What is RELEASE?

I have been thinking about the word (label) 'release' a lot lately. When you let go of holding on so tightly and surrender. When you welcome in the tears whether they are joyful or painful, when you let pleasure in even within the grieving, when you speak your truth, when you take up space with your light recognizing the universe will support it, when you let every wild emotion be a part of who you are, when you welcome in shame and guilt, when you GO FOR IT knowing you could fall to your knees or fly high, when you finally love your body, when you feel the creativity move through you, when you let love IN, when you let go of the armor and when you embrace this life with playfulness.

We can create so much bondage within this human journey and we are placed on this divine planet to take the dance. Yes, there will be pain, confusion, heart break, grieving, and portals within this life where your soul is tossed about and yet beauty is always at your finger tips.

My hope for this world is to 'feel' more within your everything. Let your life be your grandest beloved and be held in the sweet surrender.

I Wish You Pain

I Wish You Pain

One of my human gifts in life is that souls share their stories of pain. Some of you may think this is a curse but for me it's a humble beauty within my journey. As I embark on the path of the Embodied Life which moves us into our Embodied Wisdom holding sacred space has never been so powerful.

I am sure our world needs more of THIS. Sharing our stories, listening gently, embracing the pain with the movement of wisdom and awakening. Meeting each other with the sense of truly 'seeing'. This can be the earth that cultivates our darkness into a rich soil that supports so many souls on this human experience.

Our stories of pain want to rise up but many times our human vessels numb out or put on the armor fearful to share. Many times the pain has to do with shame and guilt and these are not easy rooms to visit. However, once we welcome in the pain and embrace it with love, compassion, movement, sound, breath, and gentle awareness something starts to shift. I see this shift in clients and it's wildly beautiful.

The portal of pain is not easy to open up because it means we have to 'feel' beyond the labels and meet the energy with courage. However, I do wish you pain and through the pain I have witnessed so many souls recognize their fire (strength), their compassion (air), and move the frozen into the flow.

Move, Breathe, Awareness, Sound

Awaken the Unfamiliar

We are so comfortable staying within our comfort as humans. And this statement is good of course. To feel 'safe' is a beautiful sensation but sometimes it can create unhealthy boundaries with the soul, numb us out, or create more armor on the heart. However, to awaken our senses, infinite possibility, truth, and to move suffering back into the flow, I believe we need to visit the unfamiliar and perhaps the uncomfortable. This invitation mixed with a little fire and compassion can be the catalyst for beautiful change and the expansion of pleasure within our lives.

E M B O D I E D WISDOM
Welcoming In the Unfamiliar & Uncomfortable
Feeling the Movement
Feeling Flow
Liberation
Opening Up Possibilities
Welcoming In Truth
Expansion in Pleasure

The Embodied Life
with Jenna Pfingston

When Soul Change Needs to Happen!

You have felt stuck for a while. A constant detour sign that keeps sending you in the same direction over and over. Perhaps you even go over the same speed bumps. We are constantly in transition and our physical bodies constantly changing as we meet Mother nature within her ways.

I'm talking about when your soul desires deep rooted change and you are on the edge of diving in. Your not sure what it means and you are most certainly in the portal of the 'unknown'. You can feel anxious, fearful, frustrated, excited, ready, not ready, confused, and probably many sleepless nights of thoughts moving wildly. This energy is not easy because usually we have to sit with the uncomfortable (unknown) for a while before we really Go For It!

When life is feeling stagnant (not moving) I believe this is the universe asking us to 'listen' lightly and playfully. Usually, we tend to hold on too tightly, seek the answers outside of ourselves or hit the REPLAY button over and over. The time of being 'stuck' is a profound portal of cultivating the next big move. This can be overwhelming and scary because once again we are in the 'unknown'. That leap of faith can be like hanging from the edge. When you are ready to let go you will let go.......and usually when we do let go and surrender the deep rooted change will rise up with clarity and dance in with ease.

Many times we even know what the next step is but staying in the stagnant part of the process is our safe space. Perhaps even staying in the suffering is our safe space.

I know A LOT of souls on the edge of Deep Rooted Soul Change and I'm right there with them. Trusting the wisdom of our bodies is so profound and yet we can't rush the answers. However, we can meet the 'unknown' with the invitation to dance, be playful, curious, and be open to infinite possibilities.

