“The women whom I love and admire for their strength and grace did not get that way because shit worked out. They got that way because shit went wrong, and they handled it. They handled it in a thousand different ways on a thousand different days, but they handled it. Those women are my superheros.”
the Journey Into Being
Jennifer began a career in the Healing Arts, nearly 20 years ago with her own healing journey. Later, after gaining some experience in the spa industry, she opened Integrative Healing: Your Creative Wellness Studio. The studio ran from 2011 —2016, until she expanded the studio and relocated to a larger space. Her vision was to build a true Wellness Collective. In January 2016 she opened Zen Lot in the Carneros Center of Napa, which had a two-year run until December 2018.
As the landscape of Napa changed after the 2017 fires, along with some other unforeseen challenges with the new location, Jennifer decided to let go of a brick and mortar business model, and opted for a mobile business. She couldn’t know how preemptive her move would be, as within two years the greater world would be forced to make similar decisions.
After taking some time for a sabbatical + an additional training in Bali, Jennifer returned 2019 and relocated to Santa Cruz, California. She taught yoga for a year there and worked to develop an AcroVinyasa community. After a sold-out AcroVinyasa Workshop for Valentines day 2020, the world closed within two weeks. With all work coming to a halt, she decided to let go yet again. Grateful she had already let go of the studio, she still found the lack of stability in work lent itself perfectly for inner work. She leapt and the net appeared. After a fruitful summer living on a permaculture farm in Little River, south of Mendocino, Fall of 2020 took her to Mount Shasta. Situated in a sweet community north of mountain, she spent the next couple of years studying energy medicine with a local instructor, participating in lodge ceremonies, completing an on-line Gestalt Inquiry training with two of her favorite instructors from Esalen, and focused on learning the Harmonium and cultivating a daily chanting practice.
Poised in one of the most powerful energy centers in the world, Jennifer also used her time of solitude to write, committed to her own healing journey, and developed her herbal business. For three seasons, she managed several gardens in the Bay Area as she developed HerbalEvolutionRevival.
The Journey Continues
In the Fall of 2022, after experiencing her second fire evacuation living north of the mountain, she felt it was her sign to return to the Bay Area (at least for a bit).
After exploring different locations in Northern California, she found hOMe again in Fairfax. Slow is her medicine these days. Finding work to support her long-term goals of writing, developing training programs, and still searching for the right location to begin teaching regularly, Jennifer enjoyed working with her private clients by appointment throughout the Bay Area. She dips into the forest of West Marin frequently for reprieve and continues to tend to her plants, spend time cultivating, listening and all that goes into being of service to them. She has created an online store to sell her favorite wellness products, including her own herbal products. See the collection of art, alter offerings, and herbal concoctions available at HealingHer.love and learn more about her medicine making journey at HerbalEvolutionRevival.love
