about me: jasmine johnston
I love learning about how the body works, how the brain works and yoga is a fantastic medium to explore both. Actually I love reading and these subjects are plentiful enough to give me a never ending stream of interesting information.
I have discovered in my practice what most people do over an extended period of time, that the practice has infinite variation, is endlessly adaptive and sets up a platform for lifelong study/observation/discovery about yourself, your brain, your body, your constitution. My practice provides balance in my life, it keeps my body healthy and my mind focused and in check. |
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How I came to study yoga:
I entered into study through an injury, I hurt my knee quite badly landing on it awkwardly during a soccer game at the beach, I was recommended to try yoga to assist with the rehabilitation. In conjunction with other exercises, yoga helped to completely heal my movement and I found a practice that gave me a sense of stability and mental focus. I had been practicing yoga in a very casual way before this but the steady practice did not start until this point. I found such benefit from the process I decided to study it formally more so to educate myself for my own benefit at first then I grew into teaching, I found I enjoyed sharing what I learnt with others.
I entered into study through an injury, I hurt my knee quite badly landing on it awkwardly during a soccer game at the beach, I was recommended to try yoga to assist with the rehabilitation. In conjunction with other exercises, yoga helped to completely heal my movement and I found a practice that gave me a sense of stability and mental focus. I had been practicing yoga in a very casual way before this but the steady practice did not start until this point. I found such benefit from the process I decided to study it formally more so to educate myself for my own benefit at first then I grew into teaching, I found I enjoyed sharing what I learnt with others.
My training:
My initial period of study in 2005 was through the Yoga Arts Academy in Melbourne, Australia under the guidance of Duncan Ewing. This training consisted of a 3 year full time (5 days a week) apprenticeship in the style of Ghatastha Yoga.
This was a very hands on centric training I learnt how to adjust students in a way that allowed for difference in age/ movement/ skill level/ injury. I learnt the value of skilled sequencing to guide the body through gradual change. The apprenticeship exposed all trainees to a very wide variety of people from raw beginners to very experienced, injured / healthy / pregnant students you name it we probably saw it.
I have engaged in continual development since:
Studying anatomy with Simon Borg Oliver and Bianca Machliss of Synergy Yoga.
My initial period of study in 2005 was through the Yoga Arts Academy in Melbourne, Australia under the guidance of Duncan Ewing. This training consisted of a 3 year full time (5 days a week) apprenticeship in the style of Ghatastha Yoga.
This was a very hands on centric training I learnt how to adjust students in a way that allowed for difference in age/ movement/ skill level/ injury. I learnt the value of skilled sequencing to guide the body through gradual change. The apprenticeship exposed all trainees to a very wide variety of people from raw beginners to very experienced, injured / healthy / pregnant students you name it we probably saw it.
I have engaged in continual development since:
Studying anatomy with Simon Borg Oliver and Bianca Machliss of Synergy Yoga.
I am also involved in ongoing study with A.G and Indra Mohan and their son Ganesh Mohan of Svastha Yoga. Each year I participate in 1-2 workshops with them.
In 2015 I completed the 200 hour Svastha Yoga Teacher Training and from 2015 - 2018
I completed the 300 hour Svastha Yoga Therapy Program with Ganesh Mohan.
And I am happy to say I am now a registered Yoga Therapist.
The Mohan's emphasise the important core principles of the practice, helping us all to appreciate and benefit from knowing how to embody simplicity and clarity in your daily practice.
The Svastha Yoga approach has had an immense influence in my practice and through that my teaching as well.
In 2015 I completed the 200 hour Svastha Yoga Teacher Training and from 2015 - 2018
I completed the 300 hour Svastha Yoga Therapy Program with Ganesh Mohan.
And I am happy to say I am now a registered Yoga Therapist.
The Mohan's emphasise the important core principles of the practice, helping us all to appreciate and benefit from knowing how to embody simplicity and clarity in your daily practice.
The Svastha Yoga approach has had an immense influence in my practice and through that my teaching as well.
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My approach:
My goal in teaching is to provide information and careful observation to students so they can build awareness for how they feel and interact with their practice. I like to help students find confidence in understanding how the body moves, how the breath supports movement and how easy and simple it can be to see positive change in your body and in your state of mind.
Each student requires something different as we all have different backgrounds/ jobs/ history of health. So when I look at or talk to a student it’s about what they require e.g. how to use their breath to calm stress, how to move in a way to assist a healing injury etc. But the major focuses are to encourage smooth conscious breathing and attention to the way they are moving. Once you have these two points of awareness as a solid foundation to cycle your attention through, everything else can be built onto that.
My goal in teaching is to provide information and careful observation to students so they can build awareness for how they feel and interact with their practice. I like to help students find confidence in understanding how the body moves, how the breath supports movement and how easy and simple it can be to see positive change in your body and in your state of mind.
Each student requires something different as we all have different backgrounds/ jobs/ history of health. So when I look at or talk to a student it’s about what they require e.g. how to use their breath to calm stress, how to move in a way to assist a healing injury etc. But the major focuses are to encourage smooth conscious breathing and attention to the way they are moving. Once you have these two points of awareness as a solid foundation to cycle your attention through, everything else can be built onto that.
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