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Mindful Practices for Body, Mind and Heart – Mindful Eating and Living Programs.

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“As a presenter and group facilitator, Andrea is warm, engaging and responsive to her audience. She has a positive energy that participants resonate with. Andrea has a deep commitment to serving the “whole being”…I wholeheartedly recommend her as a counselor, group facilitator and workshop leader. You will not be disappointed!”

– Hope Sasek M.A., R.N.

Former Director of Regional Behavioral Health Programs and Former Lead of Physician Wellness Program Kaiser Permanente Northern California

 
 
“This retreat was the beginning of my life with meditation, mindful eating, and seeing the love and joy of being present. My teachers were amazing and inspiring!…Andrea – thank you so much for your wisdom and teaching us ways to eat mindfully…”
 
Adele – Vajrapani Mindful Eating Meditation Retreat
 
 

“Andrea, it was such a pleasure to attend your Esalen weekend workshop with Jean Kristeller on Mindfulness-Based Eating. You are a gifted teacher and facilitator, and bring a calm, nurturing energy to a difficult (often painful!) subject. You helped us make connections between the science of nutrition and how to actually make loving decisions about the way we eat. I left the weekend energized and excited to continue this journey, with a new sense of optimism. Many thanks!”

Michelle Catalano –  Esalen

 

Well Nourished ™ : Mindful Practices for Body, Mind and Heart – Mindful Eating and Living Programs

In Person Retreats

Through mindfulness, mindful eating and heart-based practices, you can cultivate the clear seeing, heartfulness, joy and ease that can help bring your eating and life back into balance. In this retreat you will be gently challenged to explore what true nourishment is for you, how to discern what you are truly hungry for, and leave with a plan and practices to nourish your whole self in everyday living. You can experience food as pleasure and nourishment while finding your right relationship to amount and quality in each moment. You will also be guided to explore and replenish the eight realms of your self and life that need nourishment to truly lead a well nourished life.

We will focus on cultivating mindful awareness and nourishing your body, heart and mind with an immersion in selected mindfulness, mindful eating and heart-based practices, including mindfulness meditation, mindful walking and gentle yoga. We will also explore the roles of loving-kindness, mindful self-compassion, nature awareness and healthy living guidelines in establishing a strong ground for nourishment to balance your eating and living. At the conclusion of the retreat you will have skills to identify what you truly need and have an awareness of mindful eating, mindful living and self-compassion practices to integrate into your daily life and a plan to help support this process.

 

Well Nourished Online Group Training and Coaching Program – Professional or Personal Training

Learn to be a Well Nourished™ Coach

Where Personal meets Professional. To be the best, most intuitive, effective, skillful and compassionate health and wellness coach, we need to have traveled or be traveling on the road of Well Nourished Living ourselves to be able to meet our clients where they are and understand the process of change, transformation and awakened living, from the inside out.

Being Well Nourished is a non-diet approach to whole body nourishment.

Learn self-care practices, skills and tools, based on the book, “Well Nourished”, clinical and research-based practices and ancient wisdom to support your clients and professional practice, with Andrea as your loving and compassionate expert guide, while benefiting from her 30 years of experience, wisdom and practice.

The ‘Well Nourished’ whole body approach goes beyond food helping to discern what you are truly hungry for, nourishing the other parts of yourself and being supported in making choices that best nurture your total well-being – mind, body, heart and spirit, and naturally contributing to the global transformation you seek.

The 8 session introductory and foundational course is Module 1 of the Coaching Training.

Well Nourished Foundations (Module 1) is a fundamental introduction to the skills to coach, guide and support your clients with the ‘Well Nourished’ approach as your map. This recorded program with over 20 hours of content, based on my book, is now available for you to download! You can start at any time to best meet the needs of your schedule.  More details Here

For health care professionals that would like to become a Certified ‘Well Nourished’ Health Coach, we are offering Module 2 which will include a 5 Month Program with live and recorded virtual bi-monthly meetings, further support, engagement and teaching opportunities, and community building to allow you to go deeper into the practice and the essential coaching skills and evidence-based techniques to best support your clients. CE credits available.

Well Nourished Coach Training Module 2 program will be offered beginning in May 1, 2024 with monthly sessions over 5 months

Accepting Applications.  Learn More

Step into Your Well Nourished Life! This state of the art program offers an  inspiring life-changing program  to nourish your whole self and learn sustainable mindful eating and living skills and tools. The latest in mindfulness, behavioral science, neuroscience, positive psychology, health and nutrition and more.

“Andrea Lieberstein’s [book] helps the reader with an essential task – realizing the full potential of their life. This workbook guides us through an assessment of eight realms in our life that require “nourishment” through mindful attention. These include the realms of the physical, emotional, psychological, social intellectual, creative, spiritual and worldly. Through her clear writing, stories, science-based practices and creative exercises the author guides the reader in forming a plan for a life that is well rounded, well nourished and personally satisfying”

~ Jan Chozen Bays, author of Mindful Eating

Online Professional MB-EAT Mindful Eating

      and Living Training and  Program

Learn to become an embodied Mindfulness and Mindful Eating Instructor and Practitioner

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Cultivating True Nourishment

Guided Contemplative Daylong or Weekend Mindful Eating Meditation Retreats

These silent guided contemplative retreats will focus on cultivating mindful awareness and nourishing your body, heart and mind through an immersion in selected mindfulness, mindful eating and heart-based practices, including meditation, mindful walking and gentle yoga. You will explore the roles of loving-kindness, self-compassion, nature awareness practices and the most current healthy living guidelines in establishing a strong ground for nourishment to balance your eating and living.

