Dr Garth Roberts

Jeannie is a Wilderness based yoga instructor who I have had the pleasure of working closely with when she was permanently based in Cape Town . Having vast experience from her many years of practice , authentic education from her Guru`s during her studies in India and her natural empathy for her clients , Jeannie has become an integral part of many of my patients journey back to health . I cannot recommend her highly enough in the care and attention to detail of the needs of my patients that I have referred to her , she is a self described “ yoga nerd” , and leaves no stone unturned in pursuit of the optimum rehabilitation programs for her patients . Although gaining flexibility , stability ,proprioception and strength for the neuromusculoskeletal needs of my typical chiropractic referrals , she has had a profound effect on the mental and emotional needs of my patients , achieved through the meditative breathwork utilized during the physical rehabilitative and restorative yoga practice she instructs .

Jeannie is highly skilled in teaching online and her verbal cues ,demonstration and instruction are easy to follow . In her studio, she has adapted to Covid 19 protocols , observing all precautions in her predominantly one on one sessions with clients. She employs all yoga techniques in the best interest of her clients individual injury and rehabilitative needs . I am also able to recommend her yoga practice in the instruction of children , especially those who have low motor tone , structural asymmetries and anxiety .

Dr Garth Roberts

Louise Rabe

I have known Jeannie Holmes for the past 3 years. I have personally attended her yoga classes on a twice weekly basis. As a psychologist it is important to me that the yoga teaching I attend is mature and responsible on a physical, intellectual as well as spiritual level. I have been very impressed with the excellent way in which Jeannie contains and facilitates all these needs. She teaches responsibly but at the same time in a creative way, which always feels playful, inspiring and respectful. She regularly attends new training courses locally as well as abroad and her pupils have the benefit of her enthusiasm and diligence as a yoga teacher.

Injuries are always a possibility in yoga teaching, but due to her meticulous attention to each individual in her class this was never a problem.

I have referred some of my own patients to Jeannie, where recurrent physical pain was experienced. In those cases they benefitted greatly and their physical symptoms disappeared after a course of yoga and meditation with Jeannie.

There is increasing evidence that meditation and yoga is an effective treatment, together with psychotherapy to treat chronic neural pain as well as psychological distress. Jeannie proved this to me with these patients.

I can only recommend Jeannie very highly as a personality who brings joy, laughter, insight, respect and fine attention to her clients.

Louise Rabe

Clinical Psychologist

Lorraine Evans

I was suffering from acute lower back pain since the first quarter of 2017; it came on suddenly and was debilitating. Prior to this I was a fit, healthy and active individual with great enthusiasm for life but the issues with my back had left me broken - unable to exercise or sleep well and as a result my health and the quality of my life were rapidly deteriorating.  

 Dr Garth Roberts began treating me in September of 2020 and recommended that I start remedial yoga with Jeannie as part of my rehabilitation.  

 Jeannie is one of those rare people that you meet who is authentic and genuinely interested in healing her students. Her passion and extreme enthusiasm for yoga is only superseded by her empathy, warmth and support. Jeannie is meticulous in her approach, which ensures that the practice is done safely and tailors each session to the individual’s needs.  

 Through my practice with Jeannie, I realised how much additional tension I was accumulating in my body in response to the pain that I was experiencing. Jeannie combines both meditation and the physical practice to heal the body on all levels. 

I have been consistently attending class twice a week for six months and I have been pain free for the last three months. My health, strength and vitality have been regained along with a great sense of well-being.

Knowing Jeannie has changed the course of my life not only through practice but also through her unwavering conviction that I would be healed, even when I had given up hope.

Artist

Liezel van der Westhuizen

Pranayama is the practice of breath-control in yoga; This breathing technique combined with sleep yoga/Yoga Nidra, is an incredible class hosted by Jeannie Holmes. I have experienced this class on numerous occasions all over the world on my travels, but never have I experienced the incredible results I had with a yogi like Jeannie. There is evidence that Yoga Nidra helps in releasing stress, and helps with your sleep, and also that a 30-minute session is equivalent to 2 hours of sleep. I can definitely affirm that this one on one session is a worthwhile addition to your fitness regime and lifestyle. Jeannie is an incredible instructor, and you will not be sorry to attend a session with her.

Presenter and Radio Host

 Lidwinia Nieuwoudt 

I am privileged to attend twice weekly remedial yoga group lessons with Jeannie Holmes of the Healing Resolve. 

We started off with a group of 5 and are now sometimes 7 or 8 in the group, but this has never stopped Jeannie from giving each and every individual one hundred percent of her attention. 

Jeannie started right at the start – getting to know everyone and making sure always that the whole group is ready before she moves on to stronger poses - always reminding the group to communicate their problems, pains or fears. 

She is extremely vigilant of every facet of everyone’s body language - correcting constantly, but always in a constructive, kind and gentle manner. She notices habits and cheers on even slight improvements, all the time being in total and strict control of the group - insisting on absolute focus and allowing no transgressions. 

I have rarely experienced a teacher in any field that is both so verbally and physically gifted and who communicates outcomes so brilliantly. Jeannie seems never to tire of repeating instructions and guidance - until she sees that our bodies reflect her intentions, to such an extent that it almost becomes everyone’s individual mantra. She adjusts her teaching continuously and specifically to any problem areas arising, which attests to a superior field of experience. 

Jeannie’s teaching is integrative of mind, body and soul – and she gifts each individual in every class with the necessary diagnostic links between the three. I have become much stronger and more confident over the past months and am extremely grateful to my physiotherapist who referred me to Jeannie – with the advice that she herself improved greatly under Jeannie’s expert and loving hand. 

Jeannie totally ‘practices what she preaches’: she keeps experimenting fervently on herself, to continuously try and find new solutions to pain or instability, remaining always highly professional and true to her chosen discipline. She is an inspiration to all around her - passionately living and breathing out the name of her practice - ‘The Healing Resolve’. 

Maths Specialist, Teacher and Author

Philip Olmesdahl

I have been doing rehabilitation yoga with Jeannie for the past few months.

I have had acute lower and upper back pain for years and found the yoga positions greatly improved my flexibility and pain threshold. Her classes are both subtle and rigorous. Jeannie has a broad knowledge and understanding of various aspects of the yoga profession and are able to apply her expansive understanding to very specific problems. I found her approach very detailed and analytical.

I have been able to focus much better and am much less stressed working in a high-pressure environment since starting training with Jeannie.

Jeannie uses her wisdom of Yoga and lead others with grace into a powerful weave of integration allowing mind, body and spirit to come into true alignment.

Philip Olmesdahl

 Director, SAOTA

Karin Amm

I have been attending Jeannie’s Healing meditation classes for the past six months.

This had made an incredible difference to my life, transporting me into another universe.

One where time and space no longer matter.

It has been a lifeline in terms of coping with the pain of separation from loved ones during the Covid Pandemic.

With authenticity and sincerity, she has taught us that every problem, when seen from a deeply spiritual perspective, loses significance, and can be overcome.

Her knowledge of Body, Mind and Spirit is impressive.

She is deeply interested in and concerned for each and every one of her clients. Always making sure that everybody’s needs are met before, during and after class.

Her explanations before each meditation session always instruct and prepare us for the beautiful journey – from which we are sometimes loath to return!

She is composed and gracious, and an inspiration to her clients.

We need her to help us cope with the increasing physical demands as we age, as well as the spiritual demands of these trying times we find ourselves in right now. 

 I hope to learn a lot more from this lovely instructor. She is a true asset to our community, and will hopefully be here for us for many years to come.