Dynamic Tools for Active Living
Learn to Move with Dynamic Freedom
Reduce Mind-Body Stress in Daily Living
Tune Up your Body for Pain-Free Movement
Learn to Move with Dynamic Freedom
Reduce Mind-Body Stress in Daily Living
Tune Up your Body for Pain-Free Movement
Mindful Wellness brings together research-based,
mind-body techniques that calm the nervous system
and enliven the mind-body connection for healthy living.
By integrating several mind-body techniques,
Jane offers tools that get to
the source of chronic stress and tension.
Learn to improve your body alignment
to reduce whole body tension, which is often the source of chronic muscular pain.
Jane also teaches the MELT Method, a self-care method,
for restoring the body's global network of connective tissue, the body's fascial system.
The MELT Method, restores movement effieciency
and natural support in the body.
"Come home" to a renewed sense of whole body ease,
freedom of movement, and reduced stress.
Jane's coaching will help you get on the path to a
new level of healthy living.
"I recommend people to the Alexander Technique who have not improved with traditional rehabilitative therapies. Some of their pain may be due to compressed posture and the improper use of their bodies. Many people who have neck or back pain and have gone through heat, ultrasound and massage with no relief can be helped by learning the Alexander Technique. It definitely works. Nothing works for everyone, but as one well-versed in using physical therapy and biofeedback, I know how valuable this technique is. I highly recommend it."
Barry M. Schienfeld, MD, Specialist in Rehabilitation Medicine and Pain Management, Community General Hospital, Harris, NY
The Alexander Technique is renowned as foundational training for professional performers, such as actors, singers, dancers, and musicians, in how to use their bodies and minds for optimal performance.
The Alexander Technique is also recognized as one of the foremost methods for improving posture and movement
for pain-free living and enhanced health.
The Alexander Technique will give you practical tools for improving your movement, posture, and performance in specialized skills and in daily living. Using practical Alexander tools you will learn to regain ease and freedom of movement.
You will learn to reduce stress,
while redirecting chronic tension into useful energy.
The Alexander Technique is for anyone, at any age, who wants to awaken to a life of mind-body ease and wellbeing.
Jane offers private Alexander lessons both in-person and on Zoom and small group in-person Alexander classes
The MELT Method is a simple self-treatment method that helps to eliminate chronic pain, improves performance, and decreases the accumulated stress caused by the repetitive postures and movements of everyday living.
The MELT method was created by manual therapist Sue Hitzmann
as the very first Hands-off Bodywork® method developed as a self-care tool to prevent and relieve chronic pain and which supports healthy posture and movement.
As a certified MELT Instructor, Jane teaches the MELT Method in private sessions both in-person and on Zoom. Jane also offers small group MELT Method classes on Zoom.
"Working with Jane on the MELT method has really transformed my home injury prevention practice. The techniques and tools are subtle yet powerful. It feels like it’s nurturing my nervous system as it works on the fascia, and it’s sometimes surprising how dramatic the effects can be even after a short MELT session. As a full-time musician and fitness enthusiast, I have to be very mindful of repetitive strain injuries and this gives me a very accessible practice to manage that. Also, working with Jane is a particularly rich experience due to her expertise in the Alexander Technique, which is quite complimentary to the MELT method. I was also pleasantly surprised with how well the sessions worked on Zoom." L. Gould, Professional Jazz Musician
Jane has focused on a holistic approach to her own wellness for decades. She has sought out research-based integrative health approaches and offers two primary mind-body approaches to her clients as well as lifestyle wellness coaching.
Jane initially studied the Alexander Technique to improve her skills as a professional actor, and ended up getting rid of chronic neck and shoulder pain, which later led her to enjoy decades of pain-free living.
The Alexander Technique has also enabled Jane to improve her performance in yoga, Pilates, dance, acting, and overall
to reduce stress in her active daily lifestyle.
