B.J.Porter studied Iyengar yoga for twelve years, under senior teachers in both Canada and Australia, before beginning her study of Ashtanga at Santosha in 1998.

She has taken numerous teacher training and intensive workshops over the years, including with B.K.S. Iyengar and Richard Freeman. She has also experienced the Sivananda and Bikram traditions. A student of Namgyal Rinpoche for ten years, B.J. has studied meditation extensively in the Tibetan Buddhist and vipassana traditions and undertaken a number of retreats.

Her aspiration is to cultivate in students a keen awareness of the inner and transcendent aspects of yoga as well as its physical benefits.