Jenn Chang PT, DPT, E-RYT-200, C-IAYT
Jenn is a therapist at heart. With a dash of positive compassion, she combines the healing properties of yoga with modern physical therapy to help you holistically achieve your health and wellness goals. Her lifelong immersion into the study of movement enables her to effectively diagnose your injury, helping to provide you the best quality of care towards healing.
Jenn’s accreditations include:
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- PT, DPT 2011 – Doctorate of Physical Therapy from The University of St. Augustine
- E-RYT-200 2012 – 200 hour yoga teacher training program from Prana Yoga Center
- C-IAYT 2017 – Certified yoga therapist from the International Association of Yoga Therapy
Jenn’s passion for movement started in dance and gymnastics, spending 22 years studying ballet and a variety of other dance styles. She has a BA in Dance and a BS in Biology from UC San Diego. Jenn was first introduced to yoga through her dance studies and discovered yoga’s amazing dynamic and restorative benefits for the body, breath and mind.
After working in a biology lab for a year, Jenn decided to pursue her passion to help people and obtain her doctorate in physical therapy. From there, Jenn studied and trained extensively with Rachel Krentzman to learn how to combine her physical therapy knowledge with therapeutic yoga techniques to help patients recover from injury and manage chronic conditions. Additionally, Jenn has been advancing her functional manual therapy capabilities through The Institute of Physical Art and has spent a great deal of time studying with Judith Lasater, Shauna MacKay, Gerhard Gessner and Roger Cole. Jenn has teaching certifications in Yoga Wall, Restorative Yoga, Yin Yoga, Yoga for a Happy Back and yoga therapeutics. 
In the San Diego community, Jenn teaches weekly therapy-based yoga classes utilizing The Great Yoga Wall. She strives to honor and support each student’s individual needs, using her deep understanding of anatomy and physiology to help them find their optimal version of each asana. Jenn also teaches functional yoga anatomy lectures for yoga teacher trainings at various studios in San Diego as well as yoga therapy workshops for teachers and practitioners. When Jenn is not working with clients, she enjoys exploring San Diego with her husband and their two children.