Jackie completed her 200-hr Ashtanga Vinyasa teacher training in 2012 on the island of Guam (her beloved home of many years). After years of practice, the transition to teaching felt like a natural unity of her love of yoga and her passion for teaching. Jackie's classes maintain components of ashtanga yoga, like emphasizing breath as the center of practice, but branch out the creativity of their sequences. She encourages students to move through postures slowly, intentionally, intuitively with awareness of and respect for their body in the present moment. Jackie taught community yoga classes on Guam for a number of years before returning to her hometown in Maryland where she taught at a local rock climbing gym until 2019. As a forever student of yoga Jackie enjoys the challenge of yin, the playful connection of acro, and the stillness of svasna.:-) Beyond yoga, Jackie is an outdoors person, potter, and student midwife who loves all dogs.