Asana Classes – Thursday, August 1
Yoga Class (Asana) Schedule
Time | Class | Location |
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4:00 - 5:30 pm | Yin For The SpineTeacher: Lolly | Satsang Room |
4:00 - 5:30 pm | Breathing with NatureTeacher: Carolyn | Pond Dome |
4:00 - 5:30 pm | All Levels HathaTeacher: Sahaja | Garden House |
4:00 - 5:30 pm | Self Healing Yoga JourneyTeacher: Aurelia | Earth Sky Dome |
Class Descriptions
Yin For The Spine with Lolly
Love your back with this spine-focused yin session. On a physical level, longer-held seated stretches encourage circulation and hydration in the discs. On an emotional level, by moving the spine we can create more free flowing energy through the sushumna nadi ultimately bringing more joy and vitality into our lives.
Breathing with Nature with Carolyn
The joy of movement – Grounding from arrival. Flowing with the sounds of nature in the Pond Dome – flow with some strength poses to feel grounded and strong in our core.
All Levels Hatha with Sahaja
This class opens with an invitation to practice a mantra with hand mudras as a way of centering and drawing attention inward. Asana will include gentle hatha poses with a focus on stabilization to support the low back. Students will be encouraged to relax effort where it is not necessary. Both the mantra and the practice of relaxing effort are excellent practices to bring off the mat and into everyday life.
Self Healing Yoga Journey with Aurelia
Gentle practice, including Himalayan Kriyas from the Vedic and Tantric traditions (breathing exercises, gentle movement, and sounds) for balance and self-healing. This journey is designed to bring a sense of harmony and rejuvenation to your life.
Asana Classes – Friday, August 2
Yoga Class (Asana) Schedule
Time | Class | Location |
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9:15 - 10:45am | General Dosha BalancingTeacher: Jyoti | Satsang Room |
9:15 - 10:45am | Cleanse and Reset Yoga JourneyTeacher: Aurelia | Pond Dome |
9:15 - 10:45am | Gentle Hatha YogaTeacher: Rajani R | Garden House |
9:15 - 10:45am | Heart Chakra FlowTeacher: Lolly | Earth Sky Dome |
Time | Class | Location |
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm | Family YogaTeachers: Diana & Melody | Outside the Garden House |
4:00 - 5:30pm | Restorative YinTeacher: Ricardo | Satsang Room |
4:00 - 5:30pm | NyasaTeacher: Chetna | Pond Dome |
4:00 - 5:30pm | Hatha Yoga (All Levels)Teacher: Kenzie | Garden House |
4:00 - 5:30pm | Somatic / Mindful MovementTeacher: Lolly | Earth Sky Dome |
Class Descriptions
General Dosha Balancing with Jyoti
This is an instructional Yoga Asana class where Jyoti will be providing information and tools that can help folks manage their emotional state through strategic movement using the principles of Ayurveda and Yoga.
Cleanse and Reset Yoga Journey with Aurelia
In this cleanse and reset yoga journey, experience the power of active Himalayan Kriyas (breathing techniques, dynamic movements, and sounds) from the Vedic and Tantric traditions. This class is designed to help you release toxins at all levels, optimize energy flow, and achieve complete renewal
Gentle Hatha Yoga with Rajani R
This gentle class will incorporate mindful breathing, gentle movement, and meditation. You can expect a playful, balanced practice that will move your spine in all the ways it can move and incorporate reclined, seated, kneeling, standing, and balancing postures. Yoga is for everyone who has a body, and this class is designed to be accessible and suitable for everyone.
Exploring The Heart Chakra with Lolly
This heart-opening flow is centred around expanding and connecting through the heart space using breath and mindful movement to cultivate self love. The Anahata chakra is associated with gratitude, loving kindness, compassion and self acceptance. Invite more of these qualities into your life, into your heart, by joining me on the mat.
Family Yoga Class with Diana & Melody
Diana would like to co-create a family class with participating families through Nature storytelling, movement with music, dance, games, partner Yoga with your child and group yoga with the SSCY family. Be prepared to dig out your inner child’s imagination, feel the lightness that joy and play bring to the mind and body!
Restorative Yin with Ricardo
Expect a dynamic storytelling session where your mind will help your body hold postures for up to 12 minutes. Be ready to challenge yourself in a different way, and feel renewed once again. This practice has something for all levels of yoga practitioners.
