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Joseph began learning about and practicing yoga during his years in college. in 2009 he met his first instructor on campus and has flowed forwards ever since. maintaining a steady practice through the years along with meditation and other forms of movement and self exploration.

here you may find depictions and displays of the depth and artistry that Joseph puts into his style and philosophy. all classes and sessions are created and choreographed with higher guidance and intention. he blends between structured construction of sequences and intuitive improvisation. Creating a unique and balanced experience that explores all parts of the body, range of motion, breath, and mind.

between the years 2010-2016 Joseph spent most of his yoga life practicing alone, eventually with his partner, Lucy, or taking classes at studios where he worked as a LMT (usually for free yoga :])

When he helped open the practice yoga naples studio in 2017, he was asked to join the yoga teacher training and he accepted. Prior to becoming an instructor, he had an understanding of the body and affinity for meditative practices that helped him learn tremendously, and though he did not expect the way it would change his life.

The Baptiste Method of yoga fascinated and astounded him.. It took him to his edge and raised his level more and more. The elementally aligned philosophy of Baron, the intensity of the intention, along with the psychological and emotional accuracy of the work, made sense and created a way to be on and off the mat, in and out of the yoga room, and an awareness of his body he had not met before.

He continued to practice and instruct at practice yoga until 2020. Sharing collaborations with other instructors such as Tania Savolle, Laurie Orlando, and others. He was a large part of building, opening, and curating the studio while eventually becoming a host and manager. The events, community, and classes were large and opportunity for elevating oneself was a daily opporunity. He practiced in any and every type of classes offered, often times going to 2-6 classes a day and spending his time around the studio after hours to fix or build things.

When he left, he moved to Ohio during the corona to be closer to his parents. From there he started working with a company called Spirit Science who had a Youtube channel that made cartoons about fantastic concepts and correlations. He soon was leading meditation and instructing yoga online for subscribers and learned how to maneuver his classes online and create videos/content with what was coming through. It was a wonderful part of his journey that was unique and took him around the world physically and virtually, connecting him with other people of like minds and different cultures.

Eventually he resigned from the company to look into a different direction. Taking time to himself and going back into a practice of more quiet and curious meditative activity. Earlier in his 20’s he had wondered about meditation truly and followed that feeling to his first 10 day silent Vipassana Meditation in Forth Worth, Texas. There he started to learned how to become still in his body and mind.

This time, he was intrigued by a meditation by MindValley called the 6-phase meditation, and from there the Silva Method. Both of these helped him come to a peace he felt long ago. From there he was led to a large local gym that offered him the opportunity to learn how to and instruct various forms of fitness from aqua fitness, spinning, sculpt, silver sneakers, and was able to assist people in understanding how to be more optimal and effective with their activity in the gym.

New opportunities came about and he moved on from the gym (as it wasn’t necessarily his lifestyle), finding commonality at a local yoga studio where he is at this time. Power Vinyasa, Primal Yoga, Yin, Yinyaza, YogaSculpt, and Aqua Yoga are what offers currently.