About Ruth Allen

  Ruth has been teaching at Orbis since 1983, and received her yoga teaching certification at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in 1984.Since then she has continued to work on her skills by taking advanced classes at Kripalu and attending workshops offered by nationally recognized teachers.  When the lease was up for the Orbis Studio on Story Avenue, Ruth and her husband, Tom, bought the building on Crescent Avenue.  Tom remodeled what was a private residence into the studio upstairs and small office spaces on the first floor.  Ruth designed the stained glass window with a giant helping of expertise from Anne Lindstrom, a local, noted artist and friend of Orbis.  Susie Wethington, who is a yoga student, contributed much of the hand blown glass.

Since she has partially retired from teaching yoga, Ruth is currently studying Jin Shin Jyutsu, which is the ancient Japanese art of harmonizing the life energy in the body by using the hands to “jumper cable”, and recharge the run down “life battery.”  Jin Shin Jyutsu raises the body's energy level by helping to release the attitudes of worry, fear, anger, sadness and pretense.  Healing, relaxing sessions are available by scheduling an appointment with Ruth.

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