jason@skinnibuddha.com 07828768053
about skinnibuddha
skinnibuddha exists to provide affordable accessible yoga, yoga therapy and ayurveda to the people of Plymouth.
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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.
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We still offer Yoga Therapy as a skillshare, and we offer regular free yoga classes, holding onto our initial vision of affordable yoga
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MA Yoga and Soul Education, University of Plymouth/School of Oriental and African Studies (London)/Mumbai University
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Diploma in Yoga Therapy (C-IAYT), Paramanand University
2000+ hours of Training
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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
100 hr Ayurveda Nutrition
200 hr Ayurveda Lifestyle and Cooking
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 Yin Yoga 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 recovering addicts, 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, Hanoi and Plymouth.
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 taking his spiritual name of Jitatma Anand from Paramanand University, India in 2015
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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
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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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skinni buddha IS A REGISTERED E-RYT 500 WITH YOGA ALLIANCE. THIS ACCREDITATION DEMONSTRATES EXCELLENT STANDARDS AS SET BY YOGA ALLIANCE. PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE REQUIREMENTS ARE MANDATORY TO CONFORM TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF YOGA ALLIANCE MEMBERSHIP
The yoga therapy components of teaching are based on the yoga therapy qualification with Paramanand Institute of Yoga Science and Research, not derived from the status as an E-RYT-500 with Yoga Alliance Registry.
The YACEP designation is designed for experts in the yoga community to set themselves apart and teach courses that qualify as Continuing Education hours for RYTs. Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT®s) who take courses with a YACEP can trust that their training counts toward meeting their Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Requirements
