FACULTY


Jared McCann is an international yoga teacher and holds an advanced E-RYT 500 designation. He is the two-time national and 2013 world asana champion.  Jared has studied yoga extensively with Dharma Mittra, Ana Forrest, and Mary Jarvis. He has decades of practise in Ashtanga, Bikram, Dharma, Forrest, and Iyengar yoga combining all disciplines together in his vinyasa series. He continually studies new and old traditions implementing them to both his practise and teachings. Jared believes that yoga is a powerful tool which assists human progress, allowing each individual to peel off layers of their 'identities" in order to uncover their own true nature. He believes that through yoga, practitioners can feel part of something larger than themselves and are better able to see their own divine place in the universe. Jared is the founder of Lighthouse Yoga School in Brooklyn, New York.  He loves his students and leads teacher trainings all year round. 
 
Jared McCann Yoga classes are a creative blend of classical and modern yoga philosophies.  With inspiration drawn from Ashtanga, Iyengar, Bikram, Dharma, and Forrest Yoga, elements of these five styles are uniquely fused together to create a new and transformative style of Yoga that is challenging, healing, and fun.  The classes use classical hatha yoga postures, pranayama, and meditation to create balance, strength and flexibility in the body/mind.  The breath becomes a meditation and is used to create space in the body from the inside out.  The specific sequence of postures maximizes consciousness along the spinal column to enhance awareness of the nervous system.  The body becomes strong like a diamond, organs become healthy, the mind becomes calm and steady, and the emotional systems come into balance, and with that a sense of peace and joy begin to take permanent root.