Anam Cara Therapeutic Services and Sanctuary

Anam Cara Therapeutic Services and Sanctuary M.Sc. Clinical Mental Health Counseling/Somatic Experiencing Practitioner/TF-Equine Assisted Therapy

Exploring and living the teachings and practices of Yoga has been an interesting, exciting, and often humbling process ever since taking my first Yoga class in 1999. As is the case with many people new to Yoga, I only thought of it as stretching, strengthening and balancing. Over the years, it has more and more become a healing practice for me – from restoring physical ailments and imbalances, to regain emotional balance and peace of mind. I initially received my teacher certification with over 500 hours in the lineage of Swami Sivananda, a classical tradition with a strong emphasis on spirituality, guided more by intuition than a picture-perfect alignment with regards to postures. I have adapted my teaching of Yoga quite a lot during the last 8 years of my professional life as a Yoga teacher. I started out to teach mainly in the Sivananda Yoga tradition. This is considered an integral Yoga practice that emphasizes all aspects of the human being, from our expression as an embodied being to the depth of the mind and the heart. Sivananda Yoga places a strong emphasis on balancing the sympathetic with the parasympathetic nervous system, which is one reason I have appreciated this approach so much. Over the years, I have attended many additional workshops and trainings that focused on various themes in Yoga - from Anatomy to Yoga therapeutics - but only recently have I attended the training with David Emerson on Trauma-informed Yoga in Wilmington, North Carolina, of which I think it is changing my direction of teaching in a more defined way then ever before. It set me out on a search for deepening my understanding and application of Trauma related healing. Additionally, I am currently going through the process of becoming a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, a method that helps resolve Trauma symptoms and Chronic stress by working directly with the body.

A first: full haircut for Hamish. A third: Meelin on his third boot to help heal his hoof abscess.My two loves.
06/04/2024

A first: full haircut for Hamish.
A third: Meelin on his third boot to help heal his hoof abscess.
My two loves.



When your team member checks in the office to see if you are ready for sessions…
02/03/2024

When your team member checks in the office to see if you are ready for sessions…

01/26/2024
After three wheel barrows loaded and unloaded with true arm and leg power, and these two happily munching on their hay n...
01/26/2024

After three wheel barrows loaded and unloaded with true arm and leg power, and these two happily munching on their hay next to me all the while watching me clean up their space…I could not help but ponder the nature of relationships, reciprocity, self-sacrifice, unconditional love, and purpose. I ended up sensing that my relationship with these two boys is a choice based relationship based on purpose and unconditional love I have for working and being with these two messy boys. Just their being deserves the care I give to them and their space.
Do you have relationship dynamics that sometimes (or more frequently) make you question the why, the input you give, and what comes back?
Engaging with equines in therapy or coaching can be a great way to experience and explore your patterns whether healthy or dysfunctional. Please reach out if you are curious about this work! Call or text for a brief consultation for Equine Assisted Therapy/Equine Assisted Coaching that is trauma-informed and attachment based: 612-860-9642/bianca.y.matter@gmail.com

Do you like horses? What about somatic therapeutic practices, mindfulness, and being in nature? All of this comes in a b...
01/15/2024

Do you like horses? What about somatic therapeutic practices, mindfulness, and being in nature? All of this comes in a bundle at your LOCAL to Saint Paul, MN day retreat at the end of May 2024. Details for exact time are still being figured out by Merlin, Sunny, and I. In the meantime, we are preparing ourselves with nutritious food to keep our bellies and bodies warm so we can show up as our best selves in May. Hard to believe that this frozen tundra will be our playground for aforementioned retreat. Let us know if you are interested to join! And no, the retreat will NOT involve scooping p**p. That’s my job:)

Join us in a play/game of I-spy!I have found that play is such a helpful tool to shift the nervous system and mood to mo...
01/07/2024

Join us in a play/game of I-spy!
I have found that play is such a helpful tool to shift the nervous system and mood to more aliveness and joy. Here is I-Spy a spotted horse:

Sundance on the hill

Merlin and Sunny would like to announce our first close-to-home Somatic Movement and Mindfulness with horses retreat for...
12/15/2023

Merlin and Sunny would like to announce our first close-to-home Somatic Movement and Mindfulness with horses retreat for this upcoming spring. Stay tuned and if you are curious about details, please reach out either here, PM, or email me at nandinipeaceweaver@gmail.com

Ghosteen-Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
11/07/2023

Ghosteen-Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Ghosteen (Full Album Stream)THIS MUCH I KNOW TO BE TRUE, the new feature film directed by Andrew Dominik, featuring Nick Cave &...

11/07/2023

If your last two weeks of emotions had a soundtrack, what would it be, and how would it move you?
For me, this has been the feel, and moving with and through it feels nurturing, soothing, raw, and painful.
The soundtrack to it today is this, and I moved with it mindfully, carefully while mindfully cleaning my apartment:

Nick Cave-Album Ghosteen

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Exploring and living the teachings and practices of Yoga has been an interesting, exciting, and often humbling process ever since taking my first Yoga class in 1999. As is the case with many people new to Yoga, I only thought of it as stretching, strengthening and balancing. Over the years, it has more and more become a healing practice for me – from restoring physical ailments and imbalances, to regain emotional balance and peace of mind. I initially received my teacher certification with over 500 hours in the lineage of Swami Sivananda, a classical tradition with a strong emphasis on spirituality, guided more by intuition than a picture-perfect alignment with regards to postures. I have adapted my teaching of Yoga quite a lot during the last 8 years of my professional life as a Yoga teacher. I started out to teach mainly in the Sivananda Yoga tradition. This is considered an integral Yoga practice that emphasizes all aspects of the human being, from our expression as an embodied being to the depth of the mind and the heart. Sivananda Yoga places a strong emphasis on balancing the sympathetic with the parasympathetic nervous system, which is one reason I have appreciated this approach so much. Over the years, I have attended many additional workshops and training that focused on various themes in Yoga - from Anatomy to Yoga therapeutics - but only recently have I attended the training with David Emerson on Trauma-informed Yoga in Wilmington, North Carolina, of which I think it is changing my direction of teaching in a more defined way then ever before. It set me out on a search for deepening my understanding and application of Trauma related healing. Additionally, I have completed Beginning through Advanced Level of training in Somatic Experiencing, a method that helps resolve Trauma symptoms and Chronic stress by working directly with the body to change the narrative of our past.