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
Share your story and hear from other members of the community to help spread awareness, connection and hope. Whether it is your personal journey, your support of a loved one, about body image & beauty standards or food justice – we would love to know you.
Speech, spoken word, songs, poems, readings, etc.
Wednesday, August 28 in the EDF Garden
With Food Truck!
Suggested Donation: $5
Please RSVP
info@eatingdisorderfoundat
Walk-ins are welcome too!
Spread awareness, get connected, share YOUR story:
— Your journey
— Supporting a loved one
— Body image and beauty standards
— Working in the community
— Food justice
— Marginalized communities
— and More!
We are accepting submissions from all communities, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, socioeconomic status, and/or disability and will strive to represent a diverse population to show eating disorders can affect anyone. Individuals with struggles, family members, clinicians and friends. All are welcome to the mic.
Deadline for two- to four-minute submissions: August 1
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Hosted by The Eating Disorder Foundation, in collaboration with The Eating Recovery Center (ERC), EDCare, Gaudiani Clinic, iaedp Foundation and Project Heal.
Yoga Classes at EDF – 6-week series, Saturdays. August 31, September 21, September 28, October 12, October 26, November 9. Open to all levels and will focus on breath, mindfulness, and finding comfort in our bodies.
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
Join Kate Daigle, LPC, CEDS as she celebrates the launch of her book, The Clinical Guide to Fertility, Motherhood and Eating Disorders: From Shame to Self-Acceptance” in an intimate garden setting at the Eating Disorder Foundation.
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This book focuses on issues arising from challenges conceiving, sustaining a healthy pregnancy, and mother-child bonding in women who have had or currently have an eating disorder.
Discussion examines research linking the presence of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa or binge eating disorder to fertility issues and experiential exercises exploring how to process this with clients will be outlined. The author shares some personal experiences from her own life and case studies to highlight the depth of these struggles. This book is the only comprehensive guide to addressing, working with, and healing from emotional struggles related to fertility and eating disorders.
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Yoga Classes at EDF – 6-week series, Saturdays. August 31, September 21, September 28, October 12, October 26, November 9. Open to all levels and will focus on breath, mindfulness, and finding comfort in our bodies.
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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
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY ALERT!
Colorado’s largest day of giving takes place on Tuesday, December 10th. On this day, thousands of people come together to support Colorado nonprofits like ours.
Have you been looking for a chance to volunteer? You can help us raise funds by creating your very own fundraising page! By creating a personalized fundraising page, you can enlist all of the people you’re connected with to support our cause. We’re getting together on November 9th at 9am to hang out and make our fundraising pages together!
Can’t make it? We’d love it if you made a fundraising page anyway. Just make sure to submit your page by December 5th.
Read more about fundraising pages at https://www.coloradogives.org/index.php?section=content&action=fundraising
EDF’S 12TH ANNUAL CANDLELIGHT VIGIL
Light a Candle to Remember, to Honor and to Ignite the Flame of Hope
The eating disorder community invites you to honor the memories of those taken by this devastating illness, the lives of those who continue to struggle, and the resilience of those who have recovered.
Wednesday, November 13th
5:30pm in the EDF Garden
Open House with light refreshments
1901 E. 20th Ave., Denver, CO 80205
Questions? Call 303-322-3373 or email
info@eatingdisorderfoundation.org