Jory Serota is the founder of Applied Yoga Seminars, an organization that bridges classical yoga with physical therapy, personal training, and therapeutic movement. With over 20 years of experience in kinesiology and various movement disciplines, Serota has established himself as a pioneer in connecting these fields.
Serota is a certified NeuroKinetic Therapy Instructor and has trained thousands of yoga teachers and bodyworkers in his method. His approach emphasizes assessment and functional motor control as foundations for effective teaching and treatment. Rather than relying solely on traditional yoga cues, he teaches practitioners to identify specific muscular dysfunction and address it with targeted, evidence-based interventions.
His background includes competitive tennis and collegiate ultimate frisbee, which contributed to his understanding of how the body moves under performance demands. This athletic foundation, combined with his kinesiology training, informs his teaching of yoga anatomy and biomechanics.
Serota is known for making complex biomechanical information accessible to anyone. His teaching style combines precision and directness with a warm sense of humor that makes the learning process engaging and approachable.
