Coming Home to Your Body:
Yoga for Connection and Healing
Fridays
10:30-11:45am
Led by Jessie Kissinger, PLPC, RYT-500 (she/her)
Class Description
Stress, overwhelm, and trauma can make it difficult to feel connected to ourselves and others.
Yoga is a practice for healing—and can be a powerful support alongside psychotherapy. At its heart, yoga is about restoring harmonious connection—to our bodies, our senses, the present moment, and our communities.
This class offers a gentle, simple flow with sensory cues to bridge the mind and body. I’ll offer multiple options throughout to support you in exploring what feels best for you. This practice is less about doing poses “right” and more about engaging with your own experience and learning to listen to your nervous system with curiosity and care.
Choice is central to this practice. You’re always welcome to move differently, take a break, or step outside. For example, class will close with a 15-minute savasana (quiet time to rest and integrate). While stillness can feel grounding for some, it may be activating for others. I encourage you to honor what you need in that moment—whether that’s resting, walking outside, or engaging in a quiet creative activity like drawing, journaling, or knitting.
It’s my intention to create a space where you can practice tuning into your needs and making empowered, embodied choices.
Beginners are welcomed and encouraged. No experience with yoga is necessary for this class.
Equity Pricing
At Empowered Spaces we value community care, we are committed to making our offerings accessible, and we believe in leveraging our privilege and resources when we can in order to support one another. This Equity Pricing Scale acknowledges that as a result of systemic injustice our ability to pay for services, and access those services, varies. Choosing a rate that is accessible and meaningful is a justice-oriented practice that honors our interconnectedness.
Series Pricing
Supporter Rate - "I can help support my community" - $24
Sustainer Rate - "I can pay my way" - $17
Community Rate - "I can use support from my community" - $10
*Full & Partial scholarships: Empowered Spaces is committed to doing everything possible to make offerings accessible to everyone. To inquire about the Empowered Spaces Equity Scholarship please contact Kelly at kkcaul@yahoo.com.
Health and Safety Precautions
We value community care and showing up for one another. Currently: Masks are optional. Please stay home if you have symptoms, test positive, or were exposed to someone with COVID-19. We use a HEPA air purifier in the studio. If anyone would like to participate and would only feel comfortable if everyone is masked, please email Kelly kkcaul@yahoo.com.
Accessibility
The Empowered Spaces studio is located on the ground floor. There is a 12-car parking lot adjacent to the studio & additional free parking on neighborhood streets. Restroom is wheelchair-accessible and ramp-accessible in the main building. Please reach out to Kelly kkcaul@yahoo.com if there is anything more we can do to make our offerings more accessible. Empowered Spaces is committed to accessibility, and strives to be accessible and inclusive of all abilities and all individuals.
Questions?
Email Jessie at jessie@jessiekissinger.com
Meet Jessie
Psychotherapist, Yoga Teacher
Jessie Kissinger has been practicing yoga for over 15 years and teaching since 2018. She completed her 200-hour yoga teacher training at Joy of Yoga in St. Louis in 2018 and a 300-hour advanced training at Circle Yoga Shala in Jasper, Arkansas in 2025. Additionally, she participated in a 40-hour Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) workshop at Kripalu in Lennox, Massachusetts.
Jessie structures her movement classes around yogic, mindfulness, and mental health theories, depending on the needs of her students. A practice designed to soothe anxiety would focus on techniques to settle the nervous system, while a class for depression might aim to energize the body. A traditional trauma-sensitive class would emphasize noticing sensation over perfecting alignment, whereas a lesson to address chronic pain might zoom in on alignment to support efficiency and ease of movement. Regardless of the approach, Jessie's main goal is to create a space where you can listen to your body, breathe, and be kind to yourself.
Outside of teaching, Jessie is a psychotherapist (she practices here at Empowered Spaces) and a home gardener. One of the great joys of her life was spending a month at the Navdanya Biodiversity Conservation Farm, founded by Dr. Vandana Shiva, where she learned how radical it can be to save a seed.
Learn more about Jessie’s psychotherapy practice here.