Hi, I’m Jen.

Curious Human, Space Holder, Student of Yoga, Teacher, Mentor, and Guide.

I’m drawn to the inquisitive and soulful. Mother nature inspires me, reminds to stay humble, and soothes the rough edges often felt through this human experience.

I feel most alive when helping others untangle the mind, interpret emotion, flow freely with the body, and connect to the deepest and truest parts of themselves.

I believe life is a strange yet beautiful mystery and to be taken in with wonder and awe.

I’m an experienced leader and yoga teacher with near 2,000 hours of teaching and 20+ years of mentoring humans in various capacities from corporate environments, integrative life coaching clients, and students and teachers of yoga.

I relish in practice and studying the ancient wisdom of varying schools of yoga, ayurveda, and tantra and their correlation to modern psychology and neuroscience.

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“Working with Jen is like having the most supportive best friend, sister, partner, and coach that you could possibly ever have. You feel like Jen is a partner who is in this with you guiding you along the way. I felt loved and supported.”

- Justine | Colorado, USA

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  • My work is an integrative process using subtle-body wisdom, yoga asana, meditation, yoga nidrā, prāṇāyāma (breath control), somatic practices, and supported self-inquiry to guide you back to your innate inner wisdom, allowing you to flourish in wholeness.

    I offer in-person sessions, workshops, events, and classes in Jacksonville, Florida as well as online mentorship programs and online yoga class-series throughout the year.

    I spent most of my life in Colorado, where I developed my skills as an effective leader, process innovator, and mentor. This is also where I began my studies in yoga philosophy.

    After leaving corporate america in 2014, I spent five years on St. John, a tiny island in the Caribbean, where I taught yoga to both the local community and visitors through private villa yoga, Gallows Point Resort, Cinnamon Bay Campground, and The Westin. While living on island, I also supported locally-owned boutique businesses through sales and marketing as well as villa management with my love and husband, Chris.

    I am currently teaching, mentoring, and taking in seaside living in Jacksonville Beach, Florida with frequent visits back to the Virgin Islands and Colorado to see family and friends as well as study with my foundational teachers.

  • Integrity | Honesty and truthfullness in one’s words and actions. Taking responsibility for oneself, treating others with respect, sincerity, and being of moral character.

    Community | A collective of humans offering support, recognition, encouragment, and a felt sense of belonging.

    Compassion | Actively and empathetically listening to others. Gently holding space for another’s pain. Thinking, speaking, living, and acting in a way that supports the alleviation and limiting of other’s suffering.

    Courage | To be in your humannness, real, raw, and vulnerable. To love without fear. To kindly speak up for oneself and others. To connect, explore, and be curious about yourself and the world around you. To live a life that feels authentic to you.

    Communication | Sharing experiences, needs, and aspirations to cultivate connection, build, nurture, and deepen relationships.

  • Jeremy Wolf, Rod Stryker, Marissa Angeletti, Derek Eselius, Janet Stone, Santosh Powell, Erica Matluck, Devon Sweeney, Tiffany Cruikshank, Anna Suil, and my very first yoga teacher, Niki Herzog-Jarett

 

TRAININGS & CERTIFICATIONS

200hr Registered Yoga Teacher E-RYT, YACEP | LifePower Vinyasa & Ashtanga, 2015

300hr Yoga Teacher | Yandara Yoga Institute (in-process)

300hr Yoga Teacher | Tantra Yoga Alchemy: Rod Stryker (in-process)

Yin Yoga | Kari Kwinn, 2015

Yoga Nidrā Fundamentals | Jeremy Wolf, 2016

Comprehensive Yoga Nidrā | Jeremy Wolf, 2017

Trauma-sensitive Certified (and continued studies) | Marissa Angeletti, 2017

Reiki (Usui Lineage) Level 1 & 2 | Lisa Guyman, 2017

Trauma-sensitive Breath Coach | The Whole Heath Project, 2023

ADVANCED YOGA STUDIES

Neuroscience of Yin Yoga | Devon Sweeney, 2022

Embodying the Bandhas | 2022

Advanced Subtle Body | Jeremy Wolf & Devon Sweeney, 2023

Meditation from Tantras & Vedas | Indu Arora, 2023

Embody Samadhi: Perceive | Jeremy Wolf, Derik Eselius & Santosh Powell, 2023

Bhakti: Yoga of the Heart | Janet Stone, 2023

Prāṇāyāma: Breathwork Therapuetics | Yoga Medicine, 2023

PROGRAM COMPLETIONS

Root to Rise | Seven Senses - Erica Matluck, ND, NP, 2020

Better Boundaries | Kari Kwinn, 2020

Somatic Parts Work | The Embody Lab - Frances D Booth LICSW, 2021

Biology of Trauma & Healing | The Embody Lab - Aime Apigian, MD, MS, MPH, 2021

Shapes of the Psyche | Inlokahmotion - Marissa Angeletti, M.A., LPC, 2022

 

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