Jane Johnston

Jane Johnston completed her primary yoga training with Health Studies Center and International Yoga College. She has done advanced training with Karen O'Donnell Clark in "Adaptive Yoga", trained with Rama Vernon, Angela Farmer, Nancy Ford-Kohn, and others. In addition Jane has done extensive training in Aqua Yoga and is a Certified Instructor with the International Yang Family Tai Chi Quan Association and is a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Teacher. She teaches "Rest & Renew Yoga", "Rest & Renew Yoga and Feldenkrais, too",  "Chair Yoga" and "Aqua Yoga". Jane Johnston has been teaching group fitness classes on land and in the water since 1977.  Jane has a particular interest in working with aging clients, those in a post-rehab situation, those with joint replacements, those with special needs and preschoolers.  She would like to work with you to determine your wellness and fitness goals and to develop program that will benefit you and enhance your life. She is available for private sessions for those in need of individual attention and she teaches adapted and gentle yoga classes, fitness classes for seniors, aquatic classes, Feldenkrais Awareness through Movement classes, and Yang Family Tai Chi Quan classes.   Jane began teaching land and aquatic fitness classes in 1977, Yoga classes in 1995, doing Personal Fitness Training in 1997 and Feldenkrais Method® Awareness Through Movement® classes in 2003.  She is a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner®, a Post Rehab Conditioning Specialist, an Aquatic  Rehab Exercise Specialist, a Registered and Certified Yoga Teacher, an Adapted Yoga Teacher, an Adapted Swim Instructor, a Walk for Life® Teacher, a Bones for Life® Teacher, and a Balanced Walking coach and a Tai Chi for Arthritis Instructor. Jane holds many nationally recognized land and water fitness certifications in Group Exercise, Personal Training as well as the advanced certifications listed above. She is interested in working with her clients to help them maximize their fitness and fulfill their potential. She has had extensive training in aquatic rehab and is able to draw on many modalities in her work in the water.  She teaches Aqua Yoga classes and is one of the few practitioners worldwide to take Feldenkrais to the water. Jane is continuing her studies in the Feldenkrais Method, will test for her "MES" certificate this year and hopes to refine her yoga studies in the Yoga  rehab area. She has a Level 4 ranking in Yang Family Style Tai Chi Chuan and is a Certified Instructor for the International Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Association. She has studied other forms of Taiji and Qi Gong. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology with an emphasis in Physiological Psychology.