Trauma-informed Fitness with Alicia Putinski

Fitness is often thought of as HIIT studios, boxing gyms, cross fit boot camps, but fitness can also be used to help heal the body by taking a safe, mindful, trauma informed approach. In our episode today, we have guest expert Alicia Putinski who is going to introduce us to trauma- informed fitness approach, walks us through her own journey and healing nervous system, her growth as a fitness professional and the impact on her clients and overall wellbeing. 

Alicia is a  trauma- informed life coach and personal trainer with over a decade of experience in the health and fitness industry.

[Episode notes]

• What made Alicia step away from fitness 
• Types of Trauma and how it present itself in a body 
•  How to sense where someone's nervous system is that day 
• What’s it like to part ways with resistance training
• The cost or sacrifice made  and the reward
• How Trauma healing change Alicia’s  health and fitness philosophy 
• Strength Training , stress hormones and nervous system
• What Trauma healing taught Alicia about body image
• How to embrace spiritually our womanhood
• The wrong way for someone with trauma to approach fitness
• Fitness programs should you consider when looking for healing 
  
  

[Links]

• Alicia Putinski on Instagram 
• Episode on website 
• Ghada B Khalifeh
• Review Living in Alignment on iTunes