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Lena Charlotte Ströhla, PhD 🦋 somatic retreats • holistic chef

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somatic yoga + movement
retreat chef ~ PhD food chemistry
creating spaces to soften and return
online embodied yin in august ↓

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there is so much that lives within us.
different feelings, sensations, emotions, and parts of ourselves. the comfortable and the uncomfortable. the softness, the resistance, the emotions, the different parts of ourselves.
In our embodied yin practices, we gently create space for whatever is present. not to change or fix, or to arrive at a particular feeling, but to meet ourselves with curiosity, awareness, and compassion.
since August, we’ve been gathering online every week to explore this together. through slowing down, listening in, creating space through breath and body, and a space in which all is welcomed.

as a closing ritual, everyone is always invited to share 1-2 words on how they feel or what is present. it always moves me how it brings us together, even in this online space, and witness each other in that honesty and presence with life 🤎

and sometimes, days later, little sharings land in my inbox that mean so so much to me 🫂

and we will continue with this practice throughout autumn and the winter season. a few more Wednesday evenings before it changes to the weekend 🤎 and YES, there is space for you too, if you long for more of that. we will gather for few more Wednesday evenings before it will shift to the weekend ✨ write me if you’re curious or would like to join 🤎 and more details are also in the bio 🫰🏼 by @lena__charlie

recipe for joy: eat the rainbow (together) 🌈

photo diaries of 2 weeks nourishing retreat guests on Samsø. last week it was a double joy of having @phoebeelsajordan support me in the kitchen while cooking for @authenticflowtribe dance teacher training 🩷 we laughed, we danced, and we feasted. heart, bellies and bodies happy happy happy 🌟

And if you’re like „waiiiit I wanna taste this too. I wanna learn how to make this myself, with joy and playfulness.“ - YOU CAN 💕
this November, Phoebe and I will host a 4 day holistic culinary retreat on Mallorca. With cooking workshops, embodiment and meditation practices on intuition and our connection to creativity, local farmers market and much more 🩷 check the link in my bio or write me with any questions (you can also book a free call to feel if this is your vibe).

Much love from Samsø, Lena 🦋 by @lena__charlie

Delicious plant-based food, wild swims, moving our bodies, listening to our bodies, gathering in community, intuitive cooking workshops, sunshine & a little Ayurvedic magic 🍒

Are you curious to learn and explore what holistic nourishment can actually feel like? Come experience it with us this November. Check out the full retreat offering via the link in my bio or send me a DM. We’d love to have you around our table 💌 #culinaryretreat #embodiedliving #holisticliving #yogaretreat by @lena__charlie

tonight, we gather again for our weekly embodied yin sessions. every Wednesdays, together, online. exploring what it means to be you in each moment. to listen in to the whisperers and screams that we can so easily silence in the business of everyday life. tending to our body and heart. through movement, breath, stillness and space. space to be. just as you are. and you are so welcome, if this speaks to you. drop me a message to come 🌟🍁✨🍄‍🟫🍃🫧 quote by Alan watts 💫 #embodiedyin #yinyoga #somatics by @lena__charlie

india magic. you are guiding me, showing me, teaching me, loving me. thank you 🤲🏻 by @lena__charlie

this night was filled with so much laughter, high on water kefir and nature, & surrounded by amazing women 🫂 thank you Gabriel for your potent kefir hehe @arborliquids by @lena__charlie

a reminder to self & anyone who needs to hear this 🍃 nature doesn’t rush, not the resting, not the growing, not the fruits, and also not the releasing. in our world that mostly preaches always more more more, and faster faster faster. it’s so important to take moments for ourselves to be reminded of the beauty and importance of trusting our own rythm and how much patience it sometimes requires. and how much ease it would bring if we would leave the crazy unrealistic expectations and comparisons whether we wanna grow or build something or let go of an emotion, habit, fear, a loved one, a certain life and and and. there’s often this underlaying demand for efficiency, and we forget to invite the body in the whole conversation.
mhmmm some thoughts and a clip from this weeks embodied yin practice. If this makes you curious, and you’d like to explore this within your body and practice, join us next Wednesday 🩷 by @lena__charlie

some more moments from my chef residency on Samsø 👩🏼‍🌾 feat. one of my all time favourites: chickpea frittata/farinata

