SASHA LORING, M.Ed, LCSW
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Mindfulness, Meditation, Self Kindness, Mindful Eating, and Emotional Wellbeing

 

Welcome!  I hope what I offer on this website will be a help to you.  Most exciting are workshops I am teaching:


- The Heart of Healing:  A 3 day meditation retreat, co-taught with Mary Brantley, at Duke Integrative Medicine, Durham, NC, May 18-20, 2012 - go to dukeintegrativemedicine.org (mindfulness programs) for information and to register

 

- Eating with Fierce Kindness:  Methods for Healing Your Relationship with Food - a weekend workshop at OMEGA in Rhinebeck, NY, August 24-26, 2012.  This is a beautiful place to attend a program, and includes great food and interesting evening entertainment.  eOmega.org (800-944-1001)

 

-Healing Your Relationship with Food - a 4 day workshop at Sivananda Yoga Retreat in the Bahamas, Nov. 1-4, 2012.  A very relaxing setting on Paradise Island, right on the ocean, also offering yoga classes and other interesting presenters.   http://sivanandabahamas.org/course.php?course_id=3456, or http://www.sivanandabahamas.org  (866-446-5934) 

 

-an article on Taming the Wanting Mind (see article page), and

-my new book:

  

EATING WITH FIERCE KINDNESS  

A Mindful and Compassionate Guide to Losing Weight  

 Published by New Harbinger.

Eating with Fierce Kindness is not a diet, but a way to revolutionize how you think about yourself and about food.  Fierce kindness refers to a strong determination to change thoughts, beliefs and behaviors that are not in your best interest in the long run, and doing so out of kindness rather than criticism and blame.  In this book I have combined the latest research on self-kindness, positive psychology, and mindfulness and applied it to changing eating behavior.  This book will guide you toward an understanding of why and how you are eating so you can successfully change your eating patterns.

 

 

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About the Author:  Sasha Loring, M.Ed., LCSW has taught meditation for over 30 years, and has created mindfulness programs for Duke Integrative Medicine including co-creating the Mindfulness Training for Professionals Program and the Changing from Within mindful eating program.  She created the Wisdom Path for Changing Your Relationship with Food, and is co-author of The Mindfulness Manual for Bariatric Surgery (a program that has been taught through eMindful internet education).  She has also developed programs for and taught at Duke Diet and Fitness Center.  She has been interviewed for the Wall Street Journal, Body and Soul Magazine, and for the eMindful internet education website.
 
Sasha Loring has led many mindfulness retreats and workshops on topics such as Healing Your Relationship with Food, The Healing Power of Mindfulness, Mindfulness and Compassion, and Mindfulness and Stress Reduction.  
Use the contact page of this website if you are interested in discussing a retreat or workshop presentation for your organization.  The Retreat page provides a description of a mindful eating retreat.

 

 

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Thank you for visiting this website.  I will be teaching or entering into my own retreats and may not be looking at email on a daily basis, but I will check in at least once a week, and am happy to hear from you.