Jessica came to her first yoga class in 2002 at the Baptiste studio in Cambridge. Having an active and athletic background, she fell in love with the practice immediately. Although initially her intention was to get a “good work out,” what she found was much deeper than that. Yoga opened the doors to a new way of being!
“I noticed that the more I committed to my yoga practice, the more shifts and changes I saw in my body, but most importantly the flexibility and peace I found in my mind. I am so inspired, grateful and open to all that life has to offer. I can’t imagine where my life would be if I didn’t have yoga in it.”
Jessica’s journey to becoming a yoga teacher was a natural progression over the years from student to assistant and then teacher. “I had never imagined being a yoga teacher, but I had so much love for the practice and the way it made me feel that teaching seemed like the next layer to explore.”
Jessica, now a certified Baptiste teacher, teaches at both BPYI studios in Cambridge and in Brookline. She has trained with Baron Baptiste, attending both Level 1 and Level 2 Teacher Trainings, and now travels with BPYI as an assistant at bootcamps and teacher trainings. Jessica is also a certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist and the director of the group program on the Psychiatric Unit at Children's Hospital Boston. She loves sharing yoga, meditation and transformational work with her patients and she has watched the healing quality of yoga work for so many patients. Additionally, Jessica studies Shiatsu and Thai Massage and is a certified Asian Bodywork Therapist Dipl. A.B.T. (NCCAOM).
Jessica is very grateful to yoga and all the ways it has changed her life. Yoga has set her on a path that is forever evolving and expanding. “The true pleasure is the art of practicing and teaching yoga everywhere all the time just by being who you are!”
