Afro Flow Yoga - Leslie Salmon Jones and Jeff W. Jones
Experience a heart-centered dynamic flow of yoga. Ignite an inner revolution by embracing the wisdom of nature and the ancestors through a healing practice of Yoga, Dance & Rhythms of the African diaspora.
Leslie Salmon Jones, creator of Afro Flow Yoga®, is a professional dancer, certified holistic personal trainer, wellness coach, and yoga instructor. She is committed to the empowerment of all people and communities of diverse backgrounds to develop mastery over their physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being.
As a professional dancer, certified holistic personal trainer, wellness coach, yoga instructor and public speaker, Leslie has had the opportunity to study and train with world-renowned masters of dance, yoga and spirituality. It was through her intensive dance training at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center that Leslie was first introduced to yoga.
With more than 20 years of experience, she remains a dedicated practitioner and teacher. It was the connection of yogic principals, spirituality, and dances of the African Diaspora and the intrinsic expression of movement through nature’s elements that inspired Jones to create Afro Flow Yoga.
Along with her husband, Jeff W. Jones, she offers weekly and monthly classes in Boston and New York. Afro Flow Yoga® has been featured in Yoga Journal, Black Enterprise, and Exhale. Leslie and Jeff Jones have also produced two wellness DVDs: Core Strength: Back to Basics and Core Power: Radiate the Energy Within.
Jeff W. Jones, cofounder of Afro Flow Yoga®, is a multi-instrumentalist, recording artist, musical director, and composer. Jeff W. Jones creates an intuitive dynamic flow through a stream of consciousness and the mastery of African-inspired rhythms, instruments, and vocals, synergizing the class collective. His use of the djembe, which he brought back from Ghana, congas, bongos, Sudanese acholi lyre, Indian bells, and tamborine, along with an eclectic array of tonal instruments, makes for a healing musical journey.
He has cofacilitated classes, workshops, and retreats at Omega Institute, Alvin Ailey Dance Center, Boston Yoga, Chant Festival, Carribean Yoga Conference, and many other venues.
In addition to his role with Afro Flow Yoga™, Jones has enjoyed a career as a professional musician for more than 20 years, Coming from a lineage of three generations of accomplished musicians, he has traveled the world performing on many continents and has played various musical genres and venues such as Scullers Jazz Club, The Supper Club NYC, Windows on the World, Berklee College of Music, and Mile High Stadium. He has performed for the inaugurations of President Barack Obama and Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, and has opened for greats such as Little Richard and Al Green.
Jeff W. Jones also produced and engineered two wellness DVD’s Core Strength: Back to Basics and Core Power: Radiate the Energy Within, which he co-created with Leslie Salmon Jones.