Announcement: Eating Peace Retreat in northeast Seattle at a private retreat house near me is coming January 15-20, 2020. Three more spots and you can stay close by in an airbnb (ask me about lodging). I made a quick video for you about it. You can also read more here.
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Eating Peace Retreat with Grace Bell: Question Your Thinking, Change Your Eating
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Recently an inquirer asked about fasting.
I know fasting is all the rage; intermittent fasting and all the various forms or programs.
There’s no denying that fasting can offer amazing health benefits. I even know someone who seems their life has been saved from critical diabetes through fasting.
Inquiry is where I always like to go to understand troubled thinking in any situation: fasting, not fasting, eating, not eating, moving, holding still.
For me, any time I ever want to get more involved in eating than feels like a lovely, normal, balanced way to walk through life with food….I question it.
You can feel stressed about what you’re eating, feeling, thinking, not eating, or you can feel peace about all these conditions.
But one thing I know is, only you can sense the motives behind your fasting and if you’re doing it because you’re treating yourself with unconditional kindness and clarity, or if you’re using fasting to avoid the turmoil of eating–or for losing weight (without losing the thoughts that created weight in the first place).
I’ve learned a lot from fasting. And, it’s not something I do in my life regularly because I’m so happy to have this peace with eating and food as it is, and I like feeling daily balance.
It doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try fasting if you’re drawn for good reasons.
I hope this video today helps, if you have some concerns or you notice yourself getting stressed about fasting:
Speaking of stress about eating, or fasting….I created a survey to learn more about your experience of eating, food and body image. People have reported it’s very helpful to fill out–you’ll learn more about what you’re thinking and believing that sparks off-balance eating.
I’m looking for at least 100 people to fill out this 10 question survey. The survey and your answers will be automatically private and anonymous unless you choose to share your name or email at the end–and only I will be reading any of the answers.
To fill out the survey, visit here. Thank you, thank you!
Much love,
Grace
Hi Grace. I have questions about the retreat. Mostly about getting to the retreat house from the airport and bringing food. Also which rooms are still available?