Journey With Jens

11/25/2025

Teaching in a new city!! And it feels so right! ✨

Over the last ten years, wherever I’ve been, whichever studio, whatever city - the RESTORATIVE practice has resonated with people deeply.

It’s the balm we need for our tired bodies, our over-full minds and our seeking souls…

And we’re blessed to be able to gather in a space as beautiful as Ananda Yoga Studio in Fort William to find just that.

If you could use some deeper rest and renewal, please join us this Sunday. More events will follow but the first of anything always has that special energy. 💖

10/15/2025

Attn: Thunder Bay Friends!

I have space for a couple more Women in my new Somatic Massage Program beginning the last week of October. If this is of interest to you, reach out soon to see if it’s a fit.

With the changing seasons, it’s the perfect time to turn within… 💜

09/04/2025

Next month is bringing some ✨ BIG CHANGES ✨ for us, friends!

I am cutting way back on massage services here in Dryden to begin offering more Women’s Retreats/Circles and to develop my 1:1 services around NWO.

I am very excited to share that I will be moving my home base to Thunder Bay as of October 1! This will allow me more stimulation and connection personally, while continuing to grow my mission around the region in ways that are aligned with my heart. ♥️

The Community in Dryden is beyond precious to me and this is definitely not a good-bye...

I will be back in my Dryden office for 3 days every second week to keep seeing my closest clients. If you are someone I’ve worked with in the past but have not been alerted to this change yet, you will no longer find availability listed on my online booking system. You can however, message me privately to be put on a list to be told of any openings I may have closer to my days in town.

You’ll also still see me working with some of the amazing local organizations I’ve been blessed to be growing alongside in recent years. As well as at the Lutheran Church (every second Thursday - with more details to come) gathering on the mat with the beautiful Women I’ve come to know and share Yoga with, since my return to NWO 8 years ago!

This step is a testament to my need and commitment to always be evolving. My core mission is to support Women to come back to their truest selves and I am all in on this journey alongside you all!

Thanks for your continued support and friendship,

🙏🏻 Jena

04/13/2025

Had this convo with one of my brilliant clients last week…

Embracing the process of aging as a deeper dive into our wholeness. Embodying our realest selves. Settling deeper into the wisdom of our hearts and authenticity of our voices.

Clinging to dreams of ‘eternal youth’ likely signals over identification with the body and neglects the development of the heart, the soul and the mind…

“I want to tell all women that getting older
is actually about becoming fully embodied.

It’s not about preserving who you were. It
is about owning the ocean of who you ARE.

It’s not about shrinking.

It’s about deepening into the ancient wisdom
of your cells.

Magnetism has never been about age.

It’s been about PRESENCE all along, full and vibrant and whole.”

~ Victoria Erickson, Writer
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03/21/2025

🌷 What better day than Spring Equinox to share this with you All?🌷

Since closing the Awakened Roots storefront and production op, I’ve had it in mind to do a little rebrand and today is the day!

Since making that big change and closing the physical space, I’ve been working as sincerely as ever to promote health and connection in NWO. Working 1-1 with so many of you, hosting workshops, organizing retreats, offering online courses, and creating unique programming for organizations within our Communities.

I’m ever evolving as an individual and my Business has always reflected that. It’s always been me, committed first and foremost to my own healing and growth, and then in turn - sharing what I acquire with anyone who is sincerely interested.

Today, to better reflect where we’re at and where we’re going, the Awakened Roots name is getting a well earned retirement as we transition to 💚 JOURNEY WITH JENS 💚

I’ve had many nicknames in my life, Jens being the one given to me by the crew I’ve studied with over the past decade. It speaks to a version of me that is Compassionate, Creative, Deeply Connected and (maybe more than) a little bit Bold. ❤️‍🔥
Try it out next time you see me if you like! 😉

It takes a lot to put your heart and soul out there for others to look at, but for me it’s always felt more like a calling to heed, rather than a concious choice.

Now it’s time to go deeper, to be more authentic, to stand in courage and unite in what’s real and true. Some of the ideas/visions coming from within me lately are unlike anything I’ve yet to see ‘out there’ and will be excited to share when ready.

If you’ve followed along the journey this far and benefitted in some way - I thank you, deeply. And I know those who are meant to, will stick around, and we’ll carry on together... 🙏🏻

(logo goes untouched b/c where else are you going to get sun/star, moon, land, water, life all in one?! if anything, it’s more fitting now than ever ✨)

01/28/2025

We have more control over the direction of our lives than we could ever realize. Over the amount of joy, connection and purpose we experience each day. But until we step back a bit and reflect, our deeper programming will keep running the show, with us, mostly unaware.
 
It’s the mind’s job to keep us safe and that often means keeping us in familiar territory, even if what we’re doing isn’t working for us. So we stay carrying out familiar patterns, thinking similar thoughts and not seeing the changes we long for.
 
My work since closing the storefront has been based in supporting Women to calm and steady their systems so that together, we can find our hearts again. To quiet down the mind enough and listen for the wisdom of the soul. And to find support in one another and courageously step forward, one foot at a time, into new and brighter ways of being…
 
 
✨ NEW PATHWAYS✨ is about grounding our nervous systems and opening new neural pathways in a supportive, fun and effective way. This program will be for all Women, regardless of experience with meditation or understanding of your mind/nervous system. Let’s start together...
 
Over four weeks, with four unique themes, we’ll share -
 
-       Beautiful, daily meditations to set the tone of your day.
-       Special intention/affirmation to anchor you and start to create new, positive pathways within the mind.
-       Fun and unique activity designed to engage and shake up the senses. With reflection questions to get you thinking and possibly revealing things about yourself you didn’t know.
-       Supportive, private FB Group to share resources and tips on healing and rewiring the nervous system.
-       I’ll go live in the Group every Sunday at 9am (starting Feb. 9th) to discuss the week prior and share a 20 minute movement and meditation practice. Tune in live or catch the recording.
-       Special opportunity to work with me 1-1 following the program to create a personalized practice based on what reveals that you may want to give more focus to.

Can’t wait take these steps towards the light together,
💖 Jena

01/17/2025

✨ Courage, Faith & Flowing Water ✨ (three of my very fave things)

Last night as I was falling asleep I had a random thought to let the Divine lead my day today. I knew I wanted to visit the nearby Nauyaca falls. And solo adventuring always gives me butterflies leading up 🦋

Would I find my way? What would it be like? I also always worry about animals… ☠️

I woke up easily with my alarm and made it to the park just minutes after it opened. On the 4km hike in, I saw just one other Woman. Uphill and hot (even at 7am), I had zero complaints, not a fearful thought in my mind, just ease. So much so that I was making up songs, singing aloud by the time I could hear the water rushing 🎶

Arriving so early meant I had a couple of hours at the falls with only a few others. Blissful hours with the elements to swim, to climb, to soak up the sun. To release, with the falls, whatever fears I’m still harbouring so clearly past their prime 🌊

I think I’m going to start handing my days over to God more often 🙏🏻

Surrender isn’t to the ‘object’ it’s directed. But a process in which we can unwind and be more present to whatever the moment holds…

Let’s each keep rising to our fears, however big or small, and know that it’s truly not all on our shoulders to carry 💖