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For recovering Type A humans.
Helping busy minds + hardworking bodies feel stronger, move better & actually rest.
👇Deep Rest Micro-Retreat Nov 7th

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I teach some version of this ALL THE TIME.
It looks simple.

And it is.

But simple doesn’t mean mindless.

Depending on the person, I might teach it like this.

Or put you on all fours for more stability and take some of the possible hip involvement out of it.

I might change the range.

Change the setup.

Slow you the hell down. 😂

Because the point isn’t to perform the biggest, most impressive rotation possible.

The point is to know what we’re trying to move — and why.

This is a lot of what Jenn class is.

Strength. Mobility. Flexibility. Control. Coordination. Yoga + Yoga-ish shit. Weird shoulder things. 😂

Not because you need 47 different modalities.

Because I don’t teach one method.

I teach people.

And the goal isn’t to get really good at my class or a pose.

It’s for your body to work better for everything you want to do outside of it.

I’m bringing this online for 8 weeks starting September 30th

👉🏻 8 of the 10 founding spots are already taken.

Wednesdays at 6:30pm ET {via zoom}
We start Sept 30th

Live + replay for the week + short practices in between $297

And NO — you do not have to attend every Wednesday live.

Come live when you can. Replay when you can’t. Both count.

DM me JENN for the details. ❤️ by @jennvagios

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I’ve spent a lot of my life thinking the answer was to try harder.

Push harder.
Work harder.
Train harder.
Learn more.
Get another certification. 😂

And to be fair, pushing has given me a lot.

Lifting weights changed the way I saw myself. It made me stronger, more confident and more capable.

But life has also handed me some shit I could not outwork.

Injury. Illness. Panic. Caregiving. Burnout. Grief.

I’ve learned, sometimes very reluctantly, that there isn’t one practice, workout, meditation, supplement, morning routine or magical fucking wellness protocol that makes us immune to being human.

Sometimes the thing that helps is getting stronger.

Sometimes it’s moving.

Sometimes it’s medication.

Sometimes it’s rest.

Sometimes it’s breath, meditation or sound.

Sometimes it’s letting someone else help.

And sometimes nothing fixes the thing you’re going through.

You just learn how to carry it.

That’s probably the biggest reason I teach the way I do now.

I’m not loyal to one method.

I’m interested in the actual human in front of me.

What does your body need?

What does your mind need?

What does your LIFE need from you right now?

Because taking care of yourself shouldn’t become another full-time job you have to be perfect at.

Your body should support your life. Not become your life.

Get stronger when you need strength.

Slow down when you need rest.

Use the tools that actually help.

The point was never to get better at taking care of yourself.

The point is to have more life to live. ❤️ by @jennvagios

Last Friday, 270 people gathered at the @hudsonrivermuseum planetarium for two SOLD OUT Sound Baths to press pause—and rest.

Together.

I didn’t always understand the value of rest.

It took my body reaching its breaking point (several times over) to realize how necessary it is.

I thought rest included lying on the couch while eating my boomchicapop popcorn.

And like many of us, I put it on the bottom of my to-do list because the world keeps telling us to stay busy, productive, and “go!”

But every time we pause, we get a taste of that recovery, deep relaxation, focus and feeling of being totally reset and refreshed.

It also gives others permission to do the same.

And when we pause as a group—it creates a ripple effect.

It becomes a collective healing.

➡️ So, if you needed a reminder: let 2025 be the year you prioritize REST.

✨Now booking Sound Baths for 2025✨

🎥🎤 Video/Audio By @subtle_layers Jim Petty

#soundbath #soundbathmeditation #corporatewellness #mentalhealth #relax #rest by @jennvagios

Want to make a familiar exercise way harder?

Take movement away. 😈

This is a dead bug — with a few constraints that change the whole thing.

My pelvis is elevated on a yoga block.

I’m pushing my arms HARD into the wall for feedback.

My ribs stay heavy.

And as my leg reaches away, the goal is to maintain the position of my trunk and pelvis instead of letting everything else come along for the ride.

The leg moving?

That’s not the hard part.

The hard part is controlling what DOESN’T move.

