About

Hi, I'm Jenna.

Jenna, main portrait

Embodiment practices changed my life. Like many of us, I grew up trying to meet the expectations of those around me. Based on those expectations, I could picture what my life ‘should’ look like.

Once I started down that path, I didn't realize that I could stop driving and get off the road or take a different route. I thought I had to stay on it no matter what. I had to tolerate feelings of emptiness, unhappiness, disconnection, and loneliness. In retrospect, while I was on that path, I regularly ignored the quiet voice of my intuition, or I rationalized not listening to it. I deprioritized my feelings and leaned all-in to my rational mind and thoughts. I moved through over 15 years of my adult life in this way: ignoring my feelings, living fully in my head.

But, our body stores and remembers. In 2019, I had rationalized so many stressful and unaligned experiences that my body was rigid with pain and immobility. I knew something had to change. I loved yoga asana, so I decided to learn to meditate. I downloaded a meditation app, and started with a 2-week course for beginners.

For 5-10 minutes each day, I'd sit in my bedroom and follow the prompts. It took several weeks of consistent practice for my inner world to begin to open to me. With time, intention, and curiosity, I came home to my Self through this practice.

Through these brief daily moments of sitting in my body, buried feelings, intuitive truths, and deep-seated dreams began to surface. I realized I could no longer live in a way that didn't honor this inner world.

So, I shook up my life and dove head first into my practice — and, by extension, deeper into myself — and I continued to hear an inner calling to go further into yoga as a way of life. I had so many inspirational live and virtual teachers during this time and I'm so grateful for their giving and guidance.

I graduated from 200hr YTT in May 2023, and have since completed 75 additional training hours in Yin and Slow Flow modalities. I teach regular classes and workshops, offer 1:1 and group embodiment coaching, provide sessions and support live and virtually, and feel inspired by my students and our humanness every single day.

Since I made the commitment to let my inner truth and wisdom guide me, my path has been vulnerable, messy, and scary. But it's also been joyful, vibrant, radiant, and true. Yoga and embodiment practices brought me back to life. And I'm so excited to share them with you. Regardless of whether you're brand new to yoga or an experienced yogi, I'd love to work with you.

Outside of teaching yoga, I love spending time with my beautiful son, my partner, friends + family, being in nature, seeing live music, reading, and traveling near and far.

Jenna, seated portrait

"Inspired by the ways the physical practice, breathwork and meditation drove my own self-discovery and continue to help me live my most authentic, embodied experience, I created Embodied Spirit. My mission is to help people learn to connect with spirit, heart, body, mind, and breath, and access the deepest, most authentic parts of themselves. I create a safe, nurturing, and encouraging space designed to support students at all phases of life."