Nyasa with Chetna
Nyasa is a deeply reflective yoga therapy practice that involves a series of self-touches in specific locations on the body. This is often done by a “seer,” or rishi, who chants a specific mantra to “place” it on a body part. It is thought that this ritual imparts the presence of a deity in the body, or makes the body of the individual more divine. In Sanksrit, nyasa means “placing” or “touching.” Practitioners will be invited to lay hands on themselves or mentally “place” sacred symbols or mantras in specific locations on their body.
Hatha Yoga (All Levels) with Kenzie
We will explore traditional yoga poses and practices through a contemporary, functional and playful lens while cultivating a deepening sense of present moment awareness and embodiment. We will use gravity, space and movement to anchor ourselves in the unfolding present, noticing where we need to gather stability and where we need to soften and allow.
Somatic / Mindful Movement with Lolly
A flow class accessible for Every Body. This session is trauma informed and offers a journey on and off the mat of healing through movement and breath. Focusing on energy centres, this embodied flow fuses modern and traditional practices with intelligent sequencing, to allow students to focus on self-enquiry rather than performance. Follow your sense of curiosity and join me as we invite in more space to breathe and move.
Asana Classes – Saturday, August 3
Yoga Class (Asana) Schedule
Time | Class | Location |
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9:15 - 10:45am | Finesse and MovementTeacher: Lyndsay (CP) | Satsang Room |
9:15 - 10:45am | Yoga CoreTeacher: Kenzie | Pond Dome |
9:15 - 10:45am | Deep Hips & ShouldersTeacher: Jyoti | Garden House |
9:15 - 10:45am | Vinyasa Flow (Level 2)Teacher: Yogita | Earth Sky Dome |
Time | Class | Location |
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12:00 - 1:30 pm | Family Yoga ClassTeacher: Diana & Melody | Outside, across from Garden House |
4:00 - 5:30 pm | Gentle Flow & Restorative RestTeacher: Gita | Satsang Room |
4:00 - 5:30 pm | Forgiveness SeriesTeacher: Chetna / Bhavani S | Pond Dome |
4:00 - 5:30 pm | Vinyasa FlowTeacher: Lolly | Garden House |
4:00 - 5:30 pm | Yoga NidraTeacher: Kenzie | Earth Sky Dome |
4:00 - 5:30 pm | Forest BathingTeacher: Tahia | Meet at the Pond Dome |
Class Descriptions
Finesse in Movement with Lyndsay (CP)
Finesse in movement rather than bulk force. Cultivating kindness in the mind/body/breath complex – understanding that diverse movements, exertions and focuses can lead us to our personal “science lab” – play in the kind side of pain (no pain). When we can breathe easily during movements we will be working in a sweet mind and body space.
Yoga Core with Kenzie
Within the framework of an Asana practice, we will cultivate a visceral and embodied experience of our functional core, building the capacity to add complexity and dynamic ease to initially simple, then increasingly more challenging poses and movements. Emphasis will be placed on therapeutic movements that help undo the impact Western cultural practices have on core stability, including extended sitting, cell phone use and modern footwear.
Deep Hips & Shoulders with Jyoti
This will be on all levels class. Ease into the retreat by opening up the hips and shoulders, tight from our everyday habits of sitting at a desk and using our computers/phones. We will start with light stretches and move deeper into these areas as the class progresses.
Vinyasa Flow – Level 2 with Yogita
This class uses sun salutation and vinyasa as the thread to build into dynamic and challenging poses. Taught with clear verbal cues, you may flow through standing and arm balance, binds or inversions, as your practice allows on the day. Yogita will adapt the class to the skill level of those attending, but some prior experience is recommended. There will be options to explore within the practice.
Family Yoga Class with Diana & Melody
Diana would like to co-create a family class with participating families through Nature storytelling, movement with music, dance, games, partner Yoga with your child and group yoga with the SSCY family. Be prepared to dig out your inner child’s imagination, feel the lightness that joy and play bring to the mind and body!
Gentle Flow & Restorative Rest with Gita
This therapeutic yoga class will use mindful breathing, gentle movement, and supported restorative yoga poses to help you unwind, release tension, and rejuvenate. Props will be used to help support and cradle the body during the restorative poses. This practice will be calming and cooling and is suitable for everyone.