And when you slow it wayyyyy down and get specific about what you’re asking your body to do, a familiar exercise suddenly becomes sneaky hard AF. 😈

You don’t always need more reps, bigger movements or heavier weight to create a challenge.

Sometimes you need more intention.
Save this one and try it the next time dead bugs feel a little too easy. 😈

#deadbug #corestrength #strengthtraining #mobilitytraining #westchesterny by @jennvagios

You know that thing where you see an event, think “I’d love to do that,” and then never actually sign up?

Well, here’s your reminder.

The Deep Rest Experience is happening November 7th, and we’re already halfway full.

Mary-Ann and I have planned nearly three hours of gentle yoga, breathwork, guided Yoga Nidra
Meditation and Sound Bath, and time to do absolutely nothing.

9 spots remain.

Saturday, November 7th 5–7:45 PM @hastingsyoga , Dobbs Ferry $175

If you’ve been thinking about coming, now’s the time to register.

Link in bio to reserve your spot. by @jennvagios

Unpopular opinion: Your hips need more than stretching. 👀

Don’t get me wrong. I LOVE a good hip stretch.

But your hips are designed to do SO MUCH MORE.

Flex. Extend. Rotate.

Move in all kinds of directions.

Here’s a fun little experiment:

Can you move your thigh without taking your entire pelvis and spine along for the ride?

These are hip CARs (Controlled Articular Rotations), and they’re one of the things we explored in today’s LOW BACK — MOVE WELL workshop.

The goal isn’t to make the biggest circle possible or keep everything perfectly still.

It’s to get curious about what moves, what stays relatively steady, and how much control you have.

Because your pelvis and spine are absolutely allowed to move, too.

We’re just exploring OPTIONS.

And that’s what I love most about teaching movement.

Creating space to experiment, play, get curious and discover what your body can do.

Sometimes we’re working toward a specific technique. Other times, like in this workshop we’re exploring what’s possible.

☺️ Missed MOVE WELL - LOW BACK?
DM me MOVEWELL if you want to hear about the next workshop! by @jennvagios

Last night: Week 1 with my 8 - week founding movement group. This morning: I brought one of the movements into my regular Thursday morning class.

Someone stopped in the middle of the move:”WHY does this feel so good?!”

👏😁 YES!!!

That’s exactly the kind of thing I’m interested in.

The founding group is closed, but I’m going to be sharing some of what we discover over the next eight weeks.

And if you’re thinking,”dammit, I would’ve done that,” you can tell me 👀 DM me “NEXT.” by @jennvagios

For years people have asked me some version of:

“Where else are you teaching?”

“Are you ever bringing Jenn class back?”

“Can I do this with you online?”

And I kept NOT making it.

Because I didn't want to just put a class on Zoom.

And I definitely didn't want to create another giant library of movement videos for you to scroll through while trying to decide whether today is a hips day or a shoulders day or a fuck it, I'll do it tomorrow day.

There are already approximately nine billion of those on the internet. 😂

I wanted to create something that might actually help you DO IT CONSISTENTLY.

A standing appointment.

You put it on your calendar.

You show up.

I decide what we're working on.

We move together.

You get some short stuff to do in between.

And then you go live your life.

If life gets in the way? You have the replay for the week.

No giant library waiting for Someday You to magically become a person with unlimited time and motivation. 😂

Because the goal isn't to get better at my class.

The goal is for your body to work better for everything you want to do outside of it.

So that's what I'm making.

8 weeks.
Wednesdays at 6:30pm ET.
Starting September 30th.
LIVE class + weekly replays

I'm keeping this first group to 10 people so I can actually see you, teach you, and learn what happens when we work together consistently for eight weeks.

7 spots are already taken. ❤️

If you're reading this thinking:

WAIT. I WANT JENN CLASS.

DM me “JENN” and I'll send you the details. by @jennvagios

I know “relaxed Jenn” now. 😂

But that was NOT always the case.

I was Type A, perfectionist, anxiety-riddled, always doing, always pushing.

Funny thing is, I thought I DID know how to relax.

Relaxing was binging TV. Having a margarita. Checking out for a little while.

Then I experienced Yoga Nidra for the first time back in 2012 and realized…

Oh. THIS is different.

