This 5-day immersion is designed to give you a fresh perspective for developing a healthy mind/body/spirit relationship.  We believe that addiction separates the mind from our true nature.  When living in the addiction, we become a slave to our mind’s negative craving patterns, bringing harm to our physical body and brain through many forms: chemical dependency, food, gambling, sex, exercise, shopping, overworking, etc. This constant destruction of our “temple” alienates us from our highest potential, leaving us caught in a self-destructive cycle of emptiness and craving for the next “high.”

"I do not believe that you should devote overly much effort to correcting your weaknesses. Rather, I believe that the highest success in living and the deepest emotional satisfaction comes from building and using your signature strengths." ~Martin Seligman, PhD, Authentic Happiness

Research shows that yoga therapy is a positive motivator for rehabilitation. Yoga breathing exercises are the foundation of our exercise trainings because they change negative neural brain patterns. Yoga techniques (breathing exercises, gentle posture holdings, and meditation) along with low stress cardio routines (biking, walking, and hiking) connect the mind with the body’s natural intelligence.

The chakra system is a powerful framework for understanding and shifting addictive patterns.  You will learn about the dynamics of the body’s energy as a whole, the functioning of each chakra (energy center), and the interplay between mind, body and spirit. You will have an opportunity to explore how your  history expresses itself unconsciously through the body and how you can work with each chakra in a variety of ways to break addictive patterns and move towards health and full aliveness.

Ayurveda, the ancient health science associated with yoga, is the perfect aid to detoxification.  We will focus on diet as well as cleansing the liver, using a Western approach to nutrition along with Ayurveda principles. Most addicts live with a diet that continues to feed old habits. Understanding which foods promote your particular body’s healing at the cellular level is critical to releasing addiction cravings. The program will give you the strength and information to get off stimulants, wheat, sugars…anything that slows down the energy of your life and stalls the recovery process. Through discovering how your body processes energy, you begin to reprogram the nervous system from the cravings, insomnia, hypertension, and other physical manifestations of addiction. Once you start to incorporate a different fuel to feed the body/mind, it gets easier.

We will also challenge and replace the negative patterns of thinking and behavior that have kept you locked in a cycle of dysfunction.  The brain only uses 10% of its capacity; in this segment of the seminar you will challenge your habitual thoughts and feelings to use that 10% and more, towards embracing a new lifestyle you have only dreamed of. Wil Singleton will lead an open discussion revolving around three topics:

         1)  Acceptance – What would change if we started truly believing in ourselves—understanding the terrible truths we have made in the past, that we are not designed to be perfect, but an incredible work in progress; understanding how to forgive self and others; owning our strengths and weaknesses; learning how to enjoy the journey, embracing the challenges that come with staying present in a stress filled society? 

         2)  Support – As we learn how to forgive self, we now move into allowing others to love us.  The gift of being present is only enhanced when we learn how to trust, communicate and allow new and old friends to hold us when we are hurting.  This segment is not just about the 12 Step meeting.  It’s moving beyond the hour of a 12 Step meeting into the realm of sharing our heart, hopes and fears with another human being that cares.  We will learn how to identify negative relationships, avoid codependency, and walk through our fears of rejection.

         3)  Rebirthing the Dream – Recovery is just the beginning.  We will develop goals to create the lifestyle we have dreamed of.  Through this process we will begin our story here, moving outside of the rules we have allowed to confine us, realizing that we can do anything.  All we require is a direction.

Daily Schedule:

7:00 pm to 9:00pm              Opening Night (August 1^st)

7:00 am to 8:15am              Gentle yoga and meditation

8:30 am to 9:30am              Healthful breakfast

9:30 am to 12:00pm            Morning program session.

12:00 pm to 1:30pm            Healthful lunch

1:30 pm to 4:00                    Afternoon program session

Our program is a highly “spiritual” program and is designed for those ready to take this journey.  We describe Spiritual as the evolution to our highest quality of thoughts. This strength already exists inside us.  As we explore the purpose to our past, we transform into someone whole again.  We will give you the tools to replace fear with love leading us to a spiritual awareness about who we REALLY are.

The retreat is peaceful but challenging.  Our goal is to give you tools necessary to maintain your sobriety from substance abuse taking you to the next level of your healing journey.  It’s appropriate for alcohol, narcotic and prescription drug abuse.  All come from the same energetic issue.  Must have at least 6 months of sobriety. 

Your Faculty

ED HARROLD is a inspirational leader and teacher. Co-owner of Comfort Zone Center for Whole Self Healing in Lewes, Delaware, the Director of Yoga & Sports Training for The Kripalu Institute For Extraordinary Living, and originator of the Flexibility For Athletes® program and Weight Loss . . . The Yoga Way. He leads programs and workshops internationally and has released a series of instructional DVD’s and Video Podcast workouts and lectures. Ed taught yoga and meditation at Seabrook House, NJ’s largest drug & alcohol rehabilitation center, and was instrumental in the development of their own in-house program. www.mindandbodyworkout.net and www.comfortzoneyogacenter.com.

PATRICIA DAY WILLIAMS, M.D., is known for her ability to help people make deep transformative changes.  A graduate of Harvard Medical School, Patricia is a former family physician and midwife who now works fulltime in the field of human development. With her unique background in Eastern and Western psychology, human interaction, yoga and medicine, she is uniquely suited to helping people overcome patterns that block their full aliveness. People often say that their work with Patricia has been one of the most impactful learning experiences of their life.  www.patriciadaywilliams.com

WIL SINGLETON, Certified Chemical Dependency Counselor, Life Coach, Over 15 years experience providing services to adults and teens WiL's services include all areas of addictions including troubled relationships.  He uses motivational interviewing and education to help others understand what addictions are, how to identify if something habitual is forming, and to develop more effective coping skills.  WiL believes all negative coping skills can eventually grow to become unmanageable simply because our lives are stressful.  He seeks to empower individuals through mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual growth.
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ALISON DRISCOLL, D.Ay. Alison received her training and certification in Ayurveda from the New England Institute of Ayurveda with advanced training at The Ayurvedic Institute and in polarity therapy, polarity yoga, therapeutic massage, reflexology, and aromatherapy from Polarity Realization Institute. She is a certified instructor in mindfulness-awareness meditation through Shambhala International. Alison has an undergraduate degree from Smith College and a graduate degree from Boston University. She is the mother of a grown son and a longtime hospice volunteer. After many years in Boston, Alison and her husband now make their home in Wilmington, Delaware. www.ayurvedaindelaware.com