Training in the Healing Arts
Bodywork
Beginning the journey with a program in Shiatsu, Jennifer studied with Gary Ruiz for a year. Based in Sonoma, Gary’s unique perspective was her first introduction to energy work, which she focused on during. that year. Over the following 4 years she continued her studies at the Acupressure Institute in Berkeley, where she earned a certificate in Stress Management, which included Reiki certifications. She also studied at McKinnon Institute in Oakland, and Esalen Institute in Big Sur where she obtained certifications Prenatal + Infant Massage, Deep Work, and Touch for Special Populations. Returning to McKinnon in 2020, she added Lymphatic training to her fold. With over 750 hours in training, Jennifer maintatins certification with the CAMTC certifying board.
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Herbalism
In 2008, Jennifer added herbal studies to her repertoire. Her path of connecting to the plants, began with a year-long program taught by Kami Bride, Cultivating the Herbal Medicine Woman. “Learning to live with the seasons changed my life,” wholeheartedly believes. Craving more, she continued my herbal education at the California School for Herbal Studies, nestled in the hills of Forrestville, California.
For over a decade medicine-making has been her medicine. Her Practice has been tuning into Mother Nature’s flow a bit more with each passing season. The wisdom when we listen is always humbling. During the pandemic, she deepened her commitment to working with the plants. In 2021, I began HER: Herbal Evolution Revival, a small boutique, focused on education and healing the feminine wound as a way of healing the planet; It began abundantly clear the two were inextricably linked.
Yoga
The first time Jennifer physically stepped onto a mat was in 1998. Though, she had been doing yoga unofficially for years. In 2004 that she committed deeply to a personal practice Studying Forrest Yoga with Sharon Dawson. She obtained a 200 hour Vinyasa Teacher Training in 2012 at Ubuntu Yoga Studio in Napa, with Sharon on the teaching staff. During that training, she met Jody Greene, an assistant to Janet Stone and felt inspired to learn from Janet. Over the next six years she studied with Janet, becoming one of her assistants too. She expanded her understanding of the practice to include devotional practices of chanting, alignment cuing and hands-on-assists. Jennifer obtained her 500 hour certification with JSY, she also completed trainings in Prenatal Vinyasa Yoga, SUP Yoga, AcroVinyasa two separate Trauma informed yoga programs, and a tantra yoga training.