This week on Dear Lovely Universe is a really awesome interview with our Ericka Thomas from the Work IN podcast! In this episode, we discuss shaking off stress, tension, and anxiety with trauma release and yoga. Ericka Thomas is a certified trauma release exercise provider, 200 RYT with an emphasis on trauma-informed yoga, Health coach, and nutrition specialist. She is the owner and founder of Elemental Kinetics, an online studio that fuses trauma release exercise, functional fitness, and the principles of yoga to literally shake off the effects of stress for long-lasting resilience. Ericka offers courses, private sessions, and corporate programming and is the host of The Work IN podcast to bring new perspectives on wellness and find natural ways to move out of stress, tension, and anxiety. Ericka has 23+ years of experience in the fitness industry from independent contractor to entrepreneur and can speak to the shifting, changing wellness landscape from real world to virtual world, scaling from hobby to career, and surviving and thriving beyond the burnout of perfectionism. Stress injury is a growing epidemic that goes far beyond the trauma of war. She deeply believes in the healing power of the human nervous system and that we, as providers, have a responsibility to educate our clients and include nervous system care within fitness and wellness practices. Thank you so much for tuning into this episode today! I hope you learned something new and are able to use the information discussed to bring about positive changes in your life if that is what you desire. You may find and connect with Ericka at elementalkinetics.com/inquiry, elementalkinetics.com/freeresources, and elementalkinetics.com/services. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with someone who might also appreciate this content. It is the only way that this podcast grows as I do not buy ads or promotions. Plus, when someone likes something, it would make sense to support their mission. So, if you receive value from Dear Lovely Universe I request that you please share it with your friends and family, join my incredible community on Instagram @dearlovelyuniverse, and if you’re on Apple Podcasts, I would really appreciate a review and rating. Next week’s Friday episode is an interview with Darcy Luoma, Darcy Luoma is a Master Certified Coach, dynamic facilitator, and inspiring motivational speaker. She has worked as Director for a U.S. Senator, Deputy Transition Director for a Governor, and on the national advance team for two U.S. presidential campaigns. As the owner and CEO of Darcy Luoma Coaching & Consulting, LLC, she’s worked in 48 industries with 210 organizations and more than 500 individual clients to create high-performing people and teams. The media has named Darcy the region’s favorite executive-and-life coach four times. Darcy balances her thriving business with raising her two energetic teenage daughters, adventure travel, and competing in triathlons. As always, thank you so much again for tuning in and supporting the show. I want to acknowledge how truly incredible my community is! Have a wonderful rest of your day and talk to you soon!