Wellness Events New Jersey
Learn to Play the Harmonium! 4 x Sessions
Date: Starts Saturday February 10th
4 x Dates: February 10th, 17th, 24th and March 2nd
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Location: Body Positive Works, 96 E Allendale Road, NJ 07458
Host: Ben Wisch
$300 for 4 Sessions
The Mindful Living Community
Date: Wednesday’s – Recurring Weekly
Time: 7:00 PM – 8:15 PM
Location: Body Positive Works, 96 E Allendale Road, NJ 07458
Host: Mark Van Buren, Mindful Living Trainer
$20 per session
In a world where life moves quickly and stressors are abundant, finding a safe, non-judgmental space for mindfulness is crucial. We invite you to be a part of our weekly gathering, the Mindful Living Community—a haven of mindfulness, authentic connection, and inner growth.
Why Attend?
- Find Your Center: Detox from the daily grind and rejuvenate your spirit.
- Build Connections: Cultivate genuine, non-judgmental relationships in a supportive community.
- Expert Guidance: Let Mark Van Buren, a seasoned Mindful Living Trainer, guide you through effective meditation techniques and spiritual teachings.
What to Expect?
When you enter the embracing atmosphere of the Mindful Living Community, you’re saying yes to self-discovery and genuine human connection. Guided by Mark, the evening consists of deep-dive meditation sessions, interactive discussions, and an exploration of diverse mindfulness practices—be it breath awareness, loving-kindness, or body scans.
A Journey in Mindful Living
Are you excited to embark on a transformative journey that goes beyond mere relaxation? Our community aims to offer a comprehensive approach to mindfulness, focusing on collective growth, emotional support, and the practical benefits of a committed meditation practice.
Spots are filling fast! Secure your place in this enriching community for a transformative journey in mindful living.
🌿 Discover Inner Peace at "Finding Freedom Exactly Where You Are" - A Half-Day Meditation Retreat
Date: Saturday February 24th 2024
Time: 12:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Body Positive Works, 96 E Allendale Road, Saddle River, NJ 07458
Host: Mark Van Buren, Mindful Living Trainer
$99
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Discover Inner Peace at “Finding Freedom Exactly Where You Are” – A Half Day Meditation Retreat.
Why Attend?
Discover the tranquility and wisdom in accepting yourself just as you are in this nurturing and supportive retreat. Engage in various forms of meditation—sitting, walking, moving—in a warm, compassionate space. This retreat is an opportunity to unwind, find inner peace, and practice self-acceptance, setting you up for a year of clarity, resilience, and contentment.
Who Should Attend? Whether you’re new to meditation or have been practicing for years, this retreat is for anyone looking to incorporate mindfulness into their daily life and start the new year with a fresh, positive mindset.
Early Bird Special: Register before February 1st and enjoy a 10% discount. It’s our gift to you for prioritizing your well-being!
Why Join This Retreat?
- Diverse Meditation Practices: Explore different meditation styles in a supportive environment.
- Focus on Self-Acceptance: Learn to embrace and love yourself as you are.
- Renewed Mindset: Move into the new year with a calm, clear, and resilient mindset.
Limited spots available. Reserve your seat now for an enriching escape into mindfulness and serenity.
🎶 Group Sound Healing, "Attune. Release. Renew." with Joy Mino
Date: Second Friday of each month
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm
Location: Body Positive Works, 96 E Allendale Road, NJ 07458
Host: Joy Mino, Sound Healing Practitioner
Second Friday of the month – $35
Pre-Registration required
The use of sound to find peace, meditate and reflect, is an age old practice that has deep ties to ancient traditions. Quiet your mind and release old physical and energetic patterns with this Sound Healing Meditation using Himalayan Singing Bowls. The use of Himalayan Singing Bowls, vibrationally attuned to each energy center, allows for healing pathways to open and stuck energy to be released. Find your inner calm and walk away feeling refreshed and renewed.
Pre-registration required! Limited to 10 participants.
💖 Body Positive Works Sangha Connections
Date: TBA
Time: TBA
Location: Body Positive Works, 96 E Allendale Road, NJ 07458
Host: Melanie Struble
FREE to attend
Welcome to the Body Positive Works Connections Sangha! A unique community meet up, open to anyone working in Yoga or any other holistic practice that works towards bringing positivity and healing into our world. Here at Body Positive Works, we wanted to offer a gathering place, where like minds could come together, share experiences and learn from one another. This is a non-competitive and non-judgmental gathering, offering a deep sense of community, support and connection. The opportunity to share, absorb, learn and laugh together! Come to bounce around ideas, to share about what you are currently teaching, learning or working on, or just come to spend some time with your community!
