The Dharma Studio

Owner and Founder of Dharma Studio, Winchester, VA. You can usually catch Jill upside down and trying new and creative approaches to poses. She inspires many and aspires greatly. Students enjoy her detail oriented cueing and wild playlists. She is a devoted yogi, lover and supporter of the arts, aspiring guitarist and jamming harmonium hack. Teaching students to realize their potential is in her blood and bones. And her love of Yoga and its deep roots and ancient concepts are evident everytime she steps on the mat.

Aimee, RYT-200, spends her time assisting the community with the physical body in many different ways—Yoga, Personal Training, & Photography. She began her yoga journey years ago, and it wasn’t until facing addiction that she deepened her practiced and began to make it a complete lifestyle and career. Her ‘direction’ ‘focus’ ‘mission’ ‘dharma’—whatever you want to call it-- is to spread knowledge and self-love of the mind, body, & spirit connection (with a sharp slice of humor on the side) to help others become the absolute best version of themselves. She is here to show fun and challenging ways to grow through yoga, humor, & self-compassion. Join her in expanding through this trying thing called life.

Everyday life is a wonderful and ridiculous thing; family (Hubbyness and my teenager and my cats), Yoga, art, and food (because food is AMAZING). The core of my expression/experience is founded on the common and the elevated because they’re the same thing. I create art on the kitchen table while Keiko looks on from her cushion. Yes, my cat has her own seat at the table. My other fur baby Buttkiss likes to assist me in yoga practice and making malas… the mala help is a bit destructive. But, she tries. My inspiration comes from Emma Peel (as played by Diana Rigg), Bob Ross (Happy Trees), Podcasts, learning (skateboarding and MTG currently), and reading fluff and classics. Essentially I like to experience a little bit of everything in life. My yoga is an inquiry; what new can I experience. My art comes from the same place of curiosity. IF I can share one thing with world I would like it to be a humorous curiosity. Laugh at every stumble, smile equally at success and failure. And love some happy cats.

Learning to live yogicly has changed my life, on and off the mat. I have been at Dharma nearly ten years, and the practice has brought calm, challenge and community. Completing teacher training was the logical next step, and sharing chair yoga with seniors and differently abled bodies brings me immense joy. My personal journey to health has led me to expand my exploration of children's yoga, yin practice and myofascial release.
In my spare time (what's that?) I can get lost in shell seeking, gardening, snorkeling and spending time with my 3 grown children and 4 legged grandchildren.