Jane Odin was one of the 5 founding faculty of the Experimental Theater Wing at New York University School of the Arts where she taught for 8 years from '78 - 85.. She was a member of the Director's Unit at Actors Studio on W.44st NYC and directed Off-off B'way theatre throughout the '70s She is extensively trained in Shiatsu and martial arts (Wing Chun) and practiced Shiatsu in NYC, Georgia and Taos. She is a long time news journalist, writing for the Soho News, Sierra-Atlantic and was the editor and owner of Hometown News for 8 years, outside Atlanta. She wrote for The Horsefly news journal