Fighting the New Hampshire School System & Battling Unimaginable Pain. Top Seacoast Healer Jessica Sunshine on Why “None of This Matters”

Jessica Sunshine couldn't take it anymore.

New Hampshire's changing policies. The complaints from the parents. The stress.

So, after 10 years of teaching high school English across several New Hampshire high schools, the 32-year-old won't be returning to the classroom this year.

Instead, she's focusing on building her dream of helping students feel seen and heard in a different way: yoga.

An accomplished yoga teacher at Prasada Yoga (North Hampton), Bryony Body (Exeter), Good Vibes Yoga (Ogunquit), and Seavasana (and formerly of Yogasmith and Barre & Soul), she's now a reiki master and a sound healer. She also manages social media for Portsmouth Paddle Co.

From the West End of Portsmouth, Jessica sits down with host Troy Farkas to discuss why she won't be returning to the school this year, and what it's like now working full-time in yoga & healing. Plus, she shares her heartbreaking stories of losing her father suddenly, dealing with chronic pain, and the eating disorders she used to struggle with.

CHAPTERS:

• Why Jessica started teaching yoga (00:00)
• Losing her father in 2022 (11:10)
• Her problems with N.H.'s education system (18:15)
• SPONSORS: Chinburg Properties & Sea Love (25:52)
• Why Jessica left teaching at the end of last year (28:22)
• Why we have no control over what happens (33:10)
• Going full-time with healing work (43:10)
• SPONSOR: Soul Models (50:35)
• Chronic back pain over the past year (52:00)
• Why a yoga teacher is not a guru (01:10:10)
• Jessica's love for D Street Tavern (01:23:00)
• How do you want to be remembered? (01:28:37)

For 1-on-1 reiki sessions with Jessica, you can message her @jessicasunshineyoga on Instagram to learn more information.

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