About Valerie
If Tony Robbins were a ZUMBA or dance instructor, that would be me.
Professional Bio
P. Valerie Dauphin is the The Dancing Confidence & Authenticity Coach, Award-Winning Author of Feel Good Kick Ass Confidence: Using Your Body to Rock Your Life and Creator of The Rock Your Life Danceshops™. Her mission is to inspire you to live confidently and authentically with harmonious flow in every area of your life by cultivating a deep connection to your physical body. Valerie facilitates the Rock Your Body Image Danceshop™ in Hollywood, CA, where she guides transgender and gender non-confirming individuals in cultivating a body image where they act on the truth that their body is their ally, not their enemy, in unlocking and actualizing their dream lives. She is also a Licensed ZUMBA® and Group Power Instructor, Adjunct Faculty in Sports & Wellness at Mount Saint Mary’s University, Dance Teaching Artist with artworxLA, Dance Instructing Artist at Gabriella Charter School, Certified OneTaste Coach, Certified OM Trainer, and Certified Dream Coach®. Valerie’s dance background is in Salsa, House, Samba, Hip Hop, and numerous dances of the African Diaspora. She has participated in CONTRA-TIEMPO Urban Latin Dance Theater’s Futuro Dance Intensive, served as Executive Board Member of African Rhythms Drum and Dance Troupe, and served as a judge for the NAACP ACT-SO Competition in the dance category. Valerie loves cookie-dough ice cream, New York pizza, and her fierce and feminine feline Kali.
P. Valerie Dauphin is the The Dancing Confidence & Authenticity Coach, Award-Winning Author of Feel Good Kick Ass Confidence: Using Your Body to Rock Your Life and Creator of The Rock Your Life Danceshops™. Her mission is to inspire you to live confidently and authentically with harmonious flow in every area of your life by cultivating a deep connection to your physical body. Valerie facilitates the Rock Your Body Image Danceshop™ in Hollywood, CA, where she guides transgender and gender non-confirming individuals in cultivating a body image where they act on the truth that their body is their ally, not their enemy, in unlocking and actualizing their dream lives. She is also a Licensed ZUMBA® and Group Power Instructor, Adjunct Faculty in Sports & Wellness at Mount Saint Mary’s University, Dance Teaching Artist with artworxLA, Dance Instructing Artist at Gabriella Charter School, Certified OneTaste Coach, Certified OM Trainer, and Certified Dream Coach®. Valerie’s dance background is in Salsa, House, Samba, Hip Hop, and numerous dances of the African Diaspora. She has participated in CONTRA-TIEMPO Urban Latin Dance Theater’s Futuro Dance Intensive, served as Executive Board Member of African Rhythms Drum and Dance Troupe, and served as a judge for the NAACP ACT-SO Competition in the dance category. Valerie loves cookie-dough ice cream, New York pizza, and her fierce and feminine feline Kali.
Now a more personal touch...
I help individuals and groups unabashedly uncover what they really want personally and professionally by enhancing their confidence and authenticity through body awareness, body-based practices, and exquisite attention on desires.
I've experimented with the power of intentionally combining coaching, inspiration, and movement to do more than just achieve and maintain physical fitness.
As I taught various fitness and dance classes over the years, I found myself naturally coaching and sharing inspirational stories to help my participants and students activate a deeper holistic mind/body/spirit connection in their lives in and outside the gym or studio. My experimentation led to the creation of a personal success hybrid coaching model as well as The Danceshops(TM), both of which I devoted an entire chapter to in my first book Feel Good Kick Ass Confidence: Using Your Body to Rock Your Life. I just love what I do.
But life isn't without challenges.
One of my challenges had been finding my true professional place in the world, despite having graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania. I bounced around jobs I was dispassionate about, knowing in my heart what I was naturally drawn to, but dealing with tsunamis of well-meaning loved ones, naysayers, the media, and my own self telling me “No, you can’t do that.” Add an eating disorder and poor body image on top of that and you've got a strong cocktail of deferred dreams.
I underwent deep personal transformation and developed the confidence to pursue my on-camera dreams and desires in acting, dance performance, public speaking, and appearances in fitness videos, including Richard Simmons' Tonin' to the Oldies 5 and Misty Tripoli's BodyGROOVE. I'm now excited to teach others how to develop the strength and trust in themselves to pursue and experience what they most want out of life.
I help individuals and groups unabashedly uncover what they really want personally and professionally by enhancing their confidence and authenticity through body awareness, body-based practices, and exquisite attention on desires.
I've experimented with the power of intentionally combining coaching, inspiration, and movement to do more than just achieve and maintain physical fitness.
As I taught various fitness and dance classes over the years, I found myself naturally coaching and sharing inspirational stories to help my participants and students activate a deeper holistic mind/body/spirit connection in their lives in and outside the gym or studio. My experimentation led to the creation of a personal success hybrid coaching model as well as The Danceshops(TM), both of which I devoted an entire chapter to in my first book Feel Good Kick Ass Confidence: Using Your Body to Rock Your Life. I just love what I do.
But life isn't without challenges.
One of my challenges had been finding my true professional place in the world, despite having graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania. I bounced around jobs I was dispassionate about, knowing in my heart what I was naturally drawn to, but dealing with tsunamis of well-meaning loved ones, naysayers, the media, and my own self telling me “No, you can’t do that.” Add an eating disorder and poor body image on top of that and you've got a strong cocktail of deferred dreams.
I underwent deep personal transformation and developed the confidence to pursue my on-camera dreams and desires in acting, dance performance, public speaking, and appearances in fitness videos, including Richard Simmons' Tonin' to the Oldies 5 and Misty Tripoli's BodyGROOVE. I'm now excited to teach others how to develop the strength and trust in themselves to pursue and experience what they most want out of life.
Oh now who's that right there?!
Discover what this sneaky emotion is and
learn how to transform it into feel-good fuel
that will rock your life
in any way you choose.
learn how to transform it into feel-good fuel
that will rock your life
in any way you choose.
