In Your Body Yoga & Wellness with JennTara

02/09/2026

I’ve been reflecting on how feeling disconnected from ourselves and our bodies is not a personal failure — but more of a symptom of the times we are living in.

Many of us are moving quickly, holding uncertainty, absorbing constant information, and navigating systems that pull us away from listening to ourselves.

Yoga helps me remember that connection is something we can practice. Not to fix ourselves, but to gently come back into relationship with our bodies, our breath, and each other.

I wrote more about this reflection in my latest blog, exploring belonging, embodiment, and remembering our interconnectedness.

🌿 You can read it here: https://inyourbody.offeringtree.com/blog/yoga-and-interconnectedness-healing-the-illusion-of-separation-in-body-and-culture

If this resonates, I’d love to hear what helps you feel connected to yourself.

There is a cultural current many of us are swimming in — often called Whiteness. Not simply referring to skin color, but to a dominant cultural conditioning that quietly teaches us to see ourselves as separate: separate from each other, separate from nature, and often separate from our own bodies.

02/01/2026

If you’re feeling the heaviness of the news in our communities, you are not alone. When things feel tender or overwhelming, I return to what I know — channeling energy and emotion into extending love, care for others … and inviting others to do the same.
I want to invite you to join me in community impact and self-care with virtual Yoga for a Cause on Saturday, February 21st. This donation-based class supports St. Patrick Center to provide warming care and essential supplies for our unhoused neighbors this winter.
✨ Can’t attend virtually? You can still donate and receive access to recordings.
✨ Every dollar makes a difference — your gift becomes warmth someone can feel.
Please share and tag friends who might want to join or support. Let’s make this our biggest community moment yet. 🤍
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Last year, our community raised over $1,500 — let’s see what we can do together this year.

Register Here: https://inyourbody.offeringtree.com/offerings/yoga-for-a-cause-st-patrick-s-center

08/09/2024

“The slower we move the faster we return home”

The glorification of busy will destroy us. Without space for healing, without time for reflection, without an opportunity to surrender, we risk a complete disconnect from the authentic self. We burn out on the fuels of willfulness, and eventually cannot find our way back to center. And when we lose contact with our core, we are ripe for the picking by the unconscious media and other market forces. After all, consumerism preys on the uncentered. The farther we are from our intuitive knowing, the more easily manipulated we are. The more likely we are to make decisions and affix to goals that don’t serve our healing and transformation. To combat this, we have to form the conscious intention to prioritize our inner life. To notice our breath, our bodies, our feelings. To step back from the fires of overwhelm and remember ourselves. It may feel counter-intuitive in a culture that is speed-addicted, but the slower we move, the faster we return home.

03/10/2024

Thank You

01/21/2024

Wow!

01/12/2024

I’m really digging Jeff Brown lately and his writings about embracing the divine feminine as a form of embodying our entire experience. I love this reminder that we have enough light inside of us to embrace all of who we are - even the darkness. We don’t have to look on the bright side but have enough light to sit with what is.

Enough shadow inside to own the light... (-a passage from my book, ‘Hearticulations’ Available on Amazon at amzn.to/3FXYWXO )

01/08/2024

I enjoyed an arm balance workshop today with Yogi Flight School and I really liked the cue of looking forward and leaning forward into finger tips to stack the elbows over the wrists which helped my feet float up.

Also she reminded us of the yoga sutra about putting in the work (self-effort) + letting go of results (non-attachment).

Keep practicing and you might feel a little lighter.

01/03/2024

Here’s a little tutorial to help you safely get a little deeper into the back arch, cobra pose. I hope it helps you to release your back and open your shoulders so you can feel more open in your heart! Sometimes we have to free the body to free the mind.

12/13/2023

Hi friends! We are in the last few days to donate, or support, the give warmth fundraiser supporting keeping some of our most vulnerable, the homeless, warm this winter season. 🔥

If you decide to give, know your donation are going to help keep someone warm this winter. ❄️

We are also seeking businesses who can match the donations that we have raised from the students. Jos. Ward Painting Co.. has agreed to generously match the donations and if we could get two or more businesses to do the same, we could help so many more.
Some ways that can happen:

🙏🏼$8 buys a pair of wool 🧦
🙏🏼$27 buys a wool blanket & week supply of coffee 🍫 packets
🙏🏼$45 sponsors a person with a sleeping bag, wool blanket, and month supply hand warmers
🙏🏼$67 sponsors a person with full warmth (everything 👆)

Thank you for considering, sharing, and sending your love.

As a thank you, we invite you to Radiant Refuge: a virtual yoga 🧘🏻‍♀️ class this Friday, 12/15 from 5:30-6:30 central. Message me and I’ll get you registered. As another thank you, you get a complimentary friend pass! When you get the class login info, just simply hit forward to a friend! And you’ll receive a recording, accessible over the holidays for extra practice.

Ways to donate:
🧣Deliver or ship supplies to 9816 Watson Rd, 63126 (hand warmers, sleeping bags, wool blankets, hot chocolate packets, wool socks, lotion, batteries, chapstick)
🧣Send a donation, any dollar amount, to Venmo -shelton-1
🧣Or deliver or send directly to St. Patrick’s

11/30/2023

I learned that the city of St. Louis pulled funding for warming centers for the unhoused this winter. In response, my beautiful soul sister, Chrissy Shelton, and I have created this virtual yoga fundraiser to help St. Patrick Center establish a warming center.

Join us for an uplifting cause! ✨✨ Radiant Refuge: a special yoga class with a purpose. Let's unite on the mat to bring warmth to those in need this winter. Your presence matters! 🧘‍♀️🧘‍♂️ Help us support the unhoused by attending this fundraising yoga session

You can help by
*registering for the yoga class with a donation. You can attend live or attend later with recorded video
*share this post with a friend
*other ways to help are in registration link in comments

Together, let's make a difference. Sign up now and shine your light with us! 🌟

09/23/2023

We had a great time this morning celebrating the fall equinox with yoga! To register for the class next week, click on the link and find the Form and Flow class on Saturday morning in the schedule. http://www.joyofyogastl.com/schedule