TMHS 581: How To Use Movement To Transform Your Health And Mindset - With Jaja Vankova

The Model Health Show

Shawn Stevenson

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.8 • 7.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2022

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Summary

Incorporating movement into your routine is one of the key tenets to cultivating a healthy lifestyle. Depending on your preferences, schedule, and capabilities, movement can look different from person to person. While one person might enjoy pumping iron in the gym, others might be better suited to hike outdoors, attend group classes, or dance. It doesn’t matter what your preferred movement type is, what matters is that you find something that works for you. Today’s guest, Jaja Vankova is an internationally recognized dancer, choreographer, and movement coach who is passionate about teaching folks to incorporate movement and dance into their daily lives. She has starred in the film Step Up, performed in the champion team from America’s Best Dance Crew, and contributed her choreography and dance skills to numerous artists, such as Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, and Taylor Swift. Jaja is well-known in her industry for her specialty of body control. On this episode of The Model Health Show, Jaja is facilitating an important conversation on the role movement plays in our lives. You’ll hear why movement is the beginning of life, how it impacts our mental and physical health, how movement is key to communication, and so much more. So listen in and enjoy this episode with Jaja Vankova! In this episode you’ll discover: Why movement and dance are a universal language. The energetic exchange that occurs while dancing. How babies learn through movement. The importance of taking deep, conscious breaths. How to use dancing as self-expression. The way that music can raise vibrations. Health benefits of fasting. The importance of utilizing movement for internal health, and not just appearance. Why going outside can improve your energy. What the social aspects of movement are, and why they matter. Jaja’s experiences with injuries and healing. Specific healing modalities Jaja utilizes. Why visualization is so powerful. How to create a flow state. Why Jaja’s specialty is body control. Items mentioned in this episode include: PiqueTea.com/model -- Use code MODEL at checkout for 10% off! DrinkLMNT.com/model -- Get a FREE sample pack—just pay shipping! The Hidden Messages in Water by Masaru Emoto Connect with Jaja Vankova Website / Instagram Join TMHS Facebook community - Model Nation Be sure you are subscribed to this podcast to automatically receive your episodes: Apple Podcasts Stitcher Spotify Soundcloud *Download Transcript

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0:00.0	You are now listening to The Model Health Show with Sean Stevenson.
0:04.0	For more, visit TheModelHealthShow.com.
0:12.0	Welcome to The Model Health Show.
0:13.0	This is Fitness and Nutrition expert, Sean Stevenson.
0:15.0	And I'm so grateful for you tuning in with me today on this episode.
0:18.0	We're going to be breaking down some of the most overlooked, valuable tools for health and longevity,
0:25.0	for emotional wellness, for our mental health, and so much more.
0:29.0	And you have access to it all the time.
0:32.0	You might not realize it, but you have access to this wonderful tool all of the time.
0:38.0	Now to give you a little hint, right now we're dealing with the situation where there's a lot of emotional turmoil.
0:43.0	We're dealing with a situation where a lot of folks are not really tapped into high levels of emotional intelligence.
0:50.0	And this leads back into the work from Dr. Daniel Goldman,
0:54.0	which I'm grateful to say we had on The Model Health Show, and a wonderful teacher in this field,
0:59.0	and understanding how our emotional intelligence is a major guiding light for how we show up in the world,
1:05.0	how we interact with ourselves and how we interact with others,
1:09.0	because our emotions really provide valuable feedback, valuable data.
1:15.0	But oftentimes we can be so associated with our emotions that we become those emotions.
1:20.0	And we think that those emotions are the only thing that exists.
1:24.0	And the truth is humans have this remarkable capacity,
1:28.0	and this vast array of emotional states that we have access to.
1:33.0	Now we do as a individual in the real world, we tend to have emotions that we lean on,
1:38.0	or that we revert to more often than others.
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