The truth that you are seeking is already within, humbly awaiting your attention.

> >  Jesi Young is the Founder of PureJoy Yoga in Yuba City, Calif. She began practicing yoga in 2010 and has completed 1,100 hours of certified training and over 1700 hours of teaching since.

Most recently, Jesi began her Master's in Yoga Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, Calif. This year, Jesi traveled to India to study Mantra with Arnab Chowdhury and Karen Miscall-Bannon, and to Maya Yoga Maui to study 100 hours with Nicki Doane in a combined Iyengar & Ashtanga style of yoga asana. She earned her 500 RYT designation with Karen Miscall-Bannon, focusing on embodied alignment and movement principle teachings.

Jesi is an international yoga teacher, having taught in Greece, Vietnam and Antigua (West Indies). She has been fortunate to take workshops with David Swenson and MC Yogi, and teacher trainings with Cathy Connors of Awake and Tyler Langdale of Yoga Shala Sacramento. Her yoga journey stands as a testament to the endless possibilities of life. As we open our bodies through practice, we open up our lives and hearts.

She goes by the nickname of Jesi Lee,  loves public speaking, enoys researching and writing about science, yoga, and nutrition, and travelling to coastal regions to lead or take trainings. She is dedicated to empowering others to find their joy on and off the yoga mat.

ALOHA. 

To my teachers:  may my teachings serve as a conduit of your combined knowledge and lead to greater healing in this lifetime. Om shanti!

2019 Mantra in India | Karen Miscall-Bannon | 100 hours 

2018 Maya Yoga Maui | Nicki Doane | 100 hours 

2017 Maya Yoga Maui | Nicki Doane | 100 hours Yoga Sutras

2017 Embodyoga® West | Karen Miscall-Bannon | 200 hour Hatha-Vinyasa

2016 Prenatal Yoga Primer | Julia Piazza | 3 hours

2016 Mindful Yoga Therapy | Suzanne Manafort | 15 hours

2016  Embodyoga® West | Karen Miscall-Bannon | 300 hours, RYT 500 Designation

2013 Leap Yoga, Folsom | Cathy Conners | 200 YA Certified Training, RYT 200 Designation

2011 Yoga Shala Sacramento | Tyler Langdale | 100 Hour Vinyasa Training

I’ve spent many hours in training and those hours have been some of the best of my life. The more we hone in on our inner world, the more magical the outer world becomes. I spent many years before yoga searching for answers to my own life, my situations, and my dilemmas and only through this practice of Hatha Yoga has the light shone through.

That deep joy that you crave, is there for your taking. It resides within, like a creek flowing through the forest. The fluctuations of the mind keep us preoccupied, searching for this flow outside of our own realm. May this practice bring you back to bathe in the flow of joy in every moment you chose.

May you walk away with a greater knowledge of yourself, this practice for life, and greater joy. My aim is to capture the spirit of Yoga: intention, inquisition, discernement and union.