From the desk of Jenn Perell

Van loaded. Heart open. In motion.

Jenn Perell · March 2025

There's been a lot of change around here. I imagine the same is true for you.

The Year of the Snake had a way of doing that — quietly asking us to shed what no longer fit, whether we were ready or not. And now here we are, galloping into the Year of the Fire Horse. I don't know about you, but I feel the pull to get into motion. Real motion.

So I am.

Hitting the West Coast — van loaded, heart open — and I'm bringing Change & Choice with me.

You may know this workshop from its online life. It's been quietly doing what it does for a few years now: helping people get honest about what's not working and actually choose something different. But I've been feeling the call to bring it back into the body, back into a room, back into the kind of space where real shifts happen.

Right now — in a world that keeps pulling us away from ourselves and each other, toward screens and noise and distance — I think we're all a little hungry for something analog. Something real. Something that happens shoulder to shoulder with other humans who are also trying to figure it out.

So that's what this is.

THIS MONTH:
SHIFT HAPPENS
Live Workshop

Shift Happens: Breathwork, Change & Choice

A 90-minute experience in breathwork, clarity, and choosing what's next.

San Francisco — The Pad Studios

Saturday, March 21 · 2:00–3:30pm

The Pad Studios · 1694 Union Street, San Francisco

$55 (members get 15% off)

This is an embodied workshop — nervous system science, transformational breathwork, and practical frameworks for navigating life's inevitable changes with grace and intention. Co-facilitated with the wonderful Nicole Cronin.

Not all yoga. Not all coaching. Just real tools you can use immediately, in a room full of people who are also in it.

If you're in SF and you've been waiting for a reason to gather — this is it. Come as you are. Bring a friend who's in the middle of something.

PLAYLISTS

Three playlists for wherever you are right now:

• Zoom Zoom — for the road

• Dropping In — for breathwork, somatics, or journaling

• I'm the Vibe — for when you want a little more party

READ

Spoiler alert: I've been writing. You'll be seeing some of it soon. Until then, here's a little reading about writing — a list I put together called Words.

→ Words on Bookshop

BREATH PRACTICE

This month I've been returning to breathwork and somatics — working with Anne Marie Kramer and exploring the Wild Soul space. Loving it. More movement, tapping, and breathing coming soon!

So much to share, but before we dive in, here is just a simple practice I come back to whenever I feel the need to regulate. When the mind is spinning, come back into body through the pathway of the breath... 

Inhale for 4 counts. Hold for 4. Exhale for 8.

That slightly longer exhale activates your parasympathetic nervous system — the part of you that knows how to rest, receive, connect, and trust. Try it for two minutes before any big decision. Notice what shifts.

SNACK BREAK

In between breath work and fun stops, we'll need road snacks! Gang, check out the newest recipe for Sourdough Goldfish Crackers. They are dangerously good. Tangy, cheesy, sour-doughy, crispy. You'll have to try them to believe it!

BACK HOME

If you're planning a trip to Hawaii, or know someone who is, I have an Airbnb Experience I'd love for you to check out (and share).

→ airbnb.com/sv/yogabreathworkcoach

It's a little piece of what I love most in the place I love most. 

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Something is also coming in May that I think you're going to want to be part of. More soon on that too.

More road. More rooms. More soon.

With love,

Jenn Perell 

P.S. If you or someone you know is craving purposeful action — in work, life, or whatever's next — I work with people one-on-one. Hit reply. I'd love to work with you.

P.P.S. If this found you well, hit reply and just say hi — I genuinely read every one. 🌊 And if you're not in SF but want to bring Change & Choice to your city, I'm listening for that too.