Jane Bloom

Yoga Instructor, Dwell Yoga

Jane has been a force in promoting hope and providing healing for the last 20 years or so in this community. She has a masters degree in counseling and educational psychology and practiced as a therapist for 17 years with postpartum moms, the early childhood community, college students, and families. It’s healing and hope that prompted Jane to start Dwell Yoga Studio, a Collective with a vision to offer services in a way that feels equitable and sustainable for students and teachers. Working as a therapist and a yoga instructor, she would see individuals come to the same mind-body realizations in just a few yoga sessions as it would sometimes take years of therapy to accomplish. Jane merged her substantial experience in mental health and counseling with movement and meditation as co-director of Dwell Yoga Studio. She creates an environment of kindness and healing where everyone can feel welcome and supported, and even offers free yoga classes. Dwell gives back and supports this community in other ways too, offering sliding scale payments so the classes are accessible to more practitioners and even supporting local nonprofits’ missions such as the Friends of the Organ Mountain Desert Peaks. Jane has volunteered her time for various convenings and gatherings to bring peace and grounding at partner events.”