Awaken To Your Body

Is Body Image Trauma Keeping You Stuck?

I hear from so many women that they know they "should" love their body, but even after several years of positive thinking, it doesn't change the way they feel. That's because for many of us, we hold trauma in our body related to body image. Mindset work is often not enough of change subconscious programming. I discuss how healing body image trauma helps shift at a foundational level. For more info on how to work with me: http://www.AwakenToYourBody.com

How to Be Calm

Forcing yourself to be calm can keep you exhausted and stuck. Performative calmness can actually contribute to illness. I was stuck here for many years, and once I learned how to actually move through the actual emotions rather than prioritizing calm, I was able to heal, such as heal my blood pressure and have less anxiety and depression. https://www.ultra-spective.com/

Self Awareness Is Not Enough

Many people get stuck because they try to create change from a place of self-awareness and mind-set. This stays on the surface and doesn't address the root cause, which is stored in the body. I talk about why self-awareness is only the beginning and give some insight as to the process of connecting with the body to heal and transform the way you feel and show up in your life. Send me a message at anna@ultra-spective.com if you'd like more support in connecting with your body to heal. https://www.ultra-spective.com/

How your relationship with exercise can be unhealthy

We can all agree that moving our body is a fundamental key to health. However, did you know that using guilt and shame to be motivated to exercise can be harmful, particularly for those that have dysregulated nervous systems?  Anna shares her story of how her relationship with movement fueled nervous system dysregulation by cycling between fight/flight or anxious states to freeze or depressive states.  She outlines her journey of how she healed her way back to experiencing joy in movement. Milana with More than Fitness https://www.instagram.com/more._than._fitness/ Jessica with Reimagine Fitness Trainer https://www.instagram.com/reimagine_fitness_trainer/

I’ve Caused Harm As A Photographer

Anna writes an open letter of apology for the harm she caused as a photographer who used photoshop to alter her client’s body to fit the beauty standard. Her clients loved this service because she was so good at seeing bodies with a critical lens. But for many clients, this service unknowingly caused harm by contributing to nervous system activation and one’s sense of unworthiness as they looked at their real body in the mirror.