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Five Things I Want to Teach My Daughter About Her Body

Blog, Body Confidence, Mommies / By Jessica Van Valkenburgh

The Dance of Life In just over two months, I will be giving birth to my growing baby daughter. As a first time parent, I am trying my best to be prepared. I have read many books, attended birth classes, and asked friends for advice. I’ve spent time looking at the relationships around me, and …

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Why the World Needs Body Confidence

Blog, My Salvaged Soul / By Jessica Van Valkenburgh

Woman. Body. Fear. Acceptance. Wound. Self Love. Failure. Fat. As women, we have been pressured to define ourselves by our bodies. We call ourselves fat, thin, voluptuous, and skinny. We believe that who we are as a person is a direct result of the way we look. We rely on our image to define us, …

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My Flying Trapeze Act

Blog, My Salvaged Soul / By Jessica Van Valkenburgh

  My life has become so constant at times, and I don’t even realize I am about to come to an edge. Pace by pace, I’m going through the motions. I’m climbing a ladder, focusing on the step ahead or the step I’m on, all the while mumbling to myself: “Am I ever going to …

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My Long Exhale – A Love Story

Blog, My Salvaged Soul / By Jessica Van Valkenburgh

I am a quitter. I quit things all the time. Whether its Burpees or breaking bad habits, when the going gets rough, I get going. It seems I would rather leap into fire then feel the heat of it against my skin. If things become uncomfortable and I can quit, I will. If I begin …

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my wasted life

My Wasted Life

Blog, My Salvaged Soul / By Jessica Van Valkenburgh

I’m going to talk about the thing that no one wants to talk about. It’s time to bare my deepest pain. Possibly I can help someone else, because when the truth begins to pour out of you, there’s no plug that can stop it. I am an alcoholic, and I am not alone. Millions of …

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My Home on the Range

Blog, My Salvaged Soul / By Jessica Van Valkenburgh

A friend of mine bought me a harmonica. It was somewhat intended to be a joke, for an upcoming camping trip. It’s no secret this glamour girl isn’t the most outdoorsy wilderness lover, but I find a sweet calm and swell of romance whenever my husband is leading us through the deep green forest or …

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Bodies Without Shame
To support women – in all chapters of life – to know and love their bodies through yoga, course, podcast and coaching.

Jessica Van Valkenburgh
Do you think you have to be thin, young and bendy? Do you think you have to be thin, young and bendy?  Do you picture a lulu lemon clad hard body in a headstand?

Sure...that might be yoga...but so is this.

Yoga is for EVERY DAMN BODY, no matter your shape, size or ability.  Yoga is also more than a physical practice. Yoga is breath work, concentration, living with compassion, forgiveness and intention.  Yoga is a lifestyle.

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I hate to call it a resolution, because I have nev I hate to call it a resolution, because I have never done a good job of keeping those.  I do make it my business to keep my intentions.

So here it is.  In 2021, my intention is to do Yoga everyday.  My mantra is:

Yoga is a lifestyle.  I practice it daily with joy and ease.  I invite the Divine in to blossom within me. 

Yoga is more than just stretching.  It's a lifestyle.  I have never been sorry about practicing yoga in any form.  My husband laughs because no matter how I'm feeling going downstairs to my studio, my feet are always light and happy bounding back up after class.

2020 taught me about working from home, I found a place to call mine for teaching.  2021 will teach me about carving out the time for a personal practice.

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We ALL need some Yoga right now.  You can even do it from the privacy of your own home. 

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I have developed a series of movement based Yoga C I have developed a series of movement based Yoga Classes and courses which speak to the needs of all women.  Our hearts are hungry for something deeper, richer and more fulfilling than what we have been settling for.  My classes and workshops will transform the relationship you have with your body in a very sacred and spiritual way, through movement, breathing and compassion.  You will begin to ask the questions you have been seeking and trust the wisdom of your body to give you the answers.  There is a more peaceful, beautiful and united way to live within your body.  I can guide you to true contentment in who you are, and what you are called to do.

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This morning I watched my daughter lifting up her This morning I watched my daughter lifting up her shirt and poking her belly.  She smiled up at me while her tongue poked through her only two teeth.

What a joy for her to discover her body.

There was no judgement, no scramble to hide her exposed skin.  No feelings about the way her belly should look.  She was noticing and playfully embracing her belly.

No matter how old I get, let me remember the wonder and happiness of being a child- and discovering my body with glee.

When I take my mind off how I think it "should" look, I am free to laugh, play and love my body with innocence and pure attention to the moment. 

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Wise Words Wednesday People ask me all the time: Wise Words Wednesday

People ask me all the time:

Why Brazenly Beautiful?

The definition of Brazen is in a bold manner, without shame.

When we are babies, we discover our bodies.  We feel happy and free just being in them.  Our days are filled with wonder and excitement, discovering who we are and our place in this world.  At some point; as children, we realize we can no longer be naked and free.  We begin to feel shame about who we are and what we look like.  We try to fit in.  We understand that there is a system we must follow.  We learn our beliefs about who we are from the people around us.  Most of us; will spend the rest of our lives trapped in this cycling system of shame.  We will abandon ourselves, our bodies, and the glory of who we are called to be unless we actively choose to be Brazenly Beautiful.

Being Brazenly Beautiful means fighting against the norms of society.  Shedding the weight of the heavy and limiting beliefs that have been placed on you about needing to fit into a mold.  Cultivating pride in who you are and what you look like despite the opinions of others.  Following the north star of your own intuition and understanding that your value is not measured pound-by-pound or inch-by-inch.   

Being Brazenly Beautiful is not just accepting who you are, it’s being bold enough to adore and love yourself so much that you are Brazen in the pursuit of your own happiness.

When it comes to your body, when you shed shame, you no longer feel the need to fit in, to answer to anyone, to play small, to be bought and sold, or to hate.  You make your own light and allow it to shine.  You won’t be deceived into believing you need anything outside of yourself to be beautiful, because you know that you have always been, and will always be enough; just as you are, just as you were born to be.

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