Podcasts about liberation prison yoga

Anneke Lucas was born in Belgium and faced unimaginable trauma from a young age. At just six years old, she was tragically sold by her mother into a trafficking network that catered to European elites. Before this, Anneke experienced abuse at the hands of her family's cleaning lady, who later conspired with a relative to traffic her into an exclusive club where disturbing events took place. For years, Anneke endured severe abuse and torture, silenced by fear after witnessing the tragic fate of other victims. By the time she was 12, Anneke had survived some of the most horrific experiences imaginable. As a young adult, she lived in London, Paris, and New York before eventually settling in Los Angeles, where she began her healing journey through therapy, yoga, and meditation. Today, Anneke is the founder and Executive Director of Liberation Prison Yoga, a New York-based non-profit dedicated to supporting survivors. As a vocal advocate, she bravely shares her story—a powerful testament to resilience, hope, and the strength to heal. In this conversation, we delve into Anneke's journey and the valuable lessons it offers.Chapters:0:00 - Introduction to Healing & Trauma Recovery 2:25 - Overcoming the Biggest Challenges in the Healing Journey8:15 - Anneke Lucas Opens Up About Her Story (Trigger Warning)18:40 - Understanding Traumatic Memories & Healing Techniques25:15 - Navigating Friendships After Trauma: Key Insights33:45 - Rebuilding Love & Trust After Trauma: A Step-by-Step Guide44:42 - How Parents Can Support Children Through Trauma Awareness51:00 - The Role of Media in Raising Awareness About CSA1:06:10 - The Impact of Censorship1:16:03 - Creating Global Awareness: Systematic Change for Trauma Advocacy → CONTACT ANNEKE LUCAS ON SOCIAL MEDIA ←"Quest for Love" in Canada: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0B4FV3982?ref_=ast_author_ofdp In the US: https://www.amazon.com/Quest-Love-Memoir-Child-Slave/dp/B0B4FV3982WEBSITE: https://annekelucas.com/X: https://x.com/AnnekeLucas FB https://www.facebook.com/AnnekeLucas2/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/anneke.lucas/Telegram @anneke_lucas #humantraffickingawareness #childabuseawareness #childabuseawareness 

Anneke Lucas was born in Belgium, where she was sold into a sex trafficking ring at age 6. Her rescue from the ring and subsequent journey of healing led her to New York and Los Angeles where she completed the MFA Screenwriting Program at the American Film Institute in 1992. After publishing her first book, The Deaf Musician, in her native Dutch, and writing many articles on trauma and yoga, she founded Liberation Prison Yoga to bring healing into the American prison system, from the inside out, while working on her memoir. The author's decades-long journey from girl victim to liberated woman has inspired all who cross her path. Her practical approach to heal the planet by pointing inward and learning to understand our own darkness to treat society's ills, has made her programs a success inside and outside the US prison system. She shares her message of personal empowerment with audiences worldwide. Website: https://annekelucas.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anneke.lucas Ted Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLp5LM18wIU Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4SJNYQllJkAIRC4hJJgVbX Purchase Anneke's book, Quest for Love: Memoir of a Child Sex Slave: https://store.bookbaby.com/book/quest-for-love1 For two extra episodes each month and exclusive content please visit: patreon.com/thenickbryantpodcast nickbryantnyc.com EpsteinJustice.com I understand peoples' incredulity regarding the events Anneke discusses. People on X and also someone in the Comments section of this podcast have mentioned if there is corroboration for Anneke's story or which podcasts of mine discuss the horrors described by Anneke Lucas. The following podcasts of mine discuss pedophiles murdering children. In "The Horrors of Fox Island with Colin Browen" and "The Snow Killings with Marney Rich Keenan," there's a very strong argument to be made that Chris Busch wasn't the lone pedophile killing children, and that argument includes the mitochondrial DNA of a second perp. I've also included two links to my Extreme Abuse Survey podcasts. Moreover, two of the victims in The Franklin Scandal also discuss the murder of children. Mind Control Survivor Wendy Hoffman | The Nick Bryant Podcast (PATREON PREVIEW) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB3kR-AEs98&t=43s Mind Control Survivor Juliette Engel, MD, Discusses Her Journey to Wellness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4rw7PkDloY&t=1055s The Horrors of Fox Island with Colin Browen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-bPJ7ZD71g The Extreme Abuse Survey (Part 1) | The Nick Bryant Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTHuMOQ0wJw&t=302s The Extreme Abuse Survey (Part 2) | The Nick Bryant Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgY4zl9oy5w Ritual Abuse and DID with Randy Noblitt, PhD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWvlFBJPXS0&t=3s The Murder of Childhood with Conspiracy of Silence Producer Tim Tate | The Nick Bryant Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVteUa6S7OQ&t=1541s Mind Control with Alison Miller, PhD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H65IMZ6YWJw&t=49s Pedophiles and Prime Ministers with Valerie Sinason, PhD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKL9ePUWApY&t=1712s  The Snow Killings with Marney Rich Keenan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP7ktA_HtQw&t=2061s  

