Jess’ teaching style focuses on alignment with an attention to detail. She teaches with warmth, enthusiasm, and creativity. She sees yoga as a practice that can be strengthening, invigorating, relaxing, and fun; her mission is to make this contemplative and beneficial practice accessible to all. She enjoys teaching all types of students: beginners, experienced yogis, pregnant women, new mamas, children, and individuals affected by cancer. Jess guides her students to find an accessible yoga practice that fits the rhythm of their life and that honors their body and mind to bring more ease to the ebb and flow of their daily life.
As an elementary school teacher with a Masters degree in education, Jess made movement activities an integral part of her work with children in the classroom setting. She created an after-school yoga program for children in grades two through five, which led to a summer program where students had a daily practice and each wrote their own yoga booklet. Jess was also a volunteer teacher for nine years at Gilda’s Club, a cancer support center, for individuals affected by cancer. She has had the honor to be a guest presenter on meditation techniques and practice for the Stone Center for Yoga’s 200 hr Yoga Teacher Training for four years. When Jess became a mom in 2015, she decided to complete her Pre/Postnatal training to assist other women in navigating their journey toward motherhood through the postpartum period; her journey wasn’t an easy one including a c-section and abdominal separation postpartum.
Jess continues to deepen her practice and knowledge. She studied with Sara Meeks, to further her understanding of osteoporosis to keep students safe. She completed BabyMoon Pre/Postnatal training with Carrie Parker. Although she initially started this training for her own personal knowledge, she completed the training to assist moms-to-be and new moms after becoming a mama herself.
