Jason’s interest in yoga began 14 years ago while taking a health and wellness class at college in Jacksonville, FL. After that moment, he began to practice and study yoga, noticing the many physical, mental, and spiritual benefits of yoga.
While living in Atlanta, he studied with Christopher Brooks, a Hare Krishna devotee and yoga teacher. Under his guidance, he studied the subtleties of yoga and began teaching as an apprentice with Christopher’s guidance. He also studied with Vedasara, the owner of the Atlanta Hare Krishna Temple who taught him traditional hatha yoga, inspired by the Bihar School of Yoga.. Vedasara also encouraged Jason to become a teacher.
In 2008, while living in Asheville, NC, he began practicing Sivananda Yoga. This meditative, traditional form of yoga deeply resonated with him and was very similar to Vedasara’s teachings. In 2008, he received his Yoga Teacher Training Certificate from the Sivananda Vedanta School of Yoga in Grass Valley, CA. After that, he both taught at and co-founded the Sacred Embodiment Center from 2009-2010. His classes incorporate a harmony of breath consciousness, meditation, humor, and deep relaxation. It is not uncommon for him to bring a guitar to class too.
“Our mind limits us from realizing happiness lies within. It is through the conscious practice of presence that we are able to follow our bliss until, finally, we catch up and there nothing more to realize.”