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Curious Embodiment: Coming Home To The Wisdom Of The Body

Teacher: Kirsten Hunneyball
Cost: 2 days accommodaion + R350 surcharge
Dates: Wednesday 20 November 2024 - Friday 22 November 2024

kirsten hunneyball2024Join Kirsten for a transformative mid-week retreat  in helping individuals reconnect with their relationship to themselves and their body’s wisdom. With a deeply personal journey of recovery from Anorexia and Bulimia, she has dedicated her life to understanding the intricate ways we relate to our bodies. She believes that true, sustainable transformation begins with cultivating a curious connection to the body, mind, and spirit. During this retreat, we will explore various practices through a polyvagal-informed lens, emphasizing the importance of understanding and regulating the nervous system. This approach is grounded in the Polyvagal Theory, which explains how our autonomic nervous system responds to stress and how we can cultivate safety and connection within ourselves and others. The sessions will include:gentle yoga to calm the nervous system, foster body awareness, and enhance your sense of safety and grounding; embodied focusing that helps you tune into your body's sensations and signals, fostering a deeper understanding of your emotional and physiological states whilst co-regulating with other; light breathwork techniques that promote regulation and balance within the autonomic nervous system, helping to shift from a state of stress or anxiety to one of calm and connection; mindful movement and meditation and group discussions.

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Kirsten Hunneyball is a Coach who works primarily with those suffering from disregulated relationships to food and their bodies. Her own recovery from Anorexia and Bulimia inspires her lifelong journey to understand the nature of the way we relate to our bodies. She has studied as an Addictions Recovery Coach, Trauma Sensitive Yoga Teacher, and works from a Polyvagal Informed lens. Having completed the Felt Sense for Addiction and Trauma Certification through the Polyvagal Institute, she  brings elements of a practice called "Focusing" into her work, reminding us of the beauty of human-to-human connection and the body in your healing journey.