Willow & Ash

10/27/2025

I will be cancelling Yoga on Wednesday evening. Family needs continue. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

I hope to be back the first Wednesday in November

Love light and the Shadows!!!!

Jennifer

10/26/2025

CANCELLED
CANCELLED

🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃It's SPOOKY Season....this Wednesday we will have spooky music....spooky lights....and invite our bodies to move slowly....gently and with ease.

Wear your favorite Halloween leggings!

There will be treats!!! No tricks!!!

10/25/2025

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Halloween Community Drumming

Family needs have arisen. Apologies for the
Cancellation and thank you for understanding.

Love light and the shadows
Jennifer

10/22/2025

When I think about the amazing agency Girls Inc here in town I immediately think about Ms. Courtney and Ms. Tish- the leaders, the backbone, the heart and soul of this establishment.

I love both of these brave, strong, smart phenomenal women. Bravo to Courtney on this beautiful article.

26 years of dedication, blood, sweat, tears, laughter, love, compassion, kindness and empathy and MORE!!

For more than 26 years, Courtney Calhoun Kendall has been helping inspire and mentor young women at Girls Inc. of Owensboro-Daviess County, the same organization that shaped her as a child.

10/18/2025

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I am tending to the needs of my nervous system and resting this week after being with a family member in the hospital all week I hope to be back next week! 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

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Ahhh...the smell of Pumpkin Spice Latte's abounds...the swoosh of leggings and boots with cardigans have descended upon us...it's Fall Sweater Weather....and at Willow & Ash...you get to wear to Yoga whatever feels comfy to you.

Socks? Sure! No socks? Sure! You get to decide!

I hope to see you on the mat....

Let me know if you would like to join us.

10/18/2025

I created a free therapist profile on Insight Timer and curated some folders based on very common therapy topics. In the folders you will find worksheets, audio tracks that include music and meditations and talks.

To join Insight Timer is free and gives you access to over 300k resources. The paid version is quite economical.

I have been using Insight Timer for several years now and have some favorites. Give it a try and let me know what you think!

https://insig.ht/5BeaHZAEzXb?utm_source=copy_link&utm_medium=content

Love light and the shadows
Jennifer

Jennifer Francis-Gehring, LCSW, MSW, BSN, BA, RYT 200, was born and raised in Owensboro, KY. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Sociology from Bellarmine University in 1998, her Master of Social Work from Spalding University in 2003, and her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Spaldin...

10/14/2025

Yoga cancelled on Wednesday. Family member in the hospital! Hope to see you all next week!!

10/12/2025

Community drumming on Saturday 10/25!

7pm - 8pm

We will be outside around the fire pit - weather permitting.

Come in costume if you dare…..🎃🧛🏻‍♀️🧟👻🦹🏻‍♀️🧟‍♀️🧌🧙🏾‍♂️🧚🏻‍♀️🧜🏻‍♀️

Cost: 15$

10/11/2025

Fall....a beautiful time of reflection and the quieting of Summer.

Fall is a beautiful time to explore just how beautiful slow movement and allowing your breath to guide you....can be.

Please know that you...yes YOU are welcome at the Willow & Ash Yoga Studio....

We welcome all sounds, smells, thoughts, sensations, feelings....with a smidge of curiosity to keep us anchored in a space of groundedness.

10/10/2025

Today is World Mental Health Day.

Here at Willow & Ash we celebrate all of our parts, the wise ones, the sad ones, the loud ones, the nurturing ones, the nervous ones, the rigid ones, and the child ones.

Remember, when we welcome all thoughts, feelings, sensations, smells and sounds that come from our bodies….we are honoring our bodies lived experiences and stories.

Our bodies and nervous systems have kept us alive and weathered the storms of life.

Today, tomorrow and forever.

Love light and the shadows
Jennifer

10/06/2025

Hey Ya’ll!

It’s spooky season and at Willow & Ash the cooler temps have us bumping and thumping with energy and excitement. 🥰🥰🥰🥰. Tuesdays in October Allyson is leading Halloween inspired Slow Flow Yoga, Wednesdays are Hatha Flow Yoga and Thursday begins the Anxiety Support Drumming group. 👻🎃🧟🧛🏻‍♀️

Allyson’s Tuesday Yoga is 10$- 530-630- contact her as informationals on the pic

Jennifer’s Wednesday Hatha Flow is 20$

Jennifer’s Anxiety Support Drumming is 25$ per week for 6 weeks or pay 125$ upfront for all 6 and get one week free! - contact her to register

10/04/2025

I haven’t shared a lot about my late summer journey toward enlightenment, embodiment, writing, traveling….. it’s still being processed in real time.

Hard to believe 6 weeks ago this was me….here in this video. Team Yellow!!!

I thought I was going for a retreat…time in the beach…sunshine, waves, some meditation and knowledge about Quantum Physics.

Wrong. LOL

I call it boot camp. 6am- 8pm most days. One day was 4am-8pm. Several moments I thought to myself holy sh*tballs what have I gotten myself into? Typical me….my personal motto is GO BIG or GO HOME while my professional motto is: slow and steady….ease and grace.

I learned how to meditate in such a way that was easy and sustainable. I learned how to access the quantum field. I learned the basic principles of quantum physics and Wowsers…. What a trippy ride it has been to delve into this science.

I also learned the science behind meditation and Dr. Joe’s work is backed by private funding in the world of science. To say that Dr. Joe and his group are 50-75 years ahead of the game is an understatement. They have over 20k test subjects and so much data. After 7 days at one of his retreats the entire gut microbiome is restored and changed. Yes they have tested people’s poo 💩 poo to see prior during and after.

It was a profound experience. I am not the same person who showed up 8/21/25 to Marco Island. I experienced amazing things that week….things I cannot explain or express as some things in life don’t have words rather they have movements and sensations and sounds.

I meditated for 7 days, 3x daily with 1500 people. I was adopted by a French family- 3 generations attended- and I am supposedly going to France in 2027. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️. The family who adopted me lives and works in Geneva and they are so excited for me to experience Europe. That is still being planned and determined but wow…what a lifetime opportunity to go to Europe for a long visit and see and experience the countryside. I am looking forward to this experience and also nervous as the longest I have flown was 4 hours so need to do some nervous system work around that. 🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃

If you are curious about Quantum Healing and Quantum Physics Dr. Joe has some documentaries coming out next year I believe. It’s very intriguing for sure. And YES I am already curating a group of friends to go back to Marco Island with me August of 2026. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

When we get curious and leave some expectations at the door…anything is possible and some might say we just might become UNLIMITED.

Love light and the shadows
Jennifer