Anneke Lucas was born in Belgium, where she was sold into a sex trafficking ring at age 6. Her rescue from the ring and subsequent journey of healing led her to New York and Los Angeles where she completed the MFA Screenwriting Program at the American Film Institute in 1992. After publishing her first book, The Deaf Musician, in her native Dutch, and writing many articles on trauma and yoga, she founded Liberation Prison Yoga to bring healing into the American prison system, from the inside out, while working on her memoir. The author's decades-long journey from girl victim to liberated woman has inspired all who cross her path. Her practical approach to heal the planet by pointing inward and learning to understand our own darkness to treat society's ills, has made her programs a success inside and outside the US prison system. She shares her message of personal empowerment with audiences worldwide. Website: https://annekelucas.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anneke.lucas Ted Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLp5LM18wIU Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4SJNYQllJkAIRC4hJJgVbX Purchase Anneke's book, Quest for Love: Memoir of a Child Sex Slave: https://store.bookbaby.com/book/quest-for-love1 For two extra episodes each month and exclusive content please visit: patreon.com/thenickbryantpodcast nickbryantnyc.com EpsteinJustice.com I understand peoples' incredulity regarding the events Anneke discusses. People on X and also someone in the Comments section of this podcast have mentioned if there is corroboration for Anneke's story or which podcasts of mine discuss the horrors described by Anneke Lucas. The following podcasts of mine discuss pedophiles murdering children. In "The Horrors of Fox Island with Colin Browen" and "The Snow Killings with Marney Rich Keenan," there's a very strong argument to be made that Chris Busch wasn't the lone pedophile killing children, and that argument includes the mitochondrial DNA of a second perp. I've also included two links to my Extreme Abuse Survey podcasts. Moreover, two of the victims in The Franklin Scandal also discuss the murder of children. Mind Control Survivor Wendy Hoffman | The Nick Bryant Podcast (PATREON PREVIEW) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB3kR-AEs98&t=43s Mind Control Survivor Juliette Engel, MD, Discusses Her Journey to Wellness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4rw7PkDloY&t=1055s The Horrors of Fox Island with Colin Browen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-bPJ7ZD71g The Extreme Abuse Survey (Part 1) | The Nick Bryant Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTHuMOQ0wJw&t=302s The Extreme Abuse Survey (Part 2) | The Nick Bryant Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgY4zl9oy5w Ritual Abuse and DID with Randy Noblitt, PhD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWvlFBJPXS0&t=3s The Murder of Childhood with Conspiracy of Silence Producer Tim Tate | The Nick Bryant Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVteUa6S7OQ&t=1541s Mind Control with Alison Miller, PhD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H65IMZ6YWJw&t=49s Pedophiles and Prime Ministers with Valerie Sinason, PhD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKL9ePUWApY&t=1712s  The Snow Killings with Marney Rich Keenan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP7ktA_HtQw&t=2061s  

