You live in a world that constantly teaches you to be
self-critical. And benefits from your discomfort.
Understanding Body Noise is an in-person creative retreat designed for women who want practical relief from body image stress - without requiring intentional weight loss, positivity pressure, or performance expectations.
This creative retreat meets a real, lived experience: you’re done with dieting and wellness culture that talks about acceptance without acknowledging how exhausting body thoughts really are.
This is a space to experientially reduce the noise that shows up in your day-to-day life with your body.
It is:
gentle but practical
reflective and embodied
supportive
focused on reducing stress, not changing your body
Date: Sunday 26th April 2026
Time: 10:30 am - 2:30 pm
Location: Glenasmole Community Centre, Co. Dublin, D24 EC93. (Foot of the Dublin Mountains)
Investment: €97 including lunch
Wheelchair parking and accessible toilets are available.
Please reach out if you have questions or accommodations you’d like us to be aware of.
If cost is a barrier, please contact Laura or Maggie to discuss supported-rate options.
You know that diet culture isn’t the answer but thoughts about your body still take up too much space.
Does this sound familiar?
“I spend so much time thinking about how I look… adjusting my clothes, checking mirrors, avoiding photos.”
“I can be having a completely normal day and then I see someone and suddenly I’m comparing myself again.”
“I know dieting isn’t the answer anymore, but I still catch myself criticising my body.”
“I’m just tired of thinking about food and my body all the time. I want my brain back.”
If this sounds familiar, you are not alone and you are not failing.
In this 4-hour creative retreat we will:
Understand body image stress. Where it comes from and why it continues
Explore how comparison and internalised beliefs show up in daily life
Identify practical ways to reduce checking, comparison, and body distress
Learn language and tools to interrupt patterns that keep the noise loud
Everything is optional, you choose what feels supportive for you.
This isn’t about intentionally changing your body,
It’s about changing how it feels to live in it.
We’re not offering a quick fix. We’re offering real tools that help today and tomorrow and beyond.
You’ll explore shifts like:
noticing body checking without judgement
choosing clothing for comfort, not conformity
creating responses for body-related conversation
recognising when diet culture is whispering in your decisions
The creative retreat is held in a quiet, peaceful setting at Glenasmole Community Centre, surrounded by the calm of the Dublin Mountains.
Your day includes:
Guided discussion, reflection and creative practice.
A shared, nourishing lunch. Dietary requirements catered for.
A gentle chair yoga session with Laura Doyle, focusing on support and embodiment to relate to your body in a new way.
Movement here is choice-led, not performance-based.
You may leave with:
less self-blame & shame
more clarity about why this has been so hard
language for your experiences
tools to reduce daily body stress
a sense of relief from doing this in community
Sometimes just reducing the noise makes everything feel easier.
Maggie Lawler (She/Her)
Maggie brings decades of non-diet, size-inclusive fitness experience. Maggie helps people access strength and fitness by providing a non-diet, size-inclusive fitness space at Simple Strength gym in Leixlip.
She actively addresses weight stigma, body image distress, healthism, and ableism through her work as a gym owner and podcast host. Her grounded, practical approach supports women in accessing strength and movement in ways that feel safe and empowering.
Maggie is a mother of 2. She loves kettlebells, running, her 3 pet rabbits, and has recently started roller skating.
Laura Doyle (She/Her)
Laura is a yoga teacher and body image educator specialising in non-diet, weight-inclusive approaches to wellbeing.
Rather than promoting forced body positivity, Laura helps women reduce the mental and emotional exhaustion that comes from constant self-monitoring and societal pressure. Her approach blends yoga, mindfulness, and somatic practice with critical awareness of diet culture, offering practical tools for building a more sustainable and realistic relationship with the body.
Laura is a mother of 2. She loves walking, colouring and building stuff.
Date: Sunday 26th April 2026
Time: 10:30 am - 2:30 pm
Location: Glenasmole Community Centre, Co. Dublin, D24 EC93. (Foot of the Dublin Mountains)
Investment: €97 including lunch
Wheelchair parking and accessible toilets are available.
Please reach out if you have questions or accommodations you’d like us to be aware of.
If cost is a barrier, please contact Laura or Maggie to discuss supported-rate options.
If body thoughts are already taking up space in your life, another year of waiting won’t quiet them.
Relief doesn’t come from ignoring it - it comes from understanding, support, and real tools for your lived experience.
Do I have to share personal experiences?
No. Participation is always optional.
You’re welcome to share, reflect privately, or simply listen. There is no pressure to speak.
What if I get emotional?
Body image work can bring things up. That’s normal.
You’ll be in a supportive, group setting with facilitators who are experienced in holding these conversations gently. You are always free to step outside, take a break, or opt out of any exercise.
Is this therapy?
No. This is an educational and reflective workshop, not group therapy.
We’ll explore patterns, beliefs, and practical tools — but this is not a substitute for individual therapy.
I’m nervous about coming alone. Will I feel awkward?
Many women attend alone.
The space is intentionally small and thoughtfully facilitated. You won’t be put on the spot or asked to perform vulnerability.
Do I need yoga experience?
Not at all.
The yoga portion is gentle, choice-led, and focused on support rather than flexibility or fitness. You are welcome to participate in a way that makes sense for you.
What if I’m still struggling with wanting to lose weight?
You’re not expected to be perfectly “over” diet culture.
This workshop centres reducing body distress, not policing your thoughts. You don’t have to arrive fully resolved.
What if I’m in a bigger body?
This space is designed with body diversity in mind.
Chairs, options, and language are considered carefully. You will not be the “exception” here.
What’s included in the ticket?
Your ticket includes:
4-hour facilitated creative retreat
Gentle yoga session
Guided walk
Shared lunch
Printed materials
What is your cancellation policy?
Bookings are non-refundable.
If you’re unable to attend, you may transfer your place to someone else. Please contact us to arrange this.
You don’t need to do it better. You don’t need to do it alone.
© 2026 Laura Doyle
