 Helen's Daughters, a St. Lucian non-profit organization seeking to empower rural women farmers, recently hosted a wellness retreat get towards promoting the holistic well-being of its members. With activities including bonding exercises, breath work and a chance to hike Fort Rodney, the wellness retreat encouraged the women who feed our nation to take care of their bodies and The feature address was delivered by Dr. Tanya Destang-Bobre, creator of the Body Joy Method. So we shared a lot about that, speaking about how we feed our bodies, the types of foods we eat, really focusing on whole and processed foods, very limited processed sugars and other foods like that, drinking adequate amounts of water and really watching also what we put on our bodies because we also absorb a lot of toxins through our bodies. We also spoke about stress management, the importance of sleep, self-worth because for a long time farming was considered not something that people voluntarily went into so we're trying to really improve how they took care of themselves, how we take care of ourselves because the work that Helen's Daughters is doing is not as I said for this generation, it is for generations to come and they are actually a critical part in how our country develops. The wellness retreat was hosted at the Pigeon Island National Landmark National Trust Representative Finola Jennings-Clock says the trust is pleased to support the work of organizations like Helen's Daughters. We at the trust we think that Helen's Daughters is a wonderful organization and we very much have enjoyed hosting the ladies and the few gentlemen here today. We think it's a lovely future to partner together for other events like this and for the National Trust to use the expertise of the members. Taking full advantage of the exchange of knowledge and advice, one Helen's Daughters member says the retreat served as a needed reset. It's a great opportunity for us as female farmers to come out and say what we do best and what we love about the farming life. This is a great opportunity for us to get to know other female farmers out there and to know that they are not hidden out there and it's actually there is a lot to say but right now it's just actually a great opportunity to come out there. While the organization is focused on supporting women in agriculture through training inputs and other forms of support, the organization's executive director, Keflin Karoo says Helen's Daughters is a much more than meets the eye. She shared that the growing collective is gearing up for even more activities during the rest of 2022. Because our farmers and agriculture is so integral to the overall health of our nation, we want farmers to understand the linkage which is why we are holding this wellness retreat. Aside from our activities internally like this retreat, we have a number of things slated for Helen's Daughters including the launch of our apprenticeship farm in collaboration with Hotel Chocolat which will be will be tight, will be cutting the ribbon in November. We have our flagship training ag academy with a new module agritourism which comes out in late September and also we have another health and wellness clinic in September as well for also French Residents and it will be hosted at Project Chocolat. So look out for all these exciting updates. Members of the public are encouraged to participate in upcoming Helen's Daughters activities and lend their support to St Lucia's female farmers.