Jason Whitford

My path to becoming a yoga teacher has been a long journey. My passion was ignited as a young boy after watching my first Bruce Lee movie. Of course, I was in awe of his fighting skills, but it was the way he moved, how he could generate such incredible power via an invisible energy field that really drew me in. Fascinated with the ancient eastern ways of living, breathing and self-discipline; my journey began.

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I wanted to be like my hero, so I read books and taught myself how to meditate. I searched for a martial arts school and landed in Hap Ki Do.

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I was 11 years old and green, but the fire was ignited and there was no going back. I trained religiously through high school.

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In my late teens I wanted to expand my knowledge of energy and so I explored other practices like Tai Chi, Qigong, Iyengar yoga and Kung Fu although none of these hit the spot, and I returned to Hap Ki Do for quite a few more years.

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My master always told the class “when you are too busy to meditate, that is when we need it most” In my late 20’s and 30’s I overlooked this and was fully on the stress train of big mortgage, studying, climbing the career ladder, being a dad, socialising, drinking etc.

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I was rarely present and always tired and deeply unsatisfied with life.

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It took divorce, depression and discovering the darkness of rock bottom for me to return to the spiritual life. Intuitively I knew I would find peace by following the yogic path.

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I started back with the physical asana practice at Yoga Synergy (founded by Simon Borg-Olivier) and discovered Kundalini which addressed my thirst for an energetic spiritual practice.

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The past few years I have been intrigued and drawn to Wim Hof's breathing practice, ice bath immersion with breathing sequences, saunas and their benefits, bio hacking, nutrition, meditation, manifesting a life of vitality and yoga. In 2021 I decided to go all in and leave my engineering business of 10 years so I could dedicate my life to working, living and helping others with regard to all thing’s health and longevity.

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I commenced a 500 hour yoga teaching course with the Yoga Institute run by Michael De Manicor, based on the great Indian teacher Sri T. Krishnamacharya and his son T.K.V Desikachar.

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I am now ready to pass on my knowledge and am pumped to help others find their light.