Anneke Lucas was born in Belgium, where she was sold into a sex trafficking ring at age 6. Her rescue from the ring and subsequent journey of healing led her to New York and Los Angeles where she completed the MFA Screenwriting Program at the American Film Institute in 1992. After publishing her first book, The Deaf Musician, in her native Dutch, and writing many articles on trauma and yoga, she founded Liberation Prison Yoga to bring healing into the American prison system, from the inside out, while working on her memoir. The author's decades-long journey from girl victim to liberated woman has inspired all who cross her path. Her practical approach to heal the planet by pointing inward and learning to understand our own darkness to treat society's ills, has made her programs a success inside and outside the US prison system. She shares her message of personal empowerment with audiences worldwide. for two extra episodes each month and exclusive content please visit: patreon.com/thenickbryantpodcast nickbryantnyc.com EpsteinJustice.com

Today, I'm honored to have on the show: SRA, mind control and sex trafficking survivor and survivor advocate, writer and author of the book, “Quest for Love: Memoir of a Child Sex Slave”, podcast host and content creator, blogger, yoga instructor, educator, entrepreneur and creator of ‘The Unconditional Model' and ‘Liberation Prison Yoga', and one of the most requested guests I've had on ‘The Imagination': Anneke LucasAnneke experienced the greatest of darkness in childhood through a series of events that led to her being groomed and eventually sold into sex trafficking, satanic ritual abuse, and trauma-based mind-control behavioral modification programming by her mother. After breaking free from the pedophile network that was trafficking her, Anneke courageously decided to place her entire adult life in the context of trauma recovery. Her 35+ year healing journey included much yoga and therapy. In 2008, she started teaching yoga, and in 2012, began training and organizing yoga teachers to enter into the New York Prisons, which led to the founding and directing of the non-profit organization Liberation Prison Yoga. Sharing yoga in the prisons, the Unconditional Model was developed. Since 2014, Anneke has led many workshops - training therapists, yoga teachers and others in the Unconditional Model. She travels the world to share her story and teach, including a 10-week online Unconditional Model course “Shifting the Power.” Anneke has a private coaching practice where she sees many survivors of extreme abuse, and also hosts peer support platforms online. She currently has a workshop coming up on June 4th - 5th that I'm really excited to talk about today, and her book, “Quest For Love: Memoir of a Child Sex Slave” is currently available for sale in America on Amazon through her website. I will have all of her links in the show notes. Anneke's courage to shine a light on the darkness she experienced as a child has inspired many throughout the years to share their own stories and to not feel so alone, and her work with therapists and in prisons cannot be understated as these are two areas in desperate need of education on trauma and recovery. Anneke naming her workshops ‘Shifting the Power' couldn't be more appropriate as she is a living example of shifting the power from dark to light. I'm grateful to have Anneke here and ask that you all grab a pen and paper and give her your full attention. Before I finish introducing today's guest, I just wanted to give a quick reminder to email me at imagineabetterworld2020@gmail.com if you'd like to be on the podcast and to Subscribe to my new Substack at www.emmakatherine.substack.com. Thank you all for making ‘The Imagination' the safest space on the internet for survivor and whistleblower disclosures!SIGN-UP FOR ANNEKE'S WORKSHOP IN JUNE: All Workshops — Anneke LucasCONNECT WITH ANNEKE: YouTube: @Annekelucas2 Website: Anneke LucasPrivate Consult w/Anneke: Work with Me — Anneke LucasBook: book — Anneke LucasBlog: Blog — Anneke LucasInstagram: Anneke Lucas (@anneke.lucas) • Instagram photos and videosTelegram: Telegram: Contact @anneke_lucasFacebook: (7) FacebookTwitter: (3) Anneke Lucas (@AnnekeLucas) / X (twitter.com)Support the show

