It’s a puzzle, in a paragraph or two, telling our reAl story, the one that opens and connects us. I so appreciate the direct interplay between people, even as i have a love affair with words and the sacred through poetry and all things leading to the sublime. With that at the forefront, i thought sharing some of what matters to me might matter to you. To begin with i’ve been down a few roads, definitely some really dead end ones - drugs, alcohol, food, driven by fears of all kinds. They've each informed me, humbled me, reminded me, got me to start again! I imagine more moments when i slip, inadvertently, down the not right path for me {or you} - i know more now about getting up and living anyway, all the way. I am coming to understand the nature of being human, living, being thrust into life & being trampled by it or opened & enlivened by it. It all gives me glimpses of the beyond, the mystery, the magnificence of it all. Holy smokes, we’re alive! At the heart of it NOW for me is to show up, to keep learning how to shed the odd & old beliefs that hold me back and to find my fierce essence. Here - for me & for you. My particular way is with Yoga, Meditation, Inquiry, IFS {Internal Family Systems}Therapy, Insight Dialogue, Compassion Practices, always in all ways to know More peace, find more heart in it…
jenn thomas
Yoga showed up at the outset of my recovery process 37 years ago - it stuck. It was a gateway for me to look at life with a very different perspective, one that was inclusive, non judgemental and freeing. Kripalu from the later 80’s gave me a path, one that awakened a longing in me to be a good human. Lots of asana, ashtanga & then ashtanga Vinyasa for years, however, relationships, art making and glassblowing occupied my time so fully, my practice was living, learning, and bumping into lots of blind spots. The dismantling of my business asked me to look at myself as more than what i could do or did do, Yoga and now meditation came in full bore. I studied for quite a while with Sarah & Ty Powers - Sarah’s skill and wisdom, & Ty’s kindness pointed me toward my own. Good fortune has followed me since. I met my current teachers through the early years of the IYI program. First John Welwood blessed my world view with compassion & presence, Gregory Kramer laid out a practice and approach to our relational existence that informs my every cell, and now my root teacher Jennifer Welwood holds an exquisite container for awakening, for loving & living as a way to be of benefit for all the life that i feel blessed to be a part of. I am dedicated to my personal practice, and new ways to share & spark that devotion in others keep appearing.
My offerings are wide ranging from specific life guidance and therapeutic heart healing to embodied living practices for individuals and in groups/community. My new{er} digs make soo, so much possible.
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CRED, street and otherwise:
The biggies
I’ve been in love, I’ve been failed by love, I've discovered love is real & here
I’ve used all the substances i could, broken lots of trusts and trysts trying to get what i thought i needed. So RECOVERY - it’s a thing. {even in a quiet way}
Therapy - holy smokes - the good, the bad, the exceptional!
yOga - Meditation - Spiritual & Emotional Healing & more
There are more trainings than i will list but from 1988 - present i find myself deeply involved in some thing that illuminates the current part of my path that wants/needs my attention. I dont’ think i’ll ever stop exploring the wisdom traditions and listening to the exceptional folks that carry great insight in modern times. Check out my faves…