Timo Jimenez recently relocated to Santa Fe from North County San Diego, where he was co-directing the development of the “Yoga Curriculum” with owner and founder Mary Neal, at The Yoga Body School of Yoga in Oceanside, California. Previous to that he directed his own yoga shala, Yogapada for 12 years in Portland Oregon. After 15 years of working in the kitchen as an accomplished executive chef in various major cities, he decided to hang up his chef jacket and devote his life to the study and teachings of ‘’The Dharma”.

Currently his classes reflect almost 20 years of study and dedicated personal daily practice, encompassing the Ashtanga Vinyasa, Iyengar Therapeutics, Classical Tantra Study, and Zen Meditation in the Chan Traditionhttp. He has dedicated himself to an extensive training in anatomy, physiology and nutrition and is currently a 200 hour Yoga Alliance Certified teacher and is completing putting the finishing touches on his 500 hour certification, all with Prajna Yoga.

Timo is on staff and teaches Yoga to “Youth at Risk” with the Sean O’Shea Foundation in North County San Diego. (seanosheafoundation.org). He was featured in Peter Sterios Yoga Video production, Gravity and Grace, Yoga For Finding Your Inner Teacher (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-dJRik-SMA) and has ongoing study in Buddhism and Recovery-(http://www.kevingriffin.net

http://yogapada.org/.