We kicked things off with a palm reading and self-hypnosis session. On the first day, I arrived at the peaceful tropical property by boat and later met Devgun in one of the Four Season’s private residences. I cleared my schedule and traveled down to Anguilla a couple of weeks later. And, if not, maybe a dip in the ocean would help wash away some old versions of myself. Between the talent at the helm and the idyllic locale, this was an easy yes - surely, someone there could help me unearth some new levels of growth and self-confidence.
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Also headlining the workshop was bestselling author and founder of Girls Who Code and Moms First, Reshma Saujani. The itinerary included palm reading, journaling, yoga, breathwork, tapping, qi gong, sound healing, and (most interesting to me) self-hypnosis. With this new intel in mind and in keeping with my commitment-light tendencies, I was more than happy to see an invitation in my inbox from The Well, New York’s beloved wellness center, to a four-day Recharge & Reconnect Retreat led by coach Manjit Devgun at Four Seasons Anguilla.
But, Saville notes, quality and structure of any program will make or break it. “Specific short-term interventions that have been demonstrated to induce neuroplastic changes in the brain include body-mind training, mindfulness meditation, meditation-based neurofeedback, high-dose psilocybin, and MDMA-assisted psychotherapy.” In fact, soon-to-be-published research at Stanford Healthcare Innovation Lab showed that after a nine-day retreat during which participants questioned stressful thoughts in the method of Byron Katie (the Oprah-approved author who created a famed system of self-inquiry called “The Work”), 80% recovered from clinical depression and the effect lasted over 14 months. “The short answer is yes, there is evidence that retreats and other short-term interventions can affect the brain, and some can produce lasting effects,” says Diana Saville, co-founder and COO of brain science non-profit BrainMind whom I met over an industry dinner. I asked, fully aware of how lazy this sounded, is it possible to find something a little more powerful some kind of mentality “makeover” in just a few days? It turns out the mental health field has been asking the same thing. This explains how we may logically know something, but the behavior doesn’t really change.” Sigh, too familiar. “It does take consistent practice as adults to really change our wiring. “We have a lifetime of doing things one way, and the brain is so much more plastic when we are children,” explains Nicole Virtue, a life coach and breathwork facilitator who worked with me through some of those aforementioned big decisions. It was obvious that many of my old reflexes - retreating, ruminating, catastrophizing - were overdue for molting. I recently reached a breaking point when some unexpected dramas around the wedding hit me harder than I wanted them to. I’ve had to show up at a whole new level. It’s not that I’m averse to these practices - I know from past experience how impactful mindfulness can be when I commit to it every day - but my issue with “slow and steady” is both the slow part and the steady part.Ĭandidly, I’ve been grappling with a big identity transformation the last couple of years: leaving a full-time editor job that held a lot of my self-worth, building my own business, getting engaged and married, and reentering the “post-COVID” world as a raw new person.
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I have a terrible habit of scrolling through an Instagram full of affirmations for self-esteem, tips to nurture my inner child, somatic exercises to purge trauma, and methods to align with my higher self… and doing essentially none of them.
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