Becoming Embodied : How Embodiment Can Support Eating Disorder Recovery
In this episode, I spoke with Rachel Wilkinson, a trauma-informed practitioner and trainer. We discussed how embodiment and reconnecting to your body can be a powerful tool in eating disorder recovery.
Key Topics Covered:
- Rachel's background in recovery from addiction and eating disorders, and her journey to becoming a therapist and yoga teacher
- Why dissociation and disconnection from the body is common in eating disorders as a coping mechanism for overwhelming stress
- The importance of embodiment and reconnecting to your body through practices like yoga, mindfulness, and therapeutic movement
- How to cultivate curiosity and be explorative with movement rather than judgemental
- Welcoming all emotions, even difficult ones like anxiety - they are not 'good' or 'bad'
- The problem with toxic positivity and spiritual bypassing that negates certain feelings
- Rachel's community wellbeing project Create Your Community which aims to make holistic wellbeing accessible
- The current mental health crisis exacerbated by the pandemic and importance of community connection
- How to contact Rachel and access support from Create Your Community
Resources:
Create Your Community website: www.createyourcommunity.org.uk
Contact Rachel: rachel@createyourcommunity.org.uk
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