#buildingresilience

We can thank our elders and powerful ancestors for the resilience and strength we have inside of us. Don’t be fooled, you have it too.

“When a Reiki practitioner is working through a trauma-informed lens nothing is imposed or guided by the practitioner. Rather the practitioner holds space and allows the client to receive and open up to Reiki. This non-directive approach to healing is very honoring. Instead of a top-down modality where the practitioner is doing something to affect a change, with Reiki the practitioner is simply being present to what is. In that presence alone energy will begin to shift and reorganize according to its own intelligence and ability. Reiki helps clients live in their own vibrational intelligence. As clients come into closer contact with their essence, and that which is non-essential falls away, it helps clients shift their relationship to themselves and to trauma. Trauma can be seen more clearly and has less of a charge or hold on the system. We can’t change the traumatic experience however as we come to know ourselves more deeply we relate to trauma more dynamically. There is more space within us and between us and the trauma. Reiki helps to create this space. It clears up the noise and the clutter so energy can flow freely. This helps dissociate repetitive thought patterns and charged emotional cycles. The practice helps to unhook the energetic charge around emotional neuropeptide formation so there are new possibilities in how the body and brain process emotion. It helps clients drop the addiction to their thoughts and their emotions to experience, more and more, what is and less and less of what once was.” -Greg Wieting | photo: @mollyboha | Greg shared this insight, and much more, in our forthcoming trauma-informed Reiki toolkit! Learn more about Greg’s individual Reiki, Bodytalk and coaching practice as well as his trauma-informed care trainings by visiting our providers page on our website. Link in profile. #saam2018 #30daysofholistichealing #reiki #trauma #sexualassault #survivor #traumainformed #slidingscale #holistichealing #embodiedjustice #energyhealing #mindbodysoul #buildingresilience

"Okay, we’ve got it: Not 'what’s wrong with you?' but 'What happened to you?' That explosive outburst? The child who cannot concentrate at school? The domestic violence survivor who is in a constant state of hyper-vigilance? Yes, most of us in family services are now able to recognize trauma-symptoms and respond with empathy… most of the time. Echo has put together an info-graphic to help us see the difference between a trauma-informed and non-trauma-informed paradigm. We wanted to create a graphic that illustrated not a dichotomy of ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ but a journey – and a difficult journey at that, if we are willing to honest about ourselves and put in the work to transform attitudes we probably absorbed along with our mother’s milk." -ECHO Parenting and Education | Another excellent resource from @echoparentingandeducation on trauma-informed care. Image 1 (English) and Image 2 (Español) Check out their website to find more resources and download infographics. We are so grateful for their work! #trauma #sexualassault #domesticviolence #traumainformed #traumainformedcare #buildingresilience #mindbodysoul

This beautiful little being is commonly referred to as a Sea Angel. It is only 5 cm long. Its biological name is Pteropoda, which comes from the Greek language meaning "wing-foot". Sometimes, remembering that these otherworldly creatures co-exist with us on our blue planet can infuse a bit of hope, wonder and courage into our day. Maybe carve out a moment for yourself today to pause, take a break from the weight of the world, and focus on something that gives you a positive sense of awe from this vast universe around us. Photo: Paul Nicklen @paulnicklen 🌏🧚🏽‍♀️✨ #survivor #trauma #nonlinearhealing #buildingresilience #natureisaresource #hope #wonder #courage #wings

"You lack nothing. Use what your ancestors gave you." -G.M. Davis | photo: unknown | #woundedhealer #survivor #trauma #sexualassault #buildingresilience #traumainformed #holistichealing #embodiedjustice #vicarioushealing #intergenerationalhealing #endingviolence

Today we celebrate our 5 year anniversary! Thank you to our 100+ healing arts and health + wellness practitioners, located across the U.S. and Canada, for your commitment to serving the sexual assault survivor population with expertise, grace and compassion. Thank you to our supporters and donors who believe that the time to center and prioritize survivors' healing - healing of their bodies, minds and souls - is now. Thank you to friends and family who have offered emotional and energetic support to this massive undertaking to build a trusted network of sliding-scale, trauma-informed, holistic healing arts professionals - giving survivors tools and resources that will lead them towards their own innate resilience. Thank you to all the other anti-violence, trauma healing and social justice organizations, movements and mentors for teaching, collaborating and inspiring us to recognize the urgency and believe in the possibility of transforming our society. Thank you to our board members, advisory council and volunteers for their enthusiasm, creativity and faith in our capacity to create our own unique path within this movement, and for lovingly tending to our garden of ideas, dreams, projects and aspirations for where and how our mission and vision may organically grow. Thank you most of all to the survivors of sexual violence and trauma who remind us that healing is not only possible, but truly, healing is every person's birthright; survivors' whose struggles, vulnerability and strength both fuels and humbles us every single day. #thebreathenetwork #buildingresilience #embodiedhealing #holistichealing #trauma #traumainformed #traumaresilience #embodiedjustice #mindbodysoul #survivor #sexualassault #sexualabuse #sexualviolence #socialjustice #socialchange #transformingtrauma #survivorcentered #survivorlead #nonprofit #anniversary #buildingresilience #buildingcommunity #buildingamovement #justbreathe

I am still on my way. ✨ Thank you @amyowenyoga for sharing this post and @yung_pueblo for this breathtaking reminder of resilience as we enter a new year. #survivor #trauma #sexualassault #buildingresilience #nonlinearhealing #mindbodysoul #healingisapractice

In Barangay Bagna, City of Malolos, Bulacan, a familiar childhood milestone became a moment of care, courage, and community.