Exploring Your Body Story
with Heidi Andersen & Melanie Losacco
We all have a story
Our bodies have been with us our whole lives - for better or worse. What would our bodies say if they could tell their story?
Your body story might go something like this: too big, too messy, too slow, too much. I want this part smaller or this part bigger. In a society that increasingly perpetuates objectification and a hierarchy of bodies, it's easy to understand why that might seem like your body story.
But what if you had a space to start to explore another version of your body story - one that includes the pieces that we aren't taught how to discover, how to own? Let's come together and start in a place to tell our own stories, take back the narrative and name the truth of our bodies - in all the glory, grief, power and complexity.
“The truth and healing are in your story.”
Join us In-person for this powerful event. Discover the power of your own narrative. Your untold story about your body matters. It matters to you and it matters to others. Share your story and witness others. You are not alone.
WHAT TO EXPECT:
Explore the Body Trust Framework in community
Be held in brave space to explore your body story
Get an opportunity to share your body story and witness others in a small group
SATURDAY July 13th, 2024
9 AM - 1 PM EST
31 College Place Suite 225 Asheville, NC 28801
Registration Open until July 6th
This retreat is intended for folks who identify as female, femme, trans, non-binary or genderqueer.
MEET YOUR FACILITATORS
Heidi Andersen, Certified Body Trust Specialist
Heidi Andersen is a white (Danish & German lineage), cis, small-fat Body-centered Psychotherapist and Certified as a Body Trust Specialist. Heidi currently supports clients with Reclaiming Beauty, an outpatient group practice of body-centered psychotherapists specializing in weight inclusive treatment for the intersection of trauma, attachment wounds, and eating disorders through a body liberation lens and somatic approach. Heidi also provides supervision for counselors working towards licensure in North Carolina, as well as offers consultation groups for professionals. Heidi believes embodiment heals and combines her studies of Somatic Internal Family Systems, Embodied Recovery for Eating Disorders, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and the Center for Body Trust® in her support of her clients. She is also the author of the Reclaiming Beauty Journal and Wisdom Deck, a resource created to support folks who identify as female in building a self-compassionate relationship with their body.
Melanie Losacco
Melanie Losacco is a white (Scottish, Italian, and Polish lineage) cis, queer, mid-fat Embodiment Coach. She comes to her work with a passion for social justice and deep respect for the human experience and our innate ability to heal. She believes that each of us has a story to tell and that each of us is worthy of love, connection, fulfillment, and a fully embodied life. Melanie helps fat folx (re)learn how to build a relationship with their bodies that is not attached to weight loss or a number on the scale. She has an undergraduate degree in Gender Studies and a Master's degree in Community Counseling (MS). Melanie has completed a three year program with the Trauma Institute to become a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP).