Yoga with Janka
Center for Eating Disorders
at Focus Healthcare of Tennessee
Overview
Janka's yoga can be simply described as meditation in movement. Her practice and teaching focuses on the movement of body, breath, and awareness, as a way to discover and dissolve energy blocks in the body.
She encourages exploration, authenticity and freedom; and moving away from an emphasis on commanding our bodies to attain the "perfect pose" to cultivating deep listening, curiosity and natural respect toward our bodies and ourselves.
Janka is a certified and registered yoga instructor at the 500 hour level with Yoga Alliance.
About Janka
Janka as been practicing meditation and yoga for 15 years, and teaching for 7 years. In 2005, she completed her 200 hour teacher training with Stephanie Keach in Asheville, NC, and in 2009 completed her 500 hour level with Mary Paffard in California. Her style is also influenced by the teachings of Angela Farmer and Vanda Scaravelli, with an emphasis on grounding and undoing, the central channel and belly. She is also currently studying meditation and Buddhism with Daeja Napier.
Janka's interest in the work of Vanda Scaravelli was sparked about 6 years ago when she read an article in Yoga International, 'When movement becomes meditation: The Legacy of Vanda Scaravelli.' Vanda wrote in her book Awakening the Spine, that "There is a way of doing yoga poses that we call 'asanas' without slightest effort." When I met her long time
student Diane Long, she embodied that and more. I was stunned by her fluidity of movement and her quiet, relaxed strength. I want to thank my mentor Mary Paffard. It's through her teachings and support that my practice has been transforming into an effortless, meditative experience, and that is what I would like to offer and share in my classes.
Janka also leads meditation and body awareness classes for Focus Healthcare: Chemical Dependency and Addiction Treatment Center.
To learn more about Janka, visit her website: Breathing, Body, Yoga.
