Jayadev teaches yoga to help people let go of fear, develop self-acceptance, and experience their inherent bliss nature in order to become more relevant and joyful in the world.He fell in love with yoga sixteen years ago, when he wandered into a yoga studio as a stressed out corporate technology lawyer and experienced a deep sense of peace in śavāsana. It wasn’t long before Jayadev did his first yoga teacher training. Ten years ago he started teaching vinyasa and hatha yoga in San Francisco, California. Jayadev’s influences include Hatha Yoga, Himalayan Kundalini, classical Tantra, and the Babaji / Yogananda tradition. In the past five years Jayadev has been focused on exploring the breadth and depth of the Yog-Vedantic traditions, authentic yoga, and the energetic practices of yoga like kriya, mantra, and pranayama.He teaches yoga, breathwork, kriya, and meditation, and offers integrative yoga and plant medicine workshops, courses, retreats, and trainings all over the world.Jayadev’s public, private, and online classes are holistic, dynamic, fun, and designed to encourage his students to unearth their highest selves, and to reach their greatest potential. Ultimately, Jayadev wants to make his students’ experience of yoga one of connection, love, surrender, celebration, and compassion. He sees his life’s mission as one of leading people to increasing values of liberation and expansion.