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Jack Godfrey, Founder of Sunrise Yoga

Jack Godfrey
Jack Godfrey

I have practiced Ashtanga Yoga intensively since 1998 and yoga in general since 1968. I have taken a 40 hour Ashtanga Yoga Teacher Training with David Swenson and have completed weekend and week long workshops with Beryl Bender Birch, David Swenson, Darby, Hart Lazer, Allison Ulan, Tim Miller, Manju Jois, Patabhi Jois and others.

I have received a 200 hour certification in Hatha Vinyasa Yoga in Halifax at Therapeutic Approach Yoga Studio. I continue to study Asanas, Sanskrit, Anatomy, Yoga Philosophy and Meditation.

In 2015 I added Qigong and Tai Chi to the classes that I teach and received my 200 hour certification from Zen Wellness in Phoenix Arizona. 

I completed my 500 hour certification in 2020 just before the COVID-19 pandemic came to North America. Now I am working on my 1,000 hour certification while I studying remotely with my teachers in Phoenix Arizona.

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