When we eat mindfully, we involve all the senses by engaging the mind and body in a particular way. We can experience food as pleasure and nourishment while finding our right relationship to amount and quality in each moment. A key to having a healthy relationship to food is having skills, practices and a plan to nourish the whole self. In this day or weekend retreat you will be gently challenged to explore what true nourishment is for you, how to discern what you are truly hungry for, and leave with a plan and practices to nourish your whole self in everyday living.

Mindful Eating Meditation Retreats

In these silent guided contemplative retreats, we will learn how to pay attention to what our body really needs and why. When we eat mindfully, we involve all the senses by engaging our body and our mind. We utilize color, texture, smell, taste, and sound to nurture our experience.

To support cultivating our awareness, we quiet the mind and open the heart through yoga, sitting and walking meditation. Through these practices of deepening our inner awareness of the body and mind we can experience peace, wisdom and compassion, which is our true nature. We can experience food as pleasure and nourishment while finding our right relationship to amount and quality in each moment.

Mindful eating can nudge us beyond what we’re craving so that we wake up to why we’re craving it.

 

Weekend MB-EAT Retreats for the General Public

Three day Workshop – “Mindful Eating: From Garden to Table to True Nature” with Andrea Lieberstein, MPH, RDN

Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA.          July 29 -31, 2023

 Through experiential, evidence-based practices, this workshop will explore mindful eating and nature as deep nourishment for the body, mind, and heart. Discover mindfulness, mindful eating, somatic practices, ecotherapy nature-based practices, and key teachings from timeless Buddhist wisdom.

This joyful weekend will help us discover and return to our own true nature, build a sense of interconnectedness, and form a healthier relationship with food, body, and daily life. 

 

Mindfulness or Mindful Eating Training Programs for your Business or Organization

Programs Customized to Your Needs

  • Coaching
  • One Session Programs or Ongoing Programs
  • Retreats
  • Mindfulness Training
  • Mindful Eating Training
  • Well Nourished Living
  • Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Relaxation Training Series
  • Mindful Self -Compassion Cultivation
  • Mindfulness-Based Wellness and Sustainable Healthy Weight Management
  • Additional Topics may include: Neuroscience and Mindfulness, Mindful Eating made Simple with Whole Foods Plant-Based Nutrition, Mindful Yoga

Mindfulness-Based Yoga Instruction

Andrea teaches Mindful Flow yoga classes and offers private instruction with special rates for groups and families. She has been teaching Mindfulness-Based Yoga since 1993. She is certified in Integrative Yoga Therapy and a registered instructor with Yoga Alliance.

“The meditation techniques, and the mindful eating techniques I’ve learned have given me hope. The change I’ve seen in myself, the awareness…all of it…is something I will take with me. I am leaving here a changed woman.”

Participant, Vajrapani Mindful Eating Meditation Retreat

 

“Thank you so much for such a rich and rewarding weekend. The MB-EAT workshop was life-changing and the 1440 family supported this journey with amazing food, great accommodations and beautiful surroundings! Thank you again!”

~ Chris Bennor, 1440 MB-EAT Retreat

 

“Andrea, it was such a pleasure to attend your Esalen weekend workshop with Jean Kristeller on Mindfulness-Based Eating. You are a gifted teacher and facilitator, and bring a calm, nurturing energy to a difficult (often painful!) subject. You helped us make connections between the science of nutrition and how to actually make loving decisions about the way we eat. I left the weekend energized and excited to continue this journey, with a new sense of optimism. Many thanks!”

Michelle Catalano – Esalen

 

“Jean and Andrea were fantastic!… The joy, caring and love you bring to your teachings is so evident and so appreciated. Thank you!”

– Participants, Kripalu MB-Eat Weekend Workshop 2017

 

” I took a weekend retreat with Andrea and Ven. V.J. Sangmo and was completely blown away. From a personal experiential standpoint and as a dietitian working in weight management, the combination of their teachings assures an experience that is transformative, grounded and that you will be able to go home and practice. Truly amazing! Whether you want to learn/deepen a meditation practice, really tune in to your body signals and cravings or just have an amazing experience , this teaching will get you there. Thank you!”

Erika D., Registered Dietitan, Vajrapani Mindful Eating Meditation Retreat

 

“Andrea has been a pioneer in Kaiser Permanente, Northern California Region, creating curriculums, teaching classes, providing trainings of instructors, and implementing Mind Body Programs region wide such as Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction. She is a gifted and warm presenter and counselor whose work helps inspire and transform.”

David Sobel, MD, MPH
Former Medical Director of Patient Education and Health Promotion
Kaiser Permanente, Northern California Region
Author of “Healthy Body, Healthy Mind Handbook”, “The Healing Brain” and “Healthy Pleasures”

“You helped me so much with your wonderful yoga and meditation classes. It really changed my life”

Deborah McCarthy, Kaiser Permanente, Employee Wellness Classes, San Francisco

“Andrea creates a wonderful caring atmosphere and feeling of trust. Her sessions are very well presented and organized. This is one of the most valuable classes I have ever taken.”

C.B. – Kaiser Permanente , Richmond, CA

“I have really benefited from these techniques. When I first came I was having a lot of anxiety attacks and was under a lot more stress than I realized. Now I am not so nervous, tense or anxious and I can sleep peacefully.”

D.L. – Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, Ca

“Thank you for an amazing, transformative experience in the 8-week mindfulness meditation class!!”

G.T. – Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco, CA

“I have changed my attitude. I am a happier person with less stress and I’ve learned how to set limits. I feel good about myself thanks to Andrea.”

L.A. – Kaiser Permanente. Oakland, CA

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