Jai has been practicing yoga since 1999 and has been teaching daily yoga classes in Puerto Vallarta since 2018. Having clocked nearly 3000 classes taught at this point, he is a registered E-RYT500 teacher with Yoga Alliance and has additional certificates in YIN yoga, Pranayama, Yoga Nidra, Meditation and Aerial Yoga. Jai is a true ‘yoga teacher’, not just a class leader as is more commonly the case. In his classes you will learn proper alignment principles, ways to modify poses for safety, accessibility, and depth. Your progress is his passion.
That said, a typical class with Jai is a practice that is focused on:
🌿 Gaining or regaining flexibility and range of motion to achieve more freedom in the body, building strength and balance to enhance physical confidence and competence through the safe and mindful practice of classic and modern asana
🌿 Pranayama, breath control and breath-based movement to regulate the nervous system and bring present moment awareness.
🌿 Mental discipline by practicing finding moments of equanimity while the body is under stress. If you can keep your mind serine and your face relaxed while in a challenging asana, you can do the same in the board room, with family situations, and if you really apply yourself, maybe even while on the phone with the cable company. Performing a complex or challenging pose is a great achievement and lots of fun, the real value of Yoga though as Jai sees it, is how you carry the practice into the world with you and how it impacts the freedom and enjoyment of your daily life.
Jai offers a wide variety of classes ranging from gentle Yin and beginner classes to Intense Fire and Ice classes that include arm balances and inversions. Check the schedule for a class that sounds right for you and begin your journey with Jai Today! Not sure what to pick? Start with Yoga for Any-Body.
On a personal note, Jai is a lover of all animals tame or wild. Birds, iguanas, parrots etc. He’s been known to stop class for everyone to admire flocks of Conures and the occasional group of Macaws. He is a dog daddy to three big dogs that are a total joy for him and a cat daddy to four, count them four feline furballs not to mention the countless neighborhood dogs that come running for hugs and kisses when he’s out on walks. Nature and gardening rate close to his love of yoga, so much so that he at one time turned his urban backyard in the pacific northwest into a densely planted ‘Food Forest’. He is having a lot of fun learning how to garden in the tropical environment of his current home in Puerto Vallarta. Jai is a self-proclaimed introvert, recharging when alone and depleting in social situations. Spending time in nature, with animals, his husband Victor Manuel or teaching yoga provides his fuel for life.
Book a class with Jai today! Not into the group thing? Jai’s private classes are transformative and stress free.
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