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Jen Hoy's journey towards healing work began at the age of 5, when two threads connected
simultaneously: she realized that she saw and knew things that other family members were unaware of, and she began to learn
to cook. At the time her family lived in an old sea captain's house, and she often saw spirits moving through the upstairs
of the house; she also discovered that those same spirits communicated with her. In the day to day functioning of family life,
she knew and understood "grown-up business", often to the dismay of her elders. But while her natural abilities
as a seer and medium were resoundingly discouraged, her blossoming talents in the kitchen, even while very young, were rapidly
cultivated. She dragged chairs around the kitchen so she could stand at counter height and help with food preparation, and
by the age of 10, Jen had started her own little bread baking business. The family garden, raising barnyard and companion
animals, fishing, and foraging for wild food and herbs, all gave her an awareness of nature and nourishment which was connected
to the Earth, and which became the foundation of all of her subsequent work with food and healing. In her spare time she voraciously
read books on metaphysics, healing, and shamanism, trying to find answers for the part of her that was so different from the
people around her. By the age of 18, Jen was living in Italy, attending L'Universita
di Padova, working as a translator and interpreter and studying the country's regional cuisines. When she returned to
the U.S. four years later, she began working in restaurants, and has been involved with food ever since. She received classical
training in culinary arts, but her path led her steadily towards food as a tool for healing. She owned an organic catering
company-Cuisines of the Sun- in Miami Beach for 6 years, then partnered with Katie Haje in New York City to create Elemental
Foods, a catering company whose mission was bringing sustainable, healthy cuisine into the mainstream. Throughout her years in the culinary field, Jen remained haunted by the little girl she had
left behind, the one who Knew, who Saw, and who carried a medium's prodigious skill in her little body. In 2002 a mysterious,
major health crisis led Jen to reclaim this abandoned aspect of herself, prompted in part by the realization that she would
not heal if she did not reintegrate. It was also the catalyst for the birth of Body Spirit Nutrition. During this time Jen resumed formal studies in the areas of psychic development, medical intuition, nutrition and
energy work. She received certification as a nutritionist, completed advanced training in Integrative Counseling with author
and healer Tom Monte, and began training with Qi Gong Master Robert Peng. Additionally, she has studied at the Ohashi Institute;
with medical intuitive Patti Conklin; with the head of the Mexihka Medicine Council, Tzen Tzatzoehetzin; and, most recently,
with metaphysician and healer Derek O'Neill. Jen is a member of the American Association of Drugless Practitioners; the
American Holistic Health Association; the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology; and Nutrition Entrepreneurs. She travels extensively in the U.S. and abroad to deepen her skills as an intuitive and healer. For more than 20 years, Jen's work encompassed conscious support of wellness, through physical
and energetic healing. In 2002 she began actively practicing intuitive counseling and diagnosis. She works privately doing
intuitive readings, energy healing, nutrition counseling, and teaching psychic development; and leads workshops and wellness
seminars on a variety of subjects, including the energetics of food, wellness issues, and bioenergetic healing. She is also
a certified practitioner of Prema Birthing, and of the Rising Star, healing modalities channeled and taught by Derek O'Neill.
Jen serves as the nutritional consultant forThird Power Fitness, and became the Associate Director of the Dinacharya Ayurevedic
Institute in the spring of 2008. She co-authored The Well Rounded Pregnancy Cookbook (Random House, 2007).
Deeply committed to helping others, Jen Hoy continues intensive studies in energy medicine and nutrition, continually integrating
timeless world traditions into a contemporary paradigm for healing. Her private
practice is based in New York City.
“So I saw it during my last week at the Ashram, I was reading through an
old text about Yoga, when I found a description of ancient spiritual seekers. A Sanskrit word appeared in the paragraph: ANTEVASIN.
It means, ‘one who lives at the border.’ In ancient times this was a literal description. It indicated a person
who had left the bustling center of worldly life to go live at the edge of the forest where the spiritual masters dwelled.
The antevasin was not of the villagers anymore-not a householder with a conventional life. But neither was he yet a transcendent-not
one of those sages who live deep in the unexplored woods, fully realized. The antevasin was an in-betweener. he was a border-dweller.
He lived in sight of both worlds, but he looked toward the unknown. And he was a scholar.”
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