Eating Recovery Support Group Details - April - May 2024
6-week group container, with live weekly sessions
Dates: 23 April, 30 April, 7 May, 14 May, 21 May, 30 May
Time: 12:00pm - 13:30pm EST
Hosted on Zoom (sessions are not recorded)
Open to 8 people (no drop-ins)
Support and communication offered between sessions
Receive weekly downloadable guided embodiment practices
Cost for South Africans: R1 900
Cost for people outside of South Africa: $190
To join the waitlist for the next group, contact me below.
Themes and Flow
Each session has an arrival embodiment practice, topics of discussion, reflective questions, group sharing, and a closing practice. Whilst an outline for the six weeks has been established, the container is organic and adaptive, responding to the needs and curiosities of the group.
Session 1 (Land): Acknowledging the body as a way to deepen into embodiment, grounding the body into the present in relationship with the external environment, establishing foundations
Session 2 (Clarify): Exploring interoception, centering the body, clarifying values, exploring somatic adaptability
Session 3 (Expand): Understanding the connection between digestion, attachment and safety, resourcing the body through the senses, awakening the social engagement system
Session 4 (Embrace): Creating somatic space, becoming curious about patterns related to self-intimacy, finding meaning in the journey
Session 5 (Weave): Exploring developmental movement patterns as a pathway to understanding the attachment and defense systems
Session 6 (Integrate): Digesting and landing, envisioning and clarifying next steps
Learn how to trust your body and find freedom with food with the support of body-based practices, nervous system tools for regulation and empowerment, and heart-centered community-based practices for embodied eating disorder recovery.
A Personal Story
In 2009 I attended my first eating disorder recovery support group. It was a life-changing experience for my own journey, and I continued to attend the weekly group for months thereafter. Connecting with familiar faces each week built trust and safety to share vulnerably and listen compassionately.
It was a relief to be with people who understood the complexities and nuances of navigating disordered eating. Each person was at different stages of their healing, making it a rich environment to gain clarity, perspective, direction for my own growth.
I remembered I was not alone and found refuge in other people's shares. I could relate and resonate. There were many gifts that I could take away from every session; each person had raw and real wisdom that helped me see myself in a new light.
Through the group’s reflections, compassionate witnessing, empathetic understanding, I felt seen, that I belonged, that what I was experiencing was ok, and that at my core I was ok - and in that, I felt closer to myself and to my own body. I could reside at home in my own skin.
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