Non-Violence, Boundaries, and Navigating Chronic Pain with Anna Franzosa - a podcast by Kyley Caldwell, Eva Liao
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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
Accessible Yoga by Jivana Heyman
“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
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