NEXT RETREAT: September 27 - October 3, 2021 ONLINE 8:30am-11:00am + 11:30am-1:30pm live shared meal plus important inquiry, daily, (Pacific Time). See schedule below. OK to attend half live/half via recording (for those in distant timezones). Last session Sunday October 3rd 8:30am-11:30am PT.
Do you wonder why you eat sometimes….when you know it’s not really what you really want, or later, you’re upset about it because you’re stuffed, exhausted, or disappointed, again?
The urge to reach for food, or eat when not hungry, or think about food obsessively, or create plans to starve oneself or diet are all ways to deal with thoughts and feelings you aren’t comfortable with in the moment you’re thinking and feeling them.
Eating for emotional and psychic reasons seems normal. Food can be comforting, distracting, temporarily satisfying, and even feel like a drug. But it isn’t really any of these things.
You can stop acting on your cravings. Through pausing the cycle of think-feel-eat….the urge or need to eat dies away.
Really.
Warning: this retreat is not about nutrition. It’s about emotions, impulses, cravings, fear, powerlessness and self-criticism. It’s a retreat about noticing, and awareness, and watching thoughts that scream at you to eat, rather than following them like they’re in charge.
Even if you’re an expert in diet and exercise….people who come to Eating Peace can learn how to work with the act of eating so they never have to over or under-eat again.
Eating concerns can dissolve for you.
In the Eating Peace retreat, you can experience a deeper approach to understanding your own behaviors, actions, cravings, and dynamic with food.
With deep intimacy and connection, with yourself, there is no need to eat , or to think and feel, in an unbalanced way. The war you've been waging with eating, your weight and certain foods (and feelings) can end.
Our general daily schedule is below. Please block out your calendar for the entire retreat to receive the full benefit.
Because of this strange online time, people are welcome to join from all over the world in different time zones. All sessions will be recorded, and you may watch a recently recorded session within about a few hours from the live session. You are encouraged to keep up with the retreat by taking your needed sleep break, then watching the session you missed upon waking and following along. It is ideal if you find time to attend at least one session or one meal a day live with the group and Grace.
DAILY PROGRAM SCHEDULE (please set aside your day as best you can):
Session One:
Break: (meal prep)
Meal Together + After-Meal short session:
Partner Pairing (optional) between daily live sessions. You will be matched with someone in your same time zone and you can partner pair to A) eat with them for the meal and/or B) trade facilitation in The Work.
For example, if you live in Europe, you will attend our first live session from 5:30pm-8:00pm your local time. You would depart at the BREAK for your evening. The next day, the first or second meal of your day (breakfast or lunch), you will watch our recording together of the Mindful Meal and Inquiry. You will also connect with your paired partner (who will be assigned to you) to do The Work for one hour before the next live session begins once again at 5:30pm your time. You could also attend the live meal at 8:30pm your time--this will work easily for some people. The meal/inquiry session will end at 10:30pm your time and you will have participated in every event, live.
Sample schedule for someone in Eastern Time Zone:
Session Recordings Available approximately 3 hours after live session.
The number of hours involved support a deep immersion into practicing a new way with food and eating. The experience comes alive for many in a profoundly experiential way previously not found in navigating eating troubles.
Other similar programs in ending eating wars range from $1,295-$5,000 for a week--even online. To make this possible for people during these times of inability to travel, a sliding scale is offered. The investment to sustain this event and cover hours, expertise, technical and administrative support, and all details of this event is at least $495 with the option to choose what feels right, and contribute more if you're able.
If you are unable to make this investment, the range for your contribution begins at $395, and you will be welcomed with open arms if this is the amount possible for you. The minimum sustainable amount for the retreat is $495.
Your support may also help someone come on partial scholarship, and contribute to the expansion of this transformative work.
To register, simply choose the green button below and once you are at the check-out page, enter the number you find in your heart for your contribution.
Refund policy: A full refund is offered if your cancellation is 14 days or longer from the event. If you cancel within the final 2 week period before the event, a $100 administrative fee will be kept.
In the Eating Peace retreat, you can experience a deeper approach to understanding your own behaviors, actions, cravings, and dynamic with food.
In this immersion together, I offer exercises and stories that shifted my way of thinking about food and eating. I give these same experiences to everyone who attends the retreat. You might experience slowing down enough to truly enjoy your food, relax in your body, and get excited about becoming truly intimate with yourself. With deep intimacy and connection, with yourself, there is no need to eat , or to think and feel, in an unbalanced way.
Here are a few of the experiences you’ll encounter in the Eating Peace Retreat with Grace:
Will you join me? I can’t wait to spend this time with you to experience peace with food and eating.
"Grace is lovely. Willing, receptive, welcoming to it all. She lives The Work. The eating process, as difficult as it was, was immensely helpful. I loved eating together and seeing how others related to food and to life." ~ Laurie January 2020
"The underlying current of negative thoughts about myself surrounding food, weight and diet became clearer to me--particularly through the writing and meal exercises. Grace is phenomenal. She makes the retreat a 10/10; no matter what made me uncomfortable her energy and presence made it a safe environment. Her guidance and sharing of her experience were invaluable." ~ Participant January 2020 Retreat
"I know that speaking shame is the way to help it have less power, but to experience this around food and body was profound. It all worked for me, the content was just what I needed. Grace is amazing, She was able to meet each person just as they are." ~ Emily Eating Peace Retreat 2020
Many want to travel from afar to our retreat location, and we love when you stay onsite. Write to grace@workwithgrace.com for lodging options (first come, first serve) and to learn all you'll need to know about traveling to Seattle via plane, bus, train or uber (or wherever our retreat is being hosted). For retreats held that are not in Seattle location, please note who is Retreat Manager for lodging arrangements.
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