Janice Stieber Rous is the creator of Body Dialogue™, an integrative therapeutic system that reorganizes the body and develops a new mental feedback process that eliminates habitual dysfunctional movement patterns. It is a form of movement reeducation that draws on the wisdom of the following systems: Alexander Techniques, Stough Breathing Coordination, Hatha Yoga, Qi Gong and NIA. This system has been used worldwide in private, corporate and medical settings with individuals and groups. It provides students with a personalized approach to self care management and wellness. Ms. Rous implements programs teaching Body Dialogue™ in the workplace, for health and fitness professionals, and in corporate, conference and retreat settings.
Professional Experience
- Private Practitioner
- Body Therapist and Movement Educator, Teaches Body Dialogue™ in the United States, Wales, England, and Israel to over 1,000 clients
Adjunct Faculty
- Adjunct Professor, Movement Arts and Alexander Technique for the following institutions:
- CUNY - Manhattan, Music and Theater Department
- SUNY - Purchase, Opera Program Manhattan School of Music
- The 42nd Street Theater Collective
- Joffrey Ballet School
Educator and Entrepreneur
- Cofounder, Eleven Eleven Wellness Center: A Holistic Integrative Medical Practice (Acupuncture, Nutrition, Homeopathy, Massage, Alexander Technique)
- Trained core team members in successful collaborative techniques for group practice
- Supervised support staff
- Human Resources; selected founding staff members
- Community outreach, development, and education
Cofounder and Educator
- Body Dialogue™ Women's Retreat week- and weekend- long retreats in the Berkshires, Massachusetts and Croatia
- Teaches self-empowerment and renewal techniques
- Organizes program on leadership and life coaching for the second half of life
- Institutes partnerships between participants for post-retreat wellness maintenance
- Self-Care Program, Holistic Nurses AssociationEstablished a protocol for self-care management
Consultant and Teacher, Employee Assistance Programs in Body Dialogue™ and stress reduction for the following corporations:
- Paine Webber
- Magellan Health
- Bregman Partners, Inc.
- The New York Times
- E-World Consultants
- Lake Austin Spa, Austin, Texas
- Red Mountain Spa. Ivins, Utah
- U-Turn Dance Company, Winter Park, Florida
Conference Presenter
- Wellness Institute, Stevens Point, Wisconsin
- U.S. Association of Body Psychotherapists, Tucson, AZ
Founding Director of Education, Jewish Museum of New York
- Created Teacher Training Program in Jewish museum education
- Established Volunteer Docent Program
- Instituted first hands-on multidisciplinary approach to exhibitions
Cofounder, International Study Group, Bavli-Yerushalmi
- Coordinates participants in the United States, Israel, Russia and Ukraine
- Facilitates educators in group learning on annual retreats
Founding Teacher, The Havurah School, NYC
Education and Certifications
- Bank Street College, M.A., Museum Administration
- Sarah Lawrence College, B.A.
- National Association of Sports Medicine (NASM) certification
- American Council on Exercise (ACE) applied for 12/2006, awaiting certification
- Dr. Donald Kalsched, Jungian Analyst, Fellow
- BodySoul Rhythms Leadership Certificate with Marion Woodman
- Upledger Institute, Cranial Sacral Therapy, Level I and II
- Carl Stough Institute for Breathing Coordination
- Institute of Directional Yoga, Teacher/Trainer
- The Iyengar Institute of New York, Advanced Student
- American Center for the Alexander Technique, Certificate
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