Dear Body: the sweetest, simplest embodiment toolkit

Are you ready to ready to nourish your relationship with your body, and your overall embodiment practise? Dear Body is a love letter to your body, a tool kit, & a card game packed with practical tasks, poems & journal prompts, to bring you home to every single cell of your being.

We were taught as little girls to sit still when we wanted to run, to bite our tongue when we wanted to laugh and roar, and to pull our tummies in when we were way too f*cking young to be thinking about our looks.

Dear Body is a love letter to the little girl inside, and the maiden, and the mother, and the crone. It is a heartfelt cry for a world which is gentle, and tender enough for our bellies to soften, our jaws to unclench and our dance to burn through us.

Your body is designed to feel, you know? To celebrate the pleasure of being present and alive; filled with joy, and grief, and all the existential waves. The wisdom of your body is designed to guide you; divinely. To speak clear inner knowing in ways only you know. Dear Body gently, and playfully, guides you home to that internal place; a place that elevates your body as the key carrier to a joyful and fulfilling life.

Included in this offer:

A zoom call replay

Held across 2 hrs, in 2 parts. The first; a Yana-style story filled teaching about the three phases to cultivating a deeply loving relationship with your body. The second; an emotional clearing process, journeying through some common collective clears.

7 short videos

Sharing somatic practices that are my go-to, every day toolkit for deep connection with the body. Used to support numerous women to come out of overwhelm, and into a deeper relationship with themselves; slowly, gently, lovingly.

A printable card game

Filled with Body Love journal prompts, poems, thought pieces, & practical tasks to bring you closer to your body, this oracle deck style set of cards has been created for you to work with intuitively; calling you home to yourself in a playful way.

Testimonials

  • I found this course subtly powerful, gentle and nurturing. Yana walks her talk and it shows in her presence with all she creates. I was initially resistant to engaging with the course because I had been feeling bad about my body and disconnected, so I knew it was what I needed. I felt like I found some self forgiveness and compassion through the journalling and processes in the course and it was a beautiful course to do at the end of the year, to turn over a new leaf in terms of my relationship with myself. It felt manageable to engage with time wise on a daily basis, but I found the short processes in the videos really powerful for me, beyond other mindfulness strategies I usually use. They felt much more embodied, sensual and connected. I felt more connected to my femininity and more surrendered and at peace. I was really blissful and it felt like a coming home after the practices. The body love call also had some really interesting tips and processes for feeling more in synchrony with your body, to heal that relationship and to create together, I really enjoyed listening to her insights around her own journey. I will definitely implement the tools long term into my practices and feel thankful to Yana for how they will help me shift long term and feel more connected with myself.

  • Before starting this course I thought I had a pretty good relationship with my body and now I know and feel I have an amazing support system that reminds me how to interact, communicate and share. I loved the engagement of the short videos and I now use the simple practices to support myself in feeling much more present and at ease. Yana's presence and grace is deeply written into this course and it is, like her, always encouraging, uplifting and eloquent.

  • Since I am drawn to the radiant presence Yana brings to all her creations, I was really curious what philosophy and practices help her cultivate this deep connection to her intuitive genius. My intention for the program was to learn how to take care of my body, cultivate pleasure and access inner clarity. My background of a professional athlete had created a violent and consumerist attitude towards my body that bypasses its capacity limits, wants and needs. So I wished to shift this pattern and find keys to repair trust between my body and mind. The coolest thing about Dear Body practices is that their simplicity didn’t leave me a chance to resist engaging with them. At the same time I was surprised how responsive my body was to them. I’ve found out that subtle touch can activate more sensations than strong and aggressive one I had been accustomed to. I’ve learned to use breath to gently invite and embrace the way I feel instead of secretly using it to get rid of the discomfort. I’ve found pleasure in giving sound to different parts of my body and in a sense of deep relaxation it brings. And the biggest transformation has happened to me around physical exercise — historically the most complicated part of my relationship with the body. As I was cultivating loving attitude to my body and learning to listening to its desires, at some point I felt a clear bodily impulse to have an intense yoga practice. Usually I'd been afraid to overdo it and re-traumatize my body, but this time I wasn’t pushing it — the desire came from within. And when I followed it, I experienced the most ecstatic movement practice. My energy level skyrocketed, the body was thrilled and I realized that I was no longer a prisoner of my old self-abuse pattern. For me this is a giant victory worth celebrating! Massive love to you Yana! I endlessly admire the way you embody all your teachings and I'm truly grateful to have learned so much from you.

  • Yana is authentic and genuine. She create space to slow down and reconnect with the body. For me body love was a process of both feeling the grief from all the years of not loving or being connected with my body and to start loving and being in relationship with my body. Yana gave practical ways of reconnecting and gave great guiding.

  • Yana is a wise and extremely generous facilitator. You can see in her teachings that the goal really is to empower and make the world a better place rather than focus on her self. Dear Body really is a magnificent journey. It went deeper than I even could have hoped. It allowed me to speak with and connect with my body in ways I never have before… and Yana really provides not only a safe space, but somehow a magical space (even online!!) where things suddenly start shifting… thank you Yana.

“I loved the engagement of the short videos and I now use the simple practices to support myself in feeling much more present and at ease.”

— Simone

Hey, Hi! I’m Yana. Dear Body was born from the 7 little videos that sit at the heart of this offer.

Once upon a time, I ran a sisterhood called Deep Inner Knowing. I supported women to traverse traumas, & connect deeply with the creative energy of their pelvic bowl. It was quite a movement; and whilst the core teachings in that offered were potent and transformational, it was these 7 videos that helped women to stay grounded, present and connected to their being on a cellular level along the way.

Together with a Body Love zoom call (recorded around the same time) and a newly-born card deck for you to play with, this offer is designed to support you to come home to your body in a gentle, non-disruptive, day-to-day way.

If you’re looking for a journey inwards, that requires very little practical time and a self-led pace; this may very well be what you’re looking for.

F
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  • No, whilst you do gain access to pre-recorded zoom content, there are no live elements to this call. You have lifetime access to this offer, and can engage it at a pace that works for you.

  • Yes, both calls will be recorded and you will have lifetime access to the replay.

  • No, you don't have to be a writer to sign up. This offer is designed for anyone who wants to explore writing as a tool for transformation, and deepen their personal relationship to writing as a process. Whether you're an experienced writer, just starting out, or simply journal from time to time, there will be heaps of value you can carry forward into your life.

  • Tuesday 16th May at 10am CET / 9am UK

    Thursday 18th May at 7pm SAST CET / 6pm UK

    Each call will be 60-90 mins

  • You have two payment options.

    Option 1
    Sign up for this ‘Writing for Transformation’ offer - Just £55

    Option 2
    Sign up to be part of The Story Space, an online membership packed with writing & transformation value and weekly co-working & circle calls - Just £89 per month

  • Yes, both calls will be recorded and you will have lifetime access to the replay.

“I felt more connected to my femininity and more surrendered and at peace.”

— Aiyana Rosel

“I’ve learned to use breath to gently invite and embrace the way I feel instead of secretly using it to get rid of the discomfort.”

— Emma Valter