Jessica Mark

Ortho-Bionomy® Advanced Practitioner

Ortho-Bionomy® Advanced Instructor

Jessica has been involved in the movement, fitness, and wellness field for over 30 years. She is an Advanced Practitioner and Advanced Instructor of Ortho-Bionomy®, an osteopathically based bodywork therapy that supports the body’s innate, self-corrective capacity to heal.  After graduating from the New Mexico Academy of Healing Arts in 2006, Jessica continued to complement her practice of Ortho-Bionomy with studies in Polarity Therapy, Trauma Therapy, Visceral Manipulation, infant movement and development, Gyrokinesis®, and Body-Mind Centering®. She is also a Certified Breastfeeding Specialist™, retired Pilates Instructor, former professional modern dancer, and budding amateur baker. 

Based in Asheville, NC, Jessica operates a private practice seeing clients of all ages, and additionally works with babies and children at Asheville Pediatric Dentistry. Through the Ortho-Bionomy in Asheville program, she mentors and trains students in an embodied and holistic approach both in person and online. 

One of her deep passions is working with babies and children to help open up new pathways for their growing bodies to experience greater ease and connection. Jessica has owned, managed, and operated successful fitness and wellness businesses since 2002, and is now excited to be managing just herself and creating more time for teaching.

Jessica is married, has two fabulous kids, and a part time dog. In her downtime, you’ll find her combing through cooking magazines in search of the best biscuit recipe.

Sheri Covey

Ortho-Bionomy® Advanced Instructor

Ortho-Bionomy®  Advanced Practitioner

Sheri brings a broad range of experience and hours of education into her teaching of Ortho-Bionomy. She has been a successful Instructor and Practitioner in both Crested Butte and Grand Junction Colorado. Her enthusiasm and amazement at the unique principles of this work add an element of practical and intelligent application that is important in each Practitioner’s experience. Her experience as an athlete and working with hundreds of athletes in her practice helps her understand the body on a complicated level which is reflected in her teaching by allowing the students to recognize patterns and movements that can cause injury. She is a talented instructor that relies on humor, insight and heart felt compassion. She is lively, passionate and brings nearly 20 years of practice to her teaching. More details at: http://www.rmobcenter.com/

KarenElisa Broyles

Ortho-Bionomy® Associate Advanced Instructor

Ortho-Bionomy® Advanced Practitioner

KarenElisa has been studying and practicing Ortho-Bionomy®️ since 1994. She is a Registered Associate Instructor and Advanced Practitioner of Ortho-Bionomy®️. She is the President of the American Organization for Bodywork Therapies of Asia®️ and has been a practitioner of Integrative Eclectic Shiatsu for over 30 years. She is a past Editor of the SOBI Newsletter and has had articles published in Massage Magazine and AOBTAPulse. She was interviewed on the Qiological podcast about her integration of Ortho-Bionomy®️ principles into her Shiatsu practice. She lives in Saint Louis, Missouri and practices at Acupuncture Saint Louis. She also teaches Qigong and T'ai Chi for the Gateway Region (Greater Saint Louis) YMCA.

Ursula Hofer

Ortho-Bionomy® Advanced Instructor

Ortho-Bionomy®  Advanced Practitioner

Ursula Hofer, Registered Advanced Instructor has taught Ortho-Bionomy for over 35 years and approaches each class she teaches as a unique and special experience. Her studies with Arthur Lincoln Pauls helped her create a strong foundation for this practice. Working with the physiology of trauma has added depth and effectiveness to her work and teaching. She sees this time of the pandemic as an opportunity to strengthen and practice Phase 7, which is an incredible integration of the physical with the universal.

Bob Lehnberg

Somatic Education Instructor

In 1990, Bob received certification as Practitioner of Body-Mind Centering® and in 2002 Teacher of Body-Mind Centering®.  Since then, Bob has received teacher certifications for BMC™ Yoga, Integral Yoga® and Supreme Science of Qigong®. He has been teaching in schools of massage therapy and programs of somatic training since 1990 and has had the good fortune to teach BMC and somatic practices throughout the U.S and internationally in Italy, Germany, France, Canada and China. From 2007 to 2018, he was on the core faculty of the Kinesthetic Learning Center in Durham, NC teaching and coordinating the Body-Mind Centering Somatic Movement Educator and Practitioner certification programs. More details at: https://intouchsomatics.com/