Jacqui graduated the very 1st 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training that Open Doors Yoga in Weymouth, MA ever held in 2005. She was raised by strong energetic teachers like Richard Lanza, Jene' Rossi, Sean Corne & Pat Iyer. She is grateful she was initially raised from this perspective. It really pointed out that it doesn't matter if you can balance on your eardrums if you have no alignment in your soul. Since then, she has gone on to aggressively study some of the energetic greats like Caroline Myss and Anodea Judith.
Prior to that her track was Social Work/Probation/Child Law, etc. until after almost a decade of working with Domestic Violence survivors and over 7 years working for the State of Massachusetts Department of Social Services (now DCF) she developed ulcers. That was just one of a whole laundry list of side effects from STRESS. She sadly realized that you can't trick your nervous system. Years of having no control and swimming in work that is never done made the stress outweigh the joy of continuing to do Social Work in that way.
She spent years teaching Yoga all over Massachusetts after she graduated. Her teaching regular drop-in Yoga classes evolved into Guest Teacher trainings, presentations, workshops, motivational speaking, creating and leading the Yoga certification programs since 2011. She is passionate about fundraising. She works hard to motivate people, raise awareness and generate momentum for several causes.
She considers Rolf Gates & Johnny Gillespie HUGE teaching influences. Their delivery, their heartfelt words, wisdom and humor have consistently added depth, meaning and perspective to her life. She feels blessed to have received her 500 hour Advanced Yoga Certification under Rolf's tutelage & more CEU's than she can count with Johnny! In 2011, she began creating her own Advanced & Basic Yoga Certification Programs. She is proud to say she has graduated hundreds and hundreds of students through the Yoga Alliance. She calls them each "bird." They know who they are.
She deeply bows to her family, kids, dog (Glory) , friends, all the birds and other wonderful influences: David Vendetti, Dr. Rick Hanson, Caroline Myss, Anodea Judith and all ETHICAL Yoga teachers who have passed down these teachings generation to generation.
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