Jayne Bullen

Jayne Bullen Dancer. Writer. IkigaiCoach. Mother. Pathfinder. Waymaker.
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Jayne Bullen, MBA
Managing Director Network
Advocacy & Strategy Lead Noakes Foundation

Jayne is an advocate of taking back healthcare from the current sickcare model, through improved lifestyle advocacy, research and education. Serving as the Chief Operating Officer of The Noakes Foundation for its first decade, she co-founded Eat Better South Africa, later chairing its board.

In 2018 she co-founded Nutrition Network, which now has over sixty CME trainings and spans over 100 countries, where she serves as Managing Director. Jayne is an MBA Chevening Scholar, High Dip in Marketing and International Relations graduate. In her MBA at Leeds University, where she wrote her thesis on the regulation of marketing to children in the food and fast food categories; later leading Pan-European research and strategy evaluation for various global health regulatory bodies and brands including the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Food Standards Authority (EFSA). She is also an advanced Mind Body Medicine facilitator, Certified Coach and has studied and has special interests in public health, system change, nervous system health, gut health, parenting, Yoga and is also a movement teacher.

Staying in our IKIGAI, or being close to our life path and best possible destiny, means staying close to our dreams and ...
14/06/2026

Staying in our IKIGAI, or being close to our life path and best possible destiny, means staying close to our dreams and vision for our life.

As we hit the half way mark this year, it's a great time to look back at your vision board (or document, list, artwork etc depending on your creative application of this).

I do a relatively elaborate vision board at the turning point of each year as it feeds me creatively and helps me map the year out in the organic parts of my mind. From there it evolves into priorities, lists, calendar reminders, actions, projects and events etc.

Checking back in, feeding new light, data, focus and energy into our vision is a key aspect of staying in an active relationship to our dreams and vision for ourselves.

Mines on a black board this year and it was a shade of grey by May, needing a good dust off. Then some new light shone on it, some water, some care. Sometimes I must actually add material but usually, there is far more than enough to work on, relate to and engage in in terms of content.

It's often unexpected and surprising what happens, but looking back it all makes sense and was there all along. So many big themes this year that are unfolding in the ways that are supporting my growth and truth as a human being. Not all easy, but no good growth material ever is.

I am still in the year of my beloved mother's passing, combined with the last year of my son at home and school. Recently I left my role of eleven years at the foundation and have to allow something I built with great passion, care and tenderness to grow in new ways without me close by now. Trusting it was the right timing. Many things to let go of and spaces to fill.

So many in the world are grappling with loss and change in these complex times. This is one of the tools that I find I can really lean into as a resource for myself during a year, which is why I place so much focus on it. What a joy its creation and unfolding always is, especially that final moment when I know it's Done!

"We are all just walking each other home." Ram Dass.

Do you work with a vision setting process and how does it support you?

Structure and Fluidity: The Biology of Movement in the Human BodyStructure and Fluidity: The Biology of Movement in the ...
12/06/2026

Structure and Fluidity: The Biology of Movement in the Human Body

Structure and Fluidity: The Biology of Movement in the Human Body
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/structure-fluidity-biology-movement-human-body-jayne-bullen-mba--9xesf?

The Fascia: The Structural Web Fascia is the continuous, dynamic network of connective tissue that wraps, separates, and supports every muscle, bone, nerve, blood vessel, and organ in the body. If you removed everything else from the body, the fascial web would perfectly preserve your three-dimensio

Pain, Spasms, Stiffness? The Biology of "Stuck" – How Stress and Resistance Solidifies the BodyHave you noticed physical...
11/06/2026

Pain, Spasms, Stiffness? The Biology of "Stuck" – How Stress and Resistance Solidifies the Body

Have you noticed physical pain in the body shows up or exaggerates at stressful times or soon after a big shock or event that disrupts you? You are not alone. Lower back pain, frozen shoulders, back spams, bursitis, chronic pain: endless options are available for pain in the body to manifest....

Read my full article here

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/pain-spasms-stiffness-biology-stuck-how-stress-body-jayne-bullen-mba--wchnf?

Have you noticed physical pain in the body shows up or exaggerates at stressful times or soon after a big shock or event that disrupts you? You are not alone. Lower back pain, frozen shoulders, back spams, bursitis, chronic pain: endless options are available for pain in the body to manifest.

This past weekend was my 30 year school reunion at Redhill High School. What a true reminder of the value of connections...
13/05/2026

This past weekend was my 30 year school reunion at Redhill High School.

