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I want you to feel at home in your body, to trust your body, and to work with your body instead of against it. I offer an individualized approach to Pilates, embodied movement, and Menstrual Cycle Coaching. I value the unique, complex, and cyclical person that you are, and I will always meet you where you are. I love finding solutions that work specifically and sustainably for you. 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I have always had an innate curiosity about the human body, ever since I was a young child. It is a common thread that runs through my life, although I haven’t always worked with bodies. I started with language. I studied French throughout school and into college, and decided to major in Linguistics. I was living in New Zealand and after graduating with a degree in Linguistics, I got a job working at the New Zealand Human Rights Commission in Race Relations. It felt like valuable work, but I found myself struggling to sit at a desk for 40 hours a week. I started doing Pilates to help me with neck and back pain and was instantly hooked. The combination of body awareness and conscious exercise was right up my alley. It made me feel powerful and strong in my body, something that I had never felt before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cbb25d392d136d3992a023/b544e022-d843-4ecd-a9be-115dbf060d14/bsfc-141.jpg About - old My immersion in the Pilates world After two more years at my desk job, I moved back to the US and decided to pivot into the Pilates world because Pilates had had such a profound impact in my life, and I wanted to share this with others. I completed three Pilates teacher training programs and taught at a number of different studios in New Mexico and Colorado. After a decade of immersing myself in the Pilates world, I found that I had some growing frustrations with the Pilates framework. It felt too prescriptive in its methodology. The ethos was that the Pilates method was the holy grail, and if we put any one body through this method, that body would heal. The problem was this was not true for many of the beautifully diverse bodies that I was teaching, and it was not true for my own body. What I found was that each body responded to Pilates in its own unique way, and that every body does not, in fact, heal if you put it through the standard Pilates repertoire. I was also frustrated by the fact that my own practice of Pilates was not supporting me in my struggle with menstrual pain. I wanted to know more. I kept asking myself why does one exercise work for one body and not another? Why do particular movements make my menstrual pain worse? What else is happening inside our bodies that Pilates is not answering? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cbb25d392d136d3992a023/fc2239f0-cf43-42e2-9713-d62f78b95179/BsFc-xPSPC-39.jpg About - old This human dissection course proved to be one of the most transformative experiences of my adult life. It was like pulling back the veil between me and the rest of life around me. I saw myself reflected in the forms in the lab. The lights came on for me, and the truth of the human body could not be denied. It shifted the bedrock of my life in a way that is difficult to describe. It lit a fire underneath everything in my life that felt misaligned. It was a reckoning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cbb25d392d136d3992a023/ffba84ce-b23b-4d20-9b1b-dfc48dfb4e2e/BsFc-xPSPC-32.jpg About - old The beginning of Body Sense When I returned home after this first dissection course, teaching standard Pilates was no longer an option for me. I opened my own studio in 2018 and named it Body Sense. With this new freedom, I dove into working with my clients on a deeper level. I was able to see bodies with what felt like x-ray vision. I could “see” the inner workings of my clients’ bodies as they went through their exercises. I found that as I shared this new knowledge of anatomy with my clients, they began to embody this knowledge and made enormous gains in the places they were previously stuck. I started modifying exercises more and more and adapting the Pilates framework to suit each of my clients’ individual needs, including my own. In my own practice, I prioritized listening to the truth of my own body over the desire to “do the exercises right.” I stopped taking pain killers for my period pain and dove into new forms of movement and dance that nurtured my cyclical experience, and actually reduced my menstrual pain. It felt like my body was taking a deep sigh of relief and could tell that I was finally listening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cbb25d392d136d3992a023/ffba84ce-b23b-4d20-9b1b-dfc48dfb4e2e/BsFc-xPSPC-32.jpg About - old Menstrual Cycle Awareness and embodied movement As part of my journey of discovery, I started listening to all kinds of podcasts about anatomy, bodies and women’s