Jena is a Southern Californian transplant to New England. Her earliest memories are of running through the sprinklers on the grass, climbing trees, reading books, and hanging out with her grandmas. Growing up, everyone that knew Jena called her an old soul. She was always curious about god and the stars and what lies beyond the physical realm. A collegiate athlete, Jena played competitive water polo and swimming for 10 years. In high school when she wasn’t in the pool, she picked up Bikram yoga at a studio in Fullerton, CA. After graduating high school, Jena spent one year living on the Sunshine Coast of Australia studying the Bible. In the first month of being in the program, she knew her next step would be to dive deeper into what she was learning, so she decided to spread her wings and move out to the east coast. Here, she got her Bachelors Degree in Theology, focusing on feminist theology and writing. When the pandemic hit, jena was living in an old, rickety beach house in gloucester overlooking the Anasquam river. She found herself with much more time on her hands and more space to listen to her body and intuition. It was then that she returned to her love of yoga, as well as open water swimming. Every morning, if it was warm enough, (and often when it wasn’t) she’d jump off the dock and swim to the nearby islands to play in the natural playground of marshes and beaches. After, she would do a yoga class on YouTube. Remembering the language and the movements of the asanas felt like a coming-home. She enrolled and graduated from Yoga Teacher Training at Exeter Power Yoga in 2021, and soon after attained her reiki level II certification. For Jena, yoga and reiki is about listening and having fun. You can laugh and fall and try new things and fail and try again in her classroom- that’s the kind of energy she brings into life.