“Remembering the sacredness of your body through exercise and food .”
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LOCATION: The Victoria Truth Centre, 1201 Fort St, Victoria, BC
DATE: Saturday Sep 11 th 2010
Time: 9 – 4:30 pm
Early Bird Special : Sign up by August 1st and bring a friend.
From: Matthew Ashdown, Personal Trainer, Public Speaker
Do you know what you “should” be doing but find yourself not doing it?
Are your goals seeming less and less possible to you?
Most people know what they have to do to lose weight but are not doing it. There are patterns, often unknown to them, that are sabotaging them. Maybe this is you.
Still others are following methods that offer quick fixes to health loss, but compromise health and well being. Health is about lifestyle changes, loving yourself more, doing what you love to do, and making it about something more than losing weight. Weight loss and toning becomes a side-effect.
It is a journey of returning to Sacred and on Sep 18th 2010. Matthew Ashdown, Personal Trainer and Speaker will be taking Victoria participants through a very unique personal training approach to exercise and healthy body that includes perspectives from psychology, spirituality and exercise physiology.
“Matthew, you are so very good with people, compassionate and empathetic, and you draw from so many terrific sources. The way you put them all together creates a wonderful introduction for people embarking on this new journey of self-acceptance and empowerment. I see you as an upcoming ‘new century’ Leader in short time.”
- T Vanderlip
“I really liked the energy you brought to this presentation and the open way you shared your own journey and ways you overcame challenges in your own life as that builds safety for others to share.”
G Gerry
“In just a few sessions I have learned to tap into, as well as, step into my POWER. My most incredible miracle to date is witnessing my body release weight as Matthew assists me in releasing issues. I have learned that it wasn’t so much “what I was eating” as much as it was “what was eating me.”
- R Marano
In this full day event…..
Learn how to-
- Discover how self-acceptance and kindness are key to health.
- Enhance self-compassion and learn from your failures.
- Move from “should” to “want to” in all areas of your fitness.
- Believe that you can achieve the health that you desire.
- Create a more sacred experience when you are exercising.
- Understand the power of the mind-body connection.
- Release the burden of responsibility.
“I would highly recommend that if you have the opportunity to meet Matthew and hear him speak – jump on it! – do it for yourself – you matter! The simple and direct manner with which he approaches the subject is more than accessible, and extremely valuable for anyone wishing to gain insight into the blocks that keep them from reaching their potential in their physical, personal and professional lives.”
- R. Maguire
What we will be covering:
- What weight, body image issues and injury are really about.
- Reframe your attitude towards failure.
- Understand why you are making poor food choices when you know you shouldn’t.
- Learn the power of visualization and use it on your journey to health.
- The role of gratitude in your remembrance of sacred.
- The core beliefs that are preventing you from achieving the fat loss that you desire.
“I’ve worked with many different fitness trainers over the years. Matthew is the first one I’ve met that understands the mind body connection. The paradigms that we have about our bodies and about what we think we should look like.
By taking one day at a time and and making smart choices for me and my body. I feel good about the body I have right now, and in turn I’m getting the body I want. Thanks Matthew”
– Elaine Smithers
“I believe a huge shift in my weight starting to come off is allowing myself to be visible. I am openly sharing my feelings on a daily basis. In speaking up. I am heard and seen. I had kept myself hidden for quite sometime as I felt being noticed was unsafe and made me more vulnerable.”
– V Pharoah
Matthew Ashdown struggled with weight during his teenage years and beyond. As a personal trainer he has made it his mission to understand what really causes people to gain weight, how to lose it and how to love yourself more whatever weight you are now.
What is needed in the personal training industry is compassion and understanding for the struggles that people go through and this is Matthew’s passion.
He has helped hundreds of people through his 8 years as a full time personal trainer and combined his research in psychology, spirituality and exercise physiology to create an approach to fitness that embraces the connection between these disciplines.
LOCATION: The Victoria Truth Centre, 1201 Fort St, Victoria, BC
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