Instructors
Jonathan Han - Owner and Instructor
Jonathan Han began martial arts training at the age of eight. Not long after that he started practicing yoga in order to increase his flexibility. He has developed a therapeutic form of yoga which he uses to teach and heal. Jonathan is constantly educating and training himself because he enjoys discovering the many powerful tools of and for the human body and mind.
As a child Jonathan was always very curious of how "chi" (human energy flow) worked with martial arts and yoga. This led him to study with a teacher who gave him the foundation for what Jonathan will eventually use to help people. Today Jonathan uses chi to work through pressure points and meridian points. He is a certified massage therapist and a certified acupressure therapist. He is also CPR certified, as well as ADE certified. View Photo Gallery
Jennifer Tsai - Instructor
Jennifer Tsai is a certified HAN Yoga Instructor. She has practiced with Jonathan Han, for over five years. She enrolled in the Teacher Training Classes with Jonathan Han two years back and continues to practice the HAN style yoga so as to help other become healthier both physically and mentally.
Through yoga, she has changed her body not only physically, but also healed her from arthritis and migraine. HAN yoga proved to be therapeutic as she became healthier, more confident, and grew to gain a more positive outlook in life. Jennifer's motto is "Your body moves where your mind reaches out." When this happens and you believe in yourself, your energy is uplifted. Practicing yoga brings together your body, mind and soul in one piece.
Whether you are practicing yoga for the first time or have been practicing for years, Jennifer welcomes all students in her class. At each class, there is a focus on meditation, breathing, concentration, stretches, and yoga flows. As you rejuvenate in class, you ease up on tension and relieve yourself of stress. Jennifer offers a different variety of modified postures to help you enhance your flexibility and muscle strength. Jennifer welcomes you as well as any friends and family to her class because she enjoys the practice of HAN yoga and shares with you the many benefits that yoga can do for you.
Bindu Coulman - Instructor
Bindu was born and raised in India, where many in her family practiced yoga and Ayurevdic medicine. While living in Chicago, she began practicing yoga and became very passionate about expanding her knowledge of yoga. After moving to San Jose 2005, she began taking yoga classes with Jonathan Han. She has completed 200 hours Han Yoga teacher training class. Her classes provide mind/body workout featuring proper alignment, joint mobility, core strength, balance and relaxation with modifications to suit the needs of every student. She believes these key factors are the foundation which can provide balance in all aspects of life. Her class focuses on the individual student pushing themselves to their next level, rather than the class as a whole. For Bindu, yoga is about learning to accept yourself while also challenging yourself to grow.
Briant Sarris - Instructor
Briant Sarris is currently working toward her 200-hour teaching certification at HAN Yoga. Briant took her first yoga class more than five years ago when a friend suggested she try it to help with stress and anxiety. At first, she was honestly pretty skeptical; however, somewhere during that very first class, she suddenly realized that all of her nervous energy had been channeled into simply holding onto the posture and focusing on the breath. She had discovered the union of mind and body that is the very definition of “yoga.” Since she had been struggling with severe and chronic anxiety, this sudden quiet in the mind was a surprise she hadn’t thought possible, and she knew her life would never be the same.
Briant quickly fell in love with the practice and is now a self-described yoga addict. She uses yoga as a moving meditation to help overcome the emotional difficulties of everyday life. She loves the physical challenge of the practice as well and constantly works to learn and grow as a student. All students are welcome in her classes. She will make sure that beginners get the guidance they need to enjoy the practice from day one, while providing extra challenges for those who wish to push their practice to the next level. Most of all, she wishes to help others who seek release from any emotional difficulty to discover what she has experienced. So please come in and join her in the journey!
Jennifer Ho - Instructor
Fascinated with the body, mind and soul connection, Jennifer Ho has always had a deep appreciation for the discipline of yoga. After a lengthy search for the right studio and the right teacher, Jennifer Ho knew almost instantly that she had found exactly what she was searching for at Han Yoga. In two short years, Jennifer Ho went from an overly stressed couch potato with way too many aches and pains to a full on yoga addict. Who knew an addiction could feel so great! She found herself taking breaks from long meetings by holding T poses in the bathroom, practicing sunrise yoga by the lakefront in Chicago while on a business trip, having yoga playtime with her little boy - essentially yoga became an inseparable part of her life.
A true believer in yoga being an incredible lifelong journey in self discovery and self transformation with many friends along to way to help us along, it was a natural progression for Jennifer Ho to become an instructor. She looks forward to sharing this wonderful journey with other yogi friends. It’s amazing what our bodies can do when body, mind and soul are in harmony. And even better when we have great friends to show us the way. So let’s work together for a healthier, happier, better tomorrow!
Alisa Tantraphol -- Instructor
Alisa was first introduced to yoga in 2001, but it wasn’t until she discovered Han Yoga four years ago that she understood why people become so devoted to their practice. In the beginning, it was simply a way of relieving the stress she carried in her neck and shoulders...a 90-minute haven from her overscheduled life, where all she could focus on was the pose she was in. Over time, she began to see the effects in many unexpected places—engaging her core as she snowboarded down a mountain, using her breath properly as she sang on stage, or focusing as she wrote another grant proposal at 2 a.m. But ultimately, it was the balance and joy she found in the practice that kept her coming back more and more often, and finally inspired her to become an instructor.
As a certified Han Yoga instructor, Alisa seeks to share with others what yoga has brought to her life: a way to be present, grounded, and accepting of where you are while always striving to be better. There is an ancient Sanskrit phrase, Lokaha Samasta Sukhino Bhavantu: May all beings everywhere be happy and free. Alisa’s classes are about creating a space where students of all levels can challenge themselves and, through the moving meditation that is yoga, find happiness and freedom -- both on and off the mat.
Interested in teaching? We want you! We are recruiting Han Yoga practioners who want to become a Yoga Instructor. Please contact us at: info@hanyoga.net or call: 408-245-YOGA (9642) for more information.
