Jane Stirzaker
Jane’s passion for dance and teaching was born during her initial teacher training at the prestigious, first institution for Specialist Teachers of Physical Education in the UK. Jane has almost 40 years of experience teaching all kinds of movement in many settings: modern educational dance, gymnastics and sports were her first entry into movement based education. Later, Jane studied yoga through the British Wheel of Yoga, with additional yoga training with Simon Low. She continued to study yoga and yoga therapy with Doug Keller, Gill Lloyd, Gary Carter, Peter Blackaby, Donna Farhi and Julie Gudmestad, amongst others.
Jane works therapeutically with individuals, including sports people interested in improving their performance, to enable full function in range of movement, increased strength, mobility and to find ease within their bodies. She credits yoga, and somatics, for helping to bring her back into full mobility after a hip replacement and continues to find the benefits of blending Somatic practices with yoga. These interventions enhance the outcomes for her private clients, too. She brings yoga and somatics into a seamless approach - that reduces the impact of stress in busy lives, counterbalancing the impact of sporting activities, and undoing unhelpful movement and holding patterns.
Jane has had the good fortune to study in-person, and currently online, with the US’s leading somatic trainer, Martha Peterson. She also has studied with Lisa Peterson, Ireland’s most experienced somatic and yoga trainer. Her passion for practising, and teaching somatics, parallels her long held passion for yoga, enhancing her yoga practice, and supporting her as a teacher, by keeping her finely tuned.
She runs monthly yoga retreats, weekly classes and is a traveling teacher. As well as years in Education, she has worked in Quality Assurance and is a Faculty Teacher of the Yoga Academy. Jane is a Homeyoga.life teacher, too, and is skilled in incorporating Somatics practices into all her classes.
Throughout her long standing connection with Simon Low, they have developed together, a rich and deep learning experience for students. Their shared vision on the work is tangible and inspirational.
BA. Education
BWY-Accredited Teacher
Yoga Academy Teacher
Homeyoga.life Teacher
Yoga Alliance US RYT 500 hours
Somatic Education coach
