Joanna Lau - Urban Zen Tokyo Lead Teacher
URBAN ZEN TOKYO · YOGA INSTRUCTOR · YOKOHAMA

Joanna Lau

Practices
Hatha Yoga · Vinyasa Yoga · Hot Yoga · Yin Yoga · Restorative Yoga · Partner Stretching · Breathwork · Children’s Yoga
TEACHING LANGUAGES
English · Cantonese (廣東話)

Joanna has been practicing yoga for over 13 years, with years of training and teaching along the way. Her classes aren’t about perfect poses or pushing your body — they’re about learning to listen to yourself, moving with intention, and finding what feels right for you. Expect a warm, welcoming space where you can breathe, move, build strength, and leave feeling a little more grounded than when you arrived

URBAN ZEN TOKYO · YOGA INSTRUCTOR · YOKOHAMA

Joanna Lau

Practices
Hatha Yoga · Vinyasa Yoga · Hot Yoga · Yin Yoga · Restorative Yoga · Partner Stretching · Breathwork · Children’s Yoga
TEACHING LANGUAGES
English · Cantonese (廣東話)

Joanna has been practicing yoga for over 13 years, with years of training and teaching along the way. Her classes aren’t about perfect poses or pushing your body — they’re about learning to listen to yourself, moving with intention, and finding what feels right for you. Expect a warm, welcoming space where you can breathe, move, build strength, and leave feeling a little more grounded than when you arrived

Joanna Lau - Urban Zen Tokyo Lead Teacher
About

Personal Journey & Philosophy

Since experiencing the uplifting feeling in her first yoga class as a teenager, there was no turning back for Joanna’s yoga journey. Through different stages of life navigating insecurity, nursing injuries, and finding her footing in new countries, yoga always remained a familiar place to return to.

Over the years, yoga has taught her to listen to her body, understand its alignment, soften limiting beliefs, and meet challenges with greater compassion, presence, and resilience. She sees yoga as a practice of coming back to ourselves. 

Her classes emphasize self-awareness rather than performance, inviting you to move with intention, respect your body, and reconnect with the strength that is already within you. Above all, Joanna hopes to cultivate a welcoming community where people feel safe to breathe, move, open their hearts, and simply be.

Qualifications

Training & Certification

2015
95 hours Children’s Yoga with Karen Wightman
2016
YTT 200 hours Hatha Vinyasa with Samrat Dasgupta
2021
20 hours Katonah Yoga with Claire Lim
2022
95 hours Aerial Yoga with Doris Li
2022
95 hours Children’s Yoga with Laura McEgan
About

Personal Journey & Philosophy

Since experiencing the uplifting feeling in her first yoga class as a teenager, there was no turning back for Joanna’s yoga journey. Through different stages of life navigating insecurity, nursing injuries, and finding her footing in new countries, yoga always remained a familiar place to return to.

Over the years, yoga has taught her to listen to her body, understand its alignment, soften limiting beliefs, and meet challenges with greater compassion, presence, and resilience. She sees yoga as a practice of coming back to ourselves. 

Her classes emphasize self-awareness rather than performance, inviting you to move with intention, respect your body, and reconnect with the strength that is already within you. Above all, Joanna hopes to cultivate a welcoming community where people feel safe to breathe, move, open their hearts, and simply be.

Qualifications

Training & Certification

2015
95 hours Children’s Yoga with Karen Wightman
2016
YTT 200 hours Hatha Vinyasa with Samrat Dasgupta
2021
20 hours Katonah Yoga with Claire Lim
2022
95 hours Aerial Yoga with Doris Li
2022
95 hours Children’s Yoga with Laura McEgan