Let’s design a wellness retreat together!
Despite undergoing lots of change in my inner world, I’ve been a bit of a hermit, socially and digitally.
Why? Well, for a year now, I’ve been preoccupied with putting into practice all the things I’ve learned since 2017 when I attended my first yoga and wellness retreat in Bali — but truthfully, since way before then, when I was 10 years old, reading books on Traditional Chinese Medicine, and then through my teens struggling with an eating disorder, and along for the ride during art school, helping me appreciate and learn more about anatomy and self-expression…
I even believe my decade of experience working various creative roles, blogging and as a television host led me here because if I hadn’t burnt out and felt what dis-ease felt like as a result of bad habits and misaligned personal lifestyle, if I hadn’t spent energy on yoga teacher training, and if I hadn’t challenged my mind and body to learn and grow, I would not have fully believed in the power we have individually to change and heal our bodies and minds.
I had to experience for myself what bad habits accumulate to feel like, and the subsequent result that good, healthy habits can create. My well-being is the first accomplishment in my life I haven’t achieved by memorizing or performing it well. I’vehad to learn the hard way that health is not an act. It is a symptom you can’t fake. It can’t be given, gifted, or earned by any means other than putting in the work and embodying the practices.
So after decades of always running myself into the ground, I finally stopped trying so hard to overcome my needs and instead, I listened to them: I slowed down; I moved and nourished my body; I adopted rituals to care for my hair, skin and energy; and I brought somatic breathwork and sound healing practices into my daily life. As a result, my world has changed: My mind has become a safe place, my body more of a tool that serves me in my daily motions and creations, and each day is a more enjoyable act of living in presence and gratitude instead of fight or flight.
I have tossed away multiple prescriptions I was on back in 2017, and am free from any disease. I have more strength and mobility than ever before and I experience more joy and freedom in my days to create. With my simple but persistent needs taken care of, my mind can focus clearly on what it wants to manifest rather than fighting the noise and mental chatter…
So ever since the yoga retreat I attended in Bali, I’ve dreamed of hosting my own, and thanks to TrovaTrip, this could become a reality! But I need your help to make it happen:
