“Yoga teaches us to cure what we need not endure and to endure what we can not cure.”
Yogacharya B.K.S Iyengar
Welcome to James Jafari Yoga.
I use the techniques of Yoga Therapeutics to guide students to align their bodies so that gravity is directed toward the strengths of their skeletal structure, which cultivates greater balance and stability.
Yoga simultaneously improves a student's balance,flexibility, strength, and body awareness.
Yoga Therapeutics is excellent for new students due to the heavy use of props . A wide variety of yoga props and techniques are used to keep a student's body fully supported to provide safety. The sometimes awkward nature of the yoga postures naturally causes the student to reflexively engage the very musculature necessary to achieve stability and to retain balance. Yoga Therapeutics is beneficial for novice and advanced students alike. Yoga Therapeutics has resulted in very successful outcomes for my students.
MISSION
To help you achieve lifelong autonomy.
MY TEACHERS
Senior Iyengar Yoga Teacher Gabriel Halpern (Founder, Yoga Circle Chicago)
Gabriel was a direct student of the venerable Yogacharya BKS Iyengar and he has over 50 years of yoga experience. Since 2011 Gabriel has provided me with knowledge, wisdom, suggestions, and critiques to better serve my students. I am honored to consider Gabriel Halpern my teacher, confidant, and brother.
Master teacher of Thai Yoga/Thai massage: P Jak Mukda
P Jak Mukda served for 13 yrs as an instructor at the famous Wat Po Temple (Thailand). P Jak has 54 years total experience in Thai Yoga.
I have traveled to Thailand to train with P Jak multiple times and each time my amazement of her knowledge grows.