​Juan discovered Thai Bodywork during his 200-yr yoga teacher training in 2015 as part of his Hands On Assistant weekend workshop in Naperville. His affinity for yoga assists continued to grow throughout the year as he assisted various classes, workshops and special events.

When 2016 started, he knew he needed another large training to offset the yoga income he would receive (he is also a Certified Public Accountant, so he understood the tax benefits). Even though he thoroughly enjoyed his yoga training, he wanted to expand outside of the yoga world and pursue a skill that he could offer his students and give them a unique experience. Because of his love for yoga assists, he remembered the introduction to Thai Bodywork from his yoga training and began research Thai bodywork schools. Thai Bodywork School of Thai Massage in Evanston, IL stood out to him as an ideal program which combined modern trigger point therapy and traditional Thai bodywork poses for a powerful and effective modality.

His training there included 10 3-day workshops and just under one hundred hours of practice sessions within the Aurora and Naperville community (the requirement was 45 hours, but he was too motivated to not share his new found passion as often as he could). He became certified as a Thai Bodywork Practitioner in September 2016 and is currently taking the clinical workshops offered at the same school to gain deeper knowledge of the body, trigger points, and effective poses to work almost every muscle.

In his spare time, limited as it may be, he enjoys disc golfing, and homebrewing his own beers. He also has a personal goal of one day riding his bicycle across the country.