Yoga for the Real Journey: Jana Beus Brings Recovery-Centered Classes to Gilbert Yoga

There’s a quiet strength in turning your story into service; and at Gilbert Yoga, we’re honored to welcome someone who’s done just that.

Jana Beus, a recent graduate of the Gilbert Yoga College 200-hour teacher training program, brings a deeply personal and powerful new offering to our community: Yoga for Recovery. This is a space for those walking the path of sobriety, healing from trauma, or navigating life after addiction.

This is more than a yoga class. It’s a return to self.

A Personal Journey from Pain to Practice

Jana’s love for movement began in childhood, but life took her down a difficult road marked by addiction, anxiety, and the urge to escape. Her turning point came through breathwork, which helped her reconnect with her body and emotions. Yoga followed soon after. Initially, it was to address neck pain, but it quickly revealed itself as a path to emotional healing.

“Yoga became much more than physical practice,” she says. “It became a way to reconnect with myself, soften the walls I’d built, and build trust again.”

After three years of steady personal practice, Jana made a life-changing decision to enroll in Gilbert Yoga College’s YTT program. There, she found even deeper clarity and acceptance, and developed the tools to bring this healing to others.

What is Yoga for Recovery?

Yoga for Recovery, sometimes known as “sober yoga,” is a trauma-sensitive, judgment-free space where breath, movement, and mindfulness come together to support healing. It’s designed for those recovering from addiction, grief, chronic stress, or simply a life that’s asked too much.

This class isn’t about performance or perfection. It’s about showing up, breathing through discomfort, and learning how to be with yourself again.

Jana’s teaching is grounded in lived experience, deep empathy, and a calm, open-hearted presence. Whether you're new to yoga or returning to your body after years of disconnection, her class welcomes you just as you are.

A New Teacher with a Needed Mission

Jana teaches because she believes in yoga’s ability to heal the whole person. She knows what it means to feel lost, and she knows what it feels like to come home to your breath, your body, and your sense of self.

This class offers something our community deeply needs: a safe, grounded, and inclusive space for recovery. And that is precisely what Jana is offering: a place where transformation can happen gently, through presence, breath, and compassion.

Thinking About Becoming a Yoga Teacher?

Jana’s journey began with curiosity and a desire to understand how yoga was helping her change her life. That curiosity led her to the Gilbert Yoga College 200-hour teacher training. It is a deeply transformational program rooted in lineage, embodiment, and personal growth.

If you’re feeling that same pull to go deeper; whether you want to teach, heal, or simply grow. The next YTT begins August 5. You can learn more at www.gilbertyogacolleg.com.

Final Thoughts

Jana’s Yoga for Recovery class is more than a new addition to our schedule. It’s a sign of what’s possible when we choose healing....when we learn to breathe through our stories...when we remember that transformation doesn’t always happen in loud, dramatic ways. It often begins quietly, on a mat, with one breath and some kind someone, a teacher, who says, “You’re not alone.”

We’re grateful to welcome Jana to the Gilbert Yoga teaching team; and even more grateful for the space she’s creating for others.

Come breathe with her. Come back to yourself. The journey is real. You don’t have to go it alone.