Jyl Marie is a Senior Instructor of Prajna Yoga (Tias & Surya Little) and has received both her 200 hr & 500 hr certifications through them, and assists them regularly around the country. She brings an interdisciplinary approach to her teaching, combining form & flow with therapeutic somatic movement. She was the Lead Instructor of the 200 Hour Teacher Training at Dallas Yoga Center, where she also led Vinyasa, Hatha, and Therapeutic classes.

She co-founded the Austin-based non profit organization, Community Yoga Austin, and is passionate about modifying the practice of yoga so that anyone interested may benefit. She has brought yoga to schools, veterans, recovery centers, prisons, shelters & senior centers; and has trained with Street Yoga, Little Flower Yoga, Bent on Learning, M.D. Anderson Integrative Medicine & The Prison Yoga Project.

She is also a licensed massage therapist who is currently studying Zen Shiatsu with Yoshi Nakano and Visionary Craniosacral Therapy with Hugh Milne & and Craniosacral Therapy with the Upledger Institute.

She is passionate about plant medicines. Her exploration of cacao as plant medicine has turned a lifetime chocolate addiction into a profound part of her life's journey & she shares Sacred Cacao Ceremonies around the world on a regular basis.