I didn’t know you could feel like your whole body was melting into the earth.

Like you’d just gotten a full-body massage.

Like your brain could actually get quiet enough that your worries weren’t consuming your life.

It was the first time I experienced that kind of deep rest.

Years later, I found something similar in sound meditation.

For my busy brain, both gave me somewhere to put my attention.

Instead of trying to force my mind to be quiet, I could listen. Follow. Receive.

And that’s exactly why our Deep Rest experience combines Yoga Nidra + Sound.

We created the first Deep Rest micro-retreat in June and it sold out.

So Maryann @hastingsyoga and I are bringing it back November 2nd

If your’re reading this and thinking l, wait..THAT is what I want to feel, DM me DEEPREST and I’ll personally add you to the priority access list before we open it up publicly.

#yoganidra #meditation #soundmeditation #hastingsonhudson #westchesterNY by @jennvagios

Your low back doesn’t have to be screaming at you for it to deserve some attention. 😏

Maybe it gets tight after sitting all day.

Maybe it feels stiff when you first get up or stand for too long.

Maybe you work out, walk, do yoga, stretch, foam roll — and it still gets a little… cranky.

MOVE WELL: LOW BACK isn’t 90 minutes of stretching the spot that feels tight.

We’ll use mobility, bodyweight strength + movement awareness to explore how your body is moving, including some of those “blind spots” you might not normally think about.

The goal? To leave understanding your body a little better with tools you can actually use AND a noticeable difference in how you move and feel.

DETAILS:
Saturday, October 17th · Hastings Yoga
12–2 pm

Early Bird $95 | Regular $125

18 of 20 spots are already spoken for ❤️

Not sure if it’s for you?

DM me MOVEWELL. Ask me your question. I’d rather help you figure out if it’s a fit than have you guess.

#MoveWell #LowBackMobility #MobilityTraining #FunctionalMovement #MovementIsMedicine #StrengthAndMobility #HealthyAging #ActiveAging #WestchesterNY #HastingsOnHudson #Dobbsferry by @jennvagios

“But I don’t do yoga.”

Someone said this to me this week after I invited her to Root & Release.

And I realized I should probably make something really clear:

**You do not need to already have a yoga practice to come.**

You don’t need to know the poses.

You don’t need to be flexible.

And you definitely don’t need to consider yourself a “yoga person.”

The movement at the beginning of the evening is intentionally slow, accessible and beginner-friendly.

It’s not there to give you a workout.

It’s there to help you get out of your head, release some of what you’re carrying, and settle into your body before we transition into a 60-minute sound bath.

So if you saw “movement” and thought:

*The sound bath sounds amazing…but I don’t really do yoga.*

**You’re still invited. ❤️**

🍂 Root & Release
Thursday, September 17th | 6:30–8:30 PM
@hastingsyoga · Dobbs Ferry, NY

Early Bird $79 through August 31st.

Details + registration at www.hastingsyoga.com (book a class --> workshops)

or

DM me the word ROOT and I'll send you the details

#hudsonvalleyyoga #westchesterny #rivertownsny #soundbath #fallequinox #dobbsferry by @jennvagios

Every September for the past few years, I've hosted a Fall retreat.

This year, I started planning one.

Then I stopped.

I kept asking myself:

What do people actually need this time of year?

September has never felt like a slow, spacious month to me.

The calendar fills up quickly.

Routines come back.

Before you know it, you're rushing from one thing to the next, wondering where that slower summer feeling went.

I didn't want to ask you to give up an entire Saturday.

I wanted to create something that made sense for September.

So instead of a retreat, I created something different this year.

Root & Release is a two-hour evening inspired by the Fall Equinox.

We'll begin with gentle movement and breathwork, then settle into meditation and an extended live sound bath.

I think we underestimate how quickly September asks us to speed up.

This is two hours to root down before the season takes off.

🍂 Root & Release

Thursday, September 17

6:30-8:30 PM at @hastingsyoga, Dobbs Ferry, NY

→ Early bird pricing is available through August 31st.

You can find all the details under Experiences on my website. (Link in bio.)

#hudsonvalleyyoga #westchesterny #rivertownsny #fallequinox #soundbath by @jennvagios