Author: Jessica Hensley

Jessica with dog

Getting Back in the Flow

TENACIOUS TUESDAY ~ Winter blocking your flow? I get it! Historically, I’m in a funk from February to mid-April. While hot cocoa and binge watching can be soothing, getting back in our flow sooner than later is far more invigorating in the long run. What is flow? It’s that state of mind where we go from thinking to feeling, creativity is...

Optimal alignment in yoga

Peak vs. Optimal

TENACIOUS TUESDAY ~ In the yoga I first learned, there was a concept called ‘peak pose.’ You work through the flow to build towards holding one key, challenging posture. My type A personality was all in! When I came to LYT, however, the focus wasn’t on ‘peak,’ but ‘optimal.’ Optimal posture, optimal alignment, and the strength and stability to support...

Quote: The moment you're ready to quit is usually the moment right before a miracle happens

The Moment You’re Ready to Quit

TENACIOUS TUESDAY ~ Have you ever worked towards something that seems to elude you no matter how hard you try? Sometimes we set out to master a skill, land a job, earn a PR, or fix a relationship and just feel like we’re spinning. And spinning.🌪 Edging closer, but never quite grasping the elusive ‘win.’ Like any goal, it takes...

Mindful Eating

TENACIOUS TUESDAY ~ This is my favorite smoothie from a cookbook I’m obsessed with, ‘Run Fast, Cook Fast, Eat Slow’ by Shalene Flanagan and Elyse Kopecky. The root of this incredible concoction is beets. I was lucky enough to snag some from my local farmer at Rousedale Farm. What I love about this cookbook is that the authors give loads...

All of a sudden it clicked!

AHA Moments

TENACIOUS TUESDAY ~ I had a student say this to me after a class this week and it was like fireworks of joy went off in my head. She has been managing pain in her wrists for a while. Throughout the class I described and demoed the importance of having strength and stability in the shoulder blades through the shoulder...

What if we focused less on our to-do lists and more on making time to be?

Making Time ‘To-Be’

TENACIOUS TUESDAY ~ Due to some unplanned but ultimately positive circumstances, I found out last week that I was going to have a lot more time available in my schedule. When I shared the news with my younger son, his face lit up, he gave me a giant hug, and he said how excited he was that I could spend...

Supergirl

Celebrating 10 Years

TENACIOUS TUESDAY ~ I wrote this a week ago, but the timing wasn’t right to post and the events that have evolved since then have shed even more light on the message I wanted to share. June 1 was an epic milestone for me. It marked the 10-year anniversary of when I experienced my first quarantine, in a hospital. I...

Hang on the to handlebars quote

Let Go and Enjoy the Ride

TENACIOUS TUESDAY ~ When I first starting cycling years ago, my favorite thing to do was climb hills. The bigger the hill, the more fun I was having. I craved the feeling of reaching the top knowing how hard I had worked to get there. The downhill felt sweeter when it felt earned. Even with that, I rode my brakes...

Happy 2020

Happy 2020!

Happy 2020!!! I get really excited about each new year, but this one feels like it’s going to be big. I have loved talking to so many people over the last few weeks who are reflecting on all that they’ve done through the last decade and all that they hope to do in the next one. I also have dreams,...