
The ability to be WITH oneself in a kind way during moments of suffering (i.e.,self-compassion) instead of avoiding or distracting fosters resilience and an internal trust that you can tolerate hard things. Her step-by-step program will rebuild self-compassion, self-care, body awareness, acceptance, and connection to the self and to others. Ann’s research and book show us that these two factors are absolutely critical in the process of recovery. Biasetti offers yoga-based movement, body-awareness practices, meditations, and journaling exercises to help release long-held habits of self-criticism and perfectionism. This insight, informed by yoga and mindfulness meditation, views the body not just as something to be healed or restored but as a source of great wisdom and knowledge.ĭr. Befriending Your Body: A Self-Compassionate Approach to Freeing Yourself from Disordered Eating by Ann Saffi Biasetti (Goodreads Author) 4. Ann Saffi Biasetti’s powerful holistic approach to liberating people from disordered eating focuses on growing self-compassion and embodiment. Seeing the body as an adversary, these patterns can lead many people to become withdrawn or isolated.

Those who struggle with disordered eating often find themselves in an unrelenting cycle of harsh self-judgment, painful emotions, and harmful behaviors. A step-by-step holistic approach to eating disorder recovery, using self-compassion and embodiment practices to reduce symptoms, increase body awareness and acceptance, reconnect to others, and step back into an integrated life
