MEET JENNY

Blissasana Creator

What’s up? I’m Jenny. I’m passionate about yoga, strength-training & human behavior.

As a realist in disguise I’ve taken my passion for yoga to create uplifting workouts to boost your mood + reconnect you to your inner child + true self.

WHAT IS BLISS + HOW DO WE FEEL IT?

So much of the work in “finding our bliss” is actually remembering. Remembering our inner child joy that allowed us to be free and unbelieving/calling yourself out kindly on your own BS and letting go of limiting beliefs within.

The exciting part is we have a chance to rewrite our beliefs to better match our truth and to make choices from a place of authenticity and love, versus fear and guilt.

Movement can stimulate the soul as much as the body. My classes build outer + inner strength and balance challenge with sustainability.

My mission is to help you build inner wealth and establish YOUR goals of body + spirit - NOT mine.

We all need to tap deeper into ourselves and tune out the noise of the world and the fitness world especially, and ask: What do I want? What do I want to create in my life and how can I achieve it through movement, daily habits and getting real and honest with the true person within?

That’s where I come in, as a friend sharing some things and asking you the tough questions. Self-discovery is super hard work but it can also be fun and exciting. Let me show you how!

fun facts about me

Loves Potatoes - all kinds

Music fan + mixtape maker since 1995

10 Years Vegan Plant-based eater since 2013

Born In Maryland, one of 4 kids in the Best family ever

Professional Filmmaker + Documentarian

My Fiance/partner Bryan Bell is also a personal trainer with Conscious Fitness & we collaborate on so much together!

REAL TALk, MY JOURNEY TO BLISS HAS BEEN WILD…

From as far back as I can remember, I didn’t think I was “good enough.” From an early age, I put myself down. I considered myself a “realist,” boasting how I wouldn’t be let down or get hurt because I had low expectations about life.

What I didn’t understand was that under the layers of what I perceived to be a realistic outlook was actually deep self-doubt and misunderstood pain that was growing from my own fear and neglect to confront it.

Over the years, I was impacted by coaches + teachers, and my parents, who believed in me when I couldn’t. It was just enough to keep me on a track to becoming a collegiate athlete and eventually getting a scholarship to film school, but all the way up until my mid-twenties, I was consumed by inner turmoil, playing small, and selling myself short.

To others I may have seemed to see myself as successful, and to some degree maybe I was able to be marginally proud of my endeavors, but I was unfulfilled and unable to envision my future after college and grad school. The road map so carefully co-created by the mentors in my life was now mine to fully construct/direct and I was still believing I wasn’t good enough for the job.

finding my voice + power of choice

One night in 2013, I had grown tired of watching “The Walking Dead” and turned on “Forks Over Knives,” a film about the healing power of eating a plant-based vegan diet. Everything just made sense and I realized the food I was eating was not only impacting my weight and how I perceived myself, it was making me sick and susceptible to disease, exacerbating digestive problems.

Overnight, I threw out all of the animal products in my apartment. I knew not one Vegan or Vegetarian and became the first one I met. I lost 30 pounds within 1 year, felt amazing, and more importantly, by completely overhauling the harmful foods I was putting in my body, I took a vital step toward self-love, which eventually led to deep self-examination, self-forgiveness and forgiveness of others, plus a deeper sense of connection with the planet and humanity.

I began healing and it all started with this one choice.

In the years that followed, I left toxic relationships behind, questioned my beliefs, attended self-development experiences, and began to consciously be an active participant in my life path. I had to fight to toss out the self-sabotaging behavior but it was well worth it.

Ultimately, I decided I am here on earth, so I might as well reclaim my life versus just allowing things to happen to me. In 2015, I found my life partner + twin flame Bryan who helped support me through continued growth. We share a business and a life beyond my wildest dreams with goals of continued evolution. We are basically nerds who share jokes like we’re in 5th grade and yet 5 minutes later break out into existential conversation. Impromptu dance parties happen often in our house + Bryan is a conscious Hip Hop artist so I lovvve hearing him make music all the time!

FOLLOWING MY EXCITEMENT

When we moved to Asheville, NC, I attended a dance-infused yoga class and was inspired by the instructor, Cynthia Sims of Primal Studios. This came at a time when I had been searching for a new passion. And now, it felt like things were taking off. I suddenly had an amazing group of friends, I received my RYT 200 hr certification from Asheville Yoga Center in 2017, and I began seeing how movement could jumpstart my day or boost my mood like nothing else before. I felt ready to embody my power.

keeping it real 100 over everything

Blissasana was born as I’ve evolved into the movement instructor I am today. I have found a tempo, pace, and flow that I am inspired to share with others.

But above all, I am driven to better understand human behavior and to share the lessons I acquire. I’ve been a filmmaker/ videographer for almost half of my life, and have been telling other’s stories since. I have conducted hundreds of interviews through documentaries and other projects, and have listened, questioned, and learned from them all. This has given me a unique perspective on the human experience that I do not take for granted.

Through my own stories and the stories of others, I’m finding there’s a way to re-direct and re-write our narrative. I’ve seen so many people rise above circumstance and craft a new way. There’s no way I can keep this to myself as it is my calling to co-create with and empower others to rise up into their truest selves.

After all that’s happened, I still consider myself a realist to this day, because reality is full of both joy and pain, darkness and light, BALANCE and understanding that life is neither positive or negative. Reality is both and what matters is being real with yourself to have the most fulfilling experience you can here on earth.

Wishing you the courage to follow your excitement and always keep it real!

Jenny