JASON SAMEL

The workinwardmatters too.

Yoga, mindfulness, movement, music and community — a path to a calmer mind and a more useful life.

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500-Hour

Yoga Alliance Certified Yoga Instructor

Teaching since 2021.

02

Reiki

Master

Energy work to support healing and balance.

03

Founder

Buddha Jams Yoga

Opened in Glen Cove in 2022 and recognized with a New York State Assembly citation.

Music · Movement · Community

Buddha Jams

Jason opened Buddha Jams Yoga in Glen Cove in 2022, a studio built around yoga and live music. In June 2024 it hosted the first Long Island Yoga Festival: three days of classes, kirtan and concerts with teachers including Rodney Yee, Colleen Saidman Yee and Alan Finger.

On the mat

Around Buddha Jams.

  • Jason Samel seated on a yoga mat beside a harmonium in a sunlit studio
    In the studio
  • Jason Samel in a headstand on a yoga mat on the beach
    On the beach
  • Jason Samel with hands in prayer position in front of a painted Om mural
    Namaste
  • Jason Samel in a Buddha Jams tank top leaning on a piano
    At the piano

The practice lives in real places

Studios, festivals,
and beyond.

Two studios, in Glen Cove and Roslyn, and a festival that opened on the International Day of Yoga with 108 sun salutations on a Glenwood Landing beach.

On screen

Watch.

Jason Samel at Buddha Jams demonstrates yogaTelevision · The Donna Drake Show: Live It Up · 2022
Jason Samel on trauma and healingMind Body Home · NSTV · 2022
Heads Bowed Down — official music videoSingle · filmed at Buddha Jams Yoga · 2024
Interview: Heads Bowed DownAll That Jam · 2024

A calmer mind.
A more useful life.

Work With Jason