Willow & Ash

Willow & Ash Jennifer Francis-Gehring, LCSW, RYT- 200, BSN, BA. I provide Yoga and therapeutic services to the local Owensboro community. Appointments only.

I am an Old Soul, therapist, Yoga instructor, wounded healer, artist, storyteller, perpetual wanderer.

This is a beautiful image. The words are simple and true.  Healing is noticing the patterns that keep us locked in cycle...
03/07/2026

This is a beautiful image.

The words are simple and true.

Healing is noticing the patterns that keep us locked in cycles of darkness and repeating what creates distress and dysregulation.

When we choose a different thought, action or behavior then we are actively repairing.

Our healing journey is one that is sacred.  It asks of us to be authentic, honest and true.  Healing requires active cha...
03/05/2026

Our healing journey is one that is sacred. It asks of us to be authentic, honest and true. Healing requires active change of thoughts, actions and words.

When we choose to set boundaries and honor the needs of our parts, our body and our nervous system, things begin to shift.

Being saved is a fairytale. It’s passive and discounts our own divine and masculine empowerment.

Becoming the fire or flame that ignites rebirth…well that’s next level awareness.

How might things become different in our life if we stopped looking for a savior.

Love light and the shadows
Jennifer

March is here and spring is in the air.  This month on Wednesdays during Hatha Flow Yoga we will begin exploring the Wil...
03/03/2026

March is here and spring is in the air. This month on Wednesdays during Hatha Flow Yoga we will begin exploring the Wild Woman archetype. Who is she…..

So many ways to utilize our breath and movement to explore this divine feminine within each of us.

So if you are curious about the Wild Woman within….and how she fits into your life….her call to you….how she shows up at just the right moment….well come on in on Wednesdays from 6-715pm and greet her within.

Doors open at 545pm
Cost is 20$.

Tuesdays 530-630 in March and April! 20$Doors open at 515pm you can park on 21st Street and come up onto the front porch...
03/02/2026

Tuesdays 530-630 in March and April!
20$

Doors open at 515pm you can park on 21st Street and come up onto the front porch and in through the front door.

Please message below or FB message or call/text to register.

Love light and the shadows
Jennifer

02/27/2026

Anxiety Support group is canceled due to no registration. Stay tuned we will try again later spring!!!!

02/27/2026

What an amazing opportunity to connect with your breath and movement. 2 of the largest ways we can build connection and safety within and with others.

Ken is an amazing breathwork instructor and Yoga teacher.

You will love this class!! Go check him out!!!!

02/25/2026

Yoga cancelled tonight. Stomach bug 10…..Jennifer 0.

Very well stated!!
02/25/2026

Very well stated!!

“Healing is not just about what we leave behind, it’s about what we step into from one moment to the next.”

A lot of us focus on release:
leave the relationship, stop the habit, cut the tie, move on.

But healing isn’t only subtraction.
It’s direction.

It’s what you choose next—
in your body, your words, your boundaries, your daily rhythm.

One small step today:
What are you stepping into—right now—
that supports the life you’re becoming?

Be the paradox.

Therapy is hard work!   I like to remind my clients to make sure and rest after doing their work. Willow had a lovely se...
02/24/2026

Therapy is hard work! I like to remind my clients to make sure and rest after doing their work.

Willow had a lovely second full day of therapy. She greeted new people, she played, she took care of her basic needs of peeing and pooing, she drank, she napped and ate treats.

It was a good….and exhausting second full day.

She was calm and she was curious. Her nervous system was in a beautiful space of ventral vagal. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Love light and the shadows
Jennifer

Good morning!  For the past 7 days my life has been a little topsy turvy.  My nervous system has been more dysregulated ...
02/24/2026

Good morning! For the past 7 days my life has been a little topsy turvy. My nervous system has been more dysregulated and my sleep has been intermittent. I have required more coffee during my day than normal and the reason is….my sweet new puppy.

Please meet Willow LuLubelle. She found her furever home last Tuesday and we adopted her from Saving Paws Animal Rescue of Kentucky.

She is feisty, sassy, loud, wild, full of energy, loves to cuddle, will talk back if she doesn’t get her way, chews on everything and still has potty accidents. She’s fully 3 months and 7 days today. She’s a Scorpio so I have NO idea what I am in for!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
She does accept redirection very well though, and sometimes she will just simply walk off when I am trying to teach her some valuable life lessons.

Several clients have already met her and she’s been a hot topic of conversation and a beautiful way to connect with and talk about the nervous system.

Willow has already received her first full 5 hours of the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) which is an acoustic intervention for the nervous system. And it has really helped her separation anxiety and yowling/howling. SSP has helped her nervous system to settle and calm and we will do 4 more rounds of this intervention for a total of 20 hours of listening to the music.

I know the power SSP has in working with human nervous systems and now Willow is my 6th dog I am working with to heal her nervous system and help Willow move more fluidly up and down her nervous system ladder. I have used SSP with my other 2 dogs and now Kiwi- our Chihuahua can go into stores like Lowes without lunging at people or barking incessantly due to anxiety and fear. Charlie has become more relaxed and less anxious too. Another dog I have worked with would howl and yowl at storms uncontrollably and inconsolably while medicated and now he growls quietly. The shifts within nervous systems are profound.

Unyte Health is the founder of this amazing intervention and Dr. Stephen Porges helped create this too.

Utilizing Polyvagal Theory in psychotherapy has been a game changer for so many people’s lives. I know how beautiful life has become by learning to befriend my nervous system and tend to her needs when my sympathetic or dorsal parts get activated and dysregulated. This has increased my window of tolerance to experience uncomfortable emotions and sensations.

Check out my website for more information on SSP under services tab. Your nervous system will thank you.

Love light and the shadows
Jennifer

2026 Educational SeminarThe Physics of Healing: Consciousness, Trauma and The Nervous System  Please join me on Friday M...
02/23/2026

2026 Educational Seminar
The Physics of Healing: Consciousness, Trauma and The Nervous System

Please join me on Friday March 13th from 530pm - 7pm for the Foundations of Quantum Theory and Consciousness

Dr. Joe Dispenza Meditation - Blessing of the Energy Centers 2.

This is a beautiful opportunity learn about Quantum Theory and consciousness while joining up with other regulated nervous systems and experience safety and connection, while you are learning how to meditate.

Meditating is not clearing the mind...rather it is returning to your breath and focusing your attention and awareness on the energy centers of your body - aka your Chakras.

Quantum Theory states: when our brains slow down and our breath and heart become coherent, then we can enter into another space called the Quantum Field where 5D exists and matter does not. We are pure energy.

Registration required due to limited space. So if you would like to attend please comment below or FB message me or call/text.

Meditation is how we nourish our brains and autonomic nervous system, and begin transcending healing.

Love light and the shadows!

Jennifer

Warning this is a long read AND it truly explains ADHD and hormonal changes which lead to physical, behavioral and emoti...
02/22/2026

Warning this is a long read AND it truly explains ADHD and hormonal changes which lead to physical, behavioral and emotional changes monthly for women, teens and girls.

How might things be if young girls and teen girls were supported and given adaptations monthly to support their mental health and physical health?

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