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Lock & Load Boxing | Veteran Resilience Workshop

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Helping veterans rebuild confidence and perseverance 🥊
Boxing + Nervous System Regulation🧠🐴🧘‍♀️
You’re worth fighting for💪🏻
Apply below ⬇️

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Meet Ari — also known as @coachcanela_

Ari is a Marine Corps veteran who served from 2010–2014. During her time in the military, she worked as a Motor Vehicle Operator, Recovery Specialist, and Logistics Vehicle System Operator. She served in Afghanistan with 8th ESB and CLB-6.

Like many veterans, transitioning out of the military wasn't easy. The structure, purpose, and camaraderie that had once been a part of everyday life were suddenly gone.

In 2015, Ari stepped into a boxing ring for the first time—and everything changed.

What started as a way to stay busy quickly became a passion. Boxing gave her a new mission, a new challenge, and a healthy outlet for the struggles she faced after service. Through the sport, she rebuilt confidence, discipline, and resilience.

Today, Ari is a certified USA Boxing Coach and USA Boxing Strength & Conditioning Coach who is passionate about helping others discover their own strength through boxing.

As founder of Lock & Load Boxing Battalion, her mission is simple: help veterans reconnect with themselves, build confidence, and remember they are capable of hard things.

#veteransupport #VeteranCommunity #militarytransition #boxinglife #resilience by @lockandloadboxing

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Hi, meet Karisa! She will be our equine therapist for the San Diego workshop we are planning!

Karisa is a licensed clinical therapist with extensive experience helping individuals navigate trauma, stress, anxiety, and life's challenges.

Throughout her career, she has been passionate about helping people build resilience, develop healthy coping skills, and reconnect with themselves in meaningful ways.
In addition to her work as a therapist, Karisa has a deep connection to horses and has seen firsthand the powerful impact they can have on emotional regulation, self-awareness, and personal growth.

For the Lock & Load Boxing Battalion workshop, Karisa will be leading our equine-assisted learning sessions, where participants will have the opportunity to work alongside horses in a unique environment designed to foster confidence, communication, self-reflection, and nervous system regulation.

Her goal is to help veterans walk away with practical tools, greater self-awareness, and a renewed sense of confidence they can carry into their everyday lives.

#veteransupport #veteranwellness #equinetherapy #nervoussystemregulation mentalhealthawarene by @lockandloadboxing

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THIS is what I have been wanting to share with yall!
Introducing @lockandloadboxing

Leaving the military doesn’t mean the mission ends.
But for a lot of veterans… it can feel like it does.
The structure changes.
The community shifts.
The edge never really turns off.
That tension?
That hyper-awareness?
That feeling like you don’t quite fit in civilian life?
You’re not broken.
Your nervous system just hasn’t been given space to reset.

At Lock & Load Boxing Battalion, we rebuild that foundation.
🥊 Boxing for discipline, structure, controlled aggression, and resilience.
🐎 Equine therapy for nervous system regulation and grounding.
🤝 Community that doesn’t require explanations.

This isn’t about weakness.
It’s about strength done the right way.
If you know a veteran who needs this — share this with them.
Let them know they don’t have to fight alone.

#veteransmentalhealth #lockandload #boxingforhealing #equinetherapy #22aday by @lockandloadboxing

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Let’s go check out Valor Horses for Heroes!

On August 15th, we’re bringing veterans together for a day of connection, growth, and purpose.

Take a look inside the incredible equine therapy ranch that will be hosting part of our first Lock & Load Boxing Battalion workshop.

This isn’t just about boxing and horses. It’s about building resilience, strengthening community, and creating a space where veterans can reconnect with themselves and one another.

🎟 Limited spots available
📍 Jacksonville, NC
📅 August 15, 2026

You’re worth fighting for.🥊

#LockAndLoadBoxingBattalion #VeteranSupport #VeteranWellness #EquineTherapy #militarycommunity by @lockandloadboxing

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Lock and Load Boxing Battalion wasn’t created to teach people how to throw a punch.

It was created to remind people what they are capable of.

Boxing has a way of teaching lessons that extend far beyond the gym- discipline, resilience, confidence, humility, and the ability to stay calm under pressure. Growth happens when we’re willing to step outside our comfort zones and embrace challenges.

That’s the foundation of Lock and Load.

This isn’t about becoming a boxer.

It’s about building mental resilience, developing confidence, connecting with others, and discovering that you’re stronger than you think.

Working with horses teaches patience, focus, communication, and emotional control-qualities that are just as valuable outside the arena as they are inside the boxing gym. It’s an experience designed to strengthen mindset and character.

The inaugural Lock and Load workshop is happening August 15th, and we would love for you to be part of it.

🥊Boxing instruction and skill development
🐴 Equine connection experience
🧘‍♀️ Somatic yoga and recovery
🍱 Meals included
🎁 Lock and Load participant gift

Only 12 spots are available to keep the experience personal and intentional.

If you are looking for something that will challenge both your body and mindset, this is your invitation.

Registration is now open through the link in our bio.

🥊 You’re worth fighting for 🥊

#resiliencebuilding #veterancommunity #youreworthfightingfor #confidencethroughchallenge #militarycommunity by @lockandloadboxing

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How it started vs how its going 🥊

No shortcuts. No secret formula. Just years of showing up, learning, failing, improving, and doing it again.

The version of you that wants the results has to become the person willing to do the work. 💪🏻

Keep showing up.

#trainwithpurpose #boxinglife #boxingtraining #strengthandconditioning #coachcanela by @lockandloadboxing

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4 months ago

Hi there 👋🏻 we would like to introduce ourselves!

What is lock and load boxing battalion?

Lock and Load Boxing Battalion is a transformative workshop designed exclusively for armed forces veterans seeking restoration, reconnection, and renewed strength.

Grounded in evidence-based practices and delivered in a supportive, veteran-centered environment, this program uniquely combines the empowering discipline of boxing with the grounding, relational healing of equine-assisted therapy.

#veteranshealingveterans #missioncontinues #militarytransition #warriormindset #trainwithpurpose by @lockandloadboxing

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