Over the years, Jane has developed a teaching style that she calls 'The Yoga of Embodiment.' Her practice weaves the breath-based flow of Vinyasa Yoga with the alignment principals of Iyengar Yoga to yield a deep and intelligent, physically challenging mind/body experience. In Jane’s classes, age-old teachings are shared in an authentic voice that wraps the experience of asana with poetry, metaphor, humor, and storytelling. Students learn to release old habits and patterns in order to inhabit their bodies in warmer, more creative, and more spacious ways.

In the realm of Hatha Yoga, Jane is thankful to have been primarily influenced by master teachers Patricia Walden, Barbara Benagh, Rodney Yee, Angela Farmer and Victor Van Kooten, Tony Briggs, and Sofia Diaz.

Jane is co-founder of The Yoga Loft in San Francisco, where she spent 8 years serving and teaching among a thriving yoga community. Jane holds an M.A. in Counseling Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute, a B.A. in English Literature & Psychology from Georgetown University, and has completed a thesis titled “The Yoga of Embodiment.” She is a graduate of The Yoga Loft's 500-hour Advanced Studies/Teacher Training program and is officially certified by Yoga Alliance.

Jane is currently teaching public classes and private sessions at Vanderbilt Center for Integrative Health.

 

"Devoted to the life-affirming process of yoga, Jane's teaching is a rich integration of the classical teachings and disciplines of Hatha Yoga with a more creative exploration of one's relationship to Self. Jane's extensive background in body-oriented therapy and classical Hatha Yoga merge to offer a holistic approach to practice that facilitates health and wholeness on all levels of being."
- Angela Farmer, Master Teacher- Lesvos, Greece