Jill teaches Vinyasa and a Hot 26 series at a studio on Martha's Vineyard. She spent the last ten years running her own studio and leading annual 200 hour teacher trainings that focused on how to help others use a trauma informed approach to the yogic healing modality. She is committed to making the practice of yoga body inclusive and more economically accessible. Jill embodies the service of yoga and believes it is for absolutely every body, race, gender, non-gender and age. She is especially passionate about using yoga as a way to heal and manage the effects of trauma. Jill is a E-RYT 200 and close to completing her RYT-500. She has learned and gained knowledge from many great teachers including: Shiva Rea, Rolf Gates, Bryan Kest, Resmaa Menakem and Cultural Somatics Institute, Connection Coalition of Miami, FL; Dr. Chelsea Jackson of Atlanta, GA.
Jill has brought yoga to alternative school systems such as Rosa Menoka Hill in Green Bay, WI and schools designated as trauma informed in the Appleton Area School District. Jill has also taught incarcerated women with the focus on breaking down barriers of shame and judgement while emphasizing the healing benefits of a mind body connection. She has created various outreach initiatives such as All Rise Hip Hop and Yoga and Zentouring in which spoken word, youth mentoring, and yoga are used as ways to connect with children and instill tools for self regulation. Jill holds a Master of Arts degree in Spanish from Middlebury College in Vermont and has used her language proficiency by sharing the benefits of yoga with the latino community at the Iglesia de Santa Teresa in her community. She currently teaches English to bilingual learners and is learning Portuguese to better connect with the Brazilian community of Martha's Vineyard.
Jill has brought yoga to alternative school systems such as Rosa Menoka Hill in Green Bay, WI and schools designated as trauma informed in the Appleton Area School District. Jill has also taught incarcerated women with the focus on breaking down barriers of shame and judgement while emphasizing the healing benefits of a mind body connection. She has created various outreach initiatives such as All Rise Hip Hop and Yoga and Zentouring in which spoken word, youth mentoring, and yoga are used as ways to connect with children and instill tools for self regulation. Jill holds a Master of Arts degree in Spanish from Middlebury College in Vermont and has used her language proficiency by sharing the benefits of yoga with the latino community at the Iglesia de Santa Teresa in her community. She currently teaches English to bilingual learners and is learning Portuguese to better connect with the Brazilian community of Martha's Vineyard.