About Janet

A certified instructor through the American Council on Exercise, Janet Hollander also holds a BA in Gerontology, specializing in Older Adult fitness. ACE has awarded her specialty recognition in both Older Adult fitness and Mind Body Integration. She has taught exercise classes for Lane Community College and privately since 1982. Currently activities coordinator at Willamette Oaks Retirement Community, she oversees the fitness program for residents there.

Janet’s philosophy of exercise holds that it should be pleasurable rather than painful. She applies her knowledge of the aging process to make classes safe and beneficial for all ages and ability levels.

Janet has been dancing since her childhood. This lifelong interest has led to a varied “personal curriculum” including studies in music, modern, folk, and expressive dance, physical education, t’ai chi, judo, and yoga. Studying the Nia Technique of mind-body fitness with Debbie and Carlos Rosas has been a natural continuation of earlier explorations.

Both personally and with students, she continues to explore many aspects of health, acknowledging the connection of our physical and emotional selves as well as our connection to our human and environmental community. We dance as one.