Peaceful Heart Yoga

04/23/2026

I'm launching a Nervous System class!

We'll practice the art of attuning with your inner world, and developing real, enjoyable, daily habits that keep you connected to the earth mama.

6 Sundays, starting in May. Self-determined sliding fee scale. Details below!

There are so many books, podcasts and classes about well-being these days - so why choose this?

For one - it's in person! Yay, humans! The nervous systems deserves to be physically in a room with others - it is SO aware and attuned in ways we barely notice. Being in a room with real people, and embarking on concrete, embodied practices, will give space for some real shifts.

Secondly - I bring 20+ years of studying the nervous system. And I've looked at it from many different angles:

A huge influence has been my 20+ year career working with children (they can't guard like adults do), along with yoga, ayurveda, meditation, mindfulness, conscious communication, earth connecting shamanism, herbalism, Possibility Management, Hand in Hand Parenting, ADHD, my own journey as a parent, music, relationships and communication, nature, craniosacral therapy and intuitive energy healing, breathwork, my own personal journey with anxiety, and the work of Brene Brown, Gabor Mate, Kimberly Johnson and Peter A. Levine.

This class won't attempt to unwrap all of my work, but you'll get the clarified and well-rounded version! And it will be personalized for YOU - the participants - based on what shows up in our space together and what is needed. You might just find the right lens for your journey.

Lastly, I'll meet you exactly where you're at, full of connection, listening, empathy and safety. I've been teaching these concepts to preschoolers (and older kids) for many years. I make this work approachable, simple (yet deep), effective, tangible, and with so many personalized baby steps.

Class starts in 10 days! Please don't hesitate to reach out with questions! I would love to talk with you more.

DETAILS:

Befriend your Nervous System

* Simple and nourishing approaches to connect mind and body
* Explore what is meant by "nervous system regulation" and "feel your feelings"
* Movement, breath, meditation and insights - a little like yoga, and some
* Real healing of "stuck spots" through guided intuitive movement. * Learn to feel and allow your body to release tensions (emotional, physical, energetic) the way that only your inner wisdom knows how to do
* Experience immediate relief through shifting attention into the body, and long-term well-being through re-wiring our habits that regularly unsettle the nervous system

* A 6 week class series to provide tools, exercises and knowledge to reduce anxiety and the effects of stress:

* Sundays; 4:30 - 5:45pm

* May 3 - June 21 (no class Mother's Day or Memorial Day weekend, and we can work around Father's Day if needed)

* Self Determined Sliding Fee Scale: $100 - $150

Read more and register at www.peacefulheartyogamissoula.com

02/27/2026

This page stopped working about a year ago... let's give it a whirl!! Let me know if you see this post!!

I'm teaching Hand in Hand Parenting now!! Take a look and get in touch if you're interested:

Super late notice, but I'm running another 6 week Hand in Hand Parenting class starting SUNDAY!

Hand in Hand is a connection focused approach that takes into account the necessity of supporting parents emotionally first through a peer-to-peer simple listening tool. It's like magic what can relax in our bodies around that irk-some behavior that kids are SO good at seemingly creating with all of our inner struggles in mind. 🙂

6 Sundays, March 1 - mid-April. 3:30pm - 5pm. Childcare available. Scholarships available. At Peaceful Heart, near St. Pats hospital.

It's also NOT permissive parenting! Kids thrive when a loving and clear leader helps formulate their environment. Their tool of "setting limits" is kind, loving, respectful and actually effective - for the long term.

Kids are naturally loving, cooperative and happy to share and go along with your lead. Stuff then clouds this judgement. Luckily we ALL have a natural healing process for this stuck stuff (little or big emotional moments where nobody is there to listen while you process). We can utilize emotional release in the adult listening tool, and then, with that embodied knowledge, do the same for our kids. With that great listening, connection and presence, our children also relax and your family can find better flow - WITHOUT having to maintain any sort of western-typical discipline system. Lots of work up front, ease comes later - 1000% worth it.

Check out Hand in Hand: www.handinhandparenting.org

Please get in touch if you want to talk! An email is best: jess2breathe@gmail.com

06/09/2024

Cool and Slow Summer Yoga series starts TUESDAY!

This class will focus on soothing our busy, overstimulated, over-heated nervous systems through breath, movement and air conditioning! :)

Tuesdays 5 - 6pm (I may consider pushing the class to 5:15 or 5:30 if enough people would prefer that - so just get in touch!)
Peaceful Heart Yoga: 725 W. Alder St. #3
$108 for all 12 classes
$15 to drop in
Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc_O1EtzgxRFXe2X-mXbz0ih7D6ABC2gQMmnl8uQIad5HJHIw/viewform?usp=sf_link

Read more at www.peacefulheartyogamissoula.com

06/02/2024

Announcing a Summer Cool and Slow Yoga series!

A super affordable deal for the summer months for some regulating, cooling (literally - we have AC!), calming, soothing yoga! We will learn the "cooling breath", explore some cleansing and calming movements and slow down our nervous systems to balance out the heat and busy-ness of summer.

All experience levels welcome, and all walks of life encouraged to join us. Yoga is a practice that can be practiced by the young, old, inflexible, creaky, cranky, disabled, religious, non-spiritual... ANYbody.

