Yoga can help to build much needed resilience and provide a soft place to land, supporting us to respond to the ongoing personal and collective challenges of our times.
While my classes welcome all and are for everyone, I also have specific training in movement, breath, and relaxation for hypermobility, and associated conditions.
With about 20 years of self-practice, and 9 years as a yoga instructor, I’ve spent years developing an accessible and well-informed approach to teaching Yoga. My classes are thoughtfully planned and intuitively guided to remain inclusive for different bodies and brains so that each practice meets you where you’re at.
I completed my first foundational 200-hour YTTC in India, 2017, and went on to study adanced modules in Yoga Therapeutics, Accessible Yoga, Trauma-Informed Yoga, and the Integral Movement Method, shaping my approach to teaching with inclusivity and care at the core of my teaching methodology.
Beyond yoga, I bring lived experience of neurodivergence and chronic illness, including hypermobile EDS and related conditions, which has deepened my understanding of how to support a wide range of bodies and experiences.
Alongside my work in accessibility, I guide international retreats that create space for stepping away from it all, offering rest in a world that often pulls us toward constant activity. Yoga Nidra and other relaxation focused practices are at the heart of my teaching and I’ll always make space for gentle moments, even in a more dynamic flow style class.
I aim to share a kind, accessible and grounded approach to well-being :)
Hi, I’m Jas! Accessible Yoga Teacher & Retreat Leader
My Core Values are at the Heart of All My Classes, Workshops & Retreats.
Accessibility
Yoga is for everybody. I offer options in my classes to suit a range of needs and encourage everyone to engage with the practice in a way that best supports them. I offer sliding-scale pricing to make yoga more financially accessible and continually update my professional training to learn more about accessibility in yoga.
Inclusivity & Belonging
My classes seek to be welcoming and affirming of all identities, gender expression, sizes and abilities. As a neurodivergent LGBTQ+ teacher living with chronic illness, I know how exclusionary the world of wellness can sometimes be. My mission is to make yoga and well-being spaces safer, and more community oriented.
Social Impact
I welcome feedback and am committed to navigating a repair process if ever I get something wrong. I understand that intention is different to impact, and care about the effect my work has on the people and communities I serve. The social impact of my business matters to me, and I choose carefully who I collaborate with - I only partner with organisations who also share inclusivity as a core value.
Trauma-Informed
My classes and content reject a one-size-fits-all approach. I teach yoga to support choice, consent, and agency. Trauma-informed Yoga can benefit everyone in class, and means being intentional and conscientious about how I hold space.
Read more about what trauma-informed yoga is on my blog.
Qualifications
Formally trained in, with certificates:
Astanga Vinyasa Flow, Kranti Yoga India.
Yoga Therapeutics, Somatics & Yin, Yoga Therapies, UK.
Menstrual and Lunar Cycle Yoga, (Trauma-informed) Roots to Rise
First Aid at Work
Trauma-informed certification with Claire Dianne
Accessible Yoga Teacher Training with AYS
Integral Movement Method for Hypermobility with Jeannie Di Bon + EDS Echo
Continuing Professional Development (CPD):
Yoga for Everyone: Social Justice, Body Image & Anti-Racism online training with Dianne Bondy Yoga
Acro Yoga
Hands-on assists
Trauma-informed Mindfulness
Leadership & facilitation for change makers
Seeing the impact that this work has on people brings me such a visceral sense of contentment (santosha)! Here’s some feedback on my clases:
I’m open to collaborating with fellow professionals who value inclusivity, be it studio owners, community projects, wellness organisations or retreat centres…
I’m also a writer and have had my yoga/well-being and travel work featured in OM Yoga Magazine, Positive News, Shut Up & Yoga, Yoga Basics and Yogi Times!
Here’s a taster:
Trauma Informed Yoga Helps Survivors of Abuse to Heal for Yoga Basics
Mindfulness Based Education in Schools for Huffington Post UK
7 ways to manage living where you work for Woldpackers
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