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Nikki Myers, yoga therapist and addictions recovery specialist, says that “addiction is the disease of the lost self” and that anything used to escape a perceived intolerable reality (like failure) is something that could possibly turn into an addiction. Addiction is a constant and pervasive reminder that something is demanding our attention and until we address it, we will remain stuck in suffering. But the suffering becomes familiar, even preferable to its alternative. And we end up engaging in our own oppression and the oppression of others — giving in to a paradigm that says we are not enough and then profits from our not-enoughness.
Recovery is not a destination but a practice. It calls us to interrogate our beliefs/behaviors, choose to do something different and be accountable to the future that we desperately yearn for. It is a whole system approach to the “dis-ease” of separation, supremacy and scarcity that helps us recover our lost selves and move towards true wholeness and belonging.
On October 3rd, we are beginning a journey that weaves new/old wisdom, neuroscience research, somatic healing, rites and rituals and relational organizing towards a shared practice of detox and recovery.
Recovering Ourselves: A 12-Step Approach to Liberation
in-person retreat with Kerri Kelly & Nikki Myers
October 3rd - 6th 2024
Watershed Retreat Center Millerton, New York
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