Yoga with Jacqui

Coming out of my yoga teaching semi-retirement to share something near and dear to my heart. As a late-diagnosed person with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, I've had to learn so much about how to best accommodate my body and my 'spicy' joints. I'm now understanding why I was voted "most likely to be in the trainer's office" 4 years in a row, for both the sports I played in high school (shoutout to Katie for keeping me put together). Why I constantly sprained my ankles, why I had tendonitis in my shoulders and knees, why my back would lock up in my 20s, or I'd end up with some random injury in any activity I would do repetitively (why does my thumb randomly hurt when I lift weights!?!?).

Yoga was one of those places that I could "stretch" deeply, not realizing my body didn't need more flexibility, but rather, more stability (even if things felt 'tight').

The style of yoga I teach intuitively supports my hypermobility, but now I better understand why, and I want to share that with you. I also want to create a space to normalize so many things about what hypermobility is, and give access to resources and community to help folks get the care they need. All bodies can be hypermobile, it's about the connective tissue- not just the shapes you can make.

Typical PT, exercises, etc. don't always work for this spicy joint club, and we get to talk about why.

If you're curious about this, think this might be you, or are a teacher wanting to better understand how to support your students, come join me at Breathing Room Alameda Saturday, Sept 20th.

In person or online, sliding scale.

https://www.breathingroomalameda.com/workshops-events

Ending Group Classes (For Now) -

Ending Group Classes (For Now)

Schedule Changes -

Schedule Changes

Needing some yoga in your life? I gotchu. Check my online offerings through my website platform and .

This week I'm feeling the need for some grounding and pleasure as I navigate experiences. We tap into the energy not because it makes the uncomfortable feelings go away, but it helps us navigate them from a place of power with our whole Self.

Why I no Longer say "Namaste" -

Why I no Longer say "Namaste"

The system that I was trained in, the one that helped me heal and helped me share these teachings with others is at a pivotal moment. We are asking them to step up and make some serious changes so that they do not continue to perpetuate the harm of POC. We are also asking them to step up and really look at the ways yoga is a primarily white space in the US and other countries, and do what they can to make the spaces more welcoming and equitable. Please sign this petition and share with others. Even if it is not your system and even if you've barely taken more than a few classes, the work we are doing here for racial justice will have a domino effect into other areas of the community.

Fostering Inclusivity in the Forrest Yoga System This petition was created by a group of Forrest Yoga Teachers, Former Teachers, and lovers of Forrest Yoga. By filling out this form, you are agreeing to and submitting your signature to this petition. Aside from submitting your signatures to Forrest Yoga, we respect your privacy and will not share....

Part of what we can do as a yoga community is hold our systems to a higher standard to do anti-racism work and dismantle the ways these practices have been culturally appropriated. This petition has been created for the Forrest Yoga system and any students/teachers/lovers of yoga are encouraged to sign.

Fostering Inclusivity in the Forrest Yoga System This petition was created by a group of Forrest Yoga Teachers, Former Teachers, and lovers of Forrest Yoga. By filling out this form, you are agreeing to and submitting your signature to this petition. Aside from submitting your signatures to Forrest Yoga, we respect your privacy and will not share....

Mobilizing out of our 'freeze' response and how it can help us with our anti-racist work-

Mobilizing out of our Freeze Response

Link in bio to support our community.

THIS WEEK: All profits from my yoga classes will go to the Minnesota Freedom Fund and Lake Street Council to support the protestors at the heart of this movement and rebuild the communities there. You can sign up for my classes here: www.yogawithjacqui.com/classes or directly paypal me for a class at [email protected] (this prevents the service fee and allows you to pay any rate you are able). Sliding scale slots available with the code SLIDINGSCALE5 or SLIDINGSCALE10 if you register online. If you want to directly donate to one of these organizations or others (including but not limited to: Black Visions Collective, Reclaim The Block , Northstar Health Collective (medics) or any local movements) then send me a screen shot of your donation and I'll send you a link to the class. Links to the organizations below.

My Schedule this Week:

Monday: 8-9am Morning Flow
Tuesday: 7-8am All Levels
Wednesday: 7-8am All Levels
Thursday: 7-8am All Levels
Friday: 8-9am Morning Flow
Saturday: 10-11am Basics