Merrick's Walk & Fun Run - Sunday, March 27, 2011

11th Annual Merrick's Walk & Fun Run
Sunday, March 27, 2011


Merrick's Walk is an annual EDIN event held in loving memory of Merrick Ryan, a 19-year old who died from complications due to anorexia. This year we ask that you please join us, as we continue to strive for better health. All proceeds from the event will benefit EDIN's educational prevention programs. We hope to see you there!

Emcee:

Christi Paul, News Anchor for Headline News

Registration:

Adults: $25 Pre-register / $30 Day of
12 and under: $15 Pre-register / $20 Day of
Can't attend? Be a Phantom Walker or Runner

Walk (2.7 miles) or Fun Run (5k)

Click here to register: http://www.active.com/running/atlanta-ga/merricks-walk-and-5k-fun-run-2011

Where & When:
The Galloway School
215 W. Wieuca Road NW
Atlanta, Georgia 30342
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Registration @ 12:00 pm / Events @ 1:00 pm

Proceeds:
Proceeds benefit EDIN’s eating disorder prevention and wellness programs for students from K-12, teachers, parents, eating disorders sufferers and their loved ones. For more information about EDIN, visit: http://www.myedin.org/

Questions?
Please contact Lisbeth Rhine at
lisbeth@myedin.org or 404-816-3346

Yoga for a Healthy Body Image -- *free* workshop!

Yoga for a Healthy Body Image
Find Your Sweet Spot with this *Free* Love Your Body Month Workshop
at the Atlanta Ballet – Cobb Centre

How: Love yourself, move your body, live free. Through movement, breath work and body awareness meditations, learn when to push and when to surrender. Striking a balance between effort and ease can help you find your edge, your middle, your sweet spot. Let your intuition and breath lead your movement for your body and your life – Breathe and let the rest follow. Then, practice writing with the body to help connect your body, breath and spirit. Caroline Gebhardt, a registered yoga teacher and owner of FLOW Training, will lead the workshop creating a non-harming, non-competitive atmosphere.

When: Sunday, February 20, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Where: Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education, the Cobb Centre:
2000 Powers Ferry Road SE, Suite G4, Marietta, GA 30067 – (678-213-5000)

Why: Each February, the Eating Disorders Information Network (EDIN) launches LOVE YOUR BODY MONTH which provides educational workshops, seminars and other events to help promote positive body images and to help prevent disordered eating. For more information about EDIN, visit www.myedin.org .

Who: No yoga experience necessary. Just bring an open mind.

Cost: Free – Donations are welcome and will benefit EDIN 100%.

What to bring: Please bring a mat, a cushion if desired, water, and a journal.

Questions/RSVP: An RSVP is appreciated but not required. Contact Caroline Gebhardt at 404.210.6752 or caroline@mybodyflow.com


Love Yourself, Move Your Body, Live Free
www.mybodyflow.com

EDIN's Celebrity Dance Challenge - October 21, 2010

EDIN's annual Celebrity Dance Challenge is coming in less than a month! You can visit http://www.danceforselfesteem.org/index.php#about to purchase tix, and read specific info about the celeb dancers as well as a video and photos from last year. Think Dancing with the Stars in Atlanta (http://www.dance101.org) + a fundraiser honoring EDIN (http://www.myedin.org) to help prevent eating disorders and promote healthy body images throughout Atlanta and the nation! Great cause, exciting entertainment -- Hope to see you there!

Thursday, October 21st 2010
7:00 - 10:00 pm

*Doors open at 6:30 please come early for a meet and greet with drinks and a silent auction

173 14th Street, NW
Atlanta, GA 30309

Love Your Body Month - Free Workshop

Resolve to Love Your Body in 2010:
Gain Strength, Power and Awareness
through Movement and Art!

Join Megan McSwain, MA LAPC, and Caroline Correll, fitness/movement trainer, at lululemon athletica in Buckhead on Thursday, February 18, 2010, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. for a free movement/art workshop.

Let your body and spirit do the talking. Experiment various types of movement, tune into your deep wisdom and voice, then express yourself on paper. Everyone welcome. No art/exercise/dance experience required.

Some supplies will be provided, but please bring
a yoga mat and any special art supplies.
All proceeds will be donated to EDIN.

http://www.myedin.org/

lululemon athletica Buckhead address:

3096 Roswell Road, Atlanta, GA 30305

Questions? Please contact:

Caroline Correll - caroline@mybodyflow.com - 404.210.6752

Megan McSwsain - meganmcswain@gmail.com - 404.368.6174

FYI: EDIN (Eating Disorders Information Network) is a nonprofit organization based in Atlanta dedicated to the prevention of eating disorders including anorexia, bulimia, compulsive overeating, and other forms of disordered eating through education, outreach and action. EDIN celebrates Love Your Body Month each February as a way to encourage loving your body and to promote a healthy body/self image. Please visit http://www.myedin.org/ for a full calendar of events. Additionally, Megan McSwain, an Atlanta-based art therapist, and Caroline Correll, an Atlanta-based movement/fitness trainer, have led several workshops together with the intentions of helping participants to feel comfortable, listen to their wisdom, honor their creativity and shed light upon an important cause. Megan and Caroline thank you for your support and welcome everyone!

