Jen Brewer Yoga

11/03/2026

WINTER SCHEDULE: All classes at Jiva Yoga Center NEW CLASS FORMAT on Fridays! Infrared 26 is EVERY Sunday with a rotation of teachers. Dates listed are dates I’ll be leading the practice ✌️🫶🏼🙏

11/03/2026

New offering with Lisa Kasmir of 🌺 Hilton Head Massage & Yoga 🌺 as we begin the descent into winter and navigate the upcoming holiday season. Always love making self care and a little R&R more affordable and accessible 🙏

11/02/2026

Coming Home - https://mailchi.mp/7d08c9670481/cominghome

10/30/2026

Until we let go of the fear. Until we let go of the part of us attached to the struggle, there is no space for what we want to receive. You need space to create. (Thank you Patrick Harrington 🙏)

10/30/2026

Yep, there’s a theme here & more for you think about. What does svadhyaya have to do with creativity? Why do I care about creativity if I’m not an artist?

Self study & creativity are profoundly linked. Self study reveals your authentic inner world, while creativity is the expression of that world. Think about when you were a kid - making mud pies, coloring on the walls, dancing without choreography....there were no mental blocks stifling what needed to get out. There were no rules or needed purpose to what we were creating. Play and imagination were how we experienced & expressed our joy.

Svadhyaya helps us notice our habits & patterns, which allows us to break free from predictable thinking, sparking fresh original ideas. Stripping away layers of ego, conditioning and fear of embarrassing ourselves allows our most authentic, uninhibited voice to emerge. The inner world of our subconscious is a rich mine of raw materials for art, writing, and yes play.

We need play to release & relax into ourselves. We need to nurture our creativity and look at the meals we make, and how we decorate our homes & ourselves from the perspective of an artist. We need authentic individual expressions to form a community of beauty and wonder.

This is what we will be exploring during my next retreat in Jamaica!!! I have FOUR spots left. Link in bio with all the details. Reserve your spot and bring all of YOU!! Come play. Come create. Come & celebrate the awesome, gorgeous, magical creation YOU already are!!!

10/29/2026

This is a long one, but I am keeping it old school and long form. Svadhyaya - self study,reflection, observation. I keep talking about it - but what is it? How do you do it?

It’s one of the Niyamas, or personal observances, in Patanjali’s sutras. And rather than being another form of over thinking, or over analyzing, it is a process to separate your ego from your true self.

To look inward objectively, not judgementally, we need tools to pull focus away from external distractions. These tools can be:
🔵Sacred texts, like the Sutras, Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, OR sacred texts used in your faith, religion or philosophy.
🔵Movement & breath on your mat provides instant feedback on your behavior and reactions to adversity & uncomfortableness.
🔵Journaling, Meditation, Chanting can all serve as tools to separate yourself from mental chatter and identify patterns, triggers, & fears. (cont in comments-come on stay with me)

10/26/2026

At the end of this month I will be 52. It took me 47 years to realize that I need to rest. Not when I meet a certain goal, not waiting until some made up version of success is reached, not when someone else gives me permission. I need rest when, if not before the burnout sets in. I need rest before mentally I resort to “f**k it all” & bridges are burned. For years I built and hustled my identity & business as a yoga teacher. When menopause hit me like a truck I became a student again, a beginner, with a different perspective and an intuitive call to the texts. Svhadyaya-self study, contemplation, reflection. It is my most advanced practice. I retreat. I rest. I recognize new growth. I shed old skin. I let myself be. If you are feeling exhaustion, cynicism, inefficacy- a “why bother who cares” mentality, offer yourself rest. If you can’t rest because you can’t identify yourself beyond the exhaustion, start to observe and reflect. If self study seems complicated or another thing on the list. Come on retreat. We are all navigating transition - whether it be the season of the year or season of your life. We are all serving others in some way. Offer yourself the time and space to be. To see the amazingness of the world and re-recognize it in yourself. It all comes down to love friends. Not money, power, success. Be in love with yourself. Be in love with this life.

10/25/2026

10/06/2026

Embracing and Reflecting on Letting Go - https://mailchi.mp/0407860eb555/lettinggodiscernment