This week, both of our storytellers are sharing stories about something that is pretty relatable at the moment — the challenges of leaving the house. Part 1: As she goes blind due to a progressive eye disease, M. Leona Godin must learn how to navigate the world with a cane. Part 2: A frightening encounter with police that leaves teenage Roque Rodriguez traumatized. M. Leona Godin is a writer, performer, educator, and the author of There Plant Eyes: A Personal and Cultural history of Blindness (Pantheon, 2021). Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Electric Literature, Playboy, O Magazine, Catapult, and other print and online publications. She produced two plays: “The Star of Happiness” about Helen Keller's time performing in vaudeville, and “The Spectator and the Blind Man,” about the invention of braille. Godin holds a PhD in English, and besides her many years teaching literature and humanities courses at NYU, she has lectured on art, accessibility, technology, and disability at such places as Tandon School of Engineering, Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine, and the American Printing House for the Blind. Her online magazine exploring the arts and sciences of smell and taste, Aromatica Poetica, publishes writing and art from around the world. Roque (Pronounced: ROW-Keh), the son of Dominican-American immigrants is a 500-hour trained Yoga teacher. Roque is a proud co-founder of Suryaside Yoga in Queens, NY. When he's not teaching the Suryaside community and mentoring his new teacher trainees, he is dedicated to spreading love and yoga to underserved and under-resourced communities through programs and partnerships such as, Liberation Prison Yoga which provides yoga and meditation to incarcerated people and his I Can Breathe Yoga program which offers teacher training scholarships to BIPOCs who want to bring yoga to their community. He is an advocate for prison abolition and community organizing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Anneke Lucas is an author, speaker, advocate for child sex trafficking victims, founder of the non-profit organization Liberation Prison Yoga and creator of the Unconditional Model. Her work is based on personal experience of overcoming obstacles on a 30-year journey to mental and physical health after surviving some of the worst atrocities known to humankind before the age of 12. We talk about her story and the tools she used to work with the trauma she experienced. If you want to hear her full childhood story you can find it on a series called Real Woman Stories https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jrLFzGb2tM

In this episode, Kat Fowler interviews Anneke Lucas, an advocate for survivors of sexual abuse and sex trafficking, on her healing journey from surviving child sex slavery and elite satanic ritual abuse, to thriving and giving back to her community through her healing work with prisons, and global talks. Anneke Lucas is a public speaker, with talks at TEDx and NEXUS, and an advocate for survivors of sexual abuse and sex trafficking. As a survivor of extreme childhood abuse, she has spent 30 years focused on healing with the help of yoga.   In 2014, Anneke founded the non-profit organization Liberation Prison Yoga, bringing yoga and empowerment programs to prisons in the New York area. She serves as the Executive Director and leads their teacher trainings. She is writing a book about the Unconditional Model, which is a revolutionary healing modality she developed based on her own healing journey and years of service. You can find Anneke at www.annekelucas.com and www.liberationprisonyoga.org. You can follow her on instagram @anneke.lucas and @liberationprisonyoga

In this episode, we discuss: Yoga as activism in the context of freedom and agency How her contemplative practices have shifted her relationship to racism and how anger isn’t the only way to create change The many tracks of activism and how can we work together What a practice looks like in the context of a correctional facility or rehab facility Impact of meditation and yoga and how they can address the unique challenges that folks who are incarcerated experience Privilege and reparations around race, indigenous peoples, homophobia, sexism and poverty Our relationship with social media – are you “meditating” on Facebook? People referenced in the podcast are: Erika Hart, Rachel Cargle, Adrienne Maree Brown and Susan Barataki Oneika Mays (LMT, E-RYT) transitioned to yoga and meditation from a career in corporate retail over 10 years ago. Oneika used that experience to support social justice non-profits and teach meditation and yoga inside jails. As Training Director at Liberation Prison Yoga she co-facilitated trainings with teachers and practitioners interested in serving incarcerated populations. As Director of Operations onf Transformation Yoga Project she supported a team that has served over 10k people and leads yoga teacher trainings inside prisons. Today, Oneika is the Mindfulness Coach at Rikers Island and facilitates workshops around cultivating resilience and compassion through meditation and other mindfulness practices. At Rikers she works one-on-one with incarcerated folks. She believes that meditation and mindfulness practices can forge a path to freedom and build resilience. Oneika is passionate about supporting teachers and leaders who bring peace and healing to QBIPOC and folks impacted by the incarceration and its aftermath.

