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
Arrive after 3pm for check-in – enjoy a healthy snack and tea
7pm – 10pm: First Session
We have reserved a table at American Seasons for dinner on Friday at 7pm – it will be an ideal opportunity to connect with each other before the weekend – The restaurant has agreed to provide individual checks, if interested please let us know as you reserve your room. American Season’s has a wonderful seasonal menu, check it out here: www.americanseasons.com After dinner we will go over treatment schedules, and the layout for the weekend.
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 to let go of the things that are no longer serving you in your life.
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Saturday:
7am – 8am: Meditation
Sitting meditation, tension release exercise
The object of our mediation is 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 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.
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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.
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10am – 12pm: Essential oils for Stress Management
Essential oils can play a significant role in our health and well-being. They carry a very high vibration and can bring profound healing and transformation to our lives. Using the right essential oils in the best way is part science and part intuition. 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 and use this time to rest, eat lunch and dinner at one of the great restaurants on the island, read one of the suggested life enhancing books, journal, take a walk or explore.
7pm – 8pm: Meditation
Sitting meditation, tension release exercise
The object of our mediation is 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 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.
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Sunday:
7am – 8am: Meditation
Sitting meditation, tension release exercise
The object of our mediation is 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 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.
Microsoft Word – Wellness Weekends on Nantucket.docx
9am – 10:30am: 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 a greater sense of health and vitality to your life.
11am – Check Out
11:30am – 5pm: Acupressure and Essential Oils and Acupuncture Treatments
Experience your scheduled session or use this time to take a walk or explore the island.
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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
ACKfresh – 25 Broad St, Nantucket, MA 02554
Pumpkin Pond Farm – 25 Millbrook Rd, Nantucket, MA 02554
Annye’s Whole Foods – 14 Amelia Dr. Nantucket, MA 02554
Nativ Made – 10 Broad St, Nantucket, MA 02554
Bartlett’s Farm – 33 Bartlett Farm Rd, Nantucket, MA 02554