Non-Violence, Boundaries, and Navigating Chronic Pain with Anna Franzosa

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Anna Franzosa is a yoga teacher, an artist, an animal rescuer, and an outspoken advocate on living with chronic illness and chronic pain. In this episode we discuss:

• Anna’s early diagnosis with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) and how that impacted her spirituality
• Spirituality as connection to each other, to nature
• The spiritual experience of attending a concert
• Applying ahimsa, the practice of non-violence, not just externally but internally
• How Anna found her “church” in yoga teacher training
• Isolation and connection on this spiritual path
• Empath as a power and a vulnerability
• Anna’s amazing pregnancy-related predictive powers
• Relationship between strong boundaries and genuine empathy
• Boundaries as an act of self-love
• Living with an invisible illness and navigating other’s judgement
• The power of finding other people in the same boat
• When our thoughts turn into weapons
• The healing power of being fully seen

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Anna @annerbananer

Accessible Yoga by Jivana Heyman

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Kyley @akashicgrace

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“For a long time I thought, ‘Who would want to see a disabled yoga teacher?’ And then at one point I said oh, good lord, me! I would like to see a disabled yoga teacher!” -Anna

“Spirituality is a tool for us to remember that we’re all connected.” -Eva

“There is one thing that I wish someone had told me. And that is, that it’s okay not to have a full-time job. It’s okay to not be well-enough to work full-time.” -Anna