SOUL HAUM YOGA VISION

  • TRAUMA MINDFULNESS - All classes will be led by instructors who have gone through trauma training to understand how trauma, the stress response, and resiliency works in an attempt to reduce the likelihood of retraumatization and to create opportunities for regulation and co-regulation. All classes prioritize students’ agency over the asana (postures). Classes will provide tools to build resources and resource awareness so that students are better able to regulate their nervous systems both on and off the mat.

  • INCLUSIVITY & ACCESSIBILITY - While some classes may have a focus on being more challenging or more beginner friendly, all classes will be made accessible and inclusive to whoever is in class that day. Classes are also made accessible by being available in-person or virtually. Financial accessibility is made available through free and reduced price community classes.

  • SERVICE & COMMUNITY - Jasmine believes we all have a gift to share with the world and our essential purpose on Earth is to serve and build connection. Soul Haum Yoga will host opportunities for service and encourage anyone interested in being a future volunteer to reach out.

WHAT IS A SOUL HAUM?

The name Soul Haum Yoga plays on the sanskrit word “Om” which also can spelled “Aum.” Aum is a sacred chant over a thousand years old, with three sounds “Ahh” “Uhhh” “Mmm.” It can be translated many ways but one way to understand its meaning is the ultimate consciousness.

The intention of Soul Haum Yoga is to be a space for people to come back to their true selves. The space is created with the mindfulness that it is not the role of the yoga teacher to come in and save or heal anyone but with practice, resources, and a safe environment, students have the opportunity to reconnect to the deeper wisdom of their bodies and their souls to heal and liberate themselves.

Many of us move through the world with a guard up for our own protection. Just as home is a place to let your guard down and be loved as your authentic self, the intent of Soul Haum Yoga is to be a space for people to shed their layers and have the opportunity for their souls to find peace, comfort, and community.

Jasmine is a Philadelphia Native

She received her Bachelor’s degree from Temple University in Sociology in Health and her Masters from Columbia University in Education Policy. Jasmine spent her years in college trying to find her place of service in the world. After giving birth to her firstborn, her relationship with God deepened and she finally understood her true purpose: teaching yoga. She had practiced yoga and meditation for many years in her personal life. She completed her 200HR yoga teacher certification through Yogaworks under Birgitte Kristen. She then went on to complete a 40HR trauma-informed yoga teacher training through Yogaworks under long-time field experts, Hala Khouri and Kyra Haglund. Jasmine is also certified in Accessible Yoga. She is a somatic experiencing practitioner in training and now accepting somatic experiencing clients.

SOUL HAUM INSTRUCTORS

Kayla M. Walker she/they

is an educator with a passion for centering the heart in all the places its most needed. As a community-oriented Aquarian and loving eldest sibling, Kay has spent most of the last decade co-creating communities of care with students of color and lgbtq+ students. 

Grounded in holistic wellness, play, self exploration and transformative leadership, Kay holds space to explore the questions “who am I?” and “what are my unique offerings to my community?” 

Kay’s yoga teaching centers the belief that “we can move differently and still move together” as an affirmation of students’ agency to move in ways that create a feeling of home in their body that ultimately informs their lives off the mat.

Yulani Smith

she/her

is an engineer and yoga instructor who enjoys balancing her professional life with a love for wellness and the arts. She began practicing yoga and mindfulness in 2014 as a way to further enhance her wellness journey, and completed her first 200-hour training in 2019. She now enjoys helping others find balance in their lives through yoga. Her classes are accessible yet challenging. Her aim is for you to leave feeling empowered and grounded.

Tiffani Vaughan

she/her

is a marketing and sales professional with experience building iconic consumer brands for companies like General Mills, Wawa, and Campbell Soup Company.In addition to her marketing career, Tiffani became a certified Pilates instructor (NCPT) in 2012 when she realized Pilates was a transformative practice that helped rehabilitate her own injuries after years of competitive dancing in her youth. She has taught Pilates across Philadelphia for over a decade, and recently opened her own home studio, Anchor & Flow Pilates, in hopes to make Pilates more accessible to those who want and need it in North Philadelphia.

Aliesa Jackson

she/her

began her yoga practice journey in 2019. She left her first class feeling calm and free. The energy shift she received was nurturing to her soul. She was lighter, and that’s when she knew she had to share yoga with the world.

Aliesa’s priority is to offer a safe space that welcomes you as you are. Her favorite part of teaching is giving humans room to just be. When she is not on her mat you can catch her hanging with her loved ones, trying new restaurants, napping, reading, or listening to music.

Allison Margolies

was born and raised in Philadelphia. Growing up, she was introduced to yoga, but always thought it was too boring as a practice, she just wanted to dance it all out! It was not until she was finishing college in 2010 and began experiencing panic attacks, where she found that yoga was a way to center herself back. After spending some time in Mexico she began her first year teaching middle school in North Philly and training to teach yoga. Now with a 200 HR from Shanti Yoga Shala, 300 HR from Three Queens Yoga, 50HR from Palo Santo and 30 HR Prenatal, and three self-run retreats in Colombia, she has found her dharma in the yoga studios and in the classroom. She is dedicated to creating accessible yoga classes both through movement and being bi-lingual in English and in Spanish. Her classes create community, challenge you and align you to support yourself on and off the mat.

Ashley Iwu

she/they

is a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-200), completing her certification in April 2022 and has been practicing yoga since 2019. 

What she loves most about the practice of yoga is that it improves flexibility, helps prevent injury, and eases the body’s mental, physical & emotional tension with regular practice. Her favorite types of yoga are yin yoga & power yoga.

Camden Copeland she/her

is a former classroom teacher and current yoga instructor who sees yoga as a tool for collective healing. She began practicing in 2016 and has since fallen in love with the practice. Yoga has deeply impacted her relationship with herself and the world around her. Her classes are intended to build heat and find grounding. As a teacher, Camden's hope is to support her students in reconnecting with themselves and finding agency in their own bodies.

AS FEATURED IN…

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“YOGA AS HEALING FOR THE BLACK COMMUNITY”…

discusses trauma in the Black community, healing, and problems in mainstream yoga.

“SIX WAYS TO MAKE YOUR YOGA STUDIO TRAUMA INFORMED”….

provides guidance for studio owners on how they can incorporate trauma-informed practices into the function of their business as a whole.

“5 TRAUMA-INFORMED CONSIDERATIONS FOR ONLINE YOGA TEACHERS”….

helps yoga teachers that have converted to online teaching in response to COVID-19 ensure that they are being considerate of the stress and trauma that their students may be facing.

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“HOW YOGA HELPED LIBERATE ME FROM RAPE TRAUMA”

pulls back the veil on how sexual assault interacts with the stress response, the blame many survivors carry with them, Jasmine’s personal experience, and what role yoga played in her healing.

“WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU CAUSE HARM”

provides tangible steps to creating a repair once you have offended someone.