Jenna has moved out West, and therefore will no longer be with us regularly. We all are thankful for her time and teaching, and we will miss her - and hope to see her back soon!

I took my first Bikram yoga class at Feel Hot Yoga in the fall of 2007. Although I had practiced yoga on a weekly basis while living in Victoria, BC, the hot room at Feel drew me in with unforeseen intensity. I found Bikram yoga at an interesting turning point in my life: I had just moved to Kingston from Victoria to attend Queen’s and complete my Master’s of Arts in English, leaving behind several long-term relationships and patterns. In Kingston I found bliss, healing, and the healthiest addiction I’ve ever had in my Bikram yoga practice.

I began practicing Bikram’s on a regular basis, and found that it kept me calm and grounded amidst the stress of grad school. It also helped me to get honest with myself. Confronted by my own reflection in the mirror day after day, I was bombarded by my self-judgments and delusions. With the support of the teachers at Feel, I eventually began to practice forgiveness, compassion and seek my own truth, embarking on a path of personal healing and self-discovery. I actually began to love myself, like myself, and take care of myself - an effect of the yoga that Bikram would later elaborate on in teacher training.

My desire to become a Bikram teacher began as an intuitive need to fully and permanently integrate this yoga into my daily life. Soon, I realized that I also wanted to share the physical and emotional well-being that I had experienced through Bikram yoga with others, and help others learn to heal themselves, as I had begun to do. I decided to put aside academics and the expectations of others in favour of teaching yoga - something that at first seemed impractical, but about which I was truly passionate. I attended Bikram Yoga Teacher Training in Acapulco, Mexico in the fall of 2008, and it was by far the best thing I’ve done in my life.

While I originally thought that I had moved from the West coast to Kingston to complete a graduate degree, I have since realized that in fact, I came here to discover Bikram yoga and the inspiring teachers and students at Feel. I am confident that practicing and teaching this yoga will continue to challenge me to seek my truth and pursue dreams that I truly believe in. In addition to teaching, I am following my interests in writing, energy work, and counseling. I believe we heal ourselves through yoga and by sharing our experiences and stories, by empathizing and connecting with one another.