Immerse yourself in the flavors of India by mastering the perfect cup of chai. During this workshop, you will learn how to design your own chai blend to help support your health. Stephanie Wright (Owner of the Wright Methods) and Andrea Risenfled (Owner of Leaves in a Bowl) will share the tea blend benefits and help you bring this magic home with you. With purchase of your ticket, you will receive multiple chai recipes, a take-home chai tea base and a tea time snack after the workshop.

Reserve your spot here: Wild Culture Chai Workshop

Learn how to harness the power of nature in your kitchen to make delicious appetizers, soups, drinks and desserts

Menu:
Dandelion Pesto
Vegetable Coconut Curry with Reishi Broth
Baked Lentil and Amaranth Herb Patties
Lemon Rosemary Shortbread Cookies
Elderberry Orange Peel Tea

Grab your spot at Wild Culture Academy

Learn how to satisfy your sweet tooth with perfectly balanced decadent drinks and desserts.

Menu:
Almond Date Shake
Cashew Lime Mousse
Stewed Apple Crumble
Gluten-Free Ginger Snap Cookies
Cinnamon Ginger Tulsi Tea

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Learn how to support your snack cravings with delicious and nutritious Ayurvedic snacks

Menu:
Gluten-Free Seed Crackers with Rosemary Beet Hummus
Baked Mung Bean Falafel with Basil Chive Tahini
Quinoa Pita Bread
Rose Cocoa Date Balls
Golden Milk Chai Tea

Grab your spot at Wild Culture Ayurveda Academy

Learn how to support your body’s natural detoxification process with nourishing snacks, meals and teas that will gently help cleanse and purify your system.

Menu:
Baked Sweet Potato Fritter
Carrot Zucchini Kitchari with Cilantro Date Chutney and Roasted Coconut Chips
Sautéed Swiss Chard and Kale
Cinnamon Applesauce Bread Cranberry Orange Zest Jam
Ginger Turmeric Cumin Coriander Fennel Tea

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Join Bloomy owner Jessica Galen and Stephanie Wright for a special mocktail elixir and cheese pairing class. Stephanie is crafting three custom mocktails for us using some of Bloomy's favorite cheese accompaniments, and each beverage will be paired with a cheese selection from the Bloomy case.

You don't have to be participating in Dry January to come, just be prepared to eat and drink really well! Grab your spot here: Elixirs and Dairy in Dry January

In this interactive family workshop you will taste a variety of botanically infused honeys, make your own infused honey, and learn simple and fun applications.
Each family will leave with one customized infused honey creation and enjoy tasters on site. Please bring one small 4 oz mason jar for this class.
Registration is for one adult and one child 5+.

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Join Bloomy owner Jessica Galen and Stephanie Wright of The Wright Methods for a special mocktail elixir and cheese pairing class. Stephanie is crafting three custom mocktails for us using some of Bloomy's favorite cheese accompaniments, and each beverage will be paired with a cheese selection from the Bloomy case.

You don't have to be participating in Dry January to come, just be prepared to eat and drink really well!

Share a glass and nosh with us: Sign up here

Join us to find your zen. During this class, we will incorporate marma points into restorative yoga postures to help ground yourself during the chaos of the autumn months and to relax, realign and restore you in mind, body and spirit.

Reserve your spot at Hastings Yoga

Gather your friends from near and far to a virtual Ayurvedic tea time! Learn how to harness the power of Ayurveda to make delicious drinks and desserts.

During this class, we will learn how to make a gluten-free rose and cardamom almond cake to enjoy along with a fresh batch of immunity-boosting elderberry rose tea!

The gathering will be held via Zoom. Copies of the recipes will be emailed to attendants the Friday before class on December 16th, 2022. Pre-batched tea blends are available for purchase.

Reserve your spot here: Winter Ayurvedic Tea Time (Cost: $33)

The first forty days after birth are considered a sacred window of bonding, nurturing and care for both mother and child. Learn how to harness the knowledge of Ayurveda to help support your mind, body and spirit in the post-partum journey.

During this class at the amazing Nur Space in Hastings-on-Hudson, you will receive a recipe guide of delicious drinks, snacks, meals and desserts that can be customized to your individual needs. Samples of the menu will be provided for all participants to try.

Sign up here: Ayurvedic Post Partum Meal Planning at Nur Space

(Ages 11+) Healthy skin starts from what we put inside our body and is enhanced by simple herbal topical preparations. During this class, hosted in a greenhouse at the beautiful Fable Farms, we will teach you how to make simple products for skin care and discuss the connections between skin health and what we eat. We will end by creating and indulging in a skin nourishing tea. Each participant will go home with botanical creations and tea will be enjoyed on site.

BYOMJ- Bring your own mason jars! Participants will need 1 small 4 oz jar and 1 small 8 oz jar for this class.

Reserve your spot here: Fable Farm Botanical Series: Nourishment: from the Inside Out

Medicine is all around you! During this pop-up class, we will learn how to batch our own homemade magical brews to support us during the seasonal transition from summer into autumn by infusing the knowledge of Ayurveda into our creations.

