2024 Refuge Outdoor Festival

Session Capacity: 30

Attention attendees: Online registration does not guarantee session access. Please arrive at least 5 minutes before the session begins and check in with a volunteer to secure your spot. Thank you!

Agenda
Workshop Introduction 5 min
Group introduction 10 min
Part one 15-35 min
Break *if applicable*
Part two 10-30 min
Part three 10-30 min

Part One: Know yourself

What’s your relationship to self love like right now?
Self love is a journey. How we feel about ourselves in this exact moment is a culmination of our past experiences, thoughts and actions. Trauma from our childhoods, bad relationships and negative self-talk alter our view of yourself sometimes in an instant, sometimes over time.

Part Two: Protect yourself

This part of the workshop is about the inside of you. The most precious, innocent, and vulnerable version of yourself. The part of you that needed to be protected, the part of you that needed support and so on. What can you give to yourself now that you always needed? Outside of monetary objects what can you offer yourself as far as emotional and mental/psychological safety?

Part Three: Love yourself

Now it’s time to bring it all together and make your declaration of self love. How will you love yourself? What will that look like in your relationship with self and others? What small and big changes do you need to make to support your self love journey?

Learning Objectives
Introduction to challenging negative self talk
Exploring Affirmations and how to use them
Expanding relationship to self and relationship to others
Value of relationship healing

Suggested reading:
The Body Is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor
Meditation for Beginners by Stephanie Clement, Ph.D.
All About Love by Bell Hooks
Abundance Now by Lisa Nichols & Janet Switzerland