— FOUNDER & OWNER —
BODY BALANCE YOGA THERAPY
BODY BALANCE FUNCTIONAL & STRUCTURAL YOGA THERAPY
As an innovative, master yoga therapist, teacher trainer and educator, Jenny has been teaching and developing wellness, exercise and movement therapy programs in the greater Annapolis, Maryland area and nationally since 1980. As an innovative, master yoga therapist, teacher trainer and educator, Jenny has been teaching and developing wellness, exercise and movement therapy programs in the greater Annapolis, Maryland area and nationally since 1980. Jenny is also a Certified ATSI Structural Integrator specializing in visceral manipulation, visceral and peripheral nerve therapy and osteopathic listening. She skillfully combines yoga therapy with Structural Integration to offer the most effective, life-enhancing approach there is to move others towards their maximum potential. Private lessons for yoga therapy with Jenny are available at her location near Annapolis, MD.
The capacity to transmit movement information depends on a teacher's embodiment. Central to embodiment is one's own kinesthetic empathy which Jenny owns through personal practice and teaching yoga therapy for over thirty years. Not only has Jenny studied with master yoga teachers from many traditions, including Stan Andrzejewski, Mary Dunn, Carolyn Bluemle, John Schumacher, Victor Van Kooten among several others — but has also studied with osteopaths, chiropractors, structural integrators, Rolfers, dancers and movement educators to develop her unique and innovative approach to physical well-being and pain management. She also spent 12 years working in a hospital, eventually becoming Director of Wellness.
Jenny’s yoga therapy teaching is compassionate, inspirational and fun. Her clear and precise teaching style is authentic and is committed to awakening a deeper knowledge and understanding of the body, mind and spirit. She brings warmth, humor and creativity to her teaching, as well as detailed knowledge in working with injuries and special conditions. Jenny has written numerous papers, articles and manuals expressing over thirty-five years of studies in yoga therapy and Structural Integration.
Jenny is known for continually evolving and expanding her studies to keep her classes and trainings innovative. In 2007, Jenny began studying with Thomas Myers of Anatomy Trains and has participated in dissections of human cadavers with Myers to further her understanding of the body. She completed his accelerated program in Kinesis Myofascial Integration and became ATSI Certified in 2008. Structural Integration, which is based on the pioneering work of Dr. Ida P. Rolf, manually releases tensions in the body that prevent a more balanced alignment. Private sessions for Structural Integration with Jenny are available at her location near Annapolis, MD.
Her unending quest to bring a deeper understanding of the body to herself, her students and the teachers she trains and mentors, takes Jenny Otto around the world to learn from master yoga teachers as well as manual and movement therapists. She shares the depth of her knowledge and her love of yoga therapy combined with Structural Integration through leading therapeutic classes, workshops and retreats.
Worked closely with a chiropractor, orthopedists & physical therapists
With master teachers at Unity Woods Center in Bethesda, MD
Studied with B.K.S. Iyengar, John Schumacher, Mary Dunn, Judith Hanson Lasater, Ramanand Patel, Carol Cavanaugh, Elise Browning Miller, Stan Andrzejewski, Joan White, Felicity Green, Dean Lerner, Carolyn Bluemle, Roger Cole, Rodney Yee, Gabriella Giubilaro, Janet MacLeod, Donna Farhi, Jill Pollet Cahn, Anodea Judith, David Berceli, Ph.D.
Offering yoga therapy classes, workshops, teacher trainings, retreats & private yoga therapy lessons by appointment
In Greenbelt, MD
In Takoma Park, MD
Yoga for Injuries & Special Conditions class at Willow Street Yoga Center
Established some of the longest-running yoga classes in the area
By John Friend
By John Friend
In Annapolis, MD
Jennny's Structural Integration practice
in Silver Spring & Takoma Park, MD
Located in Annapolis, the studio was sold in 2009. Jenny remained on staff until September 2010.
In Annapolis, MD
By What's Up? Magazine
In Walpole, ME
At the Center for Anatomical Enlightenment in Boulder, CO
Oct
At Harvard School of Medicine in Boston, MA
Aug
“Happy Feet: Your lowest extremities provide your foundation and, when in optimal alignment, can step up your practice and even your stride” article by Jennifer Lang
Dec
In Annapolis, MD
In Palm Beach Gardens, FL
May
“On The Right Path: Incense-Burning, Chanting, Stretching, Sweating: How Do You Find Your Inner Yogi?” article by Jane Marion
In Silver Spring & Takoma Park, MD
Master movement educator, professor, Rolfer® & dancer in Italy
March
At the University of Ulm in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Sep-Dec
In Annapolis, MD
By The Capital Newspaper, Readers Choice Poll
Advanced biomechanics & visceral manipulation with a full body approach with an expert structural integrator
Feb 24
“Motorcycle Yoga: In the Air or on the Road, Yoga is Pretty Flexible” article by Theresa Winslow
Developer of the manual therapy system known as Zero Balancing®
At the Center for Anatomical Enlightenment in Boulder, CO
Osteopathic concepts, embryology, energetics, anatomy, Structural Integration & The Berry Method® for the whole body
A series of conferences & continuing education workshops on modern pain neurophysiology, current pain research & pain management programs
In Annapolis, MD
Studying the embryonic field, cranium & presence
