emphasis on self-practice:

The approach here is to minimise the use of adjustments, props and comparing yourself to either the instructor or other students around you. This is best approached via one on one sessions to create a unique program that suits the individuals needs, expectations and realistic accountability with ones self. 

Jess only teaches yoga from a place of experience. She will often joke with her students that if she hasn't practiced that morning she wouldn't be there offering a class. Studying in this way implies taking your Yoga practice beyond the session and integrating it within your life. A yoga practice may in fact seem to begin with the body, but the transformations are much deeper.

Each of the techniques explored aim at amplifying the natural intelligence that is always present. By being able to identify our limitations and create the courage to cross them with care, we learn the value of emotional stability and prioritising the present moment. This slow and focused practice enhances your ability to feel your spine and breathe through areas of tension. With an increased body awareness, you can achieve more sustainable and efficient results. The focus point is to keep the postures simple and repetitive, rather than an overly dynamic practice, allowing you to notice and become aware of the adjustments throughout the mind and the body over time.

This intimate class is designed both for those who are new to the yoga practice, and also seasoned practitioners. It will deepen your practice and challenge your stamina, mental clarity, patience and self compassion. Having studied at Atmavikasa Centre of Yogic Science in Mysore, India, Jess brings light and clarity to this unique and traditional style of Yoga.

Benefits include:

- a steady and consistent yoga practice

- results which run much deeper than the strengthening of the body

- enhancing and building a restful mind and unbreakable spirit

- building and eventually sustaining enduring traits

- building an awareness of the subtle energies within the body and around us

- increased capacity for discernment

- most importantly you will walk away with an appreciation of the beauty and extreme importance of self-practice, inviting the strength of healing to come from within

- Your practice may in fact seem to begin with the body - but the transformations are much deeper. Each of the techniques that we teach, aims at amplifying the natural healing intelligence that is already present.