Jeff Welch
The motivations to practice yoga vary as greatly as the variety of people who choose to roll out their mat. For me, yoga is the practice of being fully human. I see my role as a yoga teacher to facilitate you achieving your best yoga, whatever your practice goals may be.
The motivations to practice yoga vary as greatly as the variety of people who choose to roll out their mat. For me, yoga is the practice of being fully human. I see my role as a yoga teacher to facilitate you achieving your best yoga, whatever your practice goals may be.
My goal as a yoga teacher is to provide you with an opportunity to explore into what you need from your yoga practice – not just while on your mat but also in your life off the mat. On any give day our needs may shift among the physical (moving), emotional (feeling) or spiritual (thinking). But sometimes what we think we should focus on is out of sync with what our inner selves need.
In my classes I strive to provide you with the guidance to explore your needs from deep within your consciousness, so that maybe you can awaken the awareness of who you are on the inside and strengthen the acceptance of who you are. For me yoga is embodied in the control of breath. Breath yokes together mind and body. Controlling breath to foster the mind/body connection, we can more effectively stay centered and focused on the moment.
I believe our best yoga manifests as enlightened consciousness deep within our inner selves, not as the outward physical appearance of the shapes we make on the mat.
I have a favorite quote that captures my philosophy about life (and my yoga practice):
“A boat is always safest anchored in the harbor. But that is not the purpose of a boat.”
I invite you to go deeper into your yoga practice with me. Raise your anchor and sail together with me on our yoga voyage.
After years of a waxing and waning yoga practice, in my mid 50s I committed to a regular yoga practice. I completed my CYT-200 yoga teacher training in 2019. I am a retired physician assistant, former fitness instructor for 20+ years, and a sailor.
