
Hi, I’m Jeff .
Experience :
I have been practicing yoga for 20 years, starting with Bikram
yoga when I was 16. My path continued weaving between rock
climbing and dance, then modern vinyasa yoga, yin and
Jivamukti. In 2020, during the pandemic, I deepened my
spiritual inquiry through the practice of Vipassana meditation.
I discovered the Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga method a year later,
then met Ellen Johannesen in 2022 in OnYoga’s Mysore space,
which led to further study in Ellen’s InDepth course. I continue
to study the gap between Tibetan and Indian Hatha Yoga
traditions and am forever grateful for all the beautiful
experiences that have shaped my journey with yoga.
YOGA
Certifications
500 hour Ashtanga Vinyasa & Yoga Studies
Levels 1 & 2
InDepth Course with OnYoga, Oslo, Norway
- Ellen Johannesen, David Keil, Ian Baker, Minka Qvale
200 hour Yoga Alliance Certified Hatha/Vinyasa
Om and Flow Yoga, Hiiumaa, Estonia
- Max Romano, Adriano Natoli
MEDITATION
(currently studying)
Tibetan Buddhism - Compassion Method
Ellen Johannesen, Oslo, Norway
Vipassana
Self Study
OTHER
BFA Theater and Original Work
Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA, USA
Yoga Astrology
Tonje Ness, Oslo, Norway
Qualifications :
Nurture the body and mind. Cultivate your power, learn to heal yourself and connect deeply to life.
I help people develop mindful and evolving spiritual practices which can open doors to profound insights into the nature of their own being.
I don’t teach anything new, I am simply a messenger. How I guide, however, is uniquely me, influenced by my past, present and diversity of experiences.
I make the space. You show up. In-between is where the magic happens. Dedicate yourself, to your self, and let harmony and synchronicity flow.
What do I practice?
The Ashtanga Vinyasa method is a lineage that I love to share with others. It happens to also be my personal sadhana. The sequential order, the counted system and the use of tristana provides a safe and focused framework for the practitioner to experience a deeper depth of spiritual practice, at one’s own pace. I have transformed my relationship with myself quite quickly with this powerful and extremely thoughtful practice.
Meditation is, as Siri Embla says: balm for (my) soul.
Vinyasa yoga is a my workshop. Modern vinyasa yoga paired with music taps into my dancer mind. It is an intuitive space for me to play and create unique, tailored sequences to deepen the journey of my vinyasa students.
Yin yoga holds my nervous system like a mother.
Being in nature is my “off” button. It is needed most when I have pushed too hard to create, been too powerful to manifest, and gone too fast to slow down. Nature brings me back to my self, the young child who grew up on a pear farm in Northern California. The same boy who remembers who he deeply is when he hears the birds sing; the same boy who feels the wind in his hair, the river on his skin and the dirt beneath his feet.
The Take Home
Yoga, simply described, is the constant dissolving of conditioned response and fluctuations of the mind so we may embody a more truthful, joyful and abundant life with less attachments. Yoga is where one may meet their true self.
Arrive open and willing to play with a curious and compassionate heart. With loving awareness, our daily karmic actions may bring us closer to the divine. With consistency and dedication our lives become a practice. The mundane becomes divinely alchemical. What we once knew dissolves and the world opens again, and again, beyond our mat.