WELLNESS
Kimmie Brunke
Yoga Instructors in the Spotlight F
rom personal trainers and Group Ex instructors to massage and physical therapists, MAC’s Fitness and Wellness staff works to keep members healthy, no matter the global health circumstances. While longstanding relationships have been built over the years, there have been personnel changes and new offerings added over the past few months. Learn more about the diversity of programs offered, connect with new faces and reconnect with familiar ones. Brittain Jackson specializes in guiding an active Ashtanga practice, while encouraging students to explore how the style works best for them as individuals. He incorporates props, encourages modifying and resting when needed, and focuses on adjustments and alignments that can enhance a mindful practice. In order to encourage his students to practice with attention to their breath and listening to their bodies, he does not incorporate music in his classes. Jackson has been teaching for eight years, six and half at MAC, and received his certification in Israel from his teacher, Aryan Vedh. Kimmie Brunke’s yoga classes vary from slow and intentional, with long-supported holds using props, to sessions that encompass both alignment and creative flow. The 20-year MAC veteran incorporates both Western and Eastern anatomy and philosophical ideas into every class to deepen each practitioner’s experience. Through mindful movement and encouraging self-reflection, she guides her multi-leveled students toward achieving an understanding of purnatva — that wholeness, inner strength, harmony and fulfillment can be found within themselves.
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APRIL 2021
Brittain Jackson
