Joy Jacobson

I have been in the fitness field for over 25 years as a personal fitness trainer and group fitness instructor. I now specialize in older adult fitness and tai chi. I have been teaching the Alexander Technique for 21 years - which is a mind/body approach that helps people to reduce pain and improve posture and physical performance. Lately I trained to become a MELT and MELT Strength instructor. The MELT Method is a simple self-treatment method that eliminates chronic pain, improves performance, and decreases the accumulated stress caused by the repetitive postures and movements of everyday living. Using small balls and soft foam rollers, this innovative new technique "re-hydrates" the connective tissue, which surrounds every muscle, bone, joint, and organ. It brings your body back to a more ideal state by enhancing body awareness, improving balance, and releasing stuck-stress that often causes stiffness, pain, headaches, insomnia and digestive problems.

I am also a dancer and have had many years of experience with Pilates, yoga and Zen meditation.