John Cottrell, Ph.D.


Yoga Life Coach & Certified Yoga Instructor
mbody, LLC - Salt Lake City, Utah

John began his yoga journey in 2002 and is a certified yoga instructor in Salt Lake City, Utah. His practice fosters inner strength, balance, healing, focus, and awareness of the self. John has studied with Baron Baptiste, Ana Forest, Rolf Gates, Bryan Kest, and currently teaches in a D'ana Baptiste Studio.

John's life journey also includes his work as a Ph.D. psychotherapist for 12 years in Salt Lake. He uses his psychology education and yoga teachings to offer Yoga Life Coaching to those seeking and enhancing their authentic selves through the power and practice of yoga.

Other achievements to John’s credit include a modern and jazz dance background that led to dance performance and choreography with Dance Unlimited in Morgan Hill, CA and F/X The Club in San Jose, CA. John formed his own educational and performance dance group called G!Force Dance Project in Salt Lake City before he ventured into the yoga practice. John’s eclectic yoga classes reflect his dance and choreography background.

John is also an actor and model with a local talent agency. You may have seen him on the cover of some Hugger Mugger catalogs, a leading yoga supply company based in Salt Lake City, or other locally produced industrial videos and commercials.

John Cottrell uses his many talents to bring you his latest venture: Yoga Life Coaching. John is devoted to helping one achieve excellence, discover, and enhance the authentic self through the healing power of the yoga practice. He provides individual and semi-private yoga lessons, workshops, and retreats. He opened his own business called mbody,LLC. Visit his website: www.mbody.me.