Nurture Yoga Therapy and Bodywork

01/09/2026

Are you feeling “stuck” in loss and grief?

Grief, like love, is ever changing. It is not something to fix or get over. Grief is something to honor. In this workshop we will practice acknowledging, exploring and expressing somatically, the thoughts, feelings and sensations that occur with loss.
📅 When: Sundays February 15th and 22nd 3-5:00 pm
📍Where: The Om Well Collective 150 N Schuyler Ave-Suite 209 Kankakee
🧘🏽 What to Expect: Gentle movement, guided meditation, breathwork, sound/music, journaling, group sharing (optional) Time spent on the floor (chairs available if needed)
🧘🏻‍♀️ What to Bring: Yoga mat (mats available), water, a journal or notebook and pen, an open mind
🧘‍♂️ What to Wear: Comfortable clothes, dress in layers

*Appropriate for all loss and grief:
*loss of a loved one *a home *a pet *health/mobility *a pregnancy
*a relationship *etc.

Donation based offering (suggested donation of $50)

No yoga experience necessary

❓Any questions DM or email me jenlowry0202@gmail.com
Register

01/08/2026

Sit in silence.
Feel your feelings.
Not sure what you’re feeling or what to express? Sit longer.
Find stillness.
That stillness is where the answers are. The answer is always LOVE.
Then create; words, music, movement, art, from that place of love.
Share what you create, share LOVE.

12/18/2025

This is community. This is compassion. This is connection. This is YOGA. I just love teaching this group of hard (inner and outer) working souls. They (and several not pictured) consistently show up for themselves. It’s a beautiful thing to witness. Grateful! “Breathe and everything changes.” ✨🙏♥️🎄

12/06/2025

11/29/2025

✨𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧.✨

One on one Yoga Therapy Sessions and/or Thai Yoga Bodywork/Assisted Stretching 4/$260

Gift Cards Available
(Regularly 4/$300 or $85 per session)

Special Holiday offer ends 12/31 
• 𝙈𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙤

11/27/2025

I am feeling especially grateful today for all my clients, co-workers, friends and family. I am thankful for all the connections I’ve made this year and the growth and change that goes with them. Thank you 🙏♥️✨

11/19/2025

🥰

November student appreciation post!

✨Meet Danielle✨

Here’s what Danielle has to say about her practice at The Om Well Collective:

“My yoga practice has provided me with the space to rest, reset and reconnect with myself each week. I’m thankful to have started this journey and continue it with Jen as my teacher. Her guidance has been life changing for me physically and mentally! No matter what each week brings, I know I can find comfort in meeting myself on my mat.” 

We are so grateful for Danielle and her dedication to herself and her practice. 🧘🏽

11/13/2025

People are often unreasonable, illogical and self centered;
Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.

What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you’ve got anyway.

You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and your God;
It was never between you and them anyway.
Mother Teresa

11/02/2025

A beautiful way to grieve, through music. ❤️‍🩹

Concert pianist Adam Tendler had a distant relationship with his father. So, when he inherited a sum of money from his dad, he used it to commission piano wo...

11/01/2025

Lovely offering for a good cause! 🧡

🕯️ Simmering Serenity: A Yoga Fundraiser with Chris Burch 🌿

Join us for a peaceful, meaningful yoga experience designed to refresh your mind and restore your energy — all while supporting meaningful enhancements to our Aerobics Studio!

🧘‍♀️ Friday, November 7 at 6:00 PM –
Vin Yin Candlelight

AND|OR

🌅 Saturday, November 8 at 8:30 AM – Morning Flow

$20 Members | $25 Prospective Members

Registration is required by Friday, November 1 or earlier if capacity of 30 for each slot is met!

Register online or at Member Services.

Enjoy fall-spiced tea to sip here or take to go as part of our Simmering Sereni-TEA theme. 🍁🫖

Each session is a stand-alone class — attend one or both!

All proceeds benefit our Aerobics Studio extended improvements at the Kankakee Area YMCA.

📍 1075 N. Kennedy Dr, Kankakee, IL
📞 (815) 933-1741 | k3ymca.org

11/01/2025

“Walking, I am listening to a deeper way. Suddenly all my ancestors are behind me. Be still, they say, watch & listen. You are the result of the love of thousands.” Linda Hogan

10/07/2025

It’s not your fault but it’s your responsibility to deal and heal it. Your life depends on it! Yoga therapy somatic practices can help release and restore balance.

In Hawaii, there is a powerful phrase, Mai Na Loko, which translates to “inside sickness.” It describes how deep emotional wounds, particularly those caused by family conflict or trauma, can make the body physically ill. Modern science now supports this wisdom, showing that emotional pain often begins in the gut and spreads throughout the body.

When stress, betrayal, or unresolved trauma festers, the body responds with heightened cortisol and disrupted gut microbiota. Over time, this creates an acidic internal environment where harmful bacteria thrive. The result is chronic inflammation, a silent driver behind bloating, digestive distress, autoimmune conditions, cardiovascular issues, and even certain cancers.

Researchers are also finding that trauma-related inflammation doesn’t stay in the gut. It crosses into the brain, altering mood and cognition, increasing the risk of anxiety, depression, and other mental health disorders. The gut-brain connection proves that what happens emotionally is inseparable from what happens physically.

Hawaiian culture understood this long before Western medicine gave it a name. Mai Na Loko is a reminder that family dynamics, love, or lack of it, directly influence health. Toxic relationships can quite literally ferment inside the body, while healing, compassion, and connection can restore balance.

This knowledge calls for a holistic view of health, where emotional well-being, family bonds, and inner peace are as important as diet and exercise. Addressing unresolved trauma through therapy, communication, or mindfulness is not just about mental healing, it is also a powerful step toward physical recovery.

Health begins inside. What we hold in our hearts and minds shapes what happens in our bodies.