![]() Sasha teaches a flowing vinyasa-style yoga class that emphasizes asanas, pranayama, and precise attention to alignment. But mostly, she teaches, practices, sequences, and obsessively talks about yoga. Jessica is also a part-time engineer and co-founder of My Body Does, an affirming body positive community inspired by the inherent value of all bodies. Teaching yoga to children allows Jessica to witness the pure joy of movement and the power of play-themes that she loves to incorporate into her adult classes. Jessica also has a Kids Yoga certification, and regularly teaches youth ages 1-12 years old. Jessica is currently a student at the NYC based Anatomy Studies for Yoga Teachers, where she hopes to learn tools for a more comprehensive understanding of yoga asana, modification, and injury prevention. She believes that yoga is for all bodies and strives to make her classes accessible to everyone Using methods learned in a 25-hr Yoga for All training, Jessica encourages students to find compassion for themselves in every posture and in every decision on and off the mat. Her sequences are inspired by a 200-hr Vinyasa training, but she is also heavily influenced by her personal practice of Yin Yoga. Jessica is a body positive yoga teacher and activist. maintains a fair relationship between the success of the studio and the reward to the instructors as workers-as the studio grows, so too does instructor compensation. encourages instructors to teach classes based on the value to the students, even if those classes are not "popular" or do not have high monetary earning potential (i.e. eliminate competition amongst instructors who might otherwise vie for student attention and/or the most desirable class times. In comparison, we believe the BYC model serves to: In most other yoga studios instructors are compensated based on class size or popularity, or paid a flat rate per class. BYC allocates a majority percentage of our studio revenue toward our instructors pay, and each instructor is paid an equal amount per class, based on the shared revenue system. Our support of community is also focused inward to help foster a cohesive relationship between our studio instructors and our studio business, BYC employs a collective payment model. ![]() BYC is part of LaunchPad, a Brooklyn based non-profit organization focused on community building and the arts, and BYC has an active hand in helping shape our local neighborhood. All levels & bodies are welcome.īYC values community, both on and off the mat. We encourage students to explore all of our classes to find which ones work best for them. While the classes and teaching styles may vary considerably, BYC is tied together by our dedication to sharing the teachings and benefits of yoga in a way that is accessible to everyone. ![]() Our collective focus includes a wide variety of yoga styles, traditions, and practices. Brooklyn Yoga Collective is a diverse group of yoga practitioners and educators with unique backgrounds and stylistic approaches to yoga.
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