Light in the Dark by Erica Ann

01/19/2026

Are you ready to release what’s been weighing on your heart and rise into your power?

✨ LET GO & RISE is a one-day transformative workshop designed to help you heal emotional wounds, regulate your nervous system, and reconnect with your inner strength.

Hosted by Jurema Silva & Erica Ann
🗓 Sunday, March 1, 2026
⏰ 10 AM – 4 PM
📍 Warner Lake County Park – Nature Center
1485 County Road 143, Clearwater, MN
💰 $150 per person
🎟 Early Bird: 50% OFF with code JSEA50 — only $75
⏳ Valid through February 27th
🍽 Lunch & beverages included

Join us for a powerful day of healing, movement, sound therapy, breathwork, journaling, and deep emotional release — guided in a safe, supportive space.

👉 Reserve your spot here:
https://www.juremasilva.com/event-details/let-go-rise-a-transformative-workshop-on-releasing-empowerment-healing

01/19/2026

The nervous system and intuition go hand and hand.

When the nervous system feels safe the body stops scanning for danger, the mind gets quieter and you can sense the difference between something that is wrong for you and something that is right for you.

Your intuition will come through as a calm knowing.

When your nervous system is dysregulated, it brings in fear, hypervigilance and the body completely shuts down to survive. The inner voice gets drowned out by signals of survival. What we hear is urgency, doubt, or self-protection.

That is not intuition that is the nervous system trying to keep you safe.

When you regulate your nervous system, it creates space to be able to hear and listen to your inner knowing.

If you ever feel disconnected from your inner voice, it doesn't mean you lack intuition it means that your body hasn't felt safe enough to quiet the mind to really listen.

This why after meditation or breathwork the mind quiets and your thoughts become clearer.

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01/19/2026

Hypervigilance is more than anxiety. Hypervigilance is your nervous system staying on high alert, even when you're safe.

It can feel like:

-Being unable to full relax
-Constantly scanning tone, energy, or your environment
-A tight chest, shallow breath, clenched jaw
-Exhaustion that rest doesn't fix

Your body reacts before the mind has a chance to catch up.

Your threat system is overactive, stress hormones stay elevated, muscles stay tense, and your body prioritizes survival over rest.

This isn't a choice you make...it is a nervous system pattern.

Hypervigilance develops when staying alert once kept you safe.

It is common after trauma, emotional abuse like domestic violence, cohesion control or long term unpredictability.

Your body learned: "If I stay ready, I can prevent further harm."

Why it's exhausting (and not always obvious to those around you)?

Your nervous system never clocks out or gets depleted.

Some people look calm or "high functioning" but inside, their system is always bracing for threat.

Healing and regulation happen through gentle, repeated signals of safety and co regulation from safe people around you. Safety and safe people are crucial for healing from complex trauma.

To help regulate and heal use slow exhales, ground yourself in the present moment, create predictable routines, create safe connections. All these small moments of safety tell the body the armor can come down.

Most importantly Hypervigilance is not a character flaw. It is a protective response to trauma, and it can soften with time and care.

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01/18/2026

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01/18/2026

I have an abundance of plants that need a new home. I will deliver, teach you how to care for them and turn you into a plant lover. 🌱

Prices are in the comments on each plant.

Share these with people you know that love plants. 💚✨

01/18/2026

01/16/2026

Nervous System regulation to help the body feel safety.

Warm clothes
Warm drinks , water, tea
Warm baths
Warm blankets
Warm root vegetables
Soups
Stews
Warm food etc.

01/15/2026

Slow. Gentle. Rest. 💫

01/12/2026

Most of the things I share to this page come from survivor lived experience. I am a domestic violence trauma survivor, a somatic movement coach and a trauma informed Yoga teacher. When you sign up for a class with me you are not only getting my educated training, but you are also getting my lived experience.

In 2021-2022 I fought a 20-month legal battle to protect my kids from their abusive father. It forced me into survival for 20 months. Through those 20 months I had to show up no matter what. Tired, scared, exhausted, triggered, hungry you name it. I still had to show up for the long-term safety of my children.

When your nervous system is under long term stress the body will shut down. The vagus nerve becomes damaged and most chronic trauma survivors go into a state of freeze and it can take months, or even years to come back to stability. The body does this to protect you but once there is no threat anymore the body has a hard time recognizing safety again. So, we have to re learn how to feel safe in our bodies. Talk therapy is great but it still doesn't get to the root. Stimulating the vagus nerve and creating a safe environment is crucial to the healing process.

During this time in my life, I created a morning and evening routine to help reset my nervous system, lower cortisol levels and be able to continue to show up. This routine saved me and still does even today.

When I decided to create Light in the Dark it came from a lack of resources around trauma and 11 years of teaching Yoga and being a witness to the profound healing that comes from somatic movement and trauma informed Yoga.

I wanted to create a safe environment for survivors of domestic abuse and complex trauma. A place where people can take their armor off and remember who they are. A place where your voice is heard and not dismissed. A place where space is held, you are held. A place where you are reminded of your inner gifts and internal tools. To remind you of your power and help guide you into taking power back over your life one breath at a time, one slow gentle movement at a time.

If you feel called to book a class, definitely reach out. If you have questions about my services and what that looks like give me a call.

If you are in need of resources battling domestic abuse, please ask and I will guide you to the right places.

We will be having a FREE/donation base online support group starting up in February. Please watch our page for details if you are interested in joining.

Erica ❤️✨

https://www.lightinthedark812.com/booking
☎️ 320-291-9249

01/12/2026

Tonight I taught a 1:1 restorative sound bath, followed by sauna time.

We are now booking 1:1 services and small group sessions in our beautiful space here in Big lake.

Join us 🧘🏼‍♀️ 🧖🏼‍♀️ 🎶 https://www.lightinthedark812.com/booking

01/06/2026

Congratulations to Angela on this powerful accomplishment!!! 🔥