Yoga with Jean Marie
Jean Marie planted the seed of yoga in her early teens when she began going to classes with her mother and studying meditation. It wasn't until the age of 25, however, that yoga began to bloom in her life. Her partner challenged her to 90 days of yoga, and she hasn't skipped a day since. She loves exploring the many facets of yoga, and draws from the teachings of Sri T. Krishnamacharya, B.K.S. Iyengar, K. Patthabi Jois, T.K.V. Desikachar, and Paramahansa Yogananda, to name a few. Jean Marie currently studies with Nicki Doane, Eddie Modestini, Dominique Pandolfi, and Leslie Quinn. Humble gratitude goes out to these great teachers for so graciously sharing their yoga.
Drawing on these lineages, Jean Marie’s classes explore alignment and body mechanics through pranayama and asana of grace and strength. No matter the level of intensity, each class encourages working from the gross to the subtle, deepening the study of the self and working to prevent future suffering. Devotion to the transformative power of yoga and the desire to learn and share all that it has to offer to the world motivate the teachings. Jean Marie’s teaching is rooted in the belief that as we become more intimate with our yoga, our practice becomes our greatest teacher.
Jean Marie is the co-founder of Infinity Crossing, and is a certified RYT 200. She currently conducts private lessons, teaches classes at Island Spirit Yoga in Lahaina, studies yoga, exercises her green thumb in her backyard, blogs, runs barefoot, swims, surfs, and learns something new everyday.
Heyam Dukham Anagatam
Patanjali's Yoga Sutras 2.16
"Yoga is a self-reliant healing system. This sutra explains why we do Yoga at all. We practice Yoga now to avoid future suffering. The qualities and behaviors that we cultivate in our practice can lead to conscious decisions that will affect our future in a more positive way." Nicki Doane and Eddie Modestini
