Jay Holby
Jay grew up around yoga with trips to Kripalu Yoga Center on the east coast as a kid. His mother Karen has taught Kripalu style yoga for close to 40 years in his home state of Ohio. After competing in track and soccer as an intercollegiate athlete, Jay was initially drawn to the physical aspects of yoga. In 1995 he started a career in personal training and has been helping people of all fitness levels lead more active, enjoyable lives http://www.balancedpersonalfitness.com.

A trip back to Kripalu for a week long pranayama workshop as an adult opened the door further and deepened his mental and spiritual side of the practice. He loves the intertwining of the outer and inner journeys that practicing/teaching yoga can bring to your life. Jay believes there is room in everyone's practice for humor and laughter, hard work and dedication, patience and acceptance. He supplements his regular yoga practice with yearly yoga retreats to various locations to unwind, recharge, and learn!

My teachers: Rodney Yee, Melina Meza, Jenny Hayo, Baron Baptiste, Dawn Jansen, Karen Holby

"The main block to transformation is the thought that we shouldn't be where we are, that we should already be further along in our growth than we perceive ourselves to be." ~ Swami Kripalu

"Yoga is a bottomless well......"

practicing since: 2000
teaching since: 2007