Jane Hardcastle

 

BIO

Learning and development inspire Jane’s energy and commitment to practice and teach yoga and therapeutic movement. Although all yoga should be therapeutic, not every pose or practice suits every body, or the stage of life we are currently in. By combining over 30 years of experience in health care and adult learning with a desire to help people move and be well, Jane can help you learn how to do the things you want to do without the niggles or discomfort that can arise from habitual movement patterns that may not serve you well.

As a self-confessed bookaholic and perpetual learner Jane loves to read, study and play with ideas and experiences to help students & clients develop greater awareness and understanding of their body... and how to befriend it! She shares this knowledge and practice through yoga teacher training (Awakening Arts, NZ), yoga teacher mentorship (MoveWell), local workshops and co-teaching with esteemed yoga therapists Vincent Bolletta (Hansa Yoga International) and Leila Stuart (Centre point yoga therapy, Vancouver).

Time out is spent as time ‘in’ the kitchen, garden or chill out yoga nidra – anywhere she can lose track of time by being in the flow of creativity and space.

Qualifications

  • Registered Yoga Therapist - Yoga NZ

  • Authorised Hansa Yoga Therapist 500 hrs (April 2019)

  • Registered yoga teacher level 4 - Yoga NZ

  • Advanced Yoga Studies – Donna Farhi yoga teacher training 2015, Christchurch, NZ (150 hrs)

  • YTT level 1 – Santosha Yoga, Bali 2014 (150 hrs)

  • Registered Yoga Teacher – Yoga Alliance (RYT200)

  • iRest® yoga nidra (level 1) teacher in training (2017)

  • Shakti mat teacher (Shakti Canada 2018)

  • Polestar Pilates Instructor, level 2 NZ 2014

Education

  • EdD (Doctor of Education, recipient of Dean’s award), Massey University, NZ

  • MEd (Master of Education – First Class Honours – Adult education), Massey University, NZ

Health

  • BSc (Nursing Studies), Queen Margaret College, Edinburgh

  • ENB100 (General Intensive Care Nursing), City University, London

  • RN (Registered Nurse), Leeds Eastern School of Nursing