
An Arizona native, Jesse finds peace within her yoga practice, and spreads light through her yoga teaching and writing. She loves connecting with herself and others through meditation, asana, and a healthy lifestyle. You can find Jesse traveling the world, writing about inspiration, and taste-testing every sushi restaurant ever.
All posts by Jessie Wren
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Jessie Wren | December 24, 2020
25-Minute Bedtime Yoga Sequence for Better Sleep (Photo Tutorial)
Follow this simple bedtime yoga sequence to slow down the body & mind and get a better night’s sleep. Wake up renewed after restorative yoga!
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Jessie Wren | May 2, 2019
What Is Yin Yoga and What Are the Most Common Benefits?
What is Yin Yoga? Yin targets the deep connective tissues, bones, joints, and fascia in the body to offer countless Yin Yoga benefits.
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Jessie Wren | October 28, 2018
Try This Spooky Yoga Flow to Get In the Halloween Spirit
Halloween is all about costumes, candy, and spooky fun. Get into the holiday spirit with this creative and spooky Halloween Yoga Flow!
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Jessie Wren | January 29, 2018
Avoid Back Pain! Practice These 5 Yoga Poses For a Strong and Healthy Spine
A healthy spine helps prevent injury and back pain. Learn which yoga poses you can practice for a strong and healthy spine.
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Jessie Wren | January 3, 2018
Practice These 5 Yoga Poses to Avoid Knee Pain and Prevent Injury
There are ligaments within the knee that can tear with too much rotation and cause knee pain. These 5 yoga poses protect your knee joints.
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Jessie Wren | September 13, 2017
Owls, Hawks and Butterflies – Oh My! Here Are 8 Common Spirit Animals and Their Symbolism
Spirit animals are guides on your journey. Learn about common spirit animals, their meaning, and what they symbolize when you see them.
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Jessie Wren | April 11, 2017
The Psoas Defined, Explained, and Explored in 6 Yoga Poses
The slightly mystical psoas major muscle is often overlooked or even unknown when we talk about our muscular anatomy.
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Jessie Wren | January 21, 2017
So Trump is President . . . Now What?!
This election is nothing but a conclusion of America’s projected consciousness. Half of America is enraged, sad, hopeless and...
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Jessie Wren | September 29, 2016
A Yogic View of This Year’s Election
As yogis and spiritual beings, this is no time to sit on the side lines. Now more than...
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Jessie Wren | September 2, 2016
8 Reasons Every Yoga Teacher Should Get Their 500-Hour Certification
Whether you want to deepen your knowledge as a teacher, or simply find growth in a painful time, yoga teacher trainings are not just for you as a teacher; they are for you as a student and as a person too.
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Jessie Wren | August 3, 2016
Summer Reading List for the Yoga Soul
We love those classic yoga reads, but sometimes we just want to mix it up and find new, enticing authors and books we haven’t gotten a chance to discover...
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Jessie Wren | July 13, 2016
OM: The Meaning Behind the Sacred Chant + 6 Surprising Benefits
Om is said to be the totality of all planes and is the oldest mantra or sound in existence. Here are 6 benefits of chanting OM. Join us: AUM.
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Jessie Wren | April 22, 2016
You May Be Hurting Your Neck in Shoulderstand (Here’s How to Fix It)
Practicing shoulderstand calms the nervous system, decreases varicose veins, stimulates the throat chakra (aiding in clear communication), reduces wrinkles and aids in restful sleep.
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Jessie Wren | April 11, 2016
Learn Yoga Anatomy: 5 Yoga Poses to Prep For Inversions
For those of you who want to advance your inversion and backbend practice, knowing how the shoulder girdle works is pivotal (pun intended).
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Jessie Wren | March 11, 2016
If You Want to Be Happy, Science Says You Should Start Here
When you focus enough attention, motivation and words on a particular goal, you are actively working to make your dream a reality.
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Jessie Wren | November 23, 2015
6 Yoga Poses To Help You Learn Arm Balances (Tutorial: Learn How To Do Crane Pose)
Here are 6 yoga poses to help you learn arm balances with proper body alignment, so you can begin to play with Bakasana, Crow Pose.
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Jessie Wren | November 6, 2015
7 Ways You Can Bring More Self-Love Into Your Life for Peace, Contentment and Joy
What is self-love, really? And how can we practice more of it in our daily lives? Here are 7 self-love practices for more compassion & joy.
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Jessie Wren | October 15, 2015
How to Remove “Quit” From Your Vocabulary & Your Life
Quitting is a defeating experience that leaves you feeling like the world is against you. Surrendering is relinquishing the false notion of the ego’s power and trusting the true power of the Universe. Sometimes it takes greater strength to let go. Accept the answer you get from the Universe and just breathe.
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Jessie Wren | October 6, 2015
When You Judge Others, You’re Actually Judging Yourself
Judging others to make ourselves feel better about our current state or current situation, when really those judgements are insecurities in ourselves.
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Jessie Wren | September 20, 2015
6 Common Questions Yoga Students Have but Are Too Afraid to Ask
Here are six answers to common questions yoga students are secretly wondering - humbly offered from a yoga instructor.
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Jessie Wren | September 9, 2015
Let Go of the Mouse – How to Handle Negative Self-Chatter
This negative self-chatter is like thousands of little creatures that snake their ways into our brains: the fear-based thoughts that arise, the self-defeating stories that we tell ourselves and attach to. When we search for something new - a job, place to live, a significant other - and it doesn’t work out, we feel like Scott did in his kitchen staring at an empty mousetrap with no cheese.