ARTICLES & INTERVIEWS
While there are many different experiences of recovery, one underlying message is clear: We do recover. Recovery is possible.
Our Founder, Chelsea Roff, speaks out about the dangerous consequences of a newly proposed diagnosis that some physicians are using to help people with anorexia to end their own lives through Physician-Assisted Suicide.
Diet culture consists of a set of societal beliefs and expectations around food and weight. The media and society constantly reinforce diet culture and establish stereotypes that promote specific body types and weights.
Uncover the connection between social media and eating disorders. Find strategies to manage its effects, promote body positivity, and foster recovery.
Chelsea Roff, Founding Director of Eat Breathe Thrive, reflects on this year’s Yoga and Recovery Symposium and what it means to focus not only on treatment but prevention.
Daneen Farrall takes us on Part II of her path to becoming an EBT Facilitator, integrating resilience and intention into her own healing journey.
Chelsea Roff reflects on her recent conversation with Conspirtuality Pod cast about orthorexia and gendered eating disorder stereotypes. She reflects on the meaning of the popular term “orthorexia,” the problems with overdiagnosis in psychiatric care, and the unique ways eating disorders present among men.
Eat Breathe Thrive Facilitator Alyssa Gremban shares her story of twenty-two years and thirteen hospitalizations battling an eating disorder and how Eat Breathe Thrive helped her turn on a recovery “light bulb” she didn’t even know existed.
This Valentine’s Day, use a yogic approach to express love! Read on to learn more about ahimsa, and how it relates to showing yourself love.
Highly Sensitive People make up 20% of our population, yet many people aren’t aware of this genetic trait. In this blog post, Kelsey describes learning about her own sensitivity, shifting the connotation of “sensitive” from negative to positive, and how Eat Breathe Thrive helped her forge a deeper connection between her mind and body.
Growing older is universal, but it’s not something that is often discussed openly. In this past month’s Virtual Campfire series, we dove into this topic head first and found a lot of common ground.
Discover how yoga can help you challenge perfectionism, connect with your body, develop body positivity, and practice radical acceptance.
All-or-nothing thinking (or "black-and-white thinking") is common in individuals with eating disorders and other mental health challenges. Dialectical thinking can help us challenge and reframe our thoughts.
In Western culture, we are fed messages every day about what we “should” look like. In Eat Breathe Thrive’s Virtual Campfire series, we had the opportunity to change the narrative and take a break from our judgments about our bodies.
Eat Breathe Thrive: Stories of Eating Disorder Recovery is designed to give people with lived experience of eating disorders a space to share their personal journeys of recovery. In this blog post, Cara Lisette, a mental health nurse, blogger, and Etsy shop owner shares her experience of eating disorder recovery.
Jill Lacasse shares how you can use your yoga practice to foster body acceptance and appreciation, rather than unhelpful comparisons and body dissatisfaction.
Maris Degener, star of I Am Maris, shares her perspective on yoga, and how it has healed her relationship with her body, mind, and spirit.
What causes eating disorders? Mental health professionals recognize three overlapping spheres of influence: biological, psychological, and sociocultural forces.
Eating disorders are serious, potentially life-threatening illnesses. While yoga can be an important tool at the right stage of recovery, it can also put some students at risk of serious health complications. Here are the four major types of cardiovascular complications all yoga teachers should be aware of.
If you suspect someone you know may be struggling with an eating disorder, it may be difficult to approach them with your concerns—but it could also be life saving. Follow these steps to have a conversation with a person you’re concerned about.
Yoga is movement, but it is more than that. How does yoga help us feel better? Here’s the science bit: Yoga improves the function of the vagus nerve.
Dianne Bondy talks about what yoga means to her, explains how yoga can help to shape a positive body image, and shares her words of wisdom to others looking to start their yoga journey.
Our Facilitator Spotlight is an ongoing series, aimed at shining a light on our facilitators, their programs, and their experience of facilitation.
In this blog post, we speak with Lara Scriba, a Registered Nurse, yoga teacher, and reiki practitioner.
Jessica Popp talks about learning to love her belly, the commercialization of yoga, and the beauty in celebrating the functionality of your body. #ILoveThisBodyTribe
Our Facilitator Spotlight is an ongoing series, aimed at shining a light on our facilitators, their programs, and their experience of facilitation.
First up: We speak to Kathy Godfrey, a recovery group facilitator, yoga teacher, writer, and spiritual coach in Asheville, NC.
Let's get real with a new type of yoga challenge! Find out the inspiration behind #ILoveThisBodyTribe, and learn why you should celebrate your body today.
Kevin shares their lived experience with mental health, an eating disorder, and the journey to recovery.