Forgiveness Series with Chetna / Bhavani S
Two-part, all-levels class of Kshama Prarthana Pranam (Forgiveness Asana Series)and Yoga Nidra(Yogic Sleep). Kshama Prarthana Pranam is a gentle devotional flow of asanas chosen by Babaji that embodies the principles of vulnerability, humility, and self-reflection. The second half of the class is dedicated to the practice of Yoga Nidra, a fully guided meditation in the posture of savasana. This practice can help manage immune function, blood pressure, and cortisol levels. It is effective in awakening higher awareness, reducing anxiety, and inducing restful sleep.
Vinyasa Flow with Lolly
These flow classes are suitable for Every Body, are trauma-informed and offer a journey on and off the mat of healing through movement and breath, tuning into our unique landscape of our bodies. The flow fuses modern and traditional practices with intelligent sequencing to allow students to focus on self-enquiry rather than performance. A mindful embodied flow where we place gentle focus on energy centers and on different areas of the body, inviting in more space, openness and a sense of curiosity.
Yoga Nidra with Kenzie
The practice of ‘Yogic Sleep’ is both entirely accessible and profoundly nourishing, requiring us to simply lie down and listen. We will be gently invited to quiet the mind by calming the breath, while cultivating a felt sense of deep presence within our physical and energetic being. By anchoring ourselves in the present moment, we will create room to expand within and without, releasing layers of holding while increasing our capacity for creativity, clarity and peace.
Forest Bathing with Tahia
Staying connected to the natural world is essential to our well-being and resilience. This forest therapy walk will consist of a series of guided invitations to enhance your sensory connection to the natural world. The experience will offer opportunities to connect to yourself, others, and the forest around you. Come dressed in comfortable clothing, bring some water to drink, and be open to slow down as you bathe in the air of the forest and immerse your senses in the qualities of the more-than-human world around you.
Asana Classes – Sunday, August 4
Yoga Class (Asana) Schedule
Time | Class | Location |
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9:15 - 10:45 am | Unwinding into EaseTeacher: Rajani R | Satsang Room |
9:15 - 10:45 am | Sacred Sunday Hatha FlowTeacher: Cara | Pond Dome |
9:15 - 10:45 am | NEW TIME! Vinyasa Flow (level 2)Teacher: Yogita | TBA |
9:15 - 10:45 am | Finding The Baby BearTeacher: CP | Earth Sky Dome |
9:15 - 10:45 am | Forest BathingTeacher: Tahia | Meet at the Pond Dome |
Time | Class | Location |
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4:00 - 5:30 pm | Loving KindnessTeacher: Chetna | Satsang Room |
4:00 - 5:30 pm | NEW TIME! Gentle HathaTeacher: Gita | TBA |
4:00 - 5:30 pm | Restorative YinTeacher: Ricardo | Garden House |
4:00 - 5:30 pm | Gentle HathaTeacher: Kenzie | Earth Sky Dome |
Class Descriptions
Unwinding Into Ease with Rajani R
This class will include breathing practices and slow warm-up asanas, moving gently to release any tightness and unravel tensions, and then move on to standing poses, backbends and twists, ending with supported relaxation.
Sacred Sunday Hatha Flow with Cara
This illuminating Eco-Yoga in Nature class begins with gentle warm-ups in the beautiful, open air Pond Dome, followed by a Walking Meditation, and Asana Flow with our feet in the cool green grass, under a Bigleaf Maple mother tree, beside the shimmering water lily pond, bathed in the refreshing breeze off the ocean. Suitable for all levels.
NEW TIME! Vinyasa Flow (Level 2) with Yogita
This class uses sun salutation and vinyasa as the thread to build into dynamic and challenging poses. Taught with clear verbal cues, you may flow through standing and arm balance, binds or inversions, as your practice allows on the day. Yogita will adapt the class to the skill level of those attending, but some prior experience is recommended. There will be options to explore within the practice.
Finding The “Baby Bear” with Lyndsay, CP
This will be your personal learning centre with the understanding that we are not broken and needing fixing, but that we may have mute places or gristly regions of much tension. We will continue to come back to granular movements to find the “baby Bear”, just right action of Mind/body/breath through movement. Working with the spinal strip to release tension.
