Jody Kurilla
Email: jody@yogashalapdx.com

Jody started off her Yogic studies not in the Far East, but the East Coast. She began her yogic quest around 1990 at Jivamukti in NYC. There she met the teachers that would be the spark in starting Jody on her path to teaching, Uma McNeil and Leslie Kaminoff, both whom are inspired by the tradition of T.K.V. Desikachar. When she moved to Portland in 1998, she studied with Diane Wilson, and with Diane, Jody took her first teacher training course. Since 2002, thanks to Matt Huish, she has been very inspired by Shadow Yoga taught by Shandor Remete. In January 2006 she studied at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in Chennai, India founded by T.K.V Desikachar.

Jody is known to put students at ease with her wry sense of humor and acceptance of all skill levels and body types, and encourages folks to use all the yoga tools available to them, not only the physical (asana) part of yoga, but chanting, breath work and meditation. She teaches Friday seminars, Teaching Methodology, Anatomy 2 and on-going classes. Jody is the co-director of the Yoga Shala.

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