JJ Gormley

JJ Gormley

JJ Gormley, E-RYT500 is a skilled yoga educator, therapist and founder of the Sun and Moon Yoga Studios in Virginia. She started practicing yoga in 1979, studying with many of the foremost teachers within the various traditions finding particular resonance with the teachings of TKV Desikachar. Drawing from the essence found within each tradition, she teaches and heals from a truly eclectic and well-rounded vantage point, attuning the balance of the entire system; body, mind, and spirit.

She received her first certification within White Lotus Yoga under the tutelage of Ganga White. As well she has studied within the Iyengar, Kripalu, Sivananda, Kundalini traditions gleaning the essence from each. Later she continued her studies with Rodney Yee, Erich Schiffmann and John Friend, being among the first few individuals to receive Anusara certification.

In 2002 she met Kausthub Desikachar and fell in love with the teachings of TKV Desikachar's The Heart of Yoga as taught by his son, Kausthub. She went to Chennai, India to study with Kausthub and learn in-depth the tradition of yoga teaching commonly called Viniyoga, and also known as KYM (Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram) teachings. In 2007 she entered into a 4-year training program for Yoga Therapists within this tradition through the Krishnamacharya Healing Yoga Foundation in the US.

JJ teaches yoga poses from the perspective of the energetic body and staying connected to the earth energetically (being well-grounded). She looks at the structure of the body and what is happening to the integrity of the body at and around each of the main energy centers, or chakras. She teach how to use yoga and yoga's many tools (poses, breath, etc.) to realign the body and release stuck energy, ultimately bringing about increased equipoise and freedom to our everyday life. Her website is www.yoginijj.com.