What a true reminder of the value of connections through our lives. Long strong threads of human connection enrich our lives on so many deep levels. They don't always make sense, but over time it becomes clear they are the tapestry and foundation of a happy life. New science is supporting this, showing how connections equate to longevity and health. Loneliness is worse for health than smoking we now know.

A lot of people asked me why I was bothering to travel for this. Why I was still in touch with school friends?
I never bothered to go
I never stayed in touch.
Many stories and views, all valuable, always.

If there is one thing I know for sure, it's that people matter. Connections and history matter. Honouring people is the cornerstone of humanity and life. It's the core of success in business too.

My philosophy with work has always been people-centric. it's all about who is doing the job, the heart that goes into the work they do and the quality they bring that matters as much as what they are doing .

How can I and we create a place we like to be in and where we are deeply honoured as human beings of great value?
How can I help you to grow and do your best?
What do you need to win at this?
Are questions I ask often.

I don't believe in hanging out too much in the past. At the same time, it's important to honour the threads of our lives and our history. To remember who we are and our lineage that shapes us and also to lean into the structures of our life: it's what carries us.

Thanks to Redhill School for being just the most incredible school and for educating so many exceptional humans that love and believe in each other still, three decades later.

How blessed we are.
How blessed I am.

07/05/2026

Beautiful check in list, via Tiny Buddha

A great reminder from an old friend to lean into these four incredible life principles during difficult times. Not alway...
06/05/2026

A great reminder from an old friend to lean into these four incredible life principles during difficult times.

Not always easy. But each such a wealth of truth and great daily practise as a quick self check in tool.

1. Be impeccable with your word: did I only speak the truth today, even the hard truth? was it kind?
2. Don't take anything personally. Did I stay clear that it's not about me what others do and choose to believe?
3. Don't make assumptions. Did I ask for clarity and make my needs clear?
4. Always do your best. Did I do my best for today in my current circumstances, which are ever-changing of course?

This. Always.  We are all still learning, growing. We rise together We rise by lifting others: keeping our intentions to...
22/04/2026

This.

Always.

We are all still learning, growing.

We rise together

We rise by lifting others: keeping our intentions towards the light and upliftment of those around us. This is the seed of sustainable growth.

A forever and much valued teacher of mine from my global dance community is visiting South Africa at the moment for the ...
14/04/2026

A forever and much valued teacher of mine from my global dance community is visiting South Africa at the moment for the first time in 11 years. The last time Ya'Acov Darling Khan was here I was still the organiser of our African school of Movement Medicine, which feels like a lifetime ago.

I am half way through his tour which I am gratefully joining without any of my many past roles as leader, teacher, organiser, assistant etc. It's my first time just simply dancing on this continent as me a dancer and learner; with strong intent: to be a humble and open student. To stay teachable. To be sure to keep dancing and staying open to the possibility that there are new ways to move and explore my inner and outer landscape throughout my life. The ego wants to think it's done with its work, embodied, ready, better than. But this is just one story and trick it plays on us. we are never done with the work of self-accountability and growth. if we think we are, it's time to step off any podium we are on and join the dancefloor of life again, as a student, to remember that there is always more to learn. Always companions to learn from and dance with.

Despite having danced for thousands of hours with many teachers around the world, over decades, then teaching myself for many years, there is the simple truth that we are all still learning for as long as we live. The landscape changes and there is Always, more material, new.terrain to encounter.both within and without of course.

We are never done or 'there' at the point where we are able to do it alone, where we don't need honest companions, and community to keep us accountable and aware of our own learning edges and shadows.

We have to keep open to learning. We must stay forever, .

Huge gratitude to Ady Lor and Anja Bock for organising this series of events. Gratitude to the many dangers that said yes all those years ago and keep coming back. And the new ones saying yes! And as always to and for their courage to be who they are always growing and improving and their guidance in what it means to be responsibly free. I so look forward to the Phoenix on African soil.

New brilliant training by Nutrition Network landing. Do you know what lipedema is and do you know anyone suffering from ...
09/04/2026

New brilliant training by Nutrition Network landing.

Do you know what lipedema is and do you know anyone suffering from it ? The answer is yes but you may not realise what it is and how it can impact women's lives and be treated.

05/04/2026

Less advice, feedback and opinions
About each other.
Is where to start.

We are here, together, to learn from each other as equals. And to love each other, accept each other, appreciate each other and nurture (care for) each other

Just exactly,
As we are.

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