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Jill Zepezauer
My background in yoga is rooted in the fundamentals of Hatha Yoga. I took beginners yoga for four years despite my teacher’s insistence that I move on. I realized that I could still explore the basic asanas and gain satisfaction from the sequence and quality of the poses. She then made me her apprentice. I went to study for a few months at the Sivananda Ashram in Grass Valley. Contrary to the dogmatic teachings there, I found that I preferred a secular, individual-based approach to yoga.
As I continued my teacher training at Larchmont Center for Yoga, Vini Yoga was a big influence and the teachers I studied with guided me in how to adapt poses to support a group of people with varying needs. At the time my Great Aunt and Uncle were also big influences. My great uncle was an MD who went back to college at age fifty to become psychiatrist as he realized that his patients’ physical illness often had a correlation with mental and emotional states. My Great Aunt was at an age where the asanas weren’t her primary focus. It was from her that I learned the importance of the other aspects of yoga. Whenever I’m able, I add to my knowledge pool with workshops and training. Lately, my trainings have been focused on prenatal & therapy-based yoga.