Forest Bathing with Tahia
Staying connected to the natural world is essential to our well-being and resilience. This forest therapy walk will consist of a series of guided invitations to enhance your sensory connection to the natural world. The experience will offer opportunities to connect to yourself, others, and the forest around you. Come dressed in comfortable clothing, bring some water to drink, and be open to slow down as you bathe in the air of the forest and immerse your senses in the qualities of the more-than-human world around you.
Loving Kindness with Chetna
Loving Kindness can be practiced anywhere, anytime. You can practice in traffic jams, in buses and on airplanes. However, any authentic expression of compassion starts with extending loving kindness to one’s self first. This practice will calm your mind,help you connect to your heart and provide you with an avenue to offer loving kindness to others. Using the mena prayer while moving through a physical practice, Chetna will guide you through a class to feel the power of loving kindness within yourself.
NEW TIME! Gentle Hatha with Gita
This gentle class will incorporate mindful breathing, gentle movement, and meditation. You can expect a playful, balanced practice that will move your spine in all the ways it can move and incorporate reclined, seated, kneeling, standing, and balancing postures. Yoga is for everyone who has a body, and this class is designed to be accessible and suitable for everyone.
Restorative Yin with Ricardo
Expect a dynamic storytelling session where your mind will help your body hold postures for up to 12 minutes. Be ready to challenge yourself in a different way and feel renewed once again. This practice has something for all levels of yoga practitioners.
Gentle Hatha with Kenzie
This practice offers us the opportunity to explore what it feels like to be truly gentle with ourselves. We will cultivate the energy of loving kindness to flow through each and every breath, movement and posture while helping ourselves remember what it feels like to experience our fully embodied, infinite and loving nature.
Asana Classes – Monday, August 5
Yoga Class (Asana) Schedule
Time | Class | Location |
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7:00 - 9:00 am | All Levels YogaTeacher: Kenzie | Satsang Room |
7:00 - 9:00 am | All Levels YogaTeacher: Sahaja | Earth & Sky Dome |
Class Descriptions
All Levels Yoga with Kenzie
We will explore traditional yoga poses and practices through a contemporary, functional and playful lens while cultivating a deepening sense of present moment awareness and embodiment. We will use gravity, space and movement to anchor ourselves in the unfolding present, noticing where we need to gather stability and where we need to soften and allow.
All Levels Yoga with Sahaja
This class invites students to begin with a mantra and hand mudras to ground and focus attention. Asana practice will include accessible restorative poses to release the legs and relax the low back, followed by a gentle and slow moon salutation. The session will culminate with the practice of the 8 kriyas and a guided meditation from Baba Hari Dass’s yoga primer.
ACYR Asana Teacher Bios
Aurelia
Aurelia is originally from France and loves cultural exchange and connecting with others through nature, music, and dance. Aurelia’s journey in Yoga began in 2014 in Central America, and she further refined her skills in the footsteps of the Himalayas under the guidance of spiritual master Anand Mehrotra at Sattva Yoga Academy. In her classes, she incorporates the ancient Himalayan Vedic and Tantric Teaching. By attending Aurelia’s classes, you’ll have the opportunity to enhance your inner vitality and radiance. Her classes are designed to be practical, accessible, and complete, offering a unique Yoga ritual. There’s no pressure on performance, just an invitation to embark on an inner adventure, surpassing the limitations of the mind and expanding your energetic field step by step.
Cara
Cara is a Certified 500 Hour Yoga Teacher. She completed her 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training at the Salt Spring Centre of Yoga in 2014, and also lived there for six months for the 2015 Yoga Study, Service and Immersion Program. She has been teaching weekly yoga classes at the Salt Spring Centre of Yoga since 2015. She also completed the Advanced Yoga Studies YTT 300 Hour program at Mount Madonna Institute, to deepen her practice. Cara loves to inspire peace-of-mind, strength-of-spirit, and joy, for every moment and every breath, and plays the soothing Native American flute during restorative relaxation.
