About
I help active people and beginners feel good in their bodies with accessible yoga and outdoor experiences.
I'm Jessica Lucey
I showed up to my first yoga class in 2007 full of nerves, and wanting to fit in. I wanted to do the exercises right and for the people in the group to like me.
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After I started moving and connecting to my breath, all the anxiety slipped away. That tape in my head that plays all the busy to-do lists and “what ifs” stopped. For that one hour, I was able to relax, move, rest, and not worry.
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That is what I've given people since I started teaching in 2017: a little oasis of time and connection where you can explore movement, choose what you do with your body, and have permission to make "mistakes".
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I love providing the opportunity to unplug from the busy and connect to what really matters to you. I find joy in making yoga accessible, applicable to life off the mat, and fun.
It is my mission to provide practices that can be integrated into your life in small ways so you can move out of stress, overwhelm, and pain. Looking forward to a bright, healthy future is possible.
Education and Training
Browse my yoga journey from my first class to teacher training and continuing education. While this isn't all my training, it shows the start of major skills and knowledge I've developed.
My first yoga class: Ashtanga yoga
Fall 2007
University of Florida
Ashtanga is a set sequence of yoga postures. Power yoga has its roots in this lineage.
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I learned how to connect my breath with my movement and drop into my body. The intensity of the practice helped me focus and tire me out so I was ready for the rest of savasana. I've since practiced and studied many different styles of yoga.
Bachelors of Science: Food Science and Human Nutrition
June 2010
University of Florida
As the title of my degree suggests, I learned about food science and human nutrition. However, I do not currently use this knowledge with clients.
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My degree also consisted of classes in anatomy and physiology, which I use in my current capacity as a yoga teacher.
Military Service: Surface Warfare Officer in the U.S. Navy
June 2010 - October 2015
All over the world
I led Sailors to accomplish various missions throughout the world, and coordinated with foreign nationals to maintain U.S. assets overseas.
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My yoga practice helped me relax from the stress of working every day and being confined on a ship for months. People wanted to learn yoga from me after they found out I practiced it. While I didn't teach them, this planted the seed that teaching yoga is possible for me.
I learned how to fit yoga practice into a busy day; and I still use my knowledge of monitoring weather patterns, tide and current movement, and anchoring in my SUP Yoga classes.
200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training
June 2017
Transcending Yoga with
Valerie Baltzer, E-RYT 500
This was the official start of my yoga teaching. I learned yoga techniques, sequencing, physical adjustments, how to use props, yoga philosophy, yoga ethics and lifestyle, and anatomy and physiology as it applies to a physical yoga asana (posture) practice.
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In addition to all this, I gained confidence in teaching others and started to develop my own style of building on known movements and using music as a tool to influence energy.
SUP Yoga Teacher Training
October 2017
Longwave Yoga with
Julie Pelikan, E-RYT 200 and Jarrod Covington
I learned how to adapt the yoga practice to a paddleboard for different environmental conditions, class sizes, and skill levels.
This is also where I started to learn outdoor recreational leadership. I can teach SUP basics and paddling techniques. And in case something goes wrong, I can apply my water safety & rescue knowledge.
Yoga Wellness Educator Training
August 2019
YogaU course with
Julie Gudmestad, Eva Norlyk Smith, & Lynn Crimando
Teaching flexible yoga teachers is different than teaching retired grandmas, which is who I was attracted in one of my morning classes.
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I learned how to adapt the practice to people with less flexibility and balance, work with muscular imbalances, improve my observation skills, and design yoga class series.
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This is where I developed my interest in functional aging and improving healthspan, the length of time your healthy and active (not just alive).
Female Health Yoga Teacher Training
November 2023
Yoga Medicine with
Tiffany Cruikshank, LAC, MAOM, E-RYT 500
Training covered the physiology of the female reproductive cycle from both a Western and Chinese medicine perspective. It also covered how the application of lifestyle modifications, meditation, and yoga can be used as tools to support the different facets of female health.
I can support different phases of the menstrual cycle, fertility, PMS, period pain, and menopause.