Santé !

Jennifer Cann

Pear

stained glass mosaic on wood 12” x 12”
(created by Jennifer Cann)

Kali-yantra

stained glass mosaic on wood 24”x 24”
(created by Jennifer Cann)

A yantra is a geometric meditation device that represents the levels of the universe. It is used to aid the practitioner in dissolving the conditioned mind and opening to pure being-consciousness-bliss, where the distinction between subject and object does not exist.

In the Kali-yantra, the downward pointing triangle represents Shakti (the feminine power) of Kali, a Hindu goddess, who destroys in order to continue the cycle of life.

Jennifer Cann

Year in Medical School: 2nd

Place of birth:
Atlanta, GA

Where you grew up:
York, PA

College: Rutgers University, University of Maryland, Johns Hopkins University, Universitat Bremen, Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA)

Majors in College: Religion and German

Goals: My specialty is undecided but I’m very interested in complementary medicine.

Personal Philosophy on Life and/or Medicine: Gratitude for all things and people - especially for what appears at first to be negative because if you are willing to look, these are the things that often conceal the greatest gifts.

Favorite Quote: When I taught yoga, I handed out a "yoga fortune" (a strip of paper with a quote) every week to my students. Here is one of three that has been influential in my journey.

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”
— Marcel Proust