Carolyn
Continuing to delve into the writings and teachings of Baba Hari Dass is the medicine of daily living. Decades of running a business, mountain pursuits including rock climbing, international alpine altitude missions, water adventures, and 20 years of parenting have continued to remind me that going to the mat, sitting in stillness, walking in nature, coupled with the teachings and visits to our beloved centre, the satsang, and the lifestyle of a yogi, is a never-ending path of self-forgiveness, gentle stillness, and listening to what our bodies and minds need in all the shifting phases of daily living. Playful awareness of movement.
Chandra Prabha (CP)
I have loved practicing Yoga from a young age and cultivated a curiosity for the practice early on. One thing I am passionate about with Yoga is sharing the practice in diverse ways! Over time, the constant about Yoga has been that to work diversely is to connect with the distinct parts that make up the whole. I love teaching Yoga… plain and simple, and I delight in what I learn in the process. Baba Hari Dass reminded us to ”Teach to Learn”, and this is the essence and ground for me. Some of the distinct ways I am drawn to teach include playing with Gross to Subtle body connections. Practicing Classical Vijnana Yoga, and teaching from the Somatic Yoga principles, I nourish my practice and teaching in a place of Grace. An aspect of this is about concentration, and intention, and also about working from a place of least effort and fine-tuning movement to its granular aspect. Practicing from Inside Out.
Chetna
As a Yoga Therapist Chetna’s mission is to provide a respectful, safe, and welcoming environment where students can practice the classical teachings of Ashtanga and Hatha Yoga in the lineage of Baba Hari Dass, including Asana (physical postures), pranayama (breathing practices) and meditation. She believes that through individual growth, and a strong sense of interconnectedness, we open our hearts and minds to the beauty that can be found in every day. Her compassionate and therapeutic approach promotes an environment that is relaxing, empowering, and fun. Chetna graduated from the Salt Spring Centre of Yoga’s 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training program in 2003 and continued her Yoga Therapy 1000-hour level through Joseph LePage and the Integrated Yoga Therapy training program in 2008. She is a certified IAYT Yoga Therapist through the International Association of Yoga Therapists (C-IAYT). Most recently Chetna became certified as an End of Life Doula through Douglas College and is assisting people to become more intentional and involved with planning for the end of life.
Diana
Diana Mello was first introduced to Iyengar Yoga in 2003 while traveling. She instantly felt the release of tension in her spine after years of discomfort due to scoliosis. She discovered SSCY and completed her YTT training in 2007 and moved shortly after to France where she taught adults, kids and expecting Moms for the next 10 years. She is also a trained Yoga Doula and has been teaching perinatal yoga since 2013. Diana discovered the limitless joy and amusement in her children and has been learning from them and other children about the magic of play and the benefits meditation brings to the mind.
Gita
Gita has been practising yoga for over 20 years. She started in university as a way to alleviate stress and anxiety. Her practice inspires and informs her teaching. She graduated from the Salt Spring Centre’s 200-hour Yoga Teaching Training (YTT) in 2011. Her additional yoga education includes YTT 500 through the Mount Madonna Center and the 800-hour Yoga Therapy Program through Ajna Yoga. She is a certified yoga therapist (C-IAYT). Gita’s gentle approach emphasizes breath and mindful body awareness. She weaves philosophy and ayurveda into her classes. She encourages students to dive inside and explore their inner landscape, to cultivate and connect with inner peace.
Jyoti
Jyoti has taken her teacher training at the Salt Spring Centre of Yoga and is also a teacher in the Yoga Teacher Training program, Yoga Wellness Retreats and other Ayurveda Programs held by the Centre in-person and online. Jyoti has continued to further her love of the teachings through Sutra study and Ayurveda, and has completed Ayurvedic training at the Mount Madonna Institute. She looks forward to sharing the journey of going deeper together!
Kenzie
Kenzie has been practicing and studying yoga since 1998. She completed her 200 hour YTT at Salt Spring Centre of Yoga in 2002 and her 500 hour YTT through Semperviva Yoga College in 2015. Though her advanced training has been primarily focused on Vinyasa, Restorative and Yin, she is most inspired by teaching complete beginners. She loves simplifying the practice and postures so as to be completely accessible to everyone regardless of their age, ability, or background. Her greatest intention when she teaches is to hold space for a student’s own meaningful practice intuitively and peacefully.
