Moving Into Meditation
Meditation and embodied-awareness practices are essential tools in cultivating presence of mind and body such that we can live more joyful, mindful lives and be of more meaningful benefit in the world.
Meditation and embodied-awareness practices are essential tools in cultivating presence of mind and body such that we can live more joyful, mindful lives and be of more meaningful benefit in the world.
This balancing Autumn digestive reset will ground your nervous system while supporting your immunity.
This afternoon retreat with Jennifer held on Zoom is timed at the beginning of summer to, from the inside out, fully reap the benefits inherent in the summer months and to learn to “surf life” with greater clarity and grace.
Learn self-care practices that can support your life. Join us for a food-based digestive reset and yogic lifestyle cleanse.
This is an opportunity for yoga teachers to deepen their knowledge of yoga, and expand their teaching practice.
This afternoon retreat with Jennifer held on Zoom is timed at the beginning of spring as we look ahead at where and how we want to grow.
This afternoon retreat is timed at the beginning of the year when so many of us are intending to spend some time internally, checking in with ourselves and establishing new habits.
Moving with the Seasons is offered at the beginning of each season to support your ability to thrive utilizing movement, breath and meditation. Learn how basic Ayurvedic principles apply to growing your practice.
Are you ready for a reboot for the new year? Are you interested in learning how to eat and nourish yourself best through the winter months? Do you want to learn self-care practices that can support your life?
Our JOY 300 hour program is for instructors who’ve completed a 200 hour certification and want to continue to grow themselves professionally and personally.
If you are interested in taking your practice deeper, becoming certified to teach, or continuing your yoga education, register for this free session to learn about our JOY of Yoga Teacher Training program.
From Kundalini, to the koshas, vayus and nadis, this weekend intensive will explore a variety of practices that deepen your capacity for the inner qualities we value, among them, inner listening, clarity, creativity, compassion and wise decision making.
If you are interested in taking your practice deeper, becoming certified to teach, or continuing your yoga education, register for this free session to learn about our JOY of Yoga Teacher Training program.
Students will learn the basic elements in any yoga practice, using Patanjali’s eight limbs of yoga as a foundation for class structure.
Learn self-care practices that can support your life. Join us for a food-based digestive reset and yogic lifestyle cleanse.
We’ll spend our afternoon making our way, step by step, into a variety of arm balances.
We will take a deep dive into the philosophy of yoga. We will consider the great questions of the human condition and the answers that yoga provides.
As we move through this flow, incorporating backbends all the while, let’s focus on having a strong back and soft front.
A step-by-step practice in moving toward Lotus Pose.
Let’s release some of the stress that may have accumulated in the body. Bringing awareness to the stress body can indeed help us begin to release any holding patterns that could be occurring within.
Grab a block if you’ve got one and return to your mat to enjoy this flow practice.
“Rest and be thankful.” ― William Wordsworth. We put these words to practice with this gratitude meditation.
Practicing trāṭaka meditation. Using our sense of sight to quiet our minds through gazing at a candle flame.
After learning to witness the breath, we can play with lengthening the exhalation and pausing between the inhalation and exhalation, to support relaxing the nervous system.
For those who have learned to utilize their core, and know how to do crow pose.
A flow-based practice that explores variations of Tree Pose.
A flow-based practice designed to open the hips and prepare the body for a variety of pigeon variations.
A step-by-step approach to entering the headstand safely. Please consult with your doctor first if you have a back or neck injury, low blood pressure, glaucoma, or a heart condition.
This practice is designed to create a regular practice of watching the breath, any time, anywhere.
Beginning by circling the joints and warming, this video is an accessible way to begin a practice.
A flow-based practice that supports making Dolphin Pose accessible.
If the whole world took their legs up a wall after work, the world would be a kinder, gentler place.
Make the most of your meditation practice by establishing a steady seat that supports your body.
Using the sounds within us and around us as the focus of our meditation.
Twists are so good for the spine. Let’s look at how to make the most out of twisting.
Using the sensations inside the body as our object of meditation.
The term “beginning again” often relates to meditation, but it is so useful within the context of yoga-asana.
Practicing present moment awareness through tending to the breath.
In a relaxed and attentive wave-like motion, explore the potential of your breath.
Offered only in our studio, Jennifer’s seasonal retreats will continue for another year, beginning this Autumn. Each seasonal retreat has a specific focus. This Autumn retreat will build upon last Autumn’s retreat.
A step by step practice in moving toward Lotus Pose.
Students will deepen their understanding of sequencing by introducing a variety of methods to work with the subtle body through 1) movement from one posture
Students will learn the basic elements in any yoga practice, using Patanjali’s eight limbs of yoga as a foundation for class structure.
Half-day retreats with Jennifer are designed to inspire your practice for the entire season ahead.
Bali is three sticks of incense: Faith. Ritual. Service.
Join Jennifer and Karma for a wonderful way to begin the new year.
This balancing Autumn digestive reset will ground your nervous system while supporting your immunity.
This meditation series provides the opportunity to explore a variety of meditation, mindfulness, embodied awareness, and compassion-based practices from a wide variety of meditative traditions.
In this third heart to heart, the JOY founder and teacher shares her most-loved books as a yoga student and teacher.
In this second heart to heart, the JOY founder and teacher shares a journaling practice for new yoga teachers.
In this first heart to heart, the JOY founder and teacher shares about cultivating a consistent home practice.
Ready to burst forth into the season, get rid of the congestion, allergies, and sluggishness that sometimes accompanies Spring?
Five contributors weigh in on what they’re taking away.