FRY Mind-Body Wellness Retreat

FRY Wellness Retreat

FRY Mind-Body Wellness Retreat is a thoughtfully designed retreat to deliver an exceptional experience, a blend of tranquillity and insight. A unique holiday that has the power to transform your life.

Join this retreat in the splendid beauty of Gallilee Centre’s nature to discover the wisdom in your life and be nourished, inspired, and empowered by the view of the Ottawa River, the nature all around, silence observed until after breakfast, Yoga both Yang and Yin approaches, Meditation, Breathwork, Yoga Nidra and Circle of Fire ceremony.

Step out of the daily hustle and bustle and step into a Yoga practice and discover your own inner dimension.

You will be introduced to the 5 key segments of the FRY The Method class which includes Meditation, Breathwork, Asana both Yang and Yin approaches, relaxation, positive and affirmation and Mindfulness, tools for stress management, calming your life and learning to let go.

No Yoga experience is necessary. We will give you the tools to start or enhance your Yoga practice

WHEN

Friday October 7th to Sunday October 9th, 2022.

WHO

Anyone interested in stepping out of the daily hustle and bustle and stepping into a Yoga practice and discovering their own inner dimension.

Anyone involved in high trauma jobs such as Dispatch, Paramedic,Police, Fire and Volunteer Services and their Management.

WHERE

The Galilee Centre

Address: 398 John Street North, Arnprior ON K7S 2P6 (just outside of Ottawa Ontario Canada)

Website: www.galileecentre.com

WHAT IS INCLUDED

– 2 nights basic accommodation (single) at the peaceful and serene Galilee Retreat Centre adjacent to an old growth forest overlooking the Ottawa River, complete with meditative labyrinth, river beach and forest path

– 6 healthy vegan meals with gluten free options (first meal: Friday dinner; last meal: Sunday lunch). Any food allergies need to be communicated by September 17th

– 12+ hours of Yoga (Yang and Yin approaches), Meditation, Yoga Nidra and positive affirmations, Pranayama (Breathwork)

– Introduction to the FRY The Method

– Q&A about Yoga Lifestyle and Philosophy

COST

– Early Bird: $ 635.00 CAD until August 15th, 2022 (Full payment is required to take advantage of the early bird price)

– After August 15th 2022 full cost of $ 695.00 CAD ($ 350.00 CAD deposit non-refundable to hold your spot and payment in full by September 17th. See details in tickets)

– After September 17th payment in full, $ 695.00 CAD, to hold your spot

PLEASE NOTE that HST and Eventbrite Fee are not included in the above price.

BUY THE TICKET RIGHT NOW AT THIS LINK: FRY Mind-Body Wellness Retreat Ticket

WHAT TO BRING

– Your Yoga mat

– Comfortable clothing for the Yoga practice

– Yoga blocks, blanket and strap if you have

– Water bottle

– Toiletries and towels

– Swim suit if the weather is nice

– Evening jacket/sweater and sock for campfire and if cold within the residence

– Walking shoes

– A journal and colouring pencil/markers

SCHEDULE OF THE RETREAT

Arriving Friday October 7th by 3pm

1. Friday schedule:

  • 3:30-4:30pm: Welcome and Retreat overview.
  • 4:30-6:15pm: Meditation, Pranayama & Yoga practice (Yang approach)
  • 6:30pm: Dinner and individual time
  • 8:00-9:00pm: Introduction to Classical Yoga Nidra & Yoga Nidra practice
  • Individual quiet time
  • 10:00pm: Suggested lights out

2. Saturday schedule (observing silence until breakfast is completed)

  • 6:00-6:30am: Meditation
  • 6:30-8:00 Pranayama and Yoga practice (Yang approach)
  • 8:15am: Breakfast and individual time
  • 11:00am-12:15pm: Meditation, Yin Yoga
  • 12:30pm: Lunch
  • 2:00-2:45pm: Q&A about Yoga Lifestyle and Philosophy
  • 2:45-4:00pm: Introducing F.R.Y. The Method
  • 4:00-4:30pm: Break with fruits and vegetables trays
  • 4:30-6:15pm: Meditation, Pranayama and Yoga practice following F.R.Y. The Method
  • 6:30pm: Dinner and individual time
  • 8pm-9pm: Circle of Fire on the beach
  • 10:00pm: Suggested lights out

3. Sunday schedule (observing silence until breakfast is completed)

  • 6:00-6:30am: Meditation
  • 6:30-8:00 am: Pranayama and Yoga practice (Yang approach)
  • 8:15am: Breakfast and individual time
  • 9:30am: Labyrinth Walk Meditation
  • Room check out by 11am
  • 11:00am-12:15pm: Meditation & Yin Yoga
  • 12:30pm: Lunch
  • 2:00-3:00pm: Classical Yoga Nidra
  • 3:15-4pm: Closing session

CONTACT

Julia@FRYCanada.com

Sasy@FRYCanada.com

Phone: 519.770.YOGA (9642)

 

Anxiety is a result of becoming aware of our deeper level of vulnerability

FRY anxiety yoga

Anxiety is a result of becoming aware of our deeper level of vulnerability.

