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Monday,
December 6
6:30-8 pm, no charge
| MAHEC
501 Biltmore Avenue
Asheville, NC |
Losing the Weight of Shame:
Developing
Body Confidence
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many clients in therapy—and for most women in our
culture—the body is the focus of shame and self-loathing.
Such contempt is an obstacle to any process of healing. In
this interactive presentation, I'll introduce practical
ways to re-experience and re-value the body, creating
opportunities to replace shame with body confidence
and self-respect. The
body, especially the body's center, becomes known as
a source of guidance, wisdom, endurance, and purpose. The
simple breathing patterns and playful methods for enriching
body awareness that participants learn can be used to
address eating and body image disorders, and more generally
to expand the sense of self and the capacity for self-affirmation. This
workshop is open to health care professionals, bodywork
therapists, and any woman concerned with body shape
and size. |
| Lisa
Sarasohn
is a health educator, yoga therapist, and author of
The Woman's Belly Book.
Her articles have been published nationally and internationally,
appearing in magazines including Radiance, Personal
Transformation, Yoga Journal, and SageWoman. Lisa
has presented workshops at sites including Omega Institute,
Journey Into Wholeness, the Sufi School of Healing,
and the Renfrew Center's annual conference on treating
eating disorders among women. An
honors graduate of Brown University, Lisa is certified
as a Kripalu Yoga instructor at the advanced level. |
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