JJ Gormley, Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT 500), is the founder of the
Eureka Yoga School which offers weekly classes at Heaven’s Peak
Organics in Eureka, MT as well as four levels of Teacher Training
Programs. Please click on the links above for more information.
About JJ Gormley-Etchells (new name: JJ got married Aug 3rd, 2007)
JJ began practicing yoga in 1979. After ten years, she began teaching
yoga and then in 1993 opened her own yoga studio, Sun & Moon Yoga
Studio in Virginia. She moved to Eureka, MT in January 2006 and travels
back to VA to continue running the Teacher Training Programs there. As
Director of the Teacher Training Programs at Sun & Moon, she
continues to correspond with and coordinate over 80 students in three
programs. With Eureka Yoga School, she directs Yoga Teacher Training
Programs at Eight Stones Yoga Studio in York, PA, Dragonfly Yoga
Studies in Ft.Walton Beach, FL, The Yoga Spot in Durham, NC as well as
to correspondent students studying yoga all over the country.
JJ has a diverse background having studied from many traditions since
1979, most recently the teachings of TKV & Kausthub Desikachar who
carry on the lineage of Krishnamacharya.
This
style of teaching is commonly called Vini Yoga although JJ feels it is
simply REAL YOGA or TRUE YOGA as yoga is meant to be taught and
enjoyed.
This style of yoga aims to train the mind to focus and employs the
breath with simple and short sequences done a particular number of
repetitions in order to keep the mind focused. These movements (or
asana practice) are followed by a breathing or pranayama practice which
is then followed by a meditation practice. Each part helping to prepare
for the next: the asana practice done in sync with the breath helps
prepare for the pranayama practice, and the mental work of keeping
focused on the number of repetitions helps prepare for the meditation
practice. She finds this style the most powerful in uniting
body•mind•spirit.
JJ’s teacher, Kausthub Desikachar, focuses on the teachings from the
ancient yoga texts: The Vedas/Upanishads and the Yoga Sutras of
Patanjali and JJ is immensely enjoying the incorporation of these
ancient teachings in her study of yoga and also passing along these
great teachings to her students.
JJ has produced five yoga videos/DVDs, and a chanting CD which can be purchased on Sun & Moon’s website: www.sunandmoonstudio.com. She
has compiled a Study Guide for Yoga Teacher Trainees for use with the
training programs she runs and as it simply asks questions that yoga
teacher trainees must find the answers to, it may be used with any
training program. You may obtain the Study Guide by sending her $30
($25. for the Guide and $5 for S&H) please send her an email. 