Jenna Hollenstein

Jenna Hollenstein is a meditation teacher, registered dietitian, and unapologetic lover of horror movies. Her work lives at the intersection of Buddhist practice, neuroscience, eating disorder recovery, feminism, and the quiet conviction that our bodies are not obstacles to awakening—they’re where awakening happens.

Her teaching is infused with scientific evidence, fierce compassion, intersectionality, and an unconventional curiosity about the places we usually avoid. Whether she’s talking about mindfulness, body image, gender, menopause, drag culture, addiction recovery, motherhood, or the latest folk horror film, Jenna is interested in what these seemingly unrelated worlds reveal about being fully human.

Sober since 2007, mother to a spirited eleven-year-old, and devoted steward to a rotating cast of orange cats, Jenna has learned that wisdom rarely arrives fully formed. More often, it shows up in grief, laughter, discomfort, relationship, and the everyday miracle of inhabiting a body.

Although she has practiced Buddhism for many years, Jenna still considers herself a beginner. That orientation—one of curiosity over certainty—is at the heart of her teaching. She believes each person possesses an innate embodied wisdom that cannot be replaced by experts, algorithms, or self-improvement projects. She sees her role not as providing answers so much as to helping to create the conditions in which people can hear themselves more clearly.

When she’s not teaching or writing, she’s probably swimming, watching psychological horror, reading something that blurs the line between spirituality and feminism, or wondering what her cats understand that the rest of us don’t.

Weekly Live Meditations

Join Jenna on Wednesdays for weekly live meditations, open to all.

Live talk + Q&A: “Nourishing Ourselves in an Age of Overwhelm: Finding Our Way Home in a Disembodied Culture”

Plus, for Lion’s Roar members: Jenna will share a live dharma talk together on how we can take care of ourselves and our bodies in times of overwhelm. Expect guided meditation, honest conversation, and practices you can carry straight into the next conversation that matters to you.