Janice Gates
{{Short description|American modern yoga teacher (1965–2022)}}
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| name = Janice Gates
| image = Janice_Gates.jpg
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1965|01|28}}
| birth_place = Syracuse, New York, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|10|11|1965|01|28}}
| death_place = Fairfax, California, U.S.
| nationality = American
| known_for = Yoga therapy, mindful yoga
| occupation = Yoga teacher
| spouse =
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Janice Gates (January 28, 1965 – October 11, 2022) was a teacher of yoga as exercise and mindful yoga, known for her emphasis on the power of yoginis, women in yoga and her work in yoga therapy.
Life
=Education=
Janice Gates was educated at Syracuse University, graduating in 1987 in International Relations. She travelled to Thailand in 1988, taking a meditation retreat which included hatha yoga. Returning to San Francisco, she studied Ashtanga (vinyasa) yoga under Larry Schultz, Tim Miller, Danny Paradise and Richard Freeman. In 1989 she became an Ashtanga Yoga teacher. She injured her back while learning Ashtanga's Third Series, and turned towards therapeutic yoga. She studied with chiropractor Steve Katz and yoga teachers John Friend (founder of Anusara Yoga) and Angela Farmer.{{cite web |last1=Maria |first1=Lisa |title=Janice Gates |date=29 December 2017 |url=https://www.yogitimes.com/review/janice-gates-yoga-teaching-meditation-practice-international |publisher=Yogi Times |access-date=6 May 2019}}
=Career=
{{further|Mindful yoga}}
Gates ran a studio called The Yoga Garden in San Anselmo, California. She taught and facilitated yoga and meditation at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California and in retreat centres around the world.{{cite web |title=About |url=https://www.janicegates.com/about/ |publisher=Janice Gates |access-date=6 May 2019}} In 2006 she published a book, Yogini, on leading and pioneering women in yoga, including Nischala Joy Devi, Donna Farhi, Angela Farmer, Lilias Folan, Sharon Gannon (co-founder of Jivamukti Yoga), Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa, Judith Hanson Lasater, Sarah Powers, Shiva Rea, and Rama Jyoti Vernon.{{sfn|Gates|2006}} She wrote regularly on yoga sequences and meditation for magazines including Yoga Journal and Oprah Magazine.{{cite web |title=Janice Gates |url=https://www.yogajournal.com/author/janice-gates |publisher=Yoga Journal |access-date=6 May 2019}} She was for a time president of the International Association of Yoga Therapists.{{cite web |last1=Isaacs |first1=Nora |title=Yoga Therapy: The Next Wave in Yoga |url=https://www.gaiam.com/blogs/discover/yoga-therapy-the-next-wave-in-yoga |publisher=Gaiam |access-date=6 May 2019}} She was a mentor on the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program. She trained healthcare professionals and yoga teachers in yoga therapy.{{cite web |title=Janice Gates |url=https://prairieyoga.org/apps/mindbody/staff/100000154 |publisher=Prairie Yoga |access-date=6 May 2019}}
Gates stated that yoga is more than postures (asanas); she used "all the tools of yoga — breath work, sound, visualization, and meditation — and tailor[ed] them to a client's specific health condition."{{cite news |last1=Hilgers |first1=Laura |title=Yoga Therapy: Why Doctors Are Prescribing The Ancient Practice |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/yoga-therapy-health-and-physical-benefits-of-yoga_n_4520435 |work=Huffington Post |date=6 December 2017}} She was identified by Yoga Journal as one of the people who had "each, independently, discovered the benefits of merging mindfulness with asana", leading to "something we might call 'mindful yoga'."{{cite web |last1=Isaacs |first1=Nora |title=Bring More Mindfulness Onto the Mat |url=https://www.yogajournal.com/practice/peace-of-mind |publisher=Yoga Journal |access-date=11 April 2019 |date=21 October 2008}}
=Personal life=
Gates was married with a daughter. They lived in Fairfax, California. She died on October 11, 2022, aged 57.{{cite web |title=Janice Gates 1965 - 2022 |url=https://obits.syracuse.com/us/obituaries/syracuse/name/janice-gates-obituary?id=36880303 |website=Syracuse Post Standard |access-date=1 December 2022}}
Works
- {{cite book |last1=Gates |first1=Janice |author-mask=0 |title=Yogini: Women Visionaries of the Yoga World |year=2006 |publisher=Mandala |isbn=978-1932771886 }}
References
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External links
- {{official website|https://www.janicegates.com/}}
{{Yoga as exercise}}
{{Modern Yoginis}}
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