Are you ready!?

'Expect Ease & Magnetism, Expect the Highest.'

The Embodied Life / Jenna Pfingston

Reclaim Your Grounded Powerful Self

So many times we are fearful to use our ROAR, our voice. So many times we stay in our comfort zone of dimming our light. So many times we are scared to share our stories that dig deep into guilt and shame.

Lions for me represent a grounded creature and a courageous heart. And to be exactly who you are at the CORE can be a courageous path to embark on.

How do we get there? It ebbs and flows.

Please join me for one of my FAVORITE offerings at JalaBlu Yoga as we dive into the psychology roots of the main energy portals (The Chakras). The chakras are beautiful and wild portals that open up to the evolution and curiosity of your soul.

The Lion is connected to the first Energy Portal known as the Root Chakra (earth bound) and to the third Energy Portal the Solar Plexis. The Root Chakra brings us into the mantra, 'I have a right to be here and take up space." It is connected into our ancestors and what can create heaviness or lightness within our NOW. The third energy portal is connected to our fire, will power, and strength. This is where Self Worth can reside at times whether it's low Self Worth or the highest.

Let's dive in TOGETHER and embrace these 7 portals. This Exploration of the Chakras is an invitation into a full weekend of dropping into you. You can expect asana (yoga), mantra, ceremony, mudras, and lecture.

I'm ready to hold space so you can discover liberation.

December 7th-9th
The Sevenfold Journey with Jenna Pfingston

Letting Go = Evolution of the Soul

We can look at the phrase above in many different ways. Letting go of a loved one in physical form, letting go of a relationship that did not serve our highest, letting go of a to do list to play, letting go of a vision, letting go of clothes that no longer fit, letting go of a perspective for a new one, letting go of habitual patterns that no longer serve, etc...I'm sure some of these have moved into your journey if not all of them.

This year I have started to realize that I have 'let go' of a lot. Most of them not so easy and at times a struggle. A fear of letting go and having a void or being in the unknown. This is not the most exciting story of, 'letting go' but this year I had to make the decision of letting of the JalaBlu Yoga 200 HR Teacher Training that was scheduled. My ego was attached to a huge part of that decision at first but then I really listened to the body. There were a few reasons why I desired to let go; not enough interest this year (ego crusher), market being over saturated and a few others... BUT most importantly, my heart and energy was somewhere else. It was and IS within the journey of an Embodied Life. An opportunity to SEE and HEAR the wisdom of our body and create more ease, healing, and pleasure within our lives.

I love sharing the love of yoga in all it's many layers but I have been working so hard for 10 years within the journey of jalaBlu Yoga and my soul was ready for a change. I am so very grateful for each year, each class, workshop, event, teacher training and most importantly each soul that has experienced the sacred space of jalaBlu. I mean WOW! AND...I'm not done with sharing my love for yoga.

Evolution of the soul is in constant transition and my soul is ready to expand beyond the walls of the yoga teacher. There will be more on this in 2020 but for now check out where my energy is going and gift your soul the time, space, and 'immersion' to drop IN to you. There is a door ready to be opened and without a doubt many big beautiful windows awaiting to create liberation within the body.

The Embodied Life is a beautiful and evolutionary way to embrace the portals of: Self Worth, More Pleasure in Life, Sensuality, Set Shame & Guilt Free, Embrace the Unknown, and Empower Your Life!

This Immersion WILL include a layer of yoga (asana) along with other transformational movement and sound to enter the journey.

Letting Go is an opportunity to create another New Beginning when the soul is ready.

Registration is OPEN!
Embodied Life Immersion

You Are So Worthy My Friend

You Are So Worthy My Friend ~

We all can fight the battle of low self worth. Even when we think of the most confident souls in our life they also fight the battle. Some of us are on the battle field more often and some of us a little less. Either way we know the language and the language can be hidden deep within our cells, internal dialogue, and how we interact with the world.

Whether it was given to us by the external world (global, lineage, relationships, etc...) or not, the energy of low self worth will continue to grow internally if we don't acknowledge the conversation. Most of all an invitation to be gentle and compassionate on the Self. If you start to catch the 'self worth' gremlin most of the internal dialogue is delusional, NOT TRUE. However, me saying that, ‘ it is not true’, does not make it vanish. I wish I was that magical for everyone.