Anxiety is a consequence of being aware of our deeper level of vulnerability. 

As human beings, we all are going to experience pain in our lives. That is something we cannot avoid at all. At a certain point in our life our body will hurt, so too our emotions. Feelings and pain can become even worse due to the horrible things happening in the world.

Stay with your moment-to-moment experience

Unnecessary suffering arises when we decide not to have direct experience. The more we refuse to stay in moment-to-moment experience, the more suffering arises.

Carl Jung says “All neurosis is a substitute for legitimate suffering.” We tend to unconsciously dissociate ourselves from intense experiences. We work instead on the relationship we have with pain. Neurosis is the effort of not feeling pain, risk, panic or fear. We try some distractions to get out of the real experience and disturbing feelings. Watching TV, drinking or using drugs are neuroses. Neuroses can bring immediate relief by numbing the awareness of our actual experience but they work only in the short run.

The magic of staying on the sensation level

I have found it helpful to stay on the sensation level. As a matter of fact, it’s very hard to find a problem at the sensation level of one’s experience. It’s very easy instead to find a problem at the interpretive and conceptual level. If you stick to the way you feel – “I feel tired”, “I feel angry”, “I feel pain” and so on – you can easily understand how those feelings are not harming you. They are just feelings. By staying on the sensation level, you can move around the pain. 

Fighting or accepting the who that you are?

Changing the way you relate to the who that you are can be a way towards a better life. Do not fight it. Instead accept it and observe it. Learn to yield and accept the sensation level of your experience. Witness the experience itself. It won’t allow you to avoid pain but it will lessen the suffering.

A few minutes of meditation on a regular basis can help you to recognize your emotions and become aware of the differences between the who you are and the sensations you feel. 

Try it! You do not even tell the others what you do. They will notice the difference in the who you will become.

If you want to learn more about the benefits of Yoga, Meditation, Breathwork, Positive Affirmations have a look at our dedicated page FRY Research and Links. Those are all segments of FRY The Method for First Responders.

Sasy, FRY Director

CALGARY ALBERTA: 5-hour FRY The Method Workshop for First Responders with FRY Canada

FRY in Calgary

CALGARY ALBERTA: 5-hour FRY The Method Workshop for First Responders with FRY Canada

We are happy to announce another date for FRY ROAD TRIP.

June 20 and 21, 2022, FRY Canada is coming to Calgary Alberta at “Flowtion Cafe & Mobility Studio” with two opportunities to engage:

1. 5hr FRY The Method First Responder Workshop for Mind-Body Wellness and Resilience on June 21st 8:30AM-2PM (1/2hr break). Cost: $175+HST+Eventbrite fee

2.FRY is also offering a 90-minute Pre-Workshop class add-on in FRY The Method June 20th 7PM-8:30PM. Cost: $25+HST+Eventbrite fee. 

IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAMS ATTEND BOTH TO EXPERIENCE THESE TECHNIQUES WHILE THEY ARE IN SAULT STE MARIE!

This is the link to reserve your spot: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/348205119887

Would like us to come in your city? Call us at 519.770.YOGA(9632), we are happy to collaborate.

Yoga: Self-esteem boost or ego quieting?

FRY Self-enhancement

Is Yoga a self-esteem boost or an ego quieting practice?

Keep reading to find out the scientific answer.
 
“Quieting the ego” is considered a root cause to lessen suffering and pain. I do not think there is too much to discuss about it. Each of us had some experiences about dealing with over-self-centered counterpart. Everyone deal with situation based on “I” talking, “mine” talking and so on. You cannot get out of that. “Mine” will be always more important than “yours” because “I” will be always more important than “you”.
 
Here is why Yoga and Meditation are important. They help you to feel the undivided unity between you and the other. In fact, separation is an illusion. The great poet Rumi said “Why struggle to open a door between us when the whole wall is an illusion?”
 

Research

The “Self-Centrality Breeds Self-Enhancement” Principle.
There is a study about self-esteem’s relation to the Big Two personality dimensions:
– “agency” – e.g., ambitious, competitive, outgoing, getting ahead, and
– “communion” – e.g., caring, honest, understanding, getting along.
 
The researchers stated that “self-centrality breeds self-enhancement” principle. Agency will link to self-esteem, if agency is self-central. Communion will link to self-esteem, if communion is self-central. You can read the full study at University of Southampton (UK) at this LINK.
 
