6 Day Retreat November 11th 7pm - November 16th at 11am with mental health therapist Grace Bell: question your thinking, change your eating.
How to identify and be with what you’re thinking and believing that leads to eating off-balance
The process of awareness and relaxing your mind, beginning with self-inquiry, that interrupts the cycle of reaching for food, obsessing about food, managing food and eating, or feeling guilty about food, eating or your body
Accessing a new feeling of rest and awareness when it come to hunger, fullness and your emotions
Mindful eating practice and following your inner guidance and commitment around balanced whole and healthy food
Feeling the body and resting with it, being with it, without judgment. Noticing our sensations and welcoming them all. The somatic experience of feeling, without terror or condemnation, or disgust.
Moving meditation – you will attend a special event on Saturday morning. You'll get to practice taking care of your own body, to have fun, and be with the body freely with a feeling sense throughout the retreat–-and to identify your stressful thoughts when they arise.
The Work of Byron Katie is our primary way of working with thoughts, being with self-inquiry and deep investigation of the patterns we are stuck in, and how to break out of them. We’ll use some important exercises to sink into our personal awareness of what’s going on with eating, food and self-judgment or self-care.
You'll have a map and experience you can take with you to continue your journey in your daily life after retreat
"In the Eating Peace Retreat, I was immersed and captivated from the beginning. It was fascinating to see how everything was relevant. I gained so much insight into myself and my eating disorder. I found the group to be great fun and very connected. And Grace...I found you to be so full of insight, respect, kindness, wisdom. It always felt like you had time for everyone, you treated us all differently, yet you treated us the same. Your laugh and dancing will stay with me always. I feel this helps me going forward and that there is so much love and acceptance and a way to direct it back to growth. In my head I am singing that song from the Dubliners 'O Grace just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger'. Thank you so much for what you've given me." ~ retreat participant