Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Holistic Health Sisters podcast, Sarah sits down with Anna Pikowski — a somatic movement and trauma-informed yoga guide who supports women through self-compassionate practices to meet the complex array of emotions that arise from difficult life events. Anna shares her deeply personal journey through profound grief and physical trauma, and together they explore how we can grow life around grief rather than trying to simply move past it. This is an intimate, embodied conversation that touches on loss in its many forms — from the personal to the collective — and offers hope that with the right tools, support, and self-compassion, we can hold our pain without being consumed by it. In this episode, we cover: The many faces of grief — from the loss of loved ones and relationships ending, to women's life transitions, collective world grief, and ecological lossAnna's personal story — the stillbirth of her son Elvis, recurrent miscarriages, and a bike accident at 14 that triggered years of complex trauma she didn't fully understandWhat complex trauma actually is — how a series of difficult events can compound over time, and how Anna's trauma showed up physically in her body (chronic pain, shoulder imbalance, anxiety, burnout)The seasonal shift from yang to yin — why the transition from summer to autumn and winter invites us to slow down and feel more, and why that can be both beautiful and dauntingGrowing life around grief — the comforting concept that grief stays with us and that's okay; we don't have to release it, but we can gradually grow our life around itSomatic healing practices — how yoga, somatic movement, embodied listening, and IFS therapy helped Anna reconnect with her body and map where emotions are held physicallySelf-compassionate check-ins — a simple daily practice of pausing to ask how you're feeling on a physical, emotional, mental, and energetic levelPost-traumatic growth — how building self-trust and truly knowing yourself can transform feeling stuck and frozen into living with choice and freedomAnna's work with clients — one-to-one sessions and group somatic circles that are always client-led, with no cookie-cutter prescriptionsCommunity and advocacy — the importance of grieving together, the need for nervous system education in schools, and Anna's upcoming online community at earthcircleunite.comTrigger warning: This episode discusses baby loss, stillbirth, miscarriage, and trauma. Please take what lands with you and leave what doesn't. About our guest: Anna Pichowski is a Somatic Movement & Yoga Trauma-informed guide who supports women through self compassion practices to meet the complex array of emotions that come up through difficult life events. When we create space to honour grief & loss, we learn over time to gently grow life around it. Her own path has been shaped by profound grief and physical trauma — including the stillbirth of her baby Elvis, recurrent miscarriages, and complex trauma from her younger years. Through compassionate practices in Yoga, Somatic Movement, and Embodied Listening, she found a way to heal and rebuild trust in her body. Now she supports others 1-1 and through group somatic movement circles, helping women acknowledge and process grief, loss and difficult life events through embodied movement and stillness. She's also creating an online community for women to explore grief and loss together. Knowing what life's hardest moments can take out of us, and that rediscovering the self can take time. But slowing down to support all parts of us during grief and loss can build hope and connection to the body again. Connect with Anna Here If you would like our free moon download to get the list of the 12 astrological signs and how they impact your body parts and emotions, grab that here: https://holistichealthc.kartra.com/page/moondownload ✨Drop into a moon circle, pay what you can https://app.jointheportal.com/RESOURCE/c02f8fbf-fa47-4158-8ed1-6bb2489da00b/ If you are looking to balance your hormones naturally, then try our free 5 day hormone balance challenge, back to balance. Register here: https://holistichealthc.kartra.com/page/Backtohormonebalance We are on socials at: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/holistichealthcollectiveuk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/holistichealthcacaouk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/holistichealthcollectiveuk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/holistichealthcacaouk/ ✨Website: https://www.holistichealthcollective.co.uk Where you can find out more about of women's health retreats, our healthy products. our online health membe...
