A YOGI'S WAY
About Jonathan
Jonathan Reynolds was born in Wisconsin in 1973, and received his BA in Biology from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin in 1996. Soon after his time at Lawrence, an interest in art and philosophy combined with his newfound love of yoga and meditation, led him to the University of WI-Madison to study Western Philosophy, Buddhism, and Hinduism. At each step of the way, he refined the thread of his path — his interest in the relationship between seer, seeing, seen, and simplicity.
More prone to self-guided inquiry, Jonathan continued his studies in various experiential ways, one of which was to begin teaching the many mindfulness tools he’d acquired. In addition to yoga and meditation, Jonathan's passions in life include India, family, reading, travel, nature, tea, mindful community, and freedom. He is a husband and a father, and currently resides in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he offers psychotherapy sessions, teaches meditation and yoga, enjoys drinking tea, and leads retreats both locally and worldwide.
Jonathan, Jen, & Henry at Spirit Rock's 18-Mth 'Mindfulness Yoga & Meditation Training' finale.
Jonathan has trained with the White Lotus Foundation, Erich Schiffmann, and Spirit Rock Meditation Center. He is currently enrolled in JFK University’s Graduate Counseling Psychology Program, and hopes to further integrate the practices of meditation, therapy, embodiment, and conscious
relationship into his own life and work. Jonathan’s teaching is born out of a deep gratitude for the inner relief and freedom that his own practice has provided over the years.
Drawing on many wisdom traditions, his teaching and psychotherapy sessions are centrally rooted in Buddhist Vipassana Meditation, the Classical Yoga of Patanjali, and the Nondual Advaita Vedanta
teachings of Shankara. Generally speaking, Jonathan’s teaching is greatly informed by his love of India, the cultural present and historical context of
this sacred and enchanting land. His manner of teaching meditation is greatly influenced by time spent in the presence of Jack
Kornfield, whose wisdom has infused Jonathan’s voice with compassion, playfulness, and story.
He is a founding teacher of the Learning To Listen Yoga & Meditation Collective, a San Francisco-based Nonprofit Teaching Collective committed to offering tools that promote conscious living.
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