About Jennifer

Jennifer Brilliant has 25 years of experience guiding people in athletic, therapeutic and creative movement. Her vast knowledge of the human body is drawn from the Pilates method, the Alexander technique, Kinetic Awareness, meditation instruction in the Shambhala tradition, as well as 10 years as a professional modern dancer with Jennifer Muller/The Works. Since 1989, Jennifer has been teaching one-on-one fitness and yoga in homes and offices throughout New York City. Jennifer Brilliant Yoga and Personal Training LLC offers movement education and training.

Jennifer teaches all levels of group and private yoga classes in New York City and leads special workshops across the country. She was the Director of OM Yoga Center’s Teacher Training programs from 2000 – 2005. Under her careful eye, dozens of graduates have become OM-certified yoga teachers.

Jennifer is the author of Doga—Yoga for Dogs. She has also contributed to other books, including Joyful Birth—A Spiritual Path To Motherhood and Start Your Own Personal Training Business.

Certifications

• Kinetic Awareness
  March 2005
• Relax and Renew Trainer
  May 2005
• Registered Yoga Teacher, Yoga Alliance
  January 2003
• Founding Board Member of New York Yoga Teachers Association
  January 2000
• Current ACE Certifications:
  Advanced Health & Fitness Specialist, Gold Certified
  Since September 2000
  Group Fitness Instructor
  Since February 1991
• Current CPR Certification
  Issued April 2009
• IDEA Personal Trainer Member
  Since 1992
• Chairman of the Association of Personal Trainers
  1995-1998

Yoga Teaching

• Public, private, corporate and group classes
  Ongoing since 1998
• OM Teacher Training, Midtown Yoga, Memphis, TN
  February 2002, March 2003, February 2004, March 2005, April 2006
• Long Island University, Adjunct Professor, Dance Department
  September 2006 – Present
• Yoga Brilliance & Teacher Training, Midtown Yoga, Memphis, TN
  February 2002, March 2003, February 2004, March 2005, May 2008
• Long Island Yoga Association, Farmingdale, NY
  September 2000, November 2002, September 2006, January 2009
• Cold Spring Harbor Lab Workshops, NY
  January 2002, October 2002, March 2003, February 2006
• Yoga for Scoliosis Workshop, OM Yoga Center, NY
  September, 2002
• Enhancing Your Home Practice, OM Yoga Center, NY
  October 2002
• Solutions for Tight or Injured Hamstrings. OM Yoga Center
  October 2004, January 2006. JCC Manhattan October 2007
• Jaya Yoga Workshop for Teachers, Brooklyn, NY
  January 2001
• Inner Spirit Workshop, Northport, NY
  January 2001
• Deepening Your Practice, Healing BodyWorks, NY
  June 1999, February 2000

Yoga Study

• Genny Kapuler
  Ongoing
• Bhagavad Gita, Geshe Michael Roach & Christie McNally
  November 2009, October 2010
• Body, Voice, Consciousness, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen
  May 2010
• Advanced Yoga Immersion, Glenn Black
  May 2009
• Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Geshe Michael Roach
  February 2006, March 2007, November 2007, November 2008
• Yoga Sutras, Geshe Michael Roach
  February 2004, August 2004, February 2005, August 2005
• Restorative Yoga Teacher Training, Judith Lasater
  May 2005
• Contact Yoga, Nicole Ohme
  October 2004
• Kinetic Awareness Affliate Training
  July 2004
• Advanced Intensive, John Friend
  June 2004
• NY Therapy Training, John Friend
  June 2004
• Sensory Anatomy of the Knee, Genny Kapuler, NY
  April 2004
• Sacroiliac Sprains and Lumbar Scoliosis, Ellen Saltonstall & Dr. Christine Benner, NY
  February 2004
• Barbara Benaugh, OM Yoga Center
  December 2003, December 2004, December 2005
• Yoga For Scoliosis (Teacher Training), Elise Miller, OM Yoga Center
  November 2003
• Teacher Training, Rodney Yee, OM yoga center, NY
  November 2003
• Supple Joints, Irene Dowd, NY
  September 2003
• Ramanand Patel, OM Yoga Center
  September 2003, September 2005
• Ramanand Patel, Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, Saylorsburg, PA
  September 2003
• Teacher Training, Rodney Yee
  October 2000, August 2005
• Rodney Yee and Patricia Walden, Lighten Up Yoga, Asheville, NC
  July 2000
• Ramanand Patel, Hampshire Yoga, Amherst, MA
  July 2000
• Rodney Yee and Mary Paffard, California
  September 1999
• Anusara Yoga Therapy, John Friend, NY
  April 1999
• Rodney Yee and Patricia Walden, Isles Mujeres, Mexico
  March 1999
• Rodney Yee, Hollyhock, Cortes Island, British Columbia, Canada
  September 1998