Light in the Dark by Erica Ann

02/18/2026

So many children struggle to regulate their emotions and not because they’re difficult, but because their nervous systems are still developing. They look to caregivers to help them feel safe with their big feelings. When we sit beside them, slow our breath, soften our voice, and move gently with them, we’re teaching their bodies what calm feels like.

We are mirroring and role modeling what regulation looks like.

Breathing together. Stretching together. Rocking, swaying, grounding and when we mirror regulation through movement and breath, their nervous system begins to match ours. Over time, that shared calm becomes their own ability to self-regulate. Regulation is learned through relationship and it starts with us. 🤍 ✨

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02/12/2026

We need to start having a discussion around the benefits of co-regulating that happens when we come together in a social setting among supportive individuals. https://www.lightinthedark812.com/booking

02/11/2026

When Western medicine meets Eastern medicine 💫

02/11/2026

There was a time in my life 12 years ago when everything felt out of balance physically, emotionally and energetically.

That is when I was introduced to Reiki.

What I remember from that session is how much peace and calm it brought. It was gentle and like someone was slowly turning down the volume of chaos inside my body. It was like how being held feels.

Reiki is a quiet kind of healing. It works softly with the nervous system, inviting the body back into safety and balance.

Reiki can help:

-Calm and regulate the nervous system
-Release stored stress and tension in the body
-Support emotional healing
-Improve sleep and mental clarity
-Restore energetic alignment

If life has been feeling really loud for you, heavy and overwhelming. If your body feels tired and rest hasn't fixed it, or if you're holding more than you've had space to process, then this is your invitation to pause and care for you.

For a limited time, I am offering 20% off your first Reiki session as a gentle introduction to this healing work. ✨

Take care of you, you deserve it! https://www.lightinthedark812.com/booking

02/04/2026

Nature has medicine for those who listen. 🤍

02/04/2026

I’m inviting you to our virtual support group.

This group is for adults who have experienced domestic violence or coercive control, whether you’re still in it, in the process of leaving, or long out and still carrying it. Perhaps going through post separation abuse.

This is not therapy. It’s not advice giving. It’s a confidential, survivor led space grounded in trauma-informed care, lived experience, and respect for each person’s nervous system and timing.

You don’t have to talk. You don’t have to have clarity. You don’t have to be “out.”

You are welcome exactly as you are.

I created this space because I know how isolating it can be when support spaces don’t fully understand coercive control or trauma and because survivors deserve spaces that prioritize safety, presence, and dignity.

If this feels like something you’ve been looking for, you’re welcome to reach out.

If you click on the link to our website, there will be a form for you to fill out and send back. Once that form is completed, you will be sent liability and confidentiality forms to send back. Once those forms are completed, you will receive the Zoom link to group.

https://www.lightinthedark812.com/support-group

When: Tuesdays
Time: 7 PM-8PM

Please feel free to share with anybody you know that could benefit.

Erica Ann ✨

02/03/2026

Take tiny breaks throughout the day and notice where the body is holding onto tension. Notice where you could relax more. Most of the day we hold our breath and are only breathing from the chest up.

Set a timer 3 times a day to pause and check in with the body and the breath. Take some conscious breaths, relax the jaw, the face, the shoulders, the space in between the brows. Breathe...

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02/03/2026

Happy Tuesday! 💫

I’m inviting you with care to our 1st virtual support group.

This group is for adults who have experienced domestic violence or coercive control, whether you’re still in it, in the process of leaving, or long out and still carrying it.

This is not therapy. It’s not advice giving. It’s a confidential, survivor led space grounded in trauma-informed care, lived experience, and respect for each person’s nervous system and timing.

You don’t have to talk. You don’t have to have clarity. You don’t have to be “out.”

You are welcome exactly as you are.

I created this space because I know how isolating it can be when support spaces don’t fully understand coercive control or trauma and because survivors deserve spaces that prioritize safety, presence, and dignity.

If this feels like something you’ve been looking for, you’re welcome to reach out.

If you click right on the link to our website, there will be a form for you to fill out and send back. Once that form is completed, you will be sent liability and confidentiality forms to send back. Once those forms are completed, you will receive the Zoom link to group.

https://www.lightinthedark812.com/support-group

When: Wednesday February 4th
Time: 7 PM-8PM

Please feel free to share with anybody you know that could benefit.

Erica Ann ✨

02/01/2026

Full moon in Leo ♌️ 🦁

Music 🎵 for the mind, body, soul ✨

Close your eyes and have a listen. Go on a journey 💫

https://youtu.be/UDXZs0dsPSA?si=jQCf-50EGyAA3epIe

The Singing In This Video Is Purely Intuitive, A Channelled Sound Healing Activation, Alongside An Original Hangpan Piece.Let go, Allow the intensity and dep...

01/30/2026

Upcoming offerings 🫶🏻❤️✨

01/29/2026

When I was visiting Grand Portage State Park with my daughter, we noticed that the birch trees were very large. Roger the spirit guide we met told us to keep walking down this one trail and you will find very large birch trees. He then went on to point to a huge stump of a birch tree that had died and mentioned that before it died it was the oldest birch tree in Minnesota. It was probably at least 6 of me wide or more. As we walked down the path that Roger guided us to, we came across the birch tree in this photo. We decided to stop and soak up the grounding energy of this large tree. I remember instantly feeling grounded and it seemed to have a silence to it, and when I closed my eyes, it became super bright. I call that tree energy, something that is hard to put to words and you have to be open to experiencing it for yourself. While you are there breathe...

Nature has medicine for those who listen. 💚🤎🌲

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01/23/2026

Healing doesn't happen in isolation, and it doesn't happen in systems that demand proof, performance, or perfection from people who are already trying to survive.

For survivors of domestic abuse, the nervous system is often asked to "calm down" inside systems that feel unsafe. Places like courts, workplaces, schools, law enforcement, medical offices, shelters, families, and relationships.

But the body knows and keeps the score.

A nervous system, can't stay regulated when:

-safety is conditional
-truth is questioned
-help comes with consequences
-support requires self-betrayal

The body is not broken for reacting. It is responding exactly as it was designed to protect life.

Regulation happens when safety is consistent, believable, and relational. When someone says "I see you, I believe you, and you don't have to prove anything.

This is why trauma informed systems matter. This is why compassionate presence matters more than pressure. This is why healing spaces must be built not demanded.

If you are a survivor seeking help and your body, feel tense, shut down, or flooded there is nothing wrong with you. Your nervous system is asking for safety, not strength.

Safety is something we build together. We co-regulate. 💜💜💜

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