Anneke Lucas, founder of Liberation Prison Yoga, returns to talk with J about her thoughts on the resurgence of the #metoo movement, the politics of power addiction, and the larger implications for the yoga world. They discuss the public reckoning that men are being confronted with, areas in which we are still operating with blinders, the prevalence of pedophilia and conspiracies that cover it up, enabling in the ashtanga tradition, bringing yoga into the criminal justice system, making space for healing, and what it means to be liberated. This episode is part of our premium podcast subscription. To subscribe and support the show… GET PREMIUM.  

Anneke Lucas created Liberation Prison Yoga at the end of a thirty year journey of healing. A child sold into a sex trafficking network in her native Belgium she experienced years of violent abuse from the world’s most powerful in society. She tells the story of those years in the dark underbelly, the long journey to reclaim her innocent self, and the joy that arises out of the heart to heart connection with the many post traumatic survivors she teaches through Liberation Prison Yoga.

Anneke Lucas was born in Belgium where she was sold into a sex trafficking ring at the age of six. She was abused and tortured extensively before she escaped at age eleven. After living in London, Paris and New York as a young adult, she moved to Los Angeles where she began therapy, yoga and meditation. Today, she is the founder and Executive Director of Liberation Prison Yoga, a non-profit organization based in New York. Liberation Yoga Website:http://www.liberationprisonyoga.com/mission/ Ted Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLp5LM18wIU&feature=youtu.be 

Mike Huggins, founder of Transformation Yoga Project and author of Going OM: A CEO's Journey from a Prison Facility to Spiritual Tranquility, talks with J about the turn of events that took him from the top of a corporate ladder to federal prison, and how that experience was transformed into a new life purpose. They discuss his work in applying yoga practices for addiction recovery and trauma-related issues, the personal realities of incarceration, white privilege and diverse populations, and serving on a board together at Liberation Prison Yoga. This episode is part of our premium podcast subscription. To subscribe and support the show… GET PREMIUM.  

Anneke Lucas founded Liberation Prison Yoga in 2014. Aside from her duties as executive director , Anneke trains new volunteer instructors on site. She also teaches regularly at several of the eight facilities where LPY has weekly programs. She conducts trainings and workshops for yoga instructors, mental health professionals and NYC DOC and DOP employees,  to bring yoga and mindfulness into work with traumatized populations. Anneke is regularly invited to speak at conferences and universities about the subject of trauma, incarceration, and sex-trafficking. In 2013, Anneke started two groups  at the Woman’s Jail at Rikers Island for survivors of sex-trafficking.  Anneke herself experienced and witnessed some of the worst atrocities known to humankind – before she reached the age of 12. Her background, the obstacles she overcame, and the insights she received into the nature of the human psyche on her journey to health are an inspiration to students inside and outside of prisons, and audiences around the world. The continued healing she receives from her work reminds her that human connection is the agent for change, in teacher and student, provider and client.  In 2008, Anneke created a 500 Hour Yoga Alliance RYT program for a New York City based yoga studio. From 2011 to 2014 Anneke was director of Prison Yoga Project New York. She graduated from the Screenwrting program at AFI in 1993, published a novel in her home country, Belgium, and wrote many articles about yoga and trauma. She has been working on a book about her childhood, previewed in an article about her work in the prisons.

Anneke Lucas was sold into a child sex-trafficking network at the age of six. Now she teaches yoga in prisons through her organization, Liberation Prison Yoga. J sits down with Anneke to talk about her journey of healing trauma and expanding consciousness, being groped by Pattabhi Jois, the Jivamukti scandal, a panel discussion on power in the yoga world, trauma sensitivity training, and how to create safer spaces and better support for victims. The conversation touches upon difficult topics, listener discretion is advised. This episode is part of our premium podcast subscription. To subscribe and support the show… GET PREMIUM.