Get Zen With Jen

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Yoga & Personal Training Personal fitness training for a balanced and healthy lifestyle.

04/17/2026

You know you want it. 😉
Sundays 9:30 a
Yoga for Athletic Recovery 🧘‍♀️🧘🏽‍♂️

04/11/2026

What’s your REASON?

Photos from Get Zen With Jen's post 03/27/2026

Men’s weight on the sled? No problem. 😉

03/13/2026
03/12/2026

Yoga, Pilates & Planes ✈️ ❤️

02/27/2026

Recovery activates the parasympathetic nervous system (“rest and digest” mode), balancing out the “fight or flight” response that dominates during stress and intense activity.

Chronic stress without recovery leads to fatigue, irritability, and reduced motivation. Strategic rest keeps you sustainable long-term… 😊

Consistent rest leads to:

Greater strength and endurance gains. Improved immune function.
More consistent energy.
Better longevity in sports and life.



02/24/2026

She’s a queen but beneath her crown there’s always a touch of gangster and a hint of psycho. Don’t test her. 🔥

02/05/2026

Exercise and rehabilitation interventions have shown to clearly benefit cancer survivors by improving outcomes, response, and tolerability to treatments, delaying progression, and preventing the development of new primary cancer (Neumann et al., 2025).

Neumann, M. F., Maltser, S., Akerman, M., Khanijo, S., Scanlon, J., & Seetharamu, N. (2025). Virtual personalized exercise program for subjects with lung cancer: A feasibility study. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 43(16_suppl)

02/02/2026

When organic plant materials are burned, the resulting smoke contains a complex mixture of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), including essential oils, terpenes, and other bioactive chemical constituents produced during thermal degradation of plant tissues.

These VOCs such as monoterpenes and other aromatic molecules may exhibit antimicrobial properties in vitro, meaning they are capable of interfering with bacterial cells or inhibiting microbial growth.

Nautiyal, C. S., Chauhan, P. S., & Nene, Y. L. (2007). Medicinal smoke reduces airborne bacteria. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 114(3), 446–451. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2007.08.038

01/25/2026

Today was the toughest one yet. Why? Is it because it’s right after the holidays? Is it because I’m not really training as well as I did for the first time?

When your lungs are on fire and your legs are begging you to stop, that’s when the real work begins. 🧠

Every sled push, every wall ball, every run strips away the ego and exposes the mindset. You don’t finish HYROX because you’re talented …you finish because you’re relentless.

This isn’t just a race.
It’s a personality check.
And strength is only the entry fee.




01/23/2026

Gentle, rhythmic touch stimulates cutaneous mechanoreceptors, sending sensory signals up the spinal cord to the brain, which can heighten body awareness (interoception) and improve sensory integration. 🖐🏽

The predictable rhythm may cue the parasympathetic nervous system, helping shift the body toward a calmer, regulated state such as slower breathing, reduced muscle tension, and steadier attention. 💙

Research on touch and somatosensory input also suggests benefits for focus and emotional regulation by anchoring awareness in the present moment. 💚

So, soft taps, smart science…using the nervous system’s own wiring to support calm, clarity, and connection. 💚



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