Hey there, Jen here, and this is a happy bit. Do you find yourself feeling frazzled and burnt out and overwhelmed

and just wishing you could be that happy person you used to be, wishing you could find yourself again and

live an aligned, intuitive, impactful life? Well, you really can because you've all heard my story before of hitting

rock bottom several years ago when I had five kids and clawing my way back out of there and

finding my purpose. Now, one of the big tools that has helped me with that is yoga. And if you're a

fan of yoga, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about. If you're not yet a

fan of yoga, let me explain. One of the greatest things that brings me relaxation, the quickest,

is yoga. A one-hour yoga class leaves me feeling just as replenished, maybe even more so than if I had

spent an entire weekend away on my own.

And it's in one hour.

I love the fact that during yoga, you're breathing really, really deeply.

And I listened to a podcast from the minimalists a while back,

and they talked about how that smokers who start using Nicorette patches don't feel as relaxed. And some people have

hypothesized that it's because they aren't breathing deeply. The act of smoking forces them to

breathe really deeply and activate the vagus nerve, which tells your body to relax. And they were

joking that we should all just take breath breaks.

Go out instead of smoking, take a breath break and breathe deeply for about four minutes or so.

So yoga accomplishes the same thing. You're breathing in and out constantly trying to maintain this

Ujjayi breath. It's a special kind of breath, but it's deep and it's focused.

And then you're moving your body in connection.

And the act of stretching and moving all of those muscles just gives you such a massive

endorphin rush.

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