Hope Bound Collective

04/01/2020

Sharing some of my thoughts of what it means to live day by day in the midst of the pandemic.
”What embodiment looks like for me is showing up and acknowledging the oddly and beauty to be in the helping profession at this time. It's the weird parallel of that we all are experiencing the same trauma at the same time, that notion we are all connected. It's a daily reminder to hold ideals and goals loosely but hold gifts jointly, to give what I can, to sit with another's sorrow, to sing with my daughter, and hug my husband.”
From my heart to yours I’m offering space and presence.
Day by day friends. link below.

It can feel paralyzing to be within the confines of your home, watching and waiting to see how COVID-19 will unfold. It's terrifying to be a witness this trauma. To know that those on the front line simply do not have the tools they need to protect themselves and others carrying the virus adequately

03/25/2020

New blog by my friend Jo Lembo: "When God Doesn't Answer".

Her words feel appropriate to the season we all are experiencing, with COVID-19. Many of us are experiencing profound loss, grief and devastation.

"Nothing prepared us to read, “Your employment as associate pastors is terminated as of February 1.” We both went numb. The words blurred together as the conditions of separation were outlined, with dates for the end of our health coverage, a severance of three month’s pay, when we would both officially be unemployed. It was February 4th so both our jobs had ended while we were on vacation."

Nothing prepared us to read, “Your employment as associate pastors is terminated as of February 1.” We both went numb. The words blurred together as the conditions of separation were outlined, with dates for the end of our health coverage, a severance of three month’s pay, when we would both o...

03/23/2020

During this season, I will be offering online sessions for trauma informed yoga and psychotherapy. It's important to me to make mental health care accessible to you during this time of extreme uncertainty. Due to the urgency of our situation I am also making sliding scale available to serve you during this pandemic. These are uncharted waters and I invite you to continue to make space for you mental health and overall wellbeing through the COVID-19 outbreak. Love and Peace to You Friends, Anna

Contact me at: anna@hopeboundcollective.com

03/12/2020

Deep breathe everyone (myself included) it’s completely normal to feel disrupted with the latest news on the coronavirus. We are seeing and experiencing a new pandemic, and with the level of upheaval our world is encountering, its critical to step in and help when appropriate and step away for self care to strengthen our own container.

This is why I’m glad Jenna (Nourished Warrior) is writing this week. She and I met via Instagram, by share of similar interests, offering yoga as trauma treatment.

I love Jenna’s words as she describes trauma informed yoga, “The yoga practice literally invites us to move and shake off the dead skin that is suffocating us. The simple choice of showing up to the yoga mat is enough to find a moment of peace. If I can find peace on the mat then I can find it off the mat. Inviting peace to show up one movement, one moment, at a time, cleanses the soul.” I hope you enjoy Jenna’s words as much as I do.

Making peace with our stories of loss will ask more of you than you ever wanted to give. Peace doesn’t come cheaply or easily, especially embodied peace.

02/21/2020

Watch the trailer! We hope to see you at this weekend in Fort Collins, CO for a Discussion with Paul Young, Michael Cusick and Robert Lung! Right now we are offering a special discount code freedomforall for 30% off tickets. Get your tickets here: https://bit.ly/32bK57p

S*x trafficking is a worldwide epidemic, a tragedy that affects women, men and children. Men and boys throughout the United States are trapped in modern day slavery…

02/20/2020

Meet the full team at this weekends Discussion with Paul Young, Michael Cusick and Robert Lung! Right now we are offering a special discount code freedomforall for 30% off tickets. Get your tickets here: https://bit.ly/32bK57p

12/17/2019

The work of journeying alongside someone in their story is sacred.

I spent many years in the chair across from a kind and seeing therapist, during those years I also began to take yoga classes.

Through my personal experience and training that I found a mix of talking through the trauma and abuse while moving in a way that cared for my body was helpful.

The combination of yoga and counseling open up pathways of healing cognitively, emotionally and physically.

This avenue of healing allowed me to come back home to my body, integrating body, mind, soul, and spirit.

11/23/2019

At Hope Bound Collective, our theory of yoga and counseling is understood through the lens of trauma theory, attachment, and knowledge of neuroscience.

Studies suggest that trauma-informed yoga combined with psychotherapy can improve a person’s reorientation to their bodies, which can aid in trauma survivors healing and empowerment.

https://www.hopeboundcollective.com/our-theory

11/22/2019

Many survivors of trauma and abuse struggle with their relationship to their bodies through symptoms such as, but not limited to, self-harm, eating disorders, dissociation, self-hatred, bodily disturbances, flashbacks, chronic pain, estrangement from self and others.

These symptoms are often byproducts of the harm done to us through trauma and abuse. These significant disturbances, cause dysregulation in a person’s cadence and rhythm of being.

Safe and healthy re-connection to our bodies can provide an avenue for regaining self-embodiment, regulation, autonomy, reduction of flashbacks and genuine kindness towards whole-self.

11/20/2019

At Hope Bound Collective, our approach to counseling is that we are our one mind, body, soul, and spirit - all within us is connected - we are one. Becoming reconnected is the process of returning to your whole self, back home to who we are designed to be. Although we cannot erase the harm done to us, we can reclaim and reconnect back to our original sense of self. Counseling is a process of coming back home to you.

11/19/2019

Hey everyone Anna here! One of my favorite reads. David Emerson hits home with his innovative conversation surrounding trauma care.
We cannot overlook the body, it is the pivotal point of treatment for complex trauma.

Here is one of my favorite quotes, “Trauma survivors need to find ways to be in their body and a gentle, nurturing way. What trauma sensitive yoga offers that is distinct from many other physical practices is a structured, supportive, and self paced medium for survivors to make choices in regulation to their bodies and their experience that are kind gentle and caring all of the things that were missed during the trauma.”

10/30/2019

Have you heard about the healing power of interoception?

It’s a powerful tool that we can use to reconnect back to our felt sense of the body, following a trauma. It's beautiful how trauma-informed yoga can be a method of reclaiming the body!

You can start healing today, dear friends. You are worth it!