About Anita Willoughby of New York

Anita Willoughbby is a physio-philosopher who has practiced Jin Shin Jyutsu for over 35 years. She has been authorised by the Mary Burmeister Jin Shin Jyutsu® Institute to teach internationally since 2002.

Anita began her teaching relationship with Jin Shin Jyutsu in NYC by teaching self-help classes and working in hospital settings with people with critical labels.

Some of these venues included SHARE (self-help for women and men with breast and ovarian cancer), Cancer Care Centers at both St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital and Beth Israel Hospital, the Departments of Rheumatology at St. Vincent's Hospital and Hospital for Joint Diseases, and the Fibromyalgia Connection at Hospital for Joint Diseases.

Anita's ability to quickly create a relaxed learning environment in any cultural context makes her a highly sought-after teacher worldwide.

Her wisdom regarding the trinity of body, mind, and spirit arises out of a lifetime of experiential, professional, and spiritual learning. Her experiences as a dancer, mother, and healer, as well as her study of the Kabbalah, provide her with a rich garden of knowledge from which she spontaneously plucks insights when adapting to the particular needs of a group of students.

Compassionate yet frank, Anita uses her exuberant physicality and sense of humor to teach students the practical application of JSJ in daily life. Anita instills students with an expansive perspective on JSJ, presenting it not as a magic bullet for fixing what's 'wrong', but as an adaptive, fluid way to approach and engage the trinity of body, mind, and spirit throughout our ever-changing lives.

In 2020, she dove into the world of online training and has been honing her skills ever since. Anita believes the best way to learn something is to teach it and, although the world is presently in flux, Anita will continue to adapt to the demands of the moment and teach the Art of Jin Shin Jyutsu—the love of her life.