WHEN: Sept 22-24th, 2023
WHAT:
Join us at Suttle Lake, in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains, for a 3 day retreat.
Our days and evenings together will include group sessions, activities, and plenty of time for listening and honoring.
From a very early age we receive the message that our body is wrong or a project in need of fixing. These harmful concepts from diet culture, capitalism, and other systems can keep us from fully experiencing joy, liberation, and embodiment. Together we'll explore ways to revive and heal the wise voice within you, quiet the noise of your inner critic, question or challenge oppressive systems, and begin to reclaim your right to occupy space in this world.
Join us!
WHY:
To Unplug
To Heal
To Remember
To Belong
Come Home to Your Body
WHERE:
Suttle Lake Retreat Center
Sisters, Oregon
Wesley Meadow Lodge and Cabins
WHO:
This is an event aimed at the experience of women+. Please join us if you identify as a woman in any way that is important to you. Gender non-comforming and non-binary folks are welcome.
This retreat will benefit you if you're ready to release shame and heal your relationship with food and body. It's not suited for those early in eating disorder recovery, or with an untreated eating disorder. Want to get started with eating disorder healing so you can attend a future retreat? Contact us
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Hi! I'm RanDee, certified Body Trust® provider and a facilitator of this retreat.
Facilitating Body Trust® work is one of the most powerful things I've experienced. The power of community, hearing your story echoed in the story of others, and realizing that not only are you not broken--but that you're not alone, is the greatest gift. The wisdom and the healing comes from each person in the group, and I'm just here to call the meeting into order. I hope you'll join me. Here's what you can expect from this retreat, and what we want you to know: -3 days of connection, with progressing topics and exploration -Start to recognize your own voice and wisdom, then practice listening and honoring it -A judgment-free space to connect with authentic people who are all learning and roaming together There is nothing wrong with you. You are not broken. You are resilient and wise, and that's what's gotten you to this point in life. Now you're ready to examine and start to release messages, behaviors, and patterns that are no longer serving you. You can be trusted. Your body can be trusted. I'm honored to walk alongside you as we all remember that. This gathering is designed to help you find your way home to yourself. Topics include exploring internalized messages and cycles, breaking down shame, exploring pleasure and satisfaction, intuitive eating, movement that feels right, and more. Consider this a homecoming experience and resuming residence in your body. |
NEW FOR 2023! I'm thrilled to introduce 2 brilliant co-facilitators for retreat. Please welcome:
Meg Bradbury (they/them) is certified as a Body Trust® Specialist, Accessible Yoga™ Teacher, and anti-diet nutritionist.
Meg works with individuals and groups advocating for body acceptance, body diversity awareness, fat liberation, aging in power, eating disorder/disordered eating/recovery, freedom with food, and meaningful movement. 
Annahita Ghaboussi (she/they) is a Licensed Professional Counselor and certified Body Trust® Provider. For the past 10 years she has been providing counseling to people using a humanistic, intersectional feminist, weight inclusive and fat positive lens. She works to help us liberate ourselves from societal expectations that have been put on us from childhood, without our knowledge or consent, and radically accept and embrace who we are with compassion. |
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Advanced registration required.
Cost: $425 includes lodging, all meals and snacks, and activities *Payment Plan Available, $170 deposit plus equal monthly payments until 1 week prior to retreat. *Equity based scholarships may be available, contact us for more info. |
Here's what some past participants have said:
-"The most impactful aspect for me was the shared experience with the group members combined with the safe, supportive, and empowering space you helped to hold for us."-Jessica, group participant
-"The most impactful part of our group was finding new friends and a community. Not only did I create friendships with amazing, compassionate, gorgeous, kind, and spirited women but they helped me see those same qualities in myself.
I liked being able to have a check-in time and grounding time--two things I rarely do for myself. Being in a community during those times made me see how important it is to have support and share our struggles."-Kirsten, group participant
-"It made me feel less alone and more normal. My life is changing in a way that isn’t diet culture like."-group participant
-"The first night, you asked what we hoped to get out of the class. I said “peace.” And I did get that. Freedom from the endless drone of my inner critic, in particular."-group participant
-"When I realized that everyone in the group had some variation of the same story, that meant it wasn't just me. None of us had ever met, yet our backstories had frightening similarities. That's when I realized the forces moving us to "diet" were external, not anything we'd dreamed up on our own. We aren't broken; societies messages are harmful."-group participant
-"I now understand that the number on the scale is not a measure of who I am, not even close. "-Sue, group participant
-"The Body Trust workshop I attended was AMAZING! A wealth of information and inspiration to look at our old self-destructive programs and learn how to approach our bodies more lovingly!"-Aryn, webinar participant
-"The most impactful aspect for me was the shared experience with the group members combined with the safe, supportive, and empowering space you helped to hold for us."-Jessica, group participant
-"The most impactful part of our group was finding new friends and a community. Not only did I create friendships with amazing, compassionate, gorgeous, kind, and spirited women but they helped me see those same qualities in myself.
I liked being able to have a check-in time and grounding time--two things I rarely do for myself. Being in a community during those times made me see how important it is to have support and share our struggles."-Kirsten, group participant
-"It made me feel less alone and more normal. My life is changing in a way that isn’t diet culture like."-group participant
-"The first night, you asked what we hoped to get out of the class. I said “peace.” And I did get that. Freedom from the endless drone of my inner critic, in particular."-group participant
-"When I realized that everyone in the group had some variation of the same story, that meant it wasn't just me. None of us had ever met, yet our backstories had frightening similarities. That's when I realized the forces moving us to "diet" were external, not anything we'd dreamed up on our own. We aren't broken; societies messages are harmful."-group participant
-"I now understand that the number on the scale is not a measure of who I am, not even close. "-Sue, group participant
-"The Body Trust workshop I attended was AMAZING! A wealth of information and inspiration to look at our old self-destructive programs and learn how to approach our bodies more lovingly!"-Aryn, webinar participant