Jessi is a lifelong student who is passionate about yoga, mindfulness, holistic wellness, and teaching. Her yoga education includes training in vinyasa yoga and hatha yoga, as well as a degree in yoga therapy. She has created and led 200-hour and 300-hour yoga teacher trainings and has served as a guest teacher to provide training about the anatomy of yoga asanas. Her most important credential is her commitment to her own personal practice, which now mainly consists of inner yoga practices like meditation and self-study.

Jessi enjoys teaching a variety of yoga classes, including in flow, gentle, yin, and restorative styles. She celebrates the opportunity to help students connect with themselves and discover their own optimal alignment. She focuses on student experience and student safety so that each person can find ways that yoga supports their individual needs, body, and path.

She often thinks of a quote by Lao Tzu which underscores the values of her teaching approach: “A leader is best when people barely know she exists. When her work is done, her aim fulfilled, they will say: We did it ourselves.” Outside of yoga, Jessi can be found out with her family and friends, exploring the arts, or working on finishing a PhD in Health and Human Performance. Her research is focused on the use of mindfulness practices for stress management in the tactical athlete (specifically law enforcement) population.