On the 25th of June we gathered for the 11th edition of The Brunch Club.

THE SUPPORT BEHIND THE BRUNCH CLUB

As always, the event simply would not have been possible without the support of all the collaborators, sponsors and helping hands.

A big thank you to our panelists Marisa, Natalia and Forrest sharing so openly about their passion with all of us and giving us access to a whole new tool box, to Racines brunch buffet, to Luana for the photos, to The Impact Hub for the space, to Natalia, Farmy, Green Up Cafe, Green Gorilla and Easy Vrac for the goodies in our goodie bag… and every single one of you for coming! 

Now onto the event recap…

THE BRUNCH CLUB BEGAN WITH A MORNING YOGA FLOW

AND WE CLOSED OFF THE YOGA WITH SOUND HEALING BY FORREST

THE BRUNCH CLUB CONTINUED WITH A PANEL DISCUSSION

The topic of the Brunch Club was: Healing through sound, smell and touch. We spoke with Wellness Mentor Marisa Ribordy, Sophrologist and sound healer Forrest VanUchelen and Essential Oils specialist and doTERRA Wellness Advocate Natalia Rodriguez.

If you missed the discussion, here were some of the highlights:

• The sense of touch is one that is a basic human need. From birth babies need skin-to-skin contact for healthy physical and emotional development

• Although we often associate healing through touch to external sources (like the healing impact of a hug) we can also self sooth by touching ourselves in a gentle, comforting way

• When it comes to healing through touch, it’s all about the intention behind it. You can put lotion on mindlessly or use it as an opportunity to connect with your senses and your body

• The healing power of essential oils is a science

• When plants break they release these essential oils to heal themselves. These oils are a concentrated extract of the most potent compounds of these plants and each have their unique properties.

• The easiest way to use essential oils in your day-to-day life is with a roll-on or with a diffuser

• Everything emits a frequency; humans, plants, objects and certain key frequencies are known to have a strong impact on the human condition

• Especially Theta and Alpha are known as the frequencies that mimic the frequency of the brain when in deep rest and when we hear these frequencies, our mind attunes to this frequency, attempts to match it and we find ourselves in a very relaxed state

• Since more than 60% of the function of our brain goes into analysing the data received through the optic nerve, when we connect to senses that are beyond our visual field, we are often able to access memories that sit beneath our consciousness

AFTER THE MOVING, LISTENING & TALKING… CAME THE BRUNCHING

We enjoyed a beautiful vegan brunch by Racines.

With our bellies full of good food and minds & hearts full of inspiration, we left with goodie bags full of goodies from Gouttes Essentielles, Green Gorilla, Green Up, Farmy and Easy Vrac.

Gouttes Essentielles filled the goodie bad with a Balance essential oils tester, a doTERRA essential oil, some doTERRA essential oil toothpaste and a tester of their Deep Blue muscle relaxing rub. Green Gorilla gifted each participant with a set of 3 bamboo straws and cleaner, Green Up filled our goodie bag with a cacao energy ball, Farmy offered a gift card of 20.- and Easy Vrac shared a glass jar full of raw almonds to snack on.