about skinnibuddha
skinnibuddha exists to provide affordable accessible yoga, yoga therapy and ayurveda to the people of Plymouth.
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It started from a house in Plymouth in 2007, skinnibuddha began sharing Yoga techniques to help people recover from emotional and physical difficulties. Bringing people into natural outside spaces we started to help people with insomnia, depression, back pain, and respiratory illnesses. This went on for a while sometimes cramming people into the front room.
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Then in 2012 a group of us set up London's first donation based yoga studios, in Oxford Street and Blackfriars. Men and women were able to attend yoga classes without the need to pay for monthly subscriptions or expensive prices. A community of people interested in their personal health was developing, but it was not based on income.
After the success of the London project we decided to do something similar back home in Plymouth. We began teaching as a skillshare, swapping a yoga class for other skills such as graphic design, web design, plumbing, carpentry, accountancy.
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In 2013 Jason set up skinnibuddha yoga to provide affordable and accessible yoga classes and yoga therapy.
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In 2016 we started using community spaces to offer yoga therapy on a donation basis. We couldn't keep up with the demand and needed to find more venues to work in. We introduced the yogic diet with our ever popular yogic food evenings.
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Since COVID we have had to change the way we work. However we still offer regular free yoga classes, holding onto our initial vision of affordable yoga
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about jason
Yoga Therapist, Ayurveda Therapist, Yoga Teacher and skinnibuddha Founder
Jason is a soulful and calm yoga teacher and yoga therapist and ayurveda therapist whose creativeness sensitivity and empathy will facilitate your personal transformation
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He teaches Rocket Vinyasa Yoga, Traditional Yoga Therapy and provides Ayurveda Therapy in the Plymouth area.
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Jason started a meditation practice in 1994 and learning physical aspects of yoga in 2005 and slowly developed a personal daily practice based on Ashtanga Vinyasa and Rocket Yoga.
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With his regular yoga practice, he found the personal therapeutic benefits. Through yoga Jason has learnt to humble himself, becoming more teachable and able to realize his passions. Since then he has been using yoga to help others, utilizing both yoga and holistic therapy programmes.
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He has worked with medicinal plant doctors in Central America, and trained in Ayurveda Therapy at Paramanand University, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. He incorporates diet and natural approaches when offering a personal, tailor-made programme to deal with specific ailments.
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He has taught meditation since 2006, has taught in Gandhi and Vivekananda schools in India and run workshops in London, Indore and Hanoi. He currently teaches in Plymouth and runs the Rocket Yoga and Philosophy modules on a Yoga Teacher Training course.
He has trained and studied with some of the world's best yoga practitioners: John Scott, Manju Jois (the son of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois), Danny Paradise, David Swenson, David Kyle, The Yoga People, Norman Blair and Mahesh Chandra. In 2015 he had his 'Diksha' and was given his spiritual name of Jitatma Anand from Dr Omanand Guruji of Paramanand University, India
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Jason is a Certified and practising Yoga Therapist, studying at Paramanand University in India, and has had over 10 years of yoga therapy training. He completed Postgraduate research in Yoga and Soul Education in 2016, resulting in an MA
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Jason is also an Ayurveda Therapist, having completed specialist Ayurvedic training 2015-2024 with Paramanand University, Indore, MP, India.
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skinnibuddha is fully insured and is a member of Yoga Alliance, International Association of Yoga Therapists, and Ayurvedic Professionals Association.
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Education and Training
2012-2016
MA Yoga and Soul Education
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2020-2024
Diploma in Yoga Therapy (C-IAYT)
2500+ hours of training
University of Plymouth/School of Oriental and African Studies (London)/Mumbai University
Paramanand University, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
200 hr Vinyasa Flow, Yoga London
200 hr Ashtanga Vinyasa Primary Series, Abhijna School of Yoga
300 hr Ashtanga Vinyasa Intermediate Series, Rishikesh Vinyasa Yoga School
100 hr Rocket Vinyasa, The Yoga People
50 hr Rocket Vinyasa, David Kyle
300 hr Yoga Therapy Certificate, Paramanand University
805 hr Yoga Therapy Diploma, Paramanand University
150 hr Yin Yoga and Meridians, Norman Blair and Kate Henley
50 hr Yoga Nidra, Tribe Yoga
300 hr Certificate in Ayurveda: Panchakarma, Shirodhara and Abhyanga, Paramanand University
100 hr Ayurveda Nutrition
200 hr Ayurveda Lifestyle and Cooking
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