Who

Jane Bartolomei, the founder of Bending Oak Yoga, has been practicing yoga for over 16 years and has been a Registered Yoga Teacher through the Yoga Alliance since 2001. Jane was trained in the Anusara style, and, to date, has an additional 450 hours of Anusara training.

Jane continues to work with John Friend, and senior Anusara teachers Betsey Downing, Deb Neubauer, Todd Norian, Doug Keller, Suzie Hurley, Ann Greene, Lynne Paterson and others as she moves toward Anusara Certification. In addition, Jane has studied with Barbara Benagh, Shari Friedrichsen, Rodney Yee, Erich Schiffman, Patricia Walden, Richard Freeman and other nationally known teachers to continually deepen and expand her personal practice.

Jane is a Registered Nurse and holds a Masters Degree in Public Administration. She conveys her love of yoga through her personal dedication and practice, her warmth, her enthusiasm and her sincere caring for her students. Yoga is not about "achieving or competing", but about finding that eternally quiet space within ourselves that then becomes the conduit to connecting to something much greater than ourselves.

"There can be no dance of the soul, without the still point"

(T.S. Eliot)