The Joy of Mindful Eating Retreat
Learn to stop the binge purge or binge restrict cycle and stop dieting forever!
Dates: November 27 & 28, 2015
At A Rocha Canada: Brooksdale Guest House: 19353 16th Ave., South Surrey, BC
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Retreat Schedule
Friday 7-9 PM: Includes mindful snack, lecture/exercises/including mindful movement and discussion
Saturday 8:30-4:00 PM: Includes mindful eating: breakfast snacks and lunch. More lecture/discussions/mindful movement and breaks to explore the beautiful natural retreat setting and the Arocha Rivertree Store (preserves, meats, toys and homemade crafts store)
I invite you to give yourself the gift of a few hours out of your busy schedules to learn tools to help you transform your relationship to yourself, food and others and get to your ideal size.
There will be a supportive, therapeutic and educational environment for you to learn and grow. The group is a way to know that you are not alone and can for supportive buddies for continuing on after the retreat is over.
Learn to be more comfortable with your body and take care of it not matter what size it is- stop hating and start loving your body and yourself more.
Discover reasons why you keep the weight on or off.
Learn what your needs are that are getting met in your relationship with yourself other, work and how to be more assertive to get your needs met.
Here is a way out of the compulsive eating/restricting syndrome.
End the good food and bad foods list.
You will learn about the many types of hunger including stomach hunger, mouth hunger, heart hunger etc. while sharing food. You cannot be compulsive and mindful at the same time so if you can participate in the exercises you can learn how to slow down and savor your food, have increased awareness of your thoughts and feelings, and recognize when you have had enough and leave food on your plate. Say good bye to the clean plate club!
Free follow up conference call (TBA in December 2015) to guide you in your journey of mindful eating.
About Gina Vanderham, MA, SD, ICADC, LMFT, SAP
Gina Vanderham has over 26 years in recovery from her own Disordered Eating and 22 years’ experience as a therapist specializing in addictions of all kinds including food and co-dependency and women’s’ issues. Click here for more information on Gina Vanderham.
Investment
This retreat is being offered at a low introductory rate.
$179 Early Bird Rate (received by September 1, 2015)
$197 (deadline November 1, 2015)
Accommodations Overnight Stay for an additional $60: only 4 Rooms with 2 single beds in each available (2 shared bathrooms), so book early!
Click here to view the Brooksdale brochure.
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This can be a very a powerful and transforming experience!
Here is what some others have said:
“I found the Mindfulness Eating meetup led by Gina Vanderham to be a quite profound and very valuable experience. Gina really knows her stuff and introduced the concepts well and made them easy to understand. She guided us well through the process and was a good model herself of noticing the sensations and feelings that can come up while eating. She used her therapeutic skills effectively and gently helped me to “go deeper” into what came up for me. The insights and learning have stayed with me.”
“The Mindfulness Eating Meetup by Gina Vanderham was definitely food for thought. Leading up to the Meetup I found myself being more aware of what where and when I eat. That alone was and is helpful …power of intention. What I found helpful in the actual Meetup was no talking while we were eating and taking breaks and talking about how we felt and to be aware of the taste and feeling and all the other reasons we eat was very interesting and I would like to practice this again The location was the only thing I would change and bringing my own lunch that I prepared for myself might help me in what I prepare for myself. Thank you Gina for this gift of mindful eating.”
Mindful eating has been so helpful for me. I have learned with practice to slow down my eating and to be present with my food. Learning about the different types of hunger has been extremely beneficial. I am learning to distinguish the variety of ways my body feels hunger. This has been key in my recovery. Thank you
“I can’t believe it! I left food on my plate for the first time ever!”
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Click here to view the Brooksdale brochure.
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Follow up for a fee can include, future conference call series, individual, couples or family sessions, and stay tuned for the next great retreat on mindful eating to keep you up on your progress!