health. I discovered Claire Baker on one of these podcasts, where she talked about the benefits of practicing Menstrual Cycle Awareness (MCA). She was speaking my language, talking about how to work with the natural rhythms of the body instead of against them, and when the opportunity arose, I enrolled in Cycle Coach School, a menstrual cycle coaching program run by Claire Baker. MCA provided yet another layer of understanding for me about the body, and how it works for those of us who menstruate. It was a new lens through which to see myself and my clients more fully. When we can take into account a person’s experience of their menstrual cycle in their movement practice, we reach new levels of sustainable progress because we aren’t fighting the body’s natural hormonal rhythms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cbb25d392d136d3992a023/ffba84ce-b23b-4d20-9b1b-dfc48dfb4e2e/BsFc-xPSPC-32.jpg About - old Where I’m headed… I have an insatiable curiosity about the human body, and I will always continue learning. I participate in full cadaver dissections every two years, and in workshops and continuing education that supports my knowledge of the body, my ability to work with all kinds of conditions, and my ability to bring new movement modalities to my clients. While I love working with individuals, I dream of sharing my passion for anatomy and cyclical awareness with other movement professionals and menstrual cycle coaches, helping them to better see their clients as whole, unique human beings. 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Our bodies are our vessels through which we navigate our lives. I believe that our physical form is inherently connected to our psychological, emotional, and spiritual selves. The physical is the mental, is the emotional, is the spiritual. If our bodies are inherently connected to all other aspects of ourselves, then healing our bodies and our relationships with our bodies is a doorway to healing our psychological, emotional and spiritual selves as well. Our lived experiences change and develop as our bodies change and develop. 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My story Everything changed the moment I saw the inside of a human body. Let me tell you how I got there. I have always had an innate curiosity about the human body, ever since I was a young child. It is a common thread that runs through my life, although I haven’t always worked with bodies. I started with language. I studied French throughout school and into college, and decided to major in Linguistics. I was living in New Zealand and after graduating with a degree in Linguistics, I got a job working at the New Zealand Human Rights Commission in Race Relations. It felt like valuable work, but I found myself struggling to sit at a desk for 40 hours a week. I started doing Pilates to help me with neck and back pain and was instantly hooked. The combination of body awareness and conscious exercise was right up my alley. It made me feel powerful and strong in my body, something that I had never felt before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cbb25d392d136d3992a023/b544e022-d843-4ecd-a9be-115dbf060d14/bsfc-141.jpg About - My Immersion in the Pilates World After two more years at my desk job, I moved back to the US and decided to pivot into the Pilates world because Pilates had had such a profound impact in my life, and I wanted to share this with others. I completed three Pilates teacher training programs and taught at a number of different studios in New Mexico and Colorado. After a decade of immersing myself in the Pilates world, I found that I had some growing frustrations with the Pilates framework. It felt too prescriptive in its methodology. The ethos was that the Pilates method was the holy grail, and if we put any one body through this method, that body would heal. The problem was this was not true for many of the beautifully diverse bodies that I was teaching, and it was not true for my own body. What I found was that each body responded to Pilates in its own unique way, and that every body does not, in fact, heal if you put it through the standard Pilates repertoire. I was also frustrated by the fact that my own practice of Pilates was not supporting me in my struggle with menstrual pain. I wanted to know more. I kept asking myself why does one exercise work for one body and not another? Why do particular movements make my menstrual pain worse? What else is happening inside our bodies that Pilates is not answering? I began searching for continuing education in anatomy because I felt that the answers to my questions lay in better understanding what was happening inside of the body. