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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

Thank you @karialr for this necessary reminder. You made it here. One day at a time. One moment at a time. One breath at a time. We are on this journey of recovery, repair, resilience and rebound - of life - for the long haul - learning and growing and changing all the whole, so our healing need not be rushed. How we experience today is not how we will experience tomorrow. Be patient. Be gentle. Be honest. Your process is uniquely your own and you get to write it and rewrite it with every passing moment. Seek out your supports in whatever forms feel most accessible on any given day. Even the smallest act of kindness towards yourself can make a difference. Give yourself permission to feel what you feel. No feeling is final. #trauma #sexualassault #nonlinearhealing #healingisapractice #embodiedhealing #holistichealing #embodiedjustice #grace

It takes time, and then more time. Remember though, there is no rush. Your pace and your process is your own and it is beautiful and sacred in all of its complexity. #survivor #sexualassault #trauma #woundedhealer #nonlinearhealing #healingisapractice

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

Healing is innate, however, it is not inevitable. Consider making a donation to @thebreathenetwork on #givingtuesday to help us increasingly remove the myriad and interlocking barriers that prevent so many sexual trauma survivors from accessing the healing they need and deserve. Thank you for your support! Link in profile. #survivor #sexualtrauma #nonlinearhealing #buildingresilience #mindbodysoul #embodiedjustice #nonprofit https://www.instagram.com/p/B5mUFYtgSjG/?igshid=17tbor401qrwh

Healing is choosing language that feels true to you. A survivor shared this beautiful rewrite of Blackbird by the Beatles, into her own version, Bluebird. How profound it is to make even the most subtle shifts. To notice the ways the words land in our bodies that let us know they are the right words. To reframe our relationship with art or nature or a self-care practice so that it fully serves us. Thank you dear V for writing and singing and living the possibility of this new song. | Bluebird photo @jennyburdettephotography // blackbird photo @mollyboha #survivor #sexualassault #trauma #holistichealing #nonlinearhealing #embodiedjustice https://www.instagram.com/p/B1M1-hEAIP8/?igshid=17k0oxt85budp

“May your well, vibrant, and loving ancestors, your God or gods, the spirits of the land, the land itself, and all the Beings human and other-than-human who dwell upon this Earth be well in the coming year, and beyond. May we care for all, and never forget what we have, and may we always work together to provide for all. May we never knowingly leave others hungry, cold, or hurting. May we atone for the harms we've done, to one another, to this land, and for those of us with a little or a lot of European ancestry may we atone to those who's land this rightfully is and that we live upon as if it were ours. My we cease from doing harm. May we be strong in our boundaries. May we be fierce in our compassion. May we find and feel and trust our own inner wisdom as it lives in our bodies and may we look to no authority figure for the truth or the way, for it is there within ourselves, part of nature, deeply connected to the land itself and the spirits of the land and the creatures who are our brothers and sisters that it dwells. May we forgive ourselves and love ourselves on our difficult and imperfect journeys to those places. And may we never forget how to fight for what is right in this world.” -Margaret Howard @margaretthewild | photo: @mollyboha | This season has drawn me more inward, and in a way, more here in the moment with my body and my experience than in years past. The catalysts of travel, sickness, increased round-the-clock needs being asked of me by my baby, new levels of intentionality and strategy in my work, and, a strong desire to sustainably slow my pace without letting such a shift create a collateral wave of stress, have combined to demand increased efficiency with how I protect and how I expend my energy. I found this essay by TBN member Margaret Howard to hold wisdom I needed to hear, and while it is an offering of ritual, remembrance and resilience around the new year transition, she lays out practices that can support us in navigating all the other important transitions, anniversaries and changes we encounter throughout our lives. Link in profile. #survivor #sexualassault #trauma #nonlinearhealing #healingisaritual https://www.instagram.com/p/BsEwXOfnwyU/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=8x1ojovp9a3p

We are in this together. The false dichotomy between patient + practitioner, or client + therapist, forces us to compartmentalize the inherently interconnected parts of ourself, creates insecurity around being a “healer” while also needing support, and stifles survivors from owning the value of the wisdom they’ve accumulated through tremendous challenge. It also minimizes that the healing happens in relationship. All of us fall somewhere within the spectrum of healer and healing, to different degrees at different times, and this is a beautiful element of how we continue growing, learning and deepening our connection with ourselves, our community and the world around us, throughout the nonlinear journey of healing - which is also quite simply the nonlinear journey of life. Since I have received various inquiries about our upcoming online trauma-informed yoga and meditation course for survivors specifically from teachers and practioner about whether or not this course is open and appropriate for them, I want to be really clear that yes, it is! You are welcome and you are invited. The format and content is such that you will undoubtedly gain insight, tools and new ideas around how we understand trauma in general, sexual assault, survival physiology, embodiment, power, holistic healing, self-care, vicarious trauma, nonlinear healing, individual and systemic trauma, and also, looking at the shadows and bypassing that can emerge when it comes to working in the realms of healing - and how to work with them. Please feel free to contact me at [email protected] to inquire more about how this course could serve you. As a survivor, a yoga teacher and a Somatic Experiencing practitioner, I’ve benefitted so much from engaging with the course, interviewing our facilitators, listening to the yoga and meditation practices and ruminating on timeliness of this topic which has created extra sensitivity around filming and heightened honesty around the serious privilege it is to steward survivors of sexual trauma through their pain. photo: @brianskerry #survivor #sexualtrauma #embodiedjustice #nonlinearhealing #traumainformedyoga #traumainformedmeditation #woundedhealer https://www.instagram.com/p/BpFSfukAbG1/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=2vfw9p9flghx