Jane Austin is a certified yoga teacher and a mother of two who lives and works in San Francisco. Informed by years of working as a midwife, doula, and childbirth educator, she is uniquely suited to instruct yoga for the childbearing year. She has had the privilege of teaching prenatal and postnatal yoga to hundreds of women just beginning to explore the transformative power of childbirth and motherhood. Jane enjoys working with all populations, and has been influenced by many teachers and traditions, including Ashtanga, Iyengar, and Anusara. She continues to study asana (postures) with Tony Briggs and yoga philosophy with Kate Holcombe.

Among her most inspirational teachers have been the many pregnant women and couples she has worked with over the years. Her own children and her experience of motherhood continue to have a huge influence on her teaching as well. She weaves her breadth of experience into her classes in a warm and humorous, yet thoughtful way.

Jane teaches a comprehensive Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training course which attracts students from all over the world. She also teaches the prenatal and postnatal component of yoga teacher training programs at Yoga Tree studio in San Francisco. Jane has volunteered for many years offering a weekly yoga class to the teachers and staff at her kids’ elementary school.

A lifelong student, Jane continues to explore the many facets of yoga. Although yoga provides the framework for her spiritual practice, it is her experience as a mother that has given her true opportunity for spiritual growth.