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cbb25d392d136d3992a023/c7946652-fc2b-4b7d-b554-0c95566a8b7f/BsFc-xPSPC-52.jpg About - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cbb25d392d136d3992a023/8d5dd4cf-4197-4127-8d99-287427ffbb1e/BsFc-xPSPC-33.jpg About - Where I’m headed… I have an insatiable curiosity about the human body, and I will always continue learning. I participate in full cadaver dissections every two years, and in workshops and continuing education that support my knowledge of the body, my ability to work with all kinds of conditions, and my ability to bring new movement modalities to my clients. While I love working with individuals, I dream of sharing my passion for anatomy and cyclical awareness with other movement professionals and menstrual cycle coaches, helping them to better see their clients as whole, unique human beings. Only when we fully see ourselves and each other will we be able to make lasting positive change in our lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cbb25d392d136d3992a023/9081468a-b0d9-4aa0-97ab-0f335868d074/BsFc-xPSPC-32.jpg About - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cbb25d392d136d3992a023/66770bed-4763-41f1-b23d-6ce2d895fa4c/bsfc-88.jpg About - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.bodysensefc.com/four-seasons-of-the-menstrual-cycle daily 0.75 2022-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cbb25d392d136d3992a023/6724c9e5-8436-4f0d-9c11-0d01fd4034f6/BodySense__Snowflake.png Four seasons of the menstrual cycle - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cbb25d392d136d3992a023/bd5c58f5-9f98-4a2f-b2c3-9b214bf72ab2/BodySense__Sprout.png Four seasons of the menstrual cycle - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cbb25d392d136d3992a023/23f391ef-b6c9-41ab-befb-f7cda6b6df3c/BodySense__Sun.png Four seasons of the menstrual cycle - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cbb25d392d136d3992a023/6427318a-b33e-4fea-93ee-76567849db66/BodySense__Leaf.png Four seasons of the menstrual cycle - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cbb25d392d136d3992a023/1f4fceb0-0e4a-409b-a786-6d446ffa6b58/J+%2884+OF+93%29.JPG Four seasons of the menstrual cycle - “The difference Vida’s menstrual cycle coaching has made for me is so beyond words I struggle to explain it. My goal when we started our three months together was to learn the language my body used to speak to me, the language she used to share her wisdom. What I have learned to hear with Vida’s help has completely changed everything. I feel now like I’ve seen the beauty of my first sunset, and like a curious child I’m waiting for the next, and the next, and the next... 10O% the very best investment I have ever made in myself. My family and I will forever be grateful to you, Vida.” — Jenn https://www.bodysensefc.com/what-is-menstrual-cycle-awareness daily 0.75 2025-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cbb25d392d136d3992a023/1738352809266-OZJW3B7JDSHELSJG1HPY/unsplash-image-cSm2a_-25YU.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cbb25d392d136d3992a023/2843bff3-3a51-499c-99ef-f2741f3ff89f/Screenshot+2025-02-04+at+10.32.01+AM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cbb25d392d136d3992a023/2f90e74b-7933-422f-8133-2266ca9d75a9/Screenshot+2025-02-04+at+10.32.38+AM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cbb25d392d136d3992a023/eae38313-adb6-4886-8ec7-df9a8407a907/bsfc-73.jpg What is MCA? - benefits of Menstrual Cycle Awareness Charting your cycle allows you to become familiar with your own unique patterns as you move through the four phases of your cycle. You learn where you are more vulnerable and need to up your self-care game. You learn where you feel more capable and can start to turn these times of renewal and increased energy to your advantage. You learn to predict when your period will arrive by tracking your ovulation. You learn to plan ahead so that you’re not taken by surprise by a sudden change in mood, libido, or energy. The simple act of paying attention to and aligning yourself with your inner seasons, as Alexandra Pope of The Red School calls them, can in and of itself help regulate your cycle. MCA provides you with a framework from which to address any underlying health issues that may be manifesting as unpleasant or even debilitating symptoms of your menstrual cycle. https://www.bodysensefc.com/menstrual-cycle-coaching daily 0.75 2025-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cbb25d392d136d3992a023/1f4fceb0-0e4a-409b-a786-6d446ffa6b58/J+%2884+OF+93%29.JPG Menstrual Cycle Coaching - “The difference Vida’s menstrual cycle coaching has made for me is so beyond words I struggle to explain it. My goal when we started our three months together was to learn the language my body used to speak to me, the language she used to share her wisdom. What I have learned to hear with Vida’s help has completely changed everything. I feel now like I’ve seen the beauty of my first sunset, and like a curious child I’m waiting for the next, and the next, and the next... 10O% the very best investment I have ever made in myself. 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