I love supporting students with their yoga goals and beyond. I decided to become a teacher and I haven't looked back (17 years later). If a simple yoga class could do this much for me, I knew I wanted to share these benefits with others. It gave me an opportunity to look at life more objectively and make make better choices with greater awareness. Yoga was, to me, a representation and reflection of my life state – body and mind. I gained a new life perspective, a sense of health and well-being I never experienced before, and a sense of confidence and purpose. It was worth the sweat, tears, the hard work and total transformation of my entire being – inside and out.
Around 2000, I made the commitment to take the 30 day yoga challenge. The yoga class was challenging both physically and mentally. Something clicked for me when I practiced yoga. I knew I wanted to make a positive change in my life but wasn’t sure how. At the time, I was young and involved with the “wrong crowd” and an unhealthy lifestyle. Little did I know that first class would change my life forever.
As much as I initially resisted the invitation, I finally gave in and took my first class. I started practicing yoga in 1998 at the urging of a good friend and my boss at the time, Vidal Bitton. When Jason is not in the hot room, he enjoys writing, reading, spending time with his wife and daughter, watching movies, traveling, working out and being in nature.Ĭlick here to listen to Jason’s radio interview on Get Active with Pat Pauley (1/8/13) Jason was also asked and is ecstatic to teach at Wanderlust Festival in Squaw Valley, CA this summer. In January 2014, Jason was featured as one of 130 inspiring yogis across 10 cities in the United States in the first issue of Mantra Yoga + Health magazine. In April 2013, Jason was blessed to attend the Lululemon Ambassador Summit in Whistler, BC where he evolved as a student and teacher. Most recently Jason has had the honor of being an ambassador for Lululemon in Bellevue and now for the beautiful new Alderwood Mall store. In 2010, Jason co-founded Fusion Hot Yoga and is passionate about sharing his love for the yoga with the amazing community of students at Fusion. In addition, he continues to learn and evolve as a student and teacher by attending various workshops, trainings, and master classes. In 2009, Jason trained with Baron Baptiste at the Level 1 Baptiste Power Yoga Teacher Training, and in 2010, Jason obtained his Crossfit Level 1 certification. Later that year, Jason spent 9 weeks at the intensive Bikram Yoga Teacher Training in Acapulco, Mexico. In early 2008, Jason completed a 90 day challenge, in which he lost 40lbs. Because of the life-changing effect the yoga had on his life, Jason embarked on a journey to become a teacher so that he could share this life altering gift with others. doing the yoga and rediscovered his true self. In addition, on this journey, Jason lost 80 lbs. His ankle and shoulder injuries began to heal and he was able to rediscover the strength and flexibility that he once knew as a young athlete. He became addicted to the extremely powerful detoxifying effect of the sweat, the connectedness to himself and his breath, and the discipline and focus that it brought back into his life. He was immediately drawn in by the intensity of the hot yoga classes. In 2004, Jason discovered the mix of Bikram yoga and Power yoga and his life was transformed. Due to two ankle surgeries that led to a lack of activity and entering a busy corporate world, Jason began to pack on the pounds. He endured many sports injuries over the years that eventually led him to hang up his cleats. Growing up, Jason was an avid athlete playing football, basketball and running track. He was born in Bothell, grew up in Everett and has lived in the Mill Creek area since 2000.
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