I have been teaching for 17 years and have been most influenced by Kripalu Yoga, Ayurveda, mindfulness, energy healing, the intuitive arts, and nervous system regulation. My classes encourage you to follow your own rhythms and needs, to listen deeply to your intuition and to NOT move in sync with us if it doesn't seem right. I guide self-awareness and understanding above all, and encourage great curiosity and empathy as you explore all of who you are!

Details:
12 classes
Tuesdays, 5 - 6pm
June 11 - August 27
Only $108 for the series to reflect assumed missed classes due to vacations!
Drop ins allowed if I receive enough registrations to run the class, but not too many to overfill the class! (minimum 5 people / maximum 12) . Drop in price $15/class

Location: Peaceful Heart Yoga; 725 W. Alder St. #3; Missoula, MT

A super affordable deal for the summer months for some regulating, cooling (literally - we have AC!), calming, soothing yoga! We will learn the "cooling breath", explore some cleansing and calming movements and slow down our nervous systems to balance out the heat and busy-ness of summer. All experi...

04/30/2024

We're hiring for the 2024-25 school year!

Peaceful Heart Preschool is hiring an assistant preschool teacher to start in September, 2024. The position will run through the school year, with holiday breaks off, through the end of May 2025. I will most likely need someone T/W/Th afternoons, but occasionally 9am - 3pm on those days, and occasionally Mondays as well. Flexibility for these times will be greatly appreciated, but is not necessary. Experience with young people and in a preschool required. We will not be able to hire someone who wants their own preschool aged child to join our class. I'm looking primarily for a person who is interested in the work I do with young children (see my bio page on my website) and wants to be a part of what we do!

Compensation will be between $16 - $19/hr depending on experience. I prioritize humans and relationships in all that I do - with children, families and teachers. Preschool is challenging work, so we make sure we take care of ourselves! I can offer some paid time off and flexibility in our scheduling during the week.

Apply by sending me an email with your interest, a resume and 2 professional references. jess2breathe@gmail.com

Help me spread the word and share this with people you think might be interested!

Read all about the preschool and my work at www.peacefulheartyogamissoula.com

04/03/2024

03/29/2024

This is one of my favorite angles for helping adults and kids get along better. We definitely need to be guides for children, and we definitely need to set limits, but HOW it's done is important for the long term relationship. I always think about how I would want someone to help me if I was struggling with something or made a mistake. Kids are just people too. The Golden Rule applies with them too.

​Why do we expect children to have more self-control than grown-ups?

03/15/2024

Hey Missoula parents!

I am (humbly) offering my first Parenting Class! I have 22 years of experience working with children of all ages, have operated a kids yoga studio with preschool and summer camps for 11 years and have lived and breathed the study of feelings, mindfulness, nervous system regulation, energy systems and all things kids related. So I feel ready!

And... then something innocuous triggers me at home, with my own 4 and 7 year-old, and I find myself not at ALL being the vision I have of myself being a guide for other parents. Ha! So I wait to write this to you...

And, that's kind of the point! We are all humans. Us, and our kids.

All of us full of nuance, life history, ways of processing, a variety of sensitivity in our nervous systems, traumas big T and little t, desires, passions and experiences. And then we try our damndest to fit these puzzle pieces together, all while our children yell at us that we didn't give them the right spoon. :)

We are in a complex, and probably our favorite of all time, relationship with these little humans that we created. And they DO NOT seem to speak the same language as us! It's really hard! But, I think one key is that it IS a relationship. So it's two humans, continuing to try to connect and get better and better at communicating.

So, in addition to great humility and plenty of space for you to be exactly who you are, I intend to share some communication, connection and relationship tools with you that will hopefully help you understand and enjoy your kids more. :)

Some of our topics:

** Basic, simple, easy-to-connect with and use, practices that regulate the nervous system so that you can separate the past from the present in the moment and help your littles.

** My take on mindfulness - to give you insights into how those little irritations build up and explode and how you probably have a specific category of irritations that specifically trigger you. And how to observe, be-with and notice. Moment to moment. Learning with your heart and body who you and your little people are and what they are "saying" behind those behaviors.

** Explorations and support on connection, relationship and communication skills with your littles. Presence, connection and contingent communication (a term Daniel Siegel uses) and "special time" (hand in hand parenting) all set the baseline. Non-violent communication, great listening skills, validation and translating fill in the effective communication skills that will provide respect and closeness for the long term. These kids are just people, and they learn how to talk to their siblings, friends, and eventually to us by the subtle ways we (usually unconsciously) interact with them now.

Interested?? I am just about to schedule this to start in April! Register now and I'll email with scheduling options. No commitment until we settle on a time.

6 week course - 1 - 1.5 hours each class
Peaceful Heart Yoga: downtown next to Draught Works
In person (we'll try our best at least - we may "zoom" it)
$90 - $120 per family
Designed for parents of kids ages (approximately) 1 - 6

See more and sign up at www.peacefulheartyogamissoula.com/classes

Enjoy this picture of me attempting yoga a few years back, full and messy house, kids loving it. :)