Each Sangha will look like this…
- warm welcome (to come together)
- short meditation (to get grounded)
- guest speaker or guest demo (to learn)
- open discussion circle (to connect)
- mingle, chat and spend time in your community!
Time: 7pm-8:30pm (Your presence is deeply felt and appreciated, even if you can only stay for a little while.)
This is a FREE event. Registration will help us plan, however walk-ins are most welcome.
♀️ Women, Food, and Healing: A Therapeutic Support Group with Melanie Struble, LCSW, LCADC
Date: TBA
⏰ Time: TBA
Location: Body Positive Works, 96 E Allendale Road, NJ 07458
Host: Joy Mino, Sound Healing Practitioner
6 weeks | $300.00
Do you judge what you eat, do you judge yourself? Are you constantly thinking about food, your body, your weight? Do these thoughts about food and your body take you out of the present moment, impact your mood, leave you feeling upset with yourself, or lead to negative behaviors or habits to manage the pain? Do you determine your self-worth by the number on the scale? If the answer is “YES” to any of these questions, join Melanie Struble, LCSW, LCADC for a 6-week Therapeutic Support Group.
🍽️ Disordered Eating Meal Support Group (ages 16+) with Erica Ban, MS, RD
Date: TBA
⏰ Time: TBA
Location: Body Positive Works, 96 E Allendale Road, NJ 07458
Host: Erica Ban
6 weeks | $300.00
In eating disorder treatment, the path to successful recovery requires addressing two major areas:
- Behavior changes related to food, exercise, weight
- Psychological and emotional issues
To make progress toward becoming recovered, great benefit can come from extra support at mealtime. Erica Ban, (Licensed Dietitian – mealtime support facilitator) will discuss with participants their feelings about eating and mealtime, and help them learn to utilize coping skills to handle strong urges, emotions, and distressing thoughts. Through this process, group members can challenge the underlying thought patterns that give them the most trouble in recovery. The first half of the group will be dedicated to eating a meal together. The second half of the group will provide post meal processing – discussing the entire mealtime experience – thoughts, feelings, and urges that arose during the meal, and reflect on the day’s moments of ease and discomfort. Tools to enhance recovery and increase awareness and insight will be offered throughout each week’s session.
🧠 Mindful Eating Support Group with Adina Kelman, Holistic Health Coach
Date: TBA
Time: TBA
Location: Body Positive Works, 96 E Allendale Road, NJ 07458
Host: Adina Kelman, Holistic Health Coach
3 weeks | $150.00
Emotional eating affects everyone and impacts both our physical and mental health.
Learn how to heal your relationship to food and body in this 3 week support group.
Join Adina Kelman as she outlines
- what emotional eating is
- how intuition and self trust connect to lifelong health
- mindfulness and self care skills that will allow you to move through mealtime with greater ease
- self care skills that will enable you to nourish your body with love and compassion
- strategies to help you manage the feelings that often conflict with our long term health goals
💔 Grief Support Group (ages 18+) with Chani Getter, MSW, LSW
Date: TBA
⏰ Time: TBA
Location: Body Positive Works, 96 E Allendale Road, NJ 07458
Host: Chani Getter
Dates TBA
6 weeks | $300.00
When someone close to us dies, we ourselves feel lost, our identity shifts. We wonder who we are if we are no longer someone’s grandchild, child, sibling, spouse, partner, friend or parent.
A story is told… when we lose someone close to us, it is as if our heart shatters and splinters all over, like birds, these shards that are our heart fly away. Over time one piece comes back at time. They slowly mend as one piece of us falls back into place…
As we build our lives, we envision, create, experience, and love, we are aware of life and death. We consciously know death is a part of all things living, yet conscious awareness does not heal the pain of grief. Grieving in community is our true nature – being seen, witnessed, heard, and then offering support to another, begins to introduce the heart to the possibility of healing. Grieving does not mean forgetting, and it certainly has no timeline. Healing means living alongside grief, growing around the grief. In this support group, we will make space for both, meet with others who live with the pain of grief, support and learn from one another, and in time make space for more smiles than tears. We will discuss the stages of grief, how grief is stored in the body, how to release it, and how to be with the reality in which we live now, to integrate loss into our life and find healing and wholeness.