are available for purchase from anywhere in the world!
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Jennifer Chin’s LUMINOUSbody practice is based in the Hatha Iyengar tradition and influenced by her lifetime of dance training. Her approach is designed to empower you to move throughout your life with as much freedom as possible
She will help you unlock physical limitations that might inhibit your activity level. Whether its climbing a mountain, or getting up out of a chair, Jennifer will help you figure out how to move with ease and mechanical efficiency.
Weekly Group Classes
Hybrid In Person and on Zoom
Practice begins from a foundation in anatomy, learning how to touch base with your body each day, and gain a deeper sensory awareness of your personal movement patterns, and muscular or structural imbalances. After building this self-knowledge, Jennifer can guide you to build mindfulness to reorganize the patterns, and create more strength and tone. All done with a caring touch and lots of motivation.
Classes are open level, not for true beginners. Best suited for those who have some experience, and are relatively fit.
For a more beginner level or therapeutic class, please schedule a private lesson.
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Yoga
Sundays 11:30-12:45
In Person/Live Zoom: $20
Recording: $15
(in person, must register in advance)
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Pilates Mat
Wednesdays 1-2
In Person/Live Zoom: $20
Recording: $15
(in person, must register in advance)
About Jennifer
Jennifer Chin has been teaching movement since 1990. While still a young dancer, she began teaching children at the local dance studio, then moved on to the professional dance world. As an instructor in the historic Humphrey-Limón Technique, she has been on faculty at The José Limón Institute, Peridance Center, Dancespace Center, and Montclair State University. Master classes have been taught in Arizona, Finland, Italy, Guatemala, and Nicaragua.
Jennifer’s yoga practice began in 1997, studying with Dharma Mittra, from whom she received her Yoga Teaching Certification. In 2003 she was introduced to the Iyengar Yoga method and began studying embodied anatomy with Genny Kapuler, all of which has greatly influenced her teaching and way of life. She has taught Embodied Anatomy for Dancers at Montclair State University, The Limón Institute and the Martha Graham School.
Jennifer’s introduction to Pilates was with Kathy Grant, one of the first teachers of the technique, at NYU, and used the method to rehabilitate her numerous dance injuries. She has taught Pilates at Groundfloor Exercise and Brooklyn College.
For more info on Jennifer’s dance and choreographic work go to Jenniferchindance.com