Lolly
Lolly has been practicing yoga for over 16 years and has been teaching for the last 4. She has personally found yoga to be the most profound support and framework for learning to stay grounded in the present moment, and she hopes to help her students find grace and ease whilst moving through challenges both on and off the mat. Lolly’s style of classes focus on vinyasa flow and restorative styles of yoga, like yin yoga and somatic yoga. You’ll find a supportive space to explore your mind and body, deepen your practice, and have fun. Lolly’s mission is simple: to help as many people as she can to enjoy the wonderful benefits of yoga, and to make it fun and accessible for everyone. She inspires light hearted courage, empowering others to shine – on and off the mat.
Melody
Melody is a certified Yoga Instructor, having studied at the Salt Spring Centre of Yoga. She loves teaching yoga & playing with children of all ages. She has also completed her fitness teacher training & regularly teaches water aerobics and yoga at the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge. She is the owner of My Jasper Nanny, has over 25 years of experience in childcare. Melody received her Bachelor of Tourism and Recreation Management at Vancouver Island University in 2006. Her field school experience included volunteer work at schools in Central & South America. She has had several long-term nanny positions, worked in daycares, and worked as an Educational Assistant for 5 years at the Jasper Elementary School.
Rajani R
Rajani completed yoga teacher certification from Mount Madonna Centre in 1999 and has been teaching yoga classes since then. As a wife, mother, and retired professional educator, she values yoga for the balance and peace it offers and enjoys sharing that with others. Her aim in teaching is to invite students to experience their inner wisdom and brilliance, to enjoy movement, and to find their peace.
Ricardo
Born and raised in Brazil, Ricardo first encountered Bikram Yoga while living in the USA in the 1990s and immediately felt the benefits that the asana sequences had to offer. Years later while on vacation in Canada, he came across Yin Yoga training with Bernie Clark. Instantly he experienced the deep opening and release of tension found in the connective tissue from the culmination of many years of playing soccer, classical guitar and working on the computer. Ricardo spent the next years teaching Yin yoga in Paris and studying non-duality meditation with Rupert Spira. He then discovered Baba Ji’s centres and teachings and travelled to all 3 places which strengthened his yoga practice. The combination between Yin yoga and meditation complements one of the most challenging aspects of asana: holding postures and slowly but progressively unlocking the body and mind along the way.
Sahaja
Sahajā Redford completed her 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training in 2006 at the Salt Spring Centre of Yoga, following the teachings of Baba Hari Dass. Serving as a Karma Yogi in the summers of 2014, 2017, and 2019, Sahajā volunteered at the Salt Spring Centre, supporting summer programming and engaging in āsana, prānāyāma, meditation, and philosophy classes, as well as devotional practices such as āratī and kīrtan. She is thrilled to have returned to the land for this 2024 season and to have this opportunity to offer āsana classes to our Salt Spring Island community.
Tahia
Tahia Devisscher is a Research and Teaching Fellow at the University of British Columbia. She is currently investigating the extent to which forests in and around communities increase social-ecological resilience, and influence the way in which people relate to nature. Over the past 15 years, Tahia has supported global to local research to improve human well-being and address climate change adaptation through nature-based solutions. Since 2017, Tahia is also teaching holistic yoga and became a student of the many teachings shared by Baba Hari Dass. She visited the Sri Ram Ashram-Orphanage and the unforgettable experiences she lived there with her beloved teacher, Anuradha, deeply influenced her journey. In 2020, Tahia also certified as a forest therapy/bathing guide, and she is now integrating these practices into alternative ways for people to reconnect with the more-than-human world for healing.
Yogita
Exploring yoga since age 16, Jessica first completed her yoga teacher training at Mount Madonna’s Ashtanga Yoga Institute in 2003. Building on this initial foundation, she studied under Sara Ivanhoe and other teachers at Yoga Works in Los Angeles while continuing to hone her teaching skills in a variety of settings, including working with teens, individuals with injuries, as well as with friends and co-workers. Jessica has been teaching vinyasa or flow yoga in studios and to at-risk youth and adults in Santa Cruz since 2008. Her style draws from multiple yogic disciplines, incorporating a focus on breath, alignment, and the interconnection between mind, body and spirit, allowing students to work at their own pace. She views yoga as a path to relieve stress, build inner strength and emerge feeling inspired and refreshed. Jessica’s mission as a yoga teacher is to inspire greater health, self-love, community and play.