Podcast Episode 21: The Courage To Heal Ancestral Trauma w/ Frances Belleza

Feb 28, 2023

bipoc, boundaries, family, selfcompassion, selflove, trauma, womxn

“Yoga has actually helped me realize that I would dissociate or intellectualize my feelings, because I didn’t want to process it. And that was literally the first step to being vulnerable–you actually have real human feelings that you need to process and that you need to experience. And then it’s okay to be in that.”
Frances Belleza

In this episode, I am joined by Frances Belleza (@francesbelleza), a yoga teacher based in San Francisco. She felt called to yoga after a tumultuous childhood led her to explore holistic healing. Her practice marries movement, sound, breathwork and devotion. She believes that everyone can tap into divine self through their mind, body, and soul.

In this conversation, we both discuss what it’s like to grow up as a first-generation BIPOC woman while navigating the stories and beliefs that have been carried within us from our cultural background and upbringing. Frances shares how her yoga practice has helped her learn how to be vulnerable in both sharing and sitting with uncomfortable feelings, and how this has helped her in her personal journey of self-discovery and healing. We both discuss what it feels like to start the journey of healing ancestral trauma and how forgiveness towards yourself and others can be a liberating, yet incredibly difficult, part of being a cycle breaker.

There is a such radical vulnerability and courage in this episode and I am honored to have been a part of it. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as we enjoyed recording it!!

CONNECT TO FRANCES through her website and Instagram.

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RESOURCES MENTIONED:

Book: It Didn’t Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle by Mark Wolynn

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Mental Health Disclaimer: If you or anyone you know is experiencing a mental health crisis or emergency, please dial 9-8-8 (in the USA) to talk to a skilled, trained counselor at a crisis center in your area at any time (National Suicide Prevention Lifeline). If you are located outside the United States, call your local emergency line immediately.

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TRIGGER WARNING: contains a sensitive topic of abortion. ———— "Yoga has actually helped me realize that I would dissociate or intellectualize my feelings, because I didn't want to process it. And that was literally the first step to being vulnerable–you actually have real human feelings that you need to process and that you need to experience. And then it's okay to be in that." – Frances Belleza. In this episode, I am joined by Frances Belleza (@francesbelleza), a yoga teacher based in San Francisco. She felt called to yoga after a tumultuous childhood led her to explore holistic healing. Her practice marries movement, sound, breathwork and devotion. She believes that everyone can tap into divine self through their mind, body, and soul. In this conversation, we both discuss what it's like to grow up as a first-generation BIPOC woman while navigating the stories and beliefs that have been carried within us from our cultural background and upbringing. Frances shares how her yoga practice has helped her learn how to be vulnerable in both sharing and sitting with uncomfortable feelings, and how this has helped her in her personal journey of self-discovery and healing. We both discuss what it feels like to start the journey of healing ancestral trauma and how forgiveness towards yourself and others can be a liberating, yet incredibly difficult, part of being a cycle breaker. There is a such radical vulnerability and courage in this episode and I am honored to have been a part of it. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as we enjoyed recording it! ———— Connect to Frances through her Website and Instagram. You can connect to me by going to my ⁠⁠⁠Blog⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠, or ⁠⁠⁠Anchor⁠⁠⁠. ———— RESOURCES MENTIONED: Book: It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle by Mark Wolynn ———— Mental Health Disclaimer: If you or anyone you know is experiencing a mental health crisis or emergency, please dial 9-8-8 (in the USA) to talk to a skilled, trained counselor at a crisis center in your area at any time (National Suicide Prevention Lifeline). If you are located outside the United States, call your local emergency line immediately.