William James was a 1907 phycologists. He also stated that possessing important agentic or communal self-attributes, produce much self-esteem. In other words, when you believe in what you do, the result you get is an increase in self-esteem. No matter if what it is important for you is an agentic or communal self-attributes
 

Research

Mind-Body Practices and the Self: Yoga and Meditation Do Not Quiet the Ego but Instead Boost Self-Enhancement.
 
An article first published online on June 2018, reports the effect of yoga and meditation on the Self. You can read it on Sage Journal website at this LINK.
 
According to the study, self-enhancement bias is higher in the yoga  and meditation conditions, and the effect is mediated by greater self-centrality. Additionally, greater self-enhancement bias mediated mind-body practices’ well-being benefits. Evidently, neither yoga nor meditation fully quiet the ego; to the contrary, they boost self-enhancement.
 
The “ego-quieting” effect people talk in yoga, contradicts the self-centrality principle. According to this principle, practicing any skill renders that skill centered within yourself; and self-centrality breeds self-enhancement bias.
  

Outcome

There are so many studies supporting the benefits of yoga and meditation. Boosting your self-esteem is another added benefit. Another gain in the First Responders-fast-decision-to-take environment.
 
FRY The Method has its root in those ancient practices. Wanna give them a try? Download FRY The APP by using this LINKor contact us to know more about what we do and offer.
 
Sasy, FRY Director and Co-Founder

FRY Road Trip across Canada

FRY Road Trip

FRY ROAD TRIP ACROSS CANADA – WILL WE SEE YOU?

FRY Creators CEO Julia Long & Director Sasy Cacace are leading 5-hour FRY The Method workshops & classes ACROSS CANADA to the west starting on June 4, 2022.  

FRY will be hosted in:

  • Sudbury at “A Space to Breathe Inc”,
  • Sault Ste Marie at “Peaceful Warrior Wellness Studio” and
  • Calgary at Balance Mobile Body Inc. (FLOWTION)

There are still some slots open if you would like to host a session for your Department. Contact us for more details and to BOOK. 519-770-YOGA(9642) or email: info@FRYCanada.com.

Cities with a few spots/dates available:

  • WINNIPEG MB June 15th
  • REGINA SK June 18th
  • CALGARY AB June 21st
  • EDMONTON AB June 23rd
  • FORT McMURRAY AB June 25th
  • JASPER/BANFF AREA June 27th, 29th
  • VANCOUVER BC July 5th

Workshop Learning objectives:  

  • Learn how to manage mental health, injury-prevention, stress and build resilience in active, high trauma jobs;
  • Understand the science behind and impact of breathwork, functional movement (energetic yang and deep tissue stretching yin), relaxation techniques, positive affirmations and meditation on mind-body wellbeing; and
  • Experience the effect of a FRY The Method class on the nervous system, the physical body and overall wellbeing.

We would love to see you in person.

SAULT STE MARIE ONTARIO: 5-hour FRY The Method Workshop for First Responders

We are happy to announce the starting of FRY ROAD TRIP.

Tuesday June 7 and Wednesday June 8, 2022, FRY Canada is coming to Sault Ste Marie at “Peaceful Warrior Wellness” Studio with two opportunities to engage:

– 5hr FRY The Method First Responder Workshop for Mind-Body Wellness and Resilience on June 8th 8th 8:30AM-2PM (1/2hr break). Cost: $175+HST+Eventbrite fee

– FRY is also offering a 90-minute Pre-Workshop class in FRY The Method June 7th 3PM-4:30PM. Cost: $25+HST+Eventbrite fee.

IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAMS ATTEND BOTH TO EXPERIENCE THESE TECHNIQUES WHILE THEY ARE IN SAULT STE MARIE!

This is the link to reserve your spot: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/330591507097

Would like us to come in your city? Call us at 519.770.YOGA(9632), we are happy to collaborate.

SUDBURY ONTARIO: 5-hour FRY The Method Workshop for First Responders

FRY Road Trip

We are happy to announce the starting of FRY ROAD TRIP.

Sunday June 5 and Monday June 6, 2022, FRY Canada is coming to Sudbury at “A Space to Breathe Inc” Studio with two opportunities to engage:

– 5hr FRY The Method First Responder Workshop for Mind-Body Wellness and Resilience on June 6th 8:30AM-2PM (1/2hr break). Cost: $175+HST+Eventbrite fee

– FRY is also offering a 90-minute Pre-Workshop class in FRY The Method June 5th 6PM-7:30PM. Cost: $25+HST+Eventbrite fee.

IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAMS ATTEND BOTH TO EXPERIENCE THESE TECHNIQUES WHILE THEY ARE IN SUDBURY!

This is the link to reserve your spot: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/336587741997

Would like us to come in your city? Call us at 519.770.YOGA(9632), we are happy to collaborate.