It is an act of rebellion to consider ourselves whole.

We are the shit starters, the dreamers, and the game changers. The overthinkers and deep feelers. The creatives, empaths, and sensitive souls who sense a deeper calling, a greater purpose, a more intentional and embodied way of life.
Yet we feel so damn much and can’t escape our own heads.

We are the soulful warriors who are committed to staying in the ring, fighting hard, and overcoming our own bullshit so that we break the patterns and the chains that bound us to forever repeat the past.

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Welcome to Velveteen Alchemy

Where being Real is the name of the game and transformation flows freely.

Hey love,

I’m Jillian

I partner with creative, deep feelers and overthinkers to step around the bullshit in their heads, and live lives of creative abundance. Taking skillful, effective action despite fear. Learning to surf and slay the waves of fear.

I’ve been facilitating transformational conversations and experiences for the past 20 years. I am a feminist psychologist and coach. An artist and a writer. A mama. A trauma survivor.
A passionate social justice warrior. A yoga and meditation teacher. An energy healer. A transformation seeker of everyday magic. Let’s realign you with you power and purpose and co-create some serious magic together!

Services

All services at Velveteen Alchemy are offered through a feminist/multicultural lens and inherently competency-based, trauma-informed, and body-positive.

transformative-and-holistic-coaching — COACHING

**Turn fear into your fuel.**
I offer transformative, holistic (mind/body/spirit), feminist-centric coaching services for both individuals and groups. Helping high-achieving, emotionally aware creatives let go of unconscious blocks and fears and live life loudly, creatively, and taking up all the space you deserve to exist in.

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bespoke-yoga-meditation-coaching — YOGA COACHING

Elevate the hell out of your practice with private, bespoke yoga and meditation coaching that can accomplish years of progress in your yoga game in a shorter amount of time. Claim your right to effective, embodied self-care that flows freely, helps you feel safer in your body, and learn to love the skin you are in.

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consultation-for-yoga-teachers — CONSULTATION

Feminist-centric, trauma-sensitive, mental-health-aware consultation for yoga teachers, coaches, and other healers not formally trained in psychology. Pick my brain. Elevate your practice. I also offer training and supervision to therapists and other healers interested in pivoting into coaching as a business, infusing your practice with feminist/multicultural values, as well as trauma-informed, mental health aware yoga and meditation services.

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Testimonials

"It’s been life changing."

“Working with Jillian has been a major game changer for me and her feminist-centered approach to her coaching is what drew me to her. She is able to break down the power structure between teacher and student to create a collaborative process. I have found that her ability to hold space for me has resulted in me learning to hold space in my own life. I used to feel like my emotions would crash in on top of my life when things got messy. I now find that in those moments when negativity and chaos threaten my sense of inner peace, I am able to stay open and curious. It’s been life changing.”

"Jillian is an authentic and empathetic healer."

“Her style is irreverent, empowering, and good humored. Over the time working with Jillian I have found myself less worried about what is “wrong with me” and more focused on the good in myself without being concerned about perfection. Jill has helped challenge me to become more grounded. With her help, I have learned how to stay in my body, even if it means experiencing unpleasant emotions. As a result, I have felt more confident and tuned in to my intuition. This has directly translated into me making huge strides in my professional life. I have been able to be vulnerable and courageous in furtherance of my professional and personal relationships. I am now years ahead of where I would otherwise be in my career, and I feel closer than ever to my partner and my children.”

"Jillian changed my perspective"

“Jillian has helped me slay fears I never thought were possible for me to overcome. I used to associate personal change with being uncomfortable. Jillian changed my perspective on this. In working with her, I no longer had the feeling of jumping off the edge of a cliff when I took a risk in my personal or professional life.I felt like I was ready to make change and embrace the uncertainty that came with those changes. To my surprise, every time I felt ready to make a change, the results were overwhelmingly positive even if unexpected. Her deep knowledge of human psychology, trauma and resilience, and feminism are invaluable and were such a helpful part of our process.”

"I never knew yoga could be this fun."

"I never knew yoga could be this fun. Before practicing yoga with Jillian I was so nervous and had all of these judgements about not being good enough at it. Day one she put me instantly at ease and gave me permission to be exactly where I am in my body without the need to perform or keep up or bend in impossible ways.Jillian takes yoga and makes it truly accessible and offers practices that you can weave in throughout each day without having to be in a studio or needing a teacher for."

"Her creativity is boundless"

"Yoga will Jillian is different every time and truly tailored to my unique needs each session. She has a way of intuiting the direction of our flow in practice in such a way that it always leads me to a deeper level of transformation than my previous experiences with group yoga classes. One week we could be doing mostly restorative, slower-paced flow and the next an activating, strengthening, booty shaking class. Her creativity is boundless, her vibe is playful and fun, and she really embraces leading with imperfection and vulnerability in a way that makes you feel so much more comfortable in your own skin. These sessions have been life changing."

"She far exceeded my expectations in our coaching process"

“Working with Jillian doesn’t feel like work. It feels like a supportive partnership where she meets me where I am in my life and encourages me to grow. I usually dread having to talk about the things that scare me. Jillian has this way about her that puts you at ease right away. She far exceeded my expectations in our coaching process and I was able to make much deeper change within myself than I previously believed was even possible for me.”