Love Your Belly, Trust Your Gut

Have you ever been in a situation where you feel a funny feeling deep in your gut, but because it's such a bummer, you ignore it? You go with the crowd, or with whom you think is your crowd, you stuff away that nagging feeling that's trying to guide you. Then, the inevitable bummer happens. And, all along, your gut was right. Your belly was trying to tell you the truth from the beginning? How can you learn to stand your ground, to stay firm in your truth, to stay planted in your peace?

Or, what happens when change happens? What happens when that bummer or disappointment sprouts, takes you for a wild ride and drops you off dizzy and grasping for air? What happens when the dance is something you haven't learned, what happens when you are forced to soak up a different perspective? How do you stand your ground in change? How do you stay true to yourself through change? How do you hope for peace in change?

To stay grounded, to stay true, to embrace peace within yourself and your surroundings are all things that movement and/or being-in-your-body can teach you. Through a variety of breathwork, yoga- and Pilates-inspired movement, and gentle guidance within a safe environment, you can learn to stay grounded through change, through the dance of life.

How so? Come to my free workshop this Sunday. See details below. And, stay tuned for more workshop/group movement experiences!

Dance, when you're broken open. Dance, if you've torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance, when you're perfectly free. ~ Rumi

Love Your Body Month - 2 free workshops!

Love Your Body Month is almost here (officially starting Sunday, February 1)! Atlanta's very own Eating Disorders Information Network organizes an array of events throughout the month of February to celebrate and honor loving your body. Please click here to see February's events: http://myedin.org/index.php?id=76&monthArg=1&yearArg=2009

Two workshops I'm cohosting:

Sunday, February 8, 10a-12p

"Let Your Body Tell its Story", which incorporates "writing with the body" and NIA, a form of movement to connect the body with the mind/emotions/spirit. Sandy Bramlett, M.Ed., a Nia teacher, will lead the movement portion of the workshop, and Caroline Correll, journalist and mind/body trainer, will lead the writing portion of the workshop. 10:00 am- 12 pm at Seminole Studio, 675 Seminole Avenue NE (in the Highland Building), Atlanta, GA 30307. Contact Debi Demare, EDIN Volunteer, at debidemare@comcast.net. The event is free, though donations will be accepted.

Sunday, February 15, 3-5pm

Join Megan McSwain, MA LAPC, and Caroline Correll, fitness/movement trainer, at the lululemon showroom on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009, from 3-5pm, to celebrate "Love Your Body Month". Learn to tune into your body's intuition through gentle movement, and express your spirit through art. Some supplies will be provided, but please bring a yoga mat and any special art supplies. Free, donations welcome, proceeds toward EDIN (www.myedin.org). Questions: caroline@mybodyflow.com or 404.210.6752 Address: lululemon showroom ~ 1409 North Highland Ave., Suite F, Atlanta, GA 30306 (next to FOOD 101, across from Doc Chey's)

Hope you can make it to these events - no need to RSVP. Come comfortable and ready to treat yourself kindly. ;)

EDIN workshop

Writing with the Body: Words and Movement
Monday, July 21, 2008
7-8pm
EDIN’s Decatur office:
124 Church Street, Decatur, GA 30030
*free

Join FLOW Training for a workshop
combining gentle movement and writing.
Drawing or coloring is also an option.
Practice tuning into your mind-body connection.
Let your body and your heart speak.

*Bring your journal and yoga mat.

Connect with your body, connect with yourself, connect with others. FLOW Training offers a variety of fitness training and workshops focusing on connecting the body, self, breath and community. For more information:

FLOW Training
404.210.6752
carolineflow@gmail.com
www.mybodyflow.com

*For more information about EDIN (Eating Disorders Information Network), please visit www.myedin.org

Words & Movement: Let Your Body Tell Its Story

Words & Movement: Let Your Body Tell Its Story
Awaken Awareness, Conclude with Compassion, Dance through Life

Everyone’s body has a story to tell. As people transform into adults, they tend to lose touch with their inherent creativity and expressive nature. Somewhere along the way, most people lose their natural connection to their body and stay stuck in their heads. Imagine if everyone lived in their body and loved it! During the month of February, EDIN (Eating Disorders Information Network) is hosting Love Your Body Month. There will be a variety of events and workshops offered, which are described in detail on their Web site, www.myedin.org. One of the events planned for the month is a workshop that will allow people to re-awaken their connection to their bodies through movement and writing. The event is free and will be held February 9 from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the YWCA at 957 N. Highland Ave. NE. Sandy Bramlett, a Nia blackbelt instructor, will lead the movement portion of the workshop, and Caroline Correll, journalist and mind/body trainer, will lead the writing portion. Everyone is invited to let their body tell its story. For more information, please email me: carolineflow@gmail.com

Welcome

Thanks again for visiting my blog -- I decided to create a blog because of my own experiences not trusting my body's signals. After finally reaching out and listening with the help of a local nonprofit EDIN, http://www.edin-ga.org, I feel so much more peace and excitement for life.

About me: I'm 25, grew up in South Carolina and currently work in television news production. While my tv experience has been beneficial, I'm moving toward educating and healing others in trusting their own body wisdom. I plan to use my idea of "FLOW" personal training -- Functional, Light, One-on-One Workout. (if you're interested, please email carolineflow@gmail.com for more information)

I love: interviewing people, teaching and taking fitness classes, tv bloopers, game night with funny friends so we can act like total goofs, entertaining friends, going to sleep early.

I hope my stories, writing, favorite quotes and encouragement help you to stay in tune with your body and spirit. Take good care of yourself.

“Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.” Seneca, Roman philosopher, mid-1st century AD