My Testimonials

The exercise classes that Neha offers excels in my expectations. Neha offers Yoga, flexibility, and light cardio. Her classes are professional, pleasant, and her expertise in the subject shows. Seniors love her class and are motivated to come out of their apartments to join every session. Her commitment for the seniors at 2 different properties has been outstanding. She keeps her commitments and wants to do more.

The numerous types of exercises that she leads targets different areas of the body for seniors are fun and engaging for senior residents. Her classes flow smoothly, starting from stretches to more cardio work, and then a cool down. Her instructions and verbal guidance are clear and help residents feel engaged and enthusiastic about exercising. She is highly experienced with guided meditation.

Anthony Hoang 

Director of Social Services at LifeSteps

Neha has an authentic style that makes yoga feel very accessible. She teaches using good technique explaining the hows and the whys of each movement.

—Karen Fredericks

My yoga practice began many years ago and many teachers ago. Neha brings a gentle and calm spirit to her yoga practice. As her student, the easy and thoughtful flow of the movements she chooses always leaves me happy that I found the time to come to her practice. My body feels renewed with a noticeable decrease in neck and back pain. I highly recommend her for students looking for a gentle and restorative practice.

—Sharon Hoffman

I have been doing group lessons with Neha at her personal studio for past two years. I am amazed at how much progress I have made in my overall strength, flexibility and balance. I am grateful that she could customize the poses for me as I was recovering from a shoulder injury and weakness when I started classes with her. She was always mindful of supporting the practice with props or modifications that helped me ease into movements without experiencing any pain or discomfort. Practicing Yoga along with physical therapy helped me return to normalcy sooner. I like how she has a keen observation and spends time to correct our poses or posture during the practice. She is patient and understanding of her students' physical fitness levels and medical limitations.

—Shikha Goyal

Oh I love the zen atmosphere and calming vibe of Neha and her studio. I love practicing yoga with my girlfriends here,  soaking in the warmth and camaraderie. The studio is always so inviting, neat and clean.  It also smells great with relaxing music melting away all my stresses. My favourite part is often the breathwork followed by the guided meditation which really helps to center and ground me. The weekend yoga class helps me to slow down, unwind and rejuvenate so I get a break from my otherwise busy and fast paced week juggling responsibilities. I have a mini community here as once a month, we do potluck after Yoga sessions on a Friday night. 

—Nimisha Mahuvakar

I have worked w/ Neha for over 2 years and she has great knowledge in yoga and many areas of fitness. I like that she understands the value in combining cardio, strength training, flexibility training and recovery ( sleep, foam rolling) and mobility work to get the best movement out of someone.  I also coach women in building strength and appreciate and follow this fitness philosophy.  Neha is great fun to work w/ and anyone taking her class will be thrilled to have her as a teacher.  

—Michelle Bradshaw

 I have been doing online yoga sessions with Neha remotely since 2024. Initially I was skeptical and not motivated to practice yoga late nights through zoom sessions, but to my surprise the sessions were relaxing and therapeutic. The set up and exercise cues are very clear and she makes an effort to change positions to make sure she is visible at all times. She ensures that I have a good set up so she can observe me through zoom and offer corrections or modifications as required. At the end of the sessions I felt so much lighter,...  free from all the joint aches and tightness. I have tight shoulders and upper back due to long desk job hours and consistent practice of mobility drills taught by Neha has really helped me enjoy a full range of shoulder and neck movement. I can almost breathe better and stand taller now. I am impressed with her vast knowledge on a variety of exercises and yoga poses to really improve the strength and flexibility of my joints. My biggest accomplishment has been better sleep as after her sessions I am less in my mind and more in my body so I can listen to my body better.

—Ritu Nainwal

Both Suresh and I enjoy your stretch classes at the  Saratoga Senior Center. Your instructions are very clear and you demonstrate and talk about each stretch well. We like your posture and attitude too. We hope to see you next Tuesday.

With best wishes

—Suresh and Geeta Tonwar

Screenshots of ClassPass Reviews by Clients of Jiaren Yoga Studio in Santa Clara 

Classes Taught: 7:30 AM Monday Shoulder/Chest Opening Movements, 7:30 AM Friday Hip Opening Movements