Jevon is half South African, half Swiss, and lives in the Italian speaking part of Switzerland with his German wife and their two trilingual children.
He grew up and finished school in South Africa. At age 20 he set off with his backpack to explore the world….
Jevon started judo at age 5 and represented his province at national judo competitions for 12 years, as well as making the South African judo team in 1991/2/3. He obtained his black-belt at age 17 and worked as a judo coach and fitness trainer for nearly 10 years.
In 1998 he began studying psychology, performance enhancing methods, healing techniques and meditation, travelling extensively to learn from leaders in these fields. In 2004 he became a certified NLP coach and trainer, and since that year he has provided coach training internationally. In 2015 he completed a Masters (MSc) degree in ‘Consciousness, Spirituality and Transpersonal Psychology’ through the university of Middlesex, UK. His research dissertation focused on how open awareness – aka ’embodied mindfulness’ (the jumi method) can help to reduce stress and prevent burnout while enhancing one’s performance.
Besides teaching jumi, Jevon is also a professional transpersonal coach, and the developer of the Transpersonal Coaching Model. He provides coach certification training at locations around the world, as well as a 1-year online transpersonal coach certification programme. His fundamental approach in jumi, coaching and training is based on helping people to learn and integrate open awareness into their lives.
For a long time I played with the idea of combining my nearly 40 years of judo experience with the psychology and mindfulness exploration that I’ve engaged in for over 20 years. I was seeking a way to make the broader benefits of judo accessible to children and adults in all spheres of life. After a great deal of experimentation, practice, testing and refinement; finally, jumi was established in 2017 out of the marriage of judo and mindfulness – inspired by the vision of applied open awareness around the world and equal possibilities for all to flourish.
Acknowledgments:
- I would like to thank my beloved wife Jana, for her unconditional love and support, and for taking care of our jumi administration.
. - My gratitude pours out to our 2 amazing children, Jade and Jalou, for being constant sources of joy and inspiration in my life, and for being our jumi mascots.
. - Special thanks to Dan Cutean and Maria Rus, who hosted weekly jumi sessions at their judo club in Trento, Italy – from 2017 until the Covid-19 pandemic .
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