Just Breathe Registered Yoga School (JBYS) is a division of Just Breathe Yoga Studio, Inc.
Established in 2017.
Just Breathe Registered Yoga School provides Yoga Teacher Training Programs and Continuing Education Courses
both in-person & virtually.
as an authentic yoga education provider.
Registered Yoga School Program Manager/Faculty: Gabhriel Griffin. RYT500
Just Breathe Registered Yoga School offers a 200-hour teacher training program and a 300-hour program. As well as Yin Yoga, Meditation Teacher training and a special class for those looking to further their understanding of yoga without having to take a full teacher training called Just Breathe 50.
Additional offerings include: mentoring and continuing education courses for certified yoga teachers.
About Your Facilitator: Nicole Hayman-Sherman
Nicole is a Registered Yoga Teacher (ERYT500) and a Grand Master of Yoga through the World Yoga Federation. She has been teaching in CNY for 12 years, having over 8000+ hours of teaching experience. Nicole has 1300+ hours of training, including 300 hours of yoga therapy-based training. Additionally, Nicole is a registered children’s yoga teacher (RCYT), a registered prenatal yoga teacher (RPYT) a certified meditation teacher (CMT), and a Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider (YACEP). Nicole is also a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists and an Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist. She is also the facilitator of JBYS’s Yoga Teacher Training Programs. Nicole has mentored yoga instructors across the US & Canada as well as in the UK. Nicole previously spent 30+ years in marketing, sales & public relations in the Mohawk Valley, owning her own marketing consulting business, working as a regional manager for the local cable company, and years in sales management positions. After practicing yoga almost her entire life, Nicole decided to make a life-changing decision, to pursue becoming a certified yoga teacher-completing her initial 300-hour certification in 2012. In January 2013, she became the Owner and President of Just Breath Yoga Studio, where she had been teaching since completing her certification. Nicole received her Children's Yoga Certification in May 2013, her Meditation Teacher Certification in April 2014, completing her 500 training and receiving her designation in February 2015, and her Prenatal Yoga Certification in August 2015. She reached the E-RYT 500 level, which recognizes having taught 2500 hours of yoga in 2017. in 2022, she completed 300 hours of yoga therapy training as well as her Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist training. In addition to the classes, she has taught at Just Breathe Yoga Studio, Nicole has also taught as an adjunct faculty member at Mohawk Valley Community College, been an instructor for Madison-Oneida BOCES, and taught a regular Senior Stretch Yoga class at Ava Dorfman Senior Center. She has also been involved in various other local programs, such as teaching yoga for the Rome Art & Community Center’s Teen Summer camp, and a facility introduced special instructor for Annsville Residential Center for Girls and several others. Having memories of doing yoga with her mother at 3 years of age, and almost 50 years of yogic practice has allowed Nicole to experience various styles of yoga, including Hatha, Iyengar, Power, White Lotus, Bikram, ISHTA, Kripalu, Vinyasa, Restorative, and Yin. It is this experience she brings to her teaching of yoga.
About Faculty Member & Program/Syllabus Manager: Gabby Griffin
Gabby Griffin is a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) with Yoga Alliance. Gabby started her yoga practice while extremely ill as an ‘alternative’ to ‘traditional exercise’. She quickly fell in love with the way that yoga made her feel and began practicing multiple days a week. Gabby become a yoga instructor just a few years into her practice to learn more about yoga and gain the ability to share her love of yoga with other people. She concurrently works full-time as a Sign Language Interpreter, in addition to teaching at Just Breathe Yoga Studio. Gabby is an RYT500, having completed her 300-training in Fall 2021. She also keeps the sanity & organization of Just Breathe as the overall office manager and program manager & faculty member of the registered yoga school division.