11/01/2024
Meet , owned by Wendy Smith. She has owned and operated Jax Yoga for 5.5 years and has been teaching yoga for 21 years.
Jax has been open in Jacksonville since 2019 and opened their second location in Springfield earlier this year.
In addition to both traditional and modern yoga, they offer rebounding (mini trampolines that are fantastic for lymphatic health), Pilates, barre, flow fit (our proprietary somatic wellness/functional fitness practice) and adult dance classes like heels, tap, and hip hop. They have an aerial yoga studio in their Jacksonville location as well.
As they have grown, Wendy shifted from teaching 10-15 classes a week to hiring a wonderfully capable and diverse staff who lead over 40 classes a week between the two studios and satellite location in New Berlin. She spends most of her time now running the business and social media sides of Jax. She still teaches classes (4-5 a week), and leads 200 and 300 hour yoga teacher trainings, and host retreats.
You will mostly see the manager Gabby in the Springfield studio. She teaches the bulk of the classes at the 301, and manages the studio and staff. She has been with Jax since day one, attended their first ever 200 hour training, and is an INCREDIBLE instructor.
Wendy considers herself a multi-passionate person. In addition to teaching yoga, Pilates, dance, and her proprietary class Flow Fit, she is a writer, astrologer, and forever student of all things spirituality, health and wellness. She is currently writing her first book and just started recording a podcast.
She works part time as a health educator in her community. Within that role, she writes grants and educates the community on health related topics like stress management and the importance of physical activity and good nutrition.
Jax Instagram and TikTok is and Wendy’s personal instagram is
www.jaxyogasquad.com