These mantras; You ARE Beautiful, You ARE Worthy, You ARE Strong, You ARE Powerful, You ARE Loved...I could go on and on. Many times we can tell ourselves the opposite.

I have been having this conversation with many clients in the Embodied Life sessions, yoga sessions, and also with friends. Self Worth also dances with shame and guilt and those mixed together can be toxic for the soul.

There are many invitations but for today here is one. Witness your internal dialogue when negative Self Worth talk rises up. Stop what you are doing and welcome (yes welcome) that sensation IN. What does it feel like in your body (bones, muscles, cells, etc...), how would you describe it, what does your breath do and how does it hold you in your life...this valuable precious life? Let yourself breathe with it for a while...is it attached to shame or guilt (maybe so and maybe not). I would assume it doesn't feel so good within your vessel? Move if you need to move, make sound if you need to make sound ... don’t let it hibernate within.

If it doesn't feel good in your body then your WISE amazing WORTHY Self is whispering gently to you! Listen....

You Are So Worthy My Friend.

The Embodied Life ~ Jenna Pfingston

Turn a Minute Into a Moment

Turn a Minute Into a Moment

I saw a quote the other day that inspired the 'mantra' above, 'Turn a Minute into a Moment'. I noticed yesterday while hiking that my mind was constantly exploring the thoughts of the future or what I needed to do within my career. My thoughts also went into past stories of how I could have done this or that better, said this with more compassion, etc...Not all days are like this for me but our minds are constantly downloading 'minutes' in the past or future and letting go of the 'moment'. I mean this isn't new news to anyone.

It was such a beautiful warm day and I was loosing the connection to nature and to my feet. So, I sat on a rock and meditated. The mind didn't slow down but that rock grounded me into the earth and the sound of the river brought me back into the moment of 'flow' within and all around, it was a deep exhale.

Yesterday, I taught my typical Saturday yoga class but I was so passionate about the playlist and the invitation into the element water (jala). The jalaBlu logo has a wave designed into the logo but most people don't know the meaning within each part of the logo. Water for me symbolizes so much within the 'jala' space. The flow of souls coming into the sacred space, the tears that move within the space, the flowers on the shrine that bathe in water for nourishment, the waves of life that everyone is exploring, riding the emotions, and that constant offering of moving with the flow...Not so easy at times.

Sound also comes to play within the bodies of water. The sound of the ocean, the roaring river at times and then the sound of silence when the lakes are calm in the evening. Sound is healing and a form of flow moving through our bones. To exhale loudly, make a sigh, sing, scream, is an offering to release so that we can move with ease at times within the flow of life.

So, next time you find your mind in multiple 'minutes' of the past and future...pause.........exhale..... and bring yourself into THE Moment.

Sunday Embodied Moment

An Embodied Life Takes Courage

This WILL Be One of the Most Profound Journeys for the SELF with Jenna Pfingston THIS Winter At @jalablu_yoga !

An Embodied Life Takes Courage
An Embodied Life Takes Surrender

You don't want to miss Jenna's upcoming NEW Immersion starting in January 2020. Yes, it is a commitment within many layers (money, time, devotion, practice, etc...). Jenna has been moving through new practices OFF the mat and it is taking life into a cosmic beautiful journey. The work is not easy but the fruit that is received in this journey is WAY beyond the fear of commitment.

I challenge you to dive in with me this winter into a new way of thinking, moving, breathing, listening, communicating, and 'BE'ing. A journey into your absolute truth (the sweetness & bitterness). This is the Embodied Life!

Registration is OPEN and if you sign up by November 8th you will receive an EXTRA discount off the discounted price.
Trusting the Wisdom of the Body
Welcoming IN Shame & Guilt
Dancing with the Unknown
Embracing All Layers of Who We are at the Core
Moving Tension, Anger, Sadness, Shame, Guilt

This Immersion will include; Embodied Yoga (flow), Meditation, Mantra, Sound, Primal Movement, Lecture, Journaling, Tea Ceremonies, Ritual and MORE.

jalaBlu

“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.” ~Elizabeth Kubler Ross