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Certified
Instructors
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Only
fully certified teachers are
authorized to teach Jahara®
— including the
Introductory classes. Each
Jahara®
Teacher (JT) is extensively trained.
Presenters
work closely with our program to
assure technical accuracy and
conceptual understanding of Jahara®.
Presentations usually run for no
longer than 4 hours.
The
status of presenters and teachers is
reviewed yearly. Here you can verify
who is currently qualified to
represent Jahara®.
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Qualified
Presenters
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Instructors
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| Cassia
Mortimer
Cassia
represents the Jahara®
Program in Brazil. With degrees in Physical
Education and Dance, she also holds
certification in Reiki, Zen Shiatsu,
Ayurveda and as a Yoga teacher. She co-owns
and directs a Therapy Center in Rio de
Janeiro, coordinates life-quality enhancing
programs and keeps very active practices at
her facility and in association to
well-known health professionals in Brazil.
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Eloa
Teixeira
Eloa
also represents the Jahara®
Program in Brazil. She has a degree in
Education, with a masters degree in Learning
Disabilities. She is an Alexander Technique
teacher since 1998 and a Zen Shiatsu teacher
and practitioner since 1990. She has studied
extensively with Mario Jahara,
and has been working with the Jahara®
method for several years.
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Linda
Dold
Linda
Dold was a student in the first Jahara®
class in 1996. She is trained in kinesiology
and somatic therapy, and has taught aquatic
bodywork and movement since 1991. Linda
brings into her classes the knowledge of
structural bodywork and years of
professional experience with disabilities
and chronic pain. She is also certified in
Rosen Method Bodywork and Movement, and a
member of the Jahara®
Advisory Committee.
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Mario
Jahara
Mario
originated the Jahara®
Program. A structural bodywork teacher
and author with a 20-year international
career, Mario
has extensive training in a number of
different body-awareness and bodywork
modalities. He bases his approach to
teaching and working with the body on
one of the key concepts of Jahara®,
which he defines as The
Power of Gentleness.
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Neta
Shezaf
Neta
has an acclaimed international career as a
Flamenco dancer, teacher and choreographer.
She also runs a Flamenco school and dance
company, and performs in various theaters in
Israel and around the world. She began her Jahara®
studies in 2001 with Tova Rosen, and became
a Jahara®
Advanced Specialist and Teacher.
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| Osnat
Douer
 Osnat
Douer currently does a PhD in Rehabilitation
Sciences and Physiotherapy at Katholieke
Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. She is
appointed lecturer and director of the
Hydrotherapy department at Wingate
Institute, Israel. She owns a hydrotherapy
center called MultiPool, in the town of
Binyamina. Osnat was one of Tova Rosen's
first students, and is strongly connected to
the philosophic wing of the Jahara®.
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Tova
Rosen
Tova
Rosen holds a master's degree in
kinesiology. She has years of academic and
practical experience in aquatic
rehabilitation, and brings a clinical
approach to her Jahara®
sessions and trainings. She coordinates and
teaches a yearlong Jahara®
Specialist program at the renowned Wingate
Institute in Israel. She is a leading Jahara®
Teacher and has trained over 300 students
over the past 4 years.
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| Valerie
Gaillard
A
Zen Shiatsu and Thai Massage teacher,
Valerie was born in Switzerland and trained
in Europe, Japan and Thailand. She currently
lives in Argentina, where she founded the
Shiatsunuad school. She was introduced to
the Jahara®
Technique in 2000, and has ever since shared
her enthusiasm about it with her students.
Click
here to read an article on Jahara by
Valerie
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Presenters
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| Jenny
Aharon
Jenny
is the founder and director of the Red Sea Jahara®
Center, in Southern Israel. She started her
journey with Jahara®
4 years ago and has been very committed to
it ever since. She works regularly with a
broad range of clients in the water , and is
particularly interested in the applications
of Jahara's
5 Concepts.
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Noga
Ben-Anat
Noga
is certified in Hydrotherapy and as a
swimming coach. She is the coordinator
of the Hydrotherapy department at Ohalo
College, Israel, and owns a resort with a
pool adapted for people with special needs
in Maale-Gamla. Noga hosted and
participated in the first Jahara®
course offered by Tova Rosen in Israel, in
1999.
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