Charity’s first Women’s Wellness Day a great success!
Charity’s first Women’s Wellness Day a great success. Local women indulge in self-kindness to reconnect with themselves and feel empowered.
If you’ve spent half-a-minute exploring our website you’ll be inundated about kindness, whether that be our kindness programme delivered to school-aged learners or our intention to use kindness to create social change. The issue is though to deliver kindness to others, you first have to be kind to yourself. The analogy of pouring from an empty cup comes to mind. In recognising this need for self-kindness to create wider kindness, the Charity consequently created a Kindness Retreat available exclusively for local women. The Kindness Retreat, or Women’s Wellness Retreat as we termed in social media, is a women-only day that delivers informative workshops on reflexology, mediation, cold water therapy, lunch and restorative yoga. The aim of the retreat was to fill up kindness cups by promoting the importance of self-care, empowering women to reconnect with themselves, build resilience, and return to their responsibilities with renewed energy.
Judging on the feedback we’ve since had from some of the amazing ladies who attended the Kindness Retreat, we’d we’ve achieved such aim. One lady commented “I thoroughly enjoyed the day from start to finish. A lot of thought and effort was put into the day. The bag everyone was given as a gift was a lovely idea. I wasn’t going to attempt the ice bath but by group support and Andy, I felt the courage to do this. I was also moved emotionally by what Andy was saying and related to him massively. It was made accessible to all different women and felt my needs were met. This day was empowering and taught me resilience and strength. I would very much like to return to a kindness retreat” whilst another echoed this by adding “A truly rejuvenating experience. What an incredible day at SFC’s first wellness retreat! From start to finish, it was thoughtfully planned and beautifully delivered. The reflexology session was absolutely fascinating, such an eye-opener. I only wish we’d had more time to explore it further! The breathing workshop was, without a doubt, one of the highlights of the day. The instructor was truly inspiring and created such a powerful, grounding experience aimed at working towards the ice bath. I am still riding the endorphin high, invigorating does not even begin to describe it!”
We would like to publicly place on record our thanks to all the ladies for attending the Kindness Retreat and entrusting us with their potential vulnerability to guide them back to a stronger place. If you would like to register your interest in attending one of our future women’s only Kindness Retreats then please don’t hesitate to register your interest with Lily here. Remember, you cannot pour from an empty cup!