About Joanna
joanna is real
Joanna was not always a happy, confident person. She has spent the last 20 years on a journey of transformation, through the roller coaster of emotions, to emerge with gathered wisdom to hold space for whatever you are going through. Through a closed container and sacred space, her retreats offer a nurturing, safe space for release and healing.
joanna is dance
Joanna has loved to dance all her life, though never felt comfortable with formal dance instruction. She found dancing in clubs in her teens to be the perfect way to relieve the stresses and pain of adolescence. For her, dance has always been an emotional release and spiritual connection. That is why, when she discovered JourneyDance at Kripalu Center, she felt like she had come “home” and knew instantly that she needed to lead this kind of work for others. She got her first JourneyDance training in 2007 and has been guiding them ever since. In december 2012, she completed module 2, deepening her connection to the transformational power of JourneyDance.
As a yoga teacher and certified JourneyDance instructor, Joanna leads groups on transformational retreats including an annual week of classes at Omega Institute. Joanna believes dance can be enjoyed by people of all shapes, sizes, and abilities, and her passion is empowering her students to embody their natural expression and create their practices through inner experience rather than outward aesthetics.
joanna is yoga
Joanna loves the diversity that is yoga. She delights in seeing her students find their own yoga, discover what makes them come alive. She recognizes that everyone steps on the path of yoga in her/his own unique way, and each path with be different. In her journey of self-discovery, she has embraced many styles and paths, enjoyed and benefited from them all, from slow deep yin and restorative practices, to vigorous flow, to mindful, to partner and group play, chanting, pranayama, meditation, selfless service, self-study... At her heart, she is a karma yogi, the yoga of service. Her main joy is to be of service to the world through her healing practice and teaching. She is honored when someone steps on the path with her and gives her the opportunity to guide them.
joanna is bodywork
Joanna is also an intuitive healer and bodyworker. Even as a young child, she instinctually touched peple when they were in pain, much to the delight of others. She was born with a gift for healing and was called to make it her profession in 1997. Since that time, she has integrated several modalities into her healing work including: Reading the Akashic Records, Vibrational Healing Massage Therapy, Vibrational Energy Work, Zen Shiatsu, Breema Bodywork, Muscle Release Technique and Trigger Point Therapy. Over the last 15 years, she has synthesized these modalities in to her own creation: BodyPlay sessions.
joanna is a mirror
Joanna holds a mirror for you, to see yourself as she sees you: a perfectly imperfect being, a living work of art, always transforming, yet always complete.
Joanna was not always a happy, confident person. She has spent the last 20 years on a journey of transformation, through the roller coaster of emotions, to emerge with gathered wisdom to hold space for whatever you are going through. Through a closed container and sacred space, her retreats offer a nurturing, safe space for release and healing.
joanna is dance
Joanna has loved to dance all her life, though never felt comfortable with formal dance instruction. She found dancing in clubs in her teens to be the perfect way to relieve the stresses and pain of adolescence. For her, dance has always been an emotional release and spiritual connection. That is why, when she discovered JourneyDance at Kripalu Center, she felt like she had come “home” and knew instantly that she needed to lead this kind of work for others. She got her first JourneyDance training in 2007 and has been guiding them ever since. In december 2012, she completed module 2, deepening her connection to the transformational power of JourneyDance.
As a yoga teacher and certified JourneyDance instructor, Joanna leads groups on transformational retreats including an annual week of classes at Omega Institute. Joanna believes dance can be enjoyed by people of all shapes, sizes, and abilities, and her passion is empowering her students to embody their natural expression and create their practices through inner experience rather than outward aesthetics.
joanna is yoga
Joanna loves the diversity that is yoga. She delights in seeing her students find their own yoga, discover what makes them come alive. She recognizes that everyone steps on the path of yoga in her/his own unique way, and each path with be different. In her journey of self-discovery, she has embraced many styles and paths, enjoyed and benefited from them all, from slow deep yin and restorative practices, to vigorous flow, to mindful, to partner and group play, chanting, pranayama, meditation, selfless service, self-study... At her heart, she is a karma yogi, the yoga of service. Her main joy is to be of service to the world through her healing practice and teaching. She is honored when someone steps on the path with her and gives her the opportunity to guide them.
joanna is bodywork
Joanna is also an intuitive healer and bodyworker. Even as a young child, she instinctually touched peple when they were in pain, much to the delight of others. She was born with a gift for healing and was called to make it her profession in 1997. Since that time, she has integrated several modalities into her healing work including: Reading the Akashic Records, Vibrational Healing Massage Therapy, Vibrational Energy Work, Zen Shiatsu, Breema Bodywork, Muscle Release Technique and Trigger Point Therapy. Over the last 15 years, she has synthesized these modalities in to her own creation: BodyPlay sessions.
joanna is a mirror
Joanna holds a mirror for you, to see yourself as she sees you: a perfectly imperfect being, a living work of art, always transforming, yet always complete.