Get To Know Jodi

Why do you teach yoga?

• I have had a lifelong curiosity of why we experience pain, suffering and angst. Through the years I have come to know the roots reside within us and the path away is through the power of the practice. I teach because my own healing journey of Fibromyalgia, drug and alcohol addiction anchored into my life when the deeper practice became a daily routine and honestly, I hold a valuable key to ease and joy and if I didn’t share that, well I’m an a**hole.  :) 

How long have you been practicing yoga?

• This lifetime, I have been sharing yoga practices since I was 19 years old. I started meditating then and my fascination just continued to lead me to paces and places of expansion. I became a professional teacher in 2010. 

What can I expect in your class?

• Soulful excavation of what makes you a beautiful being in the chaos of your daily human journey. You get there through alignment focused movement that is safe for all bodies, methodical synching of the subtle energies with deep presence of breath practices, muscle awareness and philosophy that is not dogmatic or rigid. You get a trauma informed practice that is engineered to evoke healing through movement, we call that Somatic Experiencing. Every class, regardless of the pace, is to help you find more joy, ease and contentment in your life. You will always get a deep restful Savasana to allow for integration and guided meditation.

What kind of music do you love to share in class?

• Some days it’s tribal and earthy, other days it’s ethereal and instruments only. Mantra meditations, music is a frequency of  healing and can be the greatest backdrop or focus for your practice. When we are lucky we get silence too.

What’s your favorite Asana(pose)?

• It’s a tie…I’m still a huge lover of a long Pigeon pose. The integration and release that happens in this moment of our practice can be transformational. The other is Lotus or easy seated pose, the stillness that washes over me when my palms come to meet at my heart instantly drops me into the sacred space of the collective consciousness.

Do you have a favorite quote from a yoga teacher you want to share?

• “Ignore the story and see the soul. And remember to love.” Seane Corn