Live Your Yoga - A Retreat to Sayulita Mexico

Her Story:
Born and raised in Yellowknife, NWT Jazz grew up with a massive appreciation for the wild outdoors. Every day, her family would bundle up and brave any arctic temperature and go play outside. Trudging through the snow, canoeing on the lake, climbing on the rocks or skiing through the trees was the cure to any and all problems. Movement was always a big part of her life, but it wasn't until she stumbled onto a yoga mat that she understood why her mother rushed her out of the door at -40 degrees in the dead of winter. At the most basic and primal level, we all crave one thing: Connection. We want to feel connected to something greater then ourselves. The truest and simplest ways (I have found) to feel connected is by being in nature or by practicing yoga.

Why Yoga?
Yoga is the practice of self love and self discovery. These shapes we bend, stretch, bind, jump and twist our bodies into exist purely to show us our true nature as magnificent beings. The clumsy athlete I was 10 years ago would have just rolled her eyes at that statement. Yoga found me in my last year of varsity basketball when my body was at its wits end. It was the first time I ever felt graceful and beautiful in my body. And it was the first time I was moving just to feel good rather then to improve my stats. This practice has opened my eyes and heart repeatedly to my pure potential beyond what I ever thought possible. Every time we come to the mat, we are given a chance to fall in love with ourselves over and over again. What a gift that is! No matter how scattered or torn in all directions we may feel, that connection to self is what pieces us all back together and reminds us that we aren't alone in that struggle.

Her Style:
Jazz teaches vinyasa flow style yoga that offers something for every body. You are given space to challenge yourself and be playful, as every sequence creatively brings you closer to a peak pose to explore your potential. Mantra work, pranayama, heartfelt intention, soulful music and a sense of community are all important elements of her classes.
Jazz’s classes are fabricated with a creative curiosity of what is possible for each of us, discovering yourself suddenly in a shape asking “How did I get here?!”. Inspiring students to practice with dedication, unshakable faith and courage, it becomes clear that yoga is the key to shifting this disconnected world driven by ego into a global community focused on compassion.
THAT is why I teach and why I’m so driven to show others how to go out into their world and share this spark. Anyone can teach once they discover the language that speaks to that fire within themselves. Truth is, we are always teaching everyone around us with our words, our relationships, our actions and decisions.

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