Jewel Marie McDonald E-BYT 500

- Interdisciplinary Yoga Teacher, Nosara Yoga Institute – Specializing in Inquiry Based Yoga for the Multi-Dimensional Creative Self, where she studied with Dr. Don Stapleton, Dean of Kripalu Yoga Education, Co-Director and Founder of Nosara Yoga Institute, Costa Rica and author of 'Self-Awakening Yoga: Expansion of Consciousness Through the Body’s Own Awareness'. Jewel continues her studies in the 1000 Master program.
-Integrative Yoga Therapy Teacher Training: A Bridge Between Ancient Wisdom and Modern Wellness, A New Paradigm of Health and Healing, where she studied with founder & director Joseph Lapage. Jewel continues her Yoga Therapist Certificate studies
-Graduate level Certificate in Isadora Duncan Studies from the Isadora Duncan International Institute where she studied with Director of Education Jeanne Bresciani, PhD, former director of Isadora programs at the NYU School of Education and a Fulbright Scholar in dance. Jewel continues her studies with Dr. Bresciani in IDII’s Myth, Movement & Metaphor Program.
-BFA from California State University, Chico with a double major in Painting & Life Drawing, minor studies in Child Development; graduate work in Education Through the Arts with a focus “in the preservation of natural intelligence and creativity as the foundation for the development of the intellect”
Jewel has also studied yoga and movement therapy with notables:
-Mindful Yoga Therapy for Veterans Coping with Trauma Dr. Daniel J. Libby, Postdoctoral Fellow at Yale University and VA’s Mental Illness Research and Educational Clinical Center, Cofounder of the Yoga for Vets Project
- Richard Miller, PHD author of Yoga Nidra: The Meditative Heart of Yoga, co-founder of the International Association of Yoga Therapy, the founding president of the Center of Timeless Being, and co-founder and co-president of the Institute for Spirituality and Psychology.
-Andodea Judith, PhD, Clinical Psychologist and author of charka classic, Wheels of Life- A users guide to the Charka
-System, Eastern Body-Western Mind and Walking the Global Heart.
-Emilie Conrad, somatic pioneer, founder of Continuum Movement and author of Life on Land.
- Alice Rutkowski, PhD, pioneer in the mind body field, is a humanistic artist and master teacher of nonverbal communication. She is developer of Motional-Processing, which is deeply rooted in the renowned work of Anna Halprin.
-Martin Kirk, Anusara Yoga Teacher and author of Hatha Yoga Illustrated as well as the soon-to-be-published Yoga
Anatomy: The Biomechanics of Anusara Yoga (co-written with Yoga Spirit Presenter Ellen Saltonstall and Jordan Kirk).
-Max Strom, international renowned yoga educator and author of 'Life Worth Breathing'.
-Yogini Kaliji (Kali Ray) internationally renowned yoga educator and founder of TriYoga, a hatha yoga method that emphasizes the union of asana, pranayama and mudra.