*the making of*

berry picking aka falling in love with mama earth, again and again

abundant overflowing bowls 🫰🏼

more falling in love

we cooked A LOT of potatoes bc the chef (me), who is just a human doing her best, accidentally ordered 40 kg of potato (ups). lucky for me: lots of rain needs lots of comfort food 🥔

but there was also sunshine (pt 1)

Sunshine pt 2

Sunshine pt 3

sunshine for the heart when your friends come to cook and cuddle 🫂

gorgeous go(o)d(n)ess pesto pasta 🫛

playful grounding & natures free food acupressure

sexy divine curry

restorative blissful sauna nights watching the sunset

favourite lunch: Moroccan inspired spiced baked veggies with a crunchy mint parsley chickpea salad, dates, toasted seeds and chive tahini sauce 🧑🏼‍🩰

hi 🦋

my samsø home 💟

and a bit of (soil) therapy 🌳 by @lena__charlie

join our weekly embodied yin practice <3 after two weeks of break, we are back, this wednesday, to soften and feel, to let and be 🤲🏻

in this (seasonal) transition that we all feel or sense in different ways
may it be through not knowing what to feel, or feeling very little, or feeling too much
but perhaps there is a density of something within that whispers or screams asking to be heard, to be seen. while life just keeps life-ing with little room to listen…

we will gather every wednesday for a piece of routine, of stability, of dedicated me-time
of “what is here right now? And how can i tend to it?”
so that there is space for that which is present within you, without the intention for it to be any better, or more, or different.
a gathering to be, listen and integrate 🫂

Wednesday evenings at 8pm - 9.30pm
live via zoom (recordings available)
september series: 16th, 23rd, 30th
october series: 7th, 21st, 28th

join all, or single sessions <3

you are so welcome to join us. every body, in any transition of life.
no experience needed

Much love from me to you,
Lena 🦋

more info in bio🎀
sign up through message or email 💌 by @lena__charlie

rounding up another chapter & letting the past weeks and months of adventures, growing, being and discovering (within) settle 🤲🏻✨🫂 feat. my dearest @sarah__shine by @lena__charlie

me and the moon, shot by @sarah__shine
moving in cycles and seasons. i remember that afternoon so warm, juicy and playful in my body. the salt on my skin. the giggles we shared. the two of us crawling on rocks. playing, creating, musing. deeply grateful for a connection that makes it so easy to drop the masks and be seen with a loving curiosity. where there is space to explore and try out without the pressure of it being anything. like two girls coming out to play without preconceived ideas of what we should be but deeply present with what wants to be seen. where in one moment we can laugh cry over a silly idea & next be in awe of what we create. a friendship in which we uplift, celebrate and admire. just like the moon, we are never just one thing, one expression, one way. like the moon, we ebb and flow. some days we shine brighter, others we rest in the darkness. and when we witness each other in those phases and seasons. the light, the dark, the silly, the weird, the soft, the juicy, and everything else. in that presence of being, with each other. presence becomes healing 🌚🌝 by @lena__charlie

retreat summer season is on ❤️‍🔥 it’s the 4th summer of cooking for retreats & sharing nourishment with and in community. 4 years since I finished my PhD in food chemistry and decided to leave the “normal/expected” path that seemed to make sense for everyone but me. 4 years to fully step into building my dreams. 4 years of letting my heart and inner knowing guide the way instead of learnt beliefs and conditioning. it’s not always the easy way, but it’s the only way for me, the one I will choose over and over again ❤️‍🔥
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#Holisticretreatchef #nourishment #summertastes #plantbased #embodiedliving by @lena__charlie