At seven years old, Jill began mimicking yoga poses from Swami
Vishnudevananda 's book.. She began her studies with Diana DeSimone, and
was asked to teach Yoga in her progressive high school. Tina Grumme was
her teacher in Paris while studying art there her junior year of college. She
studied with Jana Surkankova in Boston. Helen Sia, her teacher on Martha's
Vineyard recommended BKS Iyengar, and after three compression backbone
fractures, the loss of two inches in height, and a year in a body cast, Barbara
Benagh, Patricia Walden, Kofi Busia, Donna Holleman, Gabriella Giubillaro,
Angela Farmer guided her to BKS Iyengar. In 1988-89 Jill studied with him in
India. She returned once to Tiruvanammalai and once at the invitation of Biki
Oberoi to exhibit her India paintings at The Oberoi Hotels. .Each visit has
increased her knowledge of all aspects of this ancient discipline, including work
with a variety of masters. Jill has participated in six Vipassana ten day silent
meditation retreats .Jill studied Kundalini with Gurumeet, Mindy Galamaga and
is certified in Kundalini as taught by Yogi Bhajan by Deva Kaur Khalsa .
Vishnudevananda 's book.. She began her studies with Diana DeSimone, and
was asked to teach Yoga in her progressive high school. Tina Grumme was
her teacher in Paris while studying art there her junior year of college. She
studied with Jana Surkankova in Boston. Helen Sia, her teacher on Martha's
Vineyard recommended BKS Iyengar, and after three compression backbone
fractures, the loss of two inches in height, and a year in a body cast, Barbara
Benagh, Patricia Walden, Kofi Busia, Donna Holleman, Gabriella Giubillaro,
Angela Farmer guided her to BKS Iyengar. In 1988-89 Jill studied with him in
India. She returned once to Tiruvanammalai and once at the invitation of Biki
Oberoi to exhibit her India paintings at The Oberoi Hotels. .Each visit has
increased her knowledge of all aspects of this ancient discipline, including work
with a variety of masters. Jill has participated in six Vipassana ten day silent
meditation retreats .Jill studied Kundalini with Gurumeet, Mindy Galamaga and
is certified in Kundalini as taught by Yogi Bhajan by Deva Kaur Khalsa .
| Jill with Mr. B.K.S. Iyengar in 1986 Greatest instructor of Hatha Yoga today |
Goenkaji : Vipassana
Jill has shared Yoga with corporate heads, a rockstar, an
astronaut, handicapped persons, children, drug addicts, elderly
people, even a king, but mostly just regular folks, at home,
churches, schools, spas, clubs, corporations, gyms, and privately.
astronaut, handicapped persons, children, drug addicts, elderly
people, even a king, but mostly just regular folks, at home,
churches, schools, spas, clubs, corporations, gyms, and privately.
Ramanamaharshi
"Nothing is what it seems."
Forearm balance
Jill is certified in Kundalini Yoga, as tuaght by Yogi Bhajan.
| Classes: 8:00a.m. Wednesday Lake Worth Beach north on grass 9:00a.m. Saturday Thomas Dance Studio 924 N. Dixie Hghwy, Lake Worth 561-582-3100 561-601-9683 or betadolphin@yahoo.com |
Bekasana
Handstand
Triangle pose
| Yoga comes from the sanskrit word YUG meaning to yoke or join. This ancient discipline, art, and science has been passed down from one heart to one heart since the beginning of human life on earth. |
Jill has had the good fortune of studying with the greatest
masters of Yoga in the world. Some of Jill's teachers on
the path of self discovery: she gratefully acknowledges here:
masters of Yoga in the world. Some of Jill's teachers on
the path of self discovery: she gratefully acknowledges here:
Jill and Esther do the dog : Adho Mukha Savanasana
