Wellness Weekends on Nantucket Take some time to prioritize yourself in a weekend designed to help you relax and learn tools to better manage the stress in your life. You will be introduced to healthy eating and lifestyle tips that will dramatically increase your energy as well as meditation techniques to settle your mind and bring more clarity and focus to your days. You will have the opportunity to experience an acupressure with essential oil treatment and or acupuncture to help reset your nervous system. At Heart Center Transformational Acupuncture, helping you step into your highest Self is our mission. Through a full range of natural medicine modalities, reconnecting with yourself, enjoying your relationships, finding purpose in your life, and learning how to nourish and care for your body is possible. We ll work together to help you access your deepest Self, restore balance and harmony, and bring about the healing your body longs for.
Itinerary Friday evening: Arrive after 3pm for check-in enjoy a healthy snack and tea 7pm 9pm: First Session Introductions, go over treatment schedule, and layout of the weekend, meditation techniques and introduction to the tension release exercise -In this session you will be introduced to the retreat experience, led through the meditation and tension release practice, and guided to set your own intentions for the weekend for letting go of the things that are no longer serving you in your life.
Saturday: 7am 8am: Meditation Sitting meditation, tension release exercise The object of our mediation will be the breath. We will practice returning to the breath when the mind starts to wander. We can label our thoughts as thinking and simply return to the sensation of our in breath and out breath. We will also follow the breath as it moves through the chakras and begin to open up a flow of energy that moves down the front of the body and back up to the top of the head. Each session we will end with the tension release exercise. Tension could include stress, worry, frustration, anger and agitation and tends to accumulate in a band around your abdomen. 8am 9am: Healthy Breakfast It is important to start the day off with good nutrition that provides sustained energy. Our breakfasts will include nutrient packed smoothies loaded with organic fruits, veggies, protein and good fats. We will also have grass fed yogurts, avocado, and whole grain bread options. 10am 12pm: Essential oils for Stress Management Essential oils can play a significant role in our health and well-being. Using the right essential oils in the best way is part science and part intuition, and you ll love the way they make you feel. Acupuncture and essential oils go hand in hand. You will learn and experience specific oil/point combinations that have been time tested to help the body and nervous system not only cope but also thrive under stress. 12:45pm 7pm: Acupressure and Essential Oils and Acupuncture Treatments Experience your scheduled session or use this time to rest, read one of the suggested life enhancing books, journal, take a walk or explore the island.
7pm 8pm: Meditation The object of our mediation will be the breath. We will practice returning to the breath when the mind starts to wander. We can label our thoughts as thinking and simply return to the sensation of our in breath and out breath. We will also follow the breath as it moves through the chakras and begin to open up a flow of energy that moves down the front of the body and back up to the top of the head. Each session we will end with the tension release exercise. Tension could include stress, worry, frustration, anger and agitation and tends to accumulate in a band around your abdomen. Sunday: 7am 8am: Meditation Sitting meditation, tension release exercise The object of our mediation will be the breath. We will practice returning to the breath when the mind starts to wander. We can label our thoughts as thinking and simply return to the sensation of our in breath and out breath. We will also follow the breath as it moves through the chakras and begin to open up a flow of energy that moves down the front of the body and back up to the top of the head. Each session we will end the meditation with the tension release exercise. Tension could include stress, worry, frustration, anger and agitation and tends to accumulate in a band around your abdomen. 8am 9am: Healthy Breakfast It is important to start the day off with good nutrition that provides sustained energy. Our breakfasts will include nutrient packed smoothies loaded with organic fruits, veggies, protein and good fats. We will also have grass fed yogurts, avocado, and whole grain bread options. 10am 12pm: Nutrition and Lifestyle Tips for a Healthy Mind, Body and Spirit The way we show up in any part of our lives is how we show up in all of them, and sometimes getting healthy is just a few simple decisions away. For many of us, it s hard to
see what we see every day we become blind to the ways our lifestyle drains us of our vitality. Healing can be as simple as modifying behaviors and perspectives so closely held that we can t see them anymore. Even with more food than ever before us, so many of us are truly starving for nutrition. Learn simple nutritional and lifestyle practices that will nourish and bring more health and vitality to your life. 12:45pm 5pm: Acupressure and Essential Oils and Acupuncture Treatments Experience your scheduled session or use this time to rest, read one of the suggested life enhancing books, journal, take a walk or explore the island. Suggested Books The Tools by Phil Stutz and Barry Michels Real Food: What To Eat and Why by Nina Planck
The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level by Gay Hendricks Start Where You Are by Pema Chodron Healthy Places to Check Out on Nantucket The Green - 5 W Creek Rd, Nantucket, MA 02554 http://www.thegreennantucket.com ACKfresh - 25 Broad St, Nantucket, MA 02554 https://www.facebook.com/ackfresh/ Pumpkin Pond Farm - 25 Millbrook Rd, Nantucket, MA 02554 http://pumpkinpondfarm.com Annye s Whole Foods - 14 Amelia Dr. Nantucket, MA 02554 http://annyes.com Nativ Made - 10 Broad St, Nantucket, MA 02554 http://www.nativmade.com Bartlett s Farm - 33 Bartlett Farm Rd, Nantucket, MA 02554 http://bartlettsfarm.com