Sign up for our Mindful Gardening Workshop! Join us for a fun and nourishing workshop practicing the concepts of mindfulness while cultivating your own beautiful garden. There is no prior gardening or mindfulness experience required to reap the rewards of this workshop.
All are welcome!
RSVP today at info@eatingdisorderfoundation.org or 303.322.3373
Learn more about EDF’s therapeutic garden
It is our hope that members of the community can utilize our garden space to improve their mental wellness!
Each workshop in the garden series will include seasonally relevant gardening activities, discussions, mindfulness activities, and volunteering hours that should be accessible to most levels of ability. This series is not specific to eating disorders and is open to people anywhere on the mental health spectrum. However, the series aims to improve relationships with food and our own bodies.
Please dress appropriately in layers, wear sunscreen, and come prepared to get your hands dirty!
Learn more at eatingdisorderfoundation.org/get-involved/garden
Free! Donations are appreciated
Activities include:
Yoga, meditation and mindfulness
Soil, mulch, and composting
Companion planting and plant guilds
Planting seedlings
Native edible plants and “food forests”
Making herbal teas
Beneficial vs. harmful weeds
Food justice and food insecutiry
Food as medicine
Cooking from the garden
and more!
Schedule:
Earth Day – April 20th at 9am
Mother’s Day – May 11th at 9am
Nurturing Relationships – May 19th at 9am
Being Present – June 22nd at 9am
Getting Into the Weeds – July 13th at 9am
Food in Community – August 3rd at 9am
Food in Community Part 2 – August 24th at 9am
Celebrating Abundance – September 14th at 9am
Preparing for Change – October 12th at 9am
Learn more at eatingdisorderfoundation.org/get-involved/garden
Phone: (303) 322-2272
Email: mganz@eatingdisorderfoundation.org
This support group is ideal for individuals 30 years and older that are struggling or in recovery from an eating disorder, disordered eating, or body image concerns.
This support group is ideal for individuals who are in stable recovery, but desire a forum to discuss how the very temperament and intricate personality traits that aligned with their eating disorders sometimes continue to create new challenges in life. Individuals who wish to sign up must contact us at info@eatingdisorderfoundation.org
Free virtual support group for people struggling with eating disorders, disordered eating, or body image. Must be 18 or older to participate.
Tuesdays, 12:30-1:30 PM MST
Learn more here.
This group has been temporarily moved to a virtual format. Learn more
This support group is ideal for men at least 18 years old who are struggling or in recovery from an eating disorder, disordered eating, or body image concerns.
This support group is ideal for family members and friends of individuals struggling or in recovery from an eating disorder. Join this group of parents, partners, siblings, and friends, and talk with someone who knows what you’re going through.
This group has been temporarily moved to a virtual format. Learn more
Bring any art supplies and “Create Your Story” through art journaling. It is your art and your time to express yourself through art in any way you choose. Hang out, listen to music, and make art in a relaxed, fun environment with your fellow EDF members. Must be at least 18 years old to attend.
This group takes place virtually. Learn more
Historical Trauma and Eating Disorders
a talk by Gloria Lucas of Nalgona Positivity Pride
Free
July 19th at 6:30PMThe Eating Disorder Foundation
1901 E 20th Ave, Denver, CO 80205
Space is limited! Please RSVP at info@eatingdisorderfoundation.org or 303-322-3373
For the past 30 years, eating disorders have been represented as a white, middle-class phenomenon. Due to the lack of representation of people of color and indigenous populations with troubled eating, these communities suffer from high rates of undiagnosed conditions, inaccessible treatment and culturally insensitive practices within the eating disorder world/community itself. In this presentation, participants will have the ability to evaluate eating disorders through a social justice lens that centers the experiences of people of color and indigenous descent people. Participants will learn about historical trauma, and the white-thin-cis-hetero industrial complex. Furthermore, the facilitator will explore the legacies of colonialism on self-esteem, body-image, and food.
Sponsored by EDCare and Eating Recovery Center, in collaboration with the Eating Disorder Foundation, Gaudiani Clinic, and Project Heal.
About Nalgona Positivity Pride
Nalgona Positivity Pride (NPP) is a xicana-indigenous body-positive organization that provides intersectional eating disorders education and community-based support for people of color who are struggling with troubled eating and poor body-image. After not seeing her own experiences reflected and the lack of cultural awareness in the eating disorder world, Gloria Lucas started NPP in 2014 out of an urgent need to create a platform for communities of color and indigenous-descent communities who struggle alone. Gloria first-hand experienced the isolation that comes with being a person of color with an eating disorder and the absence of services for low-income people.
NPP’s line of work focuses on uncovering the impacts of colonialism, social oppression, historical trauma and its role in impairing relationships indigenous-descent people have with food and body-image. NPP’s goal is to help people of color and indigenous descent folks find education and resources for self-empowering, resistance, and healing.
This support group is ideal for individuals 30 years and older that are struggling or in recovery from an eating disorder, disordered eating, or body image concerns.