Protecting Yourself When Remotely Accessing an Exploit.

Hello, So if you are trying to perform a remote exploit on a computer say using meterpreter is there a way to access it without using your personal IP address to prevent it being traced? Could you somehow use a VPN? For example could you somehow set the RHOST to a VPN IP and then connect to that VPN? Sorry if my question is confusing or if it is redundant but any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!