Honouring the Body Across Time with Deb Benfield

Deb Benfield on slowing down, the intersection of yoga & self reflective work, and honouring the ageing body.

Here Deb and Fi speak about:

How connecting with therapists, and getting supervision felt so important

Yoga teacher training with Anna Guest Jelley & significant teachers

The intersection of yoga & Dietetic practice

Developing the language of interoception, and bringing this into Dietetic practice

Why we need to slow down the "hunger-fullness" conversation, and how it can unintentionally lead to shame

The somatic process

The importance of slowing down, being attentive & curious to enhance safety

Safety builds trust, to 

Spend time building "the base"

How we might unintentionally perpetuate the very constructs we are aiming to dismantle

Doing our own work, softening into our own experience, staying curious

Centering your client & their experience

Honouring the ageing body without medicalising or pathologising

Choosing an appropriate yoga class - for you, and your clients!

Supervision as a powerful tool for improving our capacity & enhancing wellbeing

More about Deb:

Nutrition Therapist, Freedom Fighter, Recovery Coach and Yoga Teacher on amission for all to know All Bodies are Good Bodies. I am passionate aboutpartnering with my clients and students to:• Develop ease around food, eating and body imageReclaim the PLEASURE of eating again!• Choose foods that allow a balance of joy, satisfaction and well-being.• Compassionately cultivate a way of eating that is both embodied andintentional.• Nourish yourself so that you will feel vital and have the energy for all of theways you play!

Owner and Lead Nutritionist at Body in Mind Nutrition/Debra BenfieldCounsulting-Offering Nutritional Therapy and Coaching for individuals, couplesand families, Professional Supervision for therapists, Dietitians, and Coaches,Embodied Eating Groups and Workshops, Body Liberation Yoga Classes andWorkshops, and Worksite Wellness Programs with a Health at Every Sizeperspective. Currently an active member of the Eating Disorder Treatment Teamat Wake Forest University. Founder of the Winston-Salem Eating DisorderCoalition.

Website:

 http://www.bodyinmindnutrition.com/

Links mentioned in this podcast:

https://michaelstoneteaching.com/

Yoga in Dead Podcast

https://www.yogaisdeadpodcast.com/

Michelle Cassandra Johnson - Skill in Action (book)

https://www.michellecjohnson.com/skill-in-action-book