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Jean is the
founder of Soma Yoga and Soma Yoga Studio. She has been teaching Yoga,
meditation and movement education for seventeen years. She has been
dancing in Seattle for twenty years. The development of Soma Yoga began as
she brought the wisdom of somatic movement education to
yoga practice and teaching. She founded Soma Yoga Studio in 2003.
She has also developed Improvisational Yoga, Yoga & Art, Water Yoga, YogaDance
and Yoga in Practical Place
(Office / Art Studio / Classroom / Parks). Her studies and trainings include
Classical Hatha Yoga, meditation practices and studies within the Zen and
Tibetan Buddhist traditions, dance, Skinner Releasing, Somatic Unwinding, BioSomatics, Hanna Somatics,
the teachings of Moshe Feldenkrais, Alexander
Technique, developmental movement, Thai-yoga massage, Qigong, Reiki and Acutonics.
Writing and visual art are also joys in her life. She sits in deep
gratitude for all of her
magnificent teachers & students. She is grateful for the courage and
teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh, Ani Pema Chodron, Chogyam
Trungpa Rinpoche, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Lama Wangdor Rinpoche, Karen
Clay and Bob Smith. She thanks Thomasa Eckert for fifteen
years of vocal training, which has deeply informed her teaching and living.
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