Jessica Sands

Yoga Teacher

Crystal Heart Yoga

Jessica first experienced yoga while traveling in India in college. While only an observer, a seed was planted in her that took hold and slowly grew over the following years. Within five years, while working in Turkey, she became friends Annie Anderson of PranaClimb and started a weekly practice. The increased strength, flexibility and balance that yoga brings to  the body was clear, and Jessica continued her small and consistent practice until during a huge life shift, she changed direction in her life and began studying yoga formally, full-time with Katie Manitas (Jivamukti) and Idit Tamir (Hatha). After she earned her RYT200 in 2008, Jessica taught all over Sydney as a small business owner who taught on-site classes. During this time she was an informal student of Simon Borg Oliver’s Yoga Synergy. She attended Donna Farhi’s workshop, Yoga for Lower Back Pain. These teachers have influenced her immensely.Since then, she has taught different styles of yoga in Pittsburgh, Pa and Ithaca, NY, arriving at Crystal Heart Yoga with open enthusiasm.