After receiving years of extensive training as a bodywork therapist, Jane now teaches her clients the MELT Method so that they can get the benefits of "hands-off" bodywork everyday. The MELT Method is designed to get to the source of tension that often is the cause of chronic pain through gentle self care treatments.
As a coach, Jane has been offering health and wellness coaching since 2013, having graduated from the Harvard based, Wellcoaches program.
Jane's high level coaching skills enable her clients to map their individual paths for mind-body health with a lifestyle wellness focus.
If you want to achieve perform in your work, favorite pastimes, and exercise, and gain renewed health and vitality, Jane's coaching will give you a range of practical, mind-body tools. Jane will help you to design a vision and goals for improving your health.
Jane is passionate about helping people live active and healthy lives.
Jane has coached people of all ages to reach their wellness goals for reducing pain and stress, for increasing energy and vitality, and for creating a lifestyle that supports aging well.
Jane maintains a private practice in Tucson, Arizona, and online where she offers c
Jane is passionate about helping people live active and healthy lives.
Jane has coached people of all ages to reach their wellness goals for reducing pain and stress, for increasing energy and vitality, and for creating a lifestyle that supports aging well.
Jane maintains a private practice in Tucson, Arizona, and online where she offers coaching for the Alexander Technique, the MELT Method, and Wellness coaching.
Jane integrates mind-body methods through practical techniques for stress management, pain-relief, improved performance, and for enhancing overall health and wellbeing.
Jane has been in the field of education and wellness for over thirty -five years. She has many years of postgraduate training in their field of education, movment, body-based therapies, and wellness. Jane also holds a masters degree in education and is a internationally certified Alexander Technique teacher, a certifed MELT Method instruc
Jane has been in the field of education and wellness for over thirty -five years. She has many years of postgraduate training in their field of education, movment, body-based therapies, and wellness. Jane also holds a masters degree in education and is a internationally certified Alexander Technique teacher, a certifed MELT Method instructor, and a certified Health and Wellness Coach, trained by the Harvard-based, Wellcoaches program, a gold standard coaching program.
Jane has also extenisve training in
brain-based methods for improving awareness, focus, attention, mindfulness, and learning.
Jane has taught the Alexander Technique since 1987 to individuals and groups both privately and in university performing arts programs. Jane assisted first generation Alexander Technique teacher, Marjorie Barstow, in workshop teaching. Jane also has offered sessions at healing arts centers and in regional Alexander workshops around the continential US and in Hawaii.
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"I just completed four one-on-one Zoom classes with Jane, and every hour with her was packed. I wanted to reconnect with the Alexander Technique and explore the MELT Method, and I knew Jane was certified in both. I learned so much more than I expected. Even though we were on Zoom, I felt like we were in the same room together."
M. Costel
"I just completed four one-on-one Zoom classes with Jane, and every hour with her was packed. I wanted to reconnect with the Alexander Technique and explore the MELT Method, and I knew Jane was certified in both. I learned so much more than I expected. Even though we were on Zoom, I felt like we were in the same room together."
M. Costello,
University acting professor, director, and film and stage actor
"Jane is a very skilled and caring practitioner who brings her depth of experience and a diversity of techniques and tools to every session. I highly recommend Jane to anyone looking to deepen their awareness of body and mind and achieve optimal performance as they move through life. "
J. Cole,
Professional web designer and business owner
"I can hardly believe the level of work that Jane has been done with me with the Alexander Technique. It is beyond what I could have dreamed to happen. I have become a true believer in the power of teaching Alexander Technique online. It has completely transformed my life. It’s truly a brave new online world in which we are living."
C. Thompson,
Meditation and Tai Chi instructor and businessman
"Jane is a kind, compassionate, and positive teacher. She guides her students through Alexander’s discoveries with ease and simplicity. Jane's use of words is uncomplicated and her demonstrations are precisely explained. Jane has acclimated to Zoom teaching with her usual thoughtfulness to detail and desire to ensure that her students gain as much as they would from an in-person lesson."
C. Pino,
Retired teacher
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