Meet our Practitioner
Jenna is shining a light on the power of somatic or body-based therapies for achieving inner freedom, strength and resilience. Customize a session based on your preference (floor work, verbalizing, yoga therapy, somatics) and personal needs. Somatic is a term meaning your first person, subjective, lived experience in the present moment. The etymology of the word is the root word soma, meaning body. It is pointing toward the experience of your bodyfrom within.
Jenna’s path in the healing arts began with her first Yoga Teacher training in 2011 at Yandara Yoga Institute. It was there that she first learned about Somatic Psychotherapy. Her first teacher in the field of Somatic Psychotherapy was a Buddhist teacher, yoga innovator and psychotherapist from Toronto named Michael Stone. She went on to complete a professional counselling program in Somatic Trauma Therapy (Relational Somatic Therapy) from 2017-2018. Some of her other areas of study and specialization include: Therapeutic Bodywork and Yoga, Tibetan Usui-Reiki energy healing, Yin Yoga, Trauma-Informed Yoga and Hanna Somatics. Currently, Jenna is studying therapeutic Qigong and continues her zen practice with the Mountain Rain Zen community.
Somatic Movement therapy
Let our practitioner guide and assist you with movement and calming poses for proper posture, stability, flexibility, breathing and improved circulation. Yoga therapy can be used for both strengthening and recovery/healing. Get your body moving and release tension at the same time, improve elasticity and hydration of the tissues and ligaments to reduce pain, fatigue and stress. If there is a disconnection between body and mind, it may be helpful to try a Yoga Therapy session to thaw out some of the muscles and get the energy flowing again. Often people have built up walls of protection as a result of trauma, and this lives in our tissues and energy field. Especially if you have been sedentary for a long time, getting your body to move and hold asana (postures) is a good way to tap into your body’s self-healing mechanism. You will leave sessions with a better awareness of and confidence in your body, as well as learning how to move better so you can avoid future injury and premature aging.
We can think of yoga as cultivating a relationship with our body. Yoga is a gentle, trust-building way of connecting to your body, with self-love and self-compassion as its natural by-products. It has also been found to be helpful for the following:
- Balancing the emotional body
- Improving mood
- Reducing depression and anxiety
- Stimulating the relaxation response
- Regulating blood pressure
- Enhancing Autonomic
- Nervous System resilience
pathways to healing
Let our practitioner guide and assist you with movement and calming poses for proper posture, stability, flexibility, breathing and improved circulation. Yoga therapy can be used for both strengthening and recovery/healing. Get your body moving and release tension at the same time, improve elasticity and hydration of the tissues and ligaments to reduce pain, fatigue and stress. If there is a disconnection between body and mind, it may be helpful to try a Yoga Therapy session to thaw out some of the muscles and get the energy flowing again. Often people have built up walls of protection as a result of trauma, and this lives in our tissues and energy field. Especially if you have been sedentary for a long time, getting your body to move and hold asana (postures) is a good way to tap into your body’s self-healing mechanism. You will leave sessions with a better awareness of and confidence in your body, as well as learning how to move better so you can avoid future injury and premature aging.
We can think of yoga as cultivating a relationship with our body. Yoga is a gentle, trust-building way of connecting to your body, with self-love and self-compassion as its natural by-products. It has also been found to be helpful for the following:
- Balancing the emotional body
- Improving mood
- Reducing depression and anxiety
- Stimulating the relaxation response
- Regulating blood pressure
- Enhancing Autonomic
- Nervous System resilience