Jianna Hoss
Jianna Hoss is a movement and yoga educator who blends somatics, mindfulness, and anatomy with curiosity and joy. With 11+ years of experience and over 2,500 hours of teaching in diverse settings, she creates practices that support strength, restoration, and deeper connection to self. Her work is rooted in continuous learning and a love for guiding others toward embodied, sustainable movement that feels good.
2014: BA Mass Communication, minors in Business Management + Spanish, Morningside College
2014: 200hr Yoga Teacher Training at HeartWork Yoga in Northfield, MN
2016: 60hr Unnata Aerial Yoga Training in Minneapolis, MN
2019: Crossfade: a Mentorship for Movement Specialists with Caitlin Casella
2019: Munay Ki at Evolve Yoga and Wellness in Sioux City, IA
2019: Gone
2020: Crossfade: a Mentorship for Movement Specialists with Caitlin Casella
2020 - current: 200hr Katonah Yoga training
2023 - current: 300hr Awakening Yoga Academy
2024 | Detour Method Online with Yoga Detour
Education, Training, + Mentorships
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2020 - current: 200hr Katonah Yoga training
with notable portions: Taoism with Kyle Henry, advanced shapes with Ari Halbert, Magic Square immersion,
2023 - current: 300hr Awakening Yoga Academy
with notable modules: Awakening Yoga Foundations, Mobility + Mechnanics, Advanced Asana
2020 - 2025: Yoga Detour with Ceciily Milne
Sun Salutations
Low Down on the Low Back
Strength Ladder
Supernatural Sequencing
Core Reform
Pelvic Proficiency
Detour Method Online (80hr)
2025 | Core & Pelvic Floor Essentials for Movement Pros with Threes Physi Yoga (Diana Zotos Florio)
2025 | Soleful Connections: The Relationship Between the Foot and the Core with Threes Physi Yoga
2025 | Anatomy of a Twist with Threes Physi Yoga
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2019 | Crossfade: Mentorship with Caitlin Casella, highlighted working with the nervous system and somatic modalities like Feldenkrais, Body Mind Centering
2019 | Gone: Facing an Uncertain Future, Together with Rachael Alaia
12-week program working through eco-anxiety, polyvagal theory, somatics, Work That Reconnects, meditation, mindfulness,
2022 | MATTER: Re-storying the Narrative of the Body with Rachael Alaia (3hr, somatic + body literacy)
2022 | Somatic Experiencing: Fundamentals
2023 - 2025 | Jungian Somatics
Embodied Awe: the Practice of Letting in the Good
Junigan Somatics: Intro to Jungian Theory
Jungian Somatics: Psychic Boundaries from a Jungian Perspective2023 - 2024 | Live Your Liberation with Madison Morrigan
2024 | Fighting Monkey with Elke Schroeder / Improv and Pleasure Practice
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2019: Crossfade: a Mentorship for Movement Specialists with Caitlin Casella featured, Body of Knowledge with Laurel Beversdorf
2022: Welcome to Your Brain: New Nervous System Essentials with Jenni Rawlings
2022: Pain Science: Theory & Application with Jenni Rawlings
2022: Mobility + Mechanics with Carling Harps, Awakening Yoga Academy
2023: Breath Mechanics with Matt Phippen
2023: Strength Training for Hypermobility
2023: Meet Your Nervous System
2025: Breath Magic with Abigail Rose Clarke
2025: Balancing the Diaphragms (dissection) with Anatomy Trains,
Notable Continuing Education + Workshop Topics
2014 - 2015: Yala Yoga in Spirit Lake, Iowa
2014 - 2019: Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa
2015 - 2016: Evolve Yoga in Sioux City, Iowa
2016 - 2019: Briar Cliff Universiy in Sioux City, Iowa
2016 - 2019: Approach Climbing Gym in Omaha, Nebraska
2016 - 2019: {be} Yoga in Sioux City, Iowa
2019 - 2025: Vertical Endeavors in Twin Cities, Minnesota
2020 - 2025: hosted private group classes online + in-person
Teaching Experience
2016 - 2019: at {be} yoga in Sioux City
2017 | co-taught at High Vibe Festival in Omaha, NE
2018 | taught at High Vibe Festival in Omaha, NE
2019 | co-taughtat Yoga Rocks the Park, Omaha, NE
2019 | Yoga + Mindfulness with the Girl Scouts
201 8 - 2019 event with tori
2020 - 2025
Additionally, Jianna has developed and taught the curriculum for the following workshops:
Slow + Well
Home Bodies:
Inversions
Flow with Intergrity: Surya A + B
Yoga Lab
Sit Spot
Aerial
Intro to Aerial
Aerial HAndstands
Event Facilitation Experience
2016 - 2019: Studio Manager at {be} Yoga, Healing, Inspired Living in Sioux City Iowa
2017 - 2021: Studio Manager/Admin, Heartwork Yoga in Northfield, Minensota
2018 - 2019: Adjunct Instructor at WITCC; Writing for Mass Media, Media Ethics, Video Production,
2020 - 2021: Virtual Assistant, Shanti Yoga in St. Louis, MO
2019 - 2025: Yoga + Fitness Programs Coordinator, Vertical Endeavors, Twin Cities, MN
Employment + Experience
200hr Yoga Training Facilitator
Assisted with the creation of a 200hr training manual + curriculum; guest instructor
2016 - 2019: {be} Yoga, Healing, Inspired Living in Sioux City, IA
2018 - 2019: Heartwork Yoga in Northfield, MN
2017 - current: Muddy Waters Yoga in Winona, MN
Private Sessions
Over several years: dance teams, hockey teams
Multi-session with: football teams, baseball teams, climbers, dancers
One-on-one with individuals who: dealt with chronic pain due to injury from slips, falls, car accidents, and concussions