Johnna Smith has been a student of yoga since 1995. She has spent these years studying various traditions which she incorporates into the Vinyasa Yoga practice as taught by her teacher, Barron Baptiste. Johnna’s background includes studying Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois in Mysore India (2004, 2006, 2008), Tantra with YogaRupa Rod Stryker, Vipassana Buddhist practice, and other traditional styles of Hatha yoga in India.

Starting in 2001 she also began an in-depth study of Tantra Yoga, which eventually led her to Para Yoga with Rod Stryker. Johnna is an avid student of both Western and Eastern philosophy, as well as Sanskrit.

Johnna teaches public classes at Yoga One as well as spending a good part of each year traveling as student and assistant to her teachers throughout the world. Johnna co-teaches the Teacher Asistant Bootcamps and Teacher Training's at Yoga One. As part of that she offers Teacher Intensive courses and special classes through the United States.

Johnna believes that the yoga mat is a great place to cultivate awareness, with the ultimate goal being to take the practice from the mat into one’s daily life. Johnna is known for being motivational and spiritual in tone while leading you to the edge of your experience on the mat.