Unlock Lasting Mobility and Joint Health with Jeff Bailey’s Avita Yoga Method
Often, we think of personal records as the act of lifting a heavier weight or making that extra rep, but for many, being stronger than yesterday simply means reducing our pain and improving our mobility. Jeff Bailey has dedicated his life to yoga since 1985 and has taught more than 13,000 classes in the process of developing “Avita Yoga”—a discipline that is firmly focused on restoring joint health and all-round mobility . Bailey found himself wrestling with some of the theories behind traditional yoga right from the start. “The word ‘yoga’ actually means ‘to join,’” he tells M&F ahead of June 21’s National Yoga Day. “If yoga means to join, then why did we spend an hour pulling ourselves apart,” he jokes. Bailey’s inquisitive nature led him to question everything that he was learning from his own instructors, evolving ‘Avita’ yoga along the way. In his mid-twenties, Bailey began to share his hard-earned wisdom. “I loved teaching yoga because I could see it releasing tension and na...