Namaste. I am Jaina Portwood, E-RYT 500, NCMT 1000 the director and founder of Beloved Retreats. This project has been an absolute joy to create, and I am thrilled to invite you to travel with me to some of the most breathtaking locations on the globe. This last year we traveled ...
Namaste. I am Jaina Portwood, E-RYT 500, NCMT 1000 the director and founder of Beloved Retreats. This project has been an absolute joy to create, and I am thrilled to invite you to travel with me to some of the most breathtaking locations on the globe. This last year we traveled to Greece, Bali, Morocco, Peru, Hawaii, India, and Thailand on educational yoga retreats. They have been mind-blowing, rich experiences. Each weeklong transformational retreat has an educational theme and a certification to go along with an epic adventure abroad!
It is a trip of a lifetime.
I have been practicing yoga since 1998 and teaching since 2002. As a youth, I accomplished incredible achievements as a competitive athlete. I consistently rose to the top, even as a young swimmer, breaking state records at the age of 7. This confidence and physical power has allowed me to see the world in a different paradigm, what some athletes call “the zone.” I was instantly attracted to yoga as a means to experience magical altered states of reality, manifestation, magic, and longevity.
I first studied yoga in college alongside calculus, physics, and cellular biology. After experimenting with a 100% raw foods diet for 8 years, I birthed 4 children naturally, and fell deep into health and healing modalities. Starting in 1999, I gained certifications in massage therapy, craniosacral therapy, thai massage, energy work, permaculture, herbalism, flower essences, and a range of other studies related to human anatomy an physiology, nutrition, and advanced esoteric yoga. I have a wealth of yoga experience through over a decade of svadhyaya (study of self), bhakti (devotion), and I have trained with yoga masters all over the country.
Above all else I hold an intention for spiritual, and physical expansion. Yoga is union. To be united to the Self, through the Self, into the Self…the heart….unconditional love. This is achieved through pranayama, asana, nutrition, intuition, and insight to take you beyond the seen world and into cosmic consciousness.
As your primary guide for instruction and certification, I am dedicated to a personalized approach to teacher training, life coaching and yoga/health mentorship. Everyone is different in the way we learn, grow, and transform into our highest, most supreme, optimal selves. I help individuals shine their brightest!
