About Jaime

My first trip abroad was at five years old. At first, I was devastated — I was missing my school's end-of-year field trip to Pizza Hut. But the second our plane landed in London, and I jumped into a van en route for Cornwall with my family, my disappointment disappeared. We were on a big adventure. The scenery, the history, and the tales of King Arthur pulled me in completely, sparking a curiosity and passion for travel that still burns today. Fast forward a few decades, and I'm still that wide-eyed traveler — just with much higher pizza standards.

That love of exploration has carried me to more than 35 countries and counting. It is also part of my day job: I work for Tripadvisor, helping others discover the world the same way travel has shaped me.

I came to yoga the way a lot of people do — looking for a way to quiet a very loud head. What I found was less about flexibility and more about attention: noticing how I actually felt, and letting that shape the day instead of fighting it.

My training is rooted and ongoing. I am RYT 200 Hour from Rise Yoga & Wellness / Authentic Yoga Certified, trained under Cheryl Oliver & Anton Mackey. I also hold my Primal Yoga Certification and have self-studied and taught Yin, Restorative and Yoga Nidra.

My style of teaching is grounded in deep yoga philosophy and anatomical alignment. We mindfully move through poses to build shapes in our bodies that are accessible once we get there. The goal of this practice is not to perfect the pose, but to learn about our relationship with ourselves as we move from pose to pose.

I am also a certified sommelier with my Level 1 WSET. Continued education through travelling to wine regions and meeting winemakers is my preferred route of self-education here.

I consider myself a constant student of yoga and am continuing to expand my studies in the meditation aspects of the yoga teachings and deepening my understanding of how my personal practice can be transmitted to my students. I teach from what I know, authentically and genuinely.

"Balance your why" is the thread through all of it. Not balance as perfect equilibrium — balance as returning, again and again, to what actually matters to you. Some of that happens on a mat. Some of it happens over dinner.