Jody teaches both Beginning and Continuing Level classes and workshops at Ananda Bhav Yoga. She also offers private yoga instruction, and healing sessions in yoga therapy. In April
of 2008, she will complete her 500-hour certification and begin her studies in advanced training as a yoga teacher and therapist.
Jody has been working with the body for the past 12 years as a massage therapist, using myofascial and neuromuscular therapy techniques in combination with posture education to help foster
awareness and wellness. During her early training, she developed her uniquely intuitive abilities as a bodyworker, and learned in depth about the clinical anatomy of pain.
Jody has a very personal perspective on chronic pain and immobility through her own experience with herniated discs and sciatica. It was the practice of Svaroopa yoga that allowed her to
finally overcome these symptoms. Through Svaroopa's compassionate approach, Jody found she was able to let go of the effort to fix herself, and instead begin to heal herself. As the
physical pain began to melt, an awareness of what lies beneath it and within it led her to a deeper understanding of the mind/body connection.
Jody's continuing studies with Rama Berch and Master Yoga have allowed her to personally experience the healing potential of yoga on all levels -- physically, emotionally and spiritually.
Her greatest passion is to inspire others to come home to their bodies, and in so doing, find rest and comfort there.