About Jan
Training and Experience :
Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-500)
5000 Hours as a Yoga Therapist
5000 Hours as a Yoga Teacher
Two Year Yoga Teacher Training with Esther Myers, Toronto (Certified by Yoga
Alliance)-500 hours, 2002-2004
Structural Yoga Therapy, Mukunda Stiles- 30 hours, 2010
Viniyoga, Gary Kraftsow- 20 hours, 2009
Yoga and the MInd, Harvard Med School / Cambridge Hospital CAM- 10 hours, 2007
Body Mind Centering :Weaving the Core, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, 2006
Advanced Yoga Studies, Donna Farhi- 92 hours, 2004
How Yoga Heals, Satchidananda Ashram, 2005
Acuyoga, Michael Gach, 2004
Teaching Yoga to People with MS, Multiple Sclerosis Society of N.C.
Member, International Association of Yoga Therapists
Member, Central North Carolina Yoga Teachers Association
Master's in Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
Bachelor of Arts, Journalism, Simmons College
My particular curiosity and appreciation for Yoga stems from my love for
movement, my interest in health and my desire to understand how the
body/mind works. I began to study Yoga in 1984 during my career as a health
care administrator, and I took a year of college level anatomy and physiology
prior to training as a Yoga teacher.
Yoga became a central part of my life while raising three children, one with
special needs, and helping my mother through her last years of ill health. I
recognized the need to take care of myself, both physically and emotionally.
Through extensive training, reading, and practice I can now guide others in
developing a safe and healing Yoga program to address their physical or mental
pain. I work with several local psychotherapists to help their patients balance
talk therapy with Yoga asana, breathwork, and restorative practices.
The quote that best explains what I feel Yoga offers is from my late teacher,
Esther Myers
| “You can use Yoga for stress management, as a powerful ally in a storm, or a vehicle for profound self-acceptance, transformation, and love. “ |
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Yoga With Jan Alexiou, RYT