At the end of our lesson, you will know to make the following confections from scratch:

• Chamomile Mint Cold Infusion

• Lemon Balm Chamomile Licorice Tea

• Rose Golden Milk

The following snacks will also be provided:

• Gluten-Free Quinoa Crackers

• Radish Cashew Hummus

• Sweet Potato Carrot Hummus

• Arugula Pumpkin Seed Pesto

This pop-up will be held in the garden of a private residence. The address will be mailed to you the morning of the event. We look forward to cheffing it up with you!

You can join by signing up on Eventbrite: Garden Party Pop-Up: Autumn Equinox Ayurvedic Tea Time

Originating in India over 5,000 years ago, Ayurveda is a philosophy and practice that calls upon the wisdom of nature for optimal health. Understanding the interconnectedness of nature, Ayurveda teaches us that our bodies don’t exist in exception to the natural world—they are, instead, a part of it, integrated with it, and dependent on it for our health and well-being.

During this interactive cooking class, Ayurvedic chef and health counselor, Stephanie Wright, will help you look at the seasons through a new lens by teaching you how to reconnect with nature and support yourself by using food as medicine. You'll learn the vital role that each of the six tastes play in our physiology, emotions, and mental state as well as how to prepare ingredients for optimal digestion.

Bring your curiosity and your appetite!

The dishes we'll be making (and eating!) include:

• Ginger Pickle

• Red Lentil Tahini Puree

• Whole Wheat Chapatis

• Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Radishes in a Savory Spice Blend

• Grounding Beet Kitchari with Cilantro Date Chutney

• Almond Date Shake

This 2-hour workshop will take place in a private residence in Sleepy Hollow. The cost is $125 per person, or $225 per pair.

Reserve your ticket here: Sync with the Seasons

Join us for a blissful afternoon of yoga, acupuncture, and Ayurvedic cuisine meant to reset and recharge as we shift into the Autumn season.

Immerse yourself with a one hour nourishing restorative yoga sequence. During which experience an acupuncture treatment meant to soothe and cleanse your nervous system and boost your immunity. Before and after the session gather for Ayurvedic tea, snacks, and a meal that will be served with the seasonal shift in mind. You will emerge better prepared to take on the challenges of the season, renewed and refreshed. All levels welcome. Space is limited to six. We will be requiring proof of vaccination to enter.

To sign up, you can register on NUR Space’s website: Autumn Equinox Immersive Restoration

In Ayurveda, rtucharya describes the cycle of the seasons. The word comes from the root "rtu" which translates into English from Sanskrit as “cosmic rhythm.” Within the great mandala of the yearly cycle, the Earth completes its orbit around the Sun, bringing cold and heat, dark and light, to our environment, including all creatures and our own bodies.

Spring marks a time of renewal and rebirth for all cycles, offering awakening, warmth, and growth. Kapha predominates during this time, as the forces of earth and water are strongest and exert their influence upon the earth and our bodies. The first signs of spring marks a time of renewal and rebirth for all cycles, offering awakening, warmth, and growth. We can see this process happening in nature as the first signs of spring emerge as death gives way to life: buds bursting from the trees, shoots leaping from the earth, a great rising amid the debris of winter. For nature, renewing herself through dying is the only way she can be reborn.

The process of rebirth can be hard on our bodies as we tend to experience symptoms such as allergies, asthma, sinus infections, colds, and chest infections, leading to mucus-producing cough and excreta as the body attempts to protect itself as the lymph and blood begin to recirculate after the winter thaw.

During this FREE workshop, you will learn how to harness the power of Ayurveda to keep your mind, body and spirit in balance as we transition into Spring on the Spring Equinox.

You can sign up by clicking the link here: Spring Equinox Ayurvedic Workshop

Join us for a Vata-balancing flow and a healing kitchari cleanse to root and ground into 2021.

Grounding Muladhara Kitchari: This nourishing stew of rice, red lentils and seasonal winter vegetables such as beets, sweet potatoes, carrots and kale paired with warming spices of cloves, cumin and fresh ginger has everything you need to reconnect with your body, mind and spirit.

The Vata-balancing yoga class will be recorded if you can't make the live-stream on Saturday. The Bell Jars filled with the cleanse ingredients will be prepared by the wonderful Ayurvedic chef, Stephanie Wright, and ready for pick up at Solid Gold Yogi at designated times tbd. You may decide the length of your cleanse that best supports you. By incorporating kitchari for 3 to 21 days, you can reset your digestive system and allow for your body to better absorb, assimilate and metabolize everything you eat into every cell of your body.

• Vata Flow & 1 Bell Jar $35

• Vata Flow & 3 Bell Jars $55
  *depending on your appetite 1 bell jar contains 1-3 meals
  *additional bell jars can be purchased for $15/each

Kitchari (pronounced kich-uh-ree) is the traditional cleansing food of Ayurveda. The word “kitchari” means mixture and is a combination of split mung beans and white basmati rice with seasonal spices, herbs and produce.

Agni, or the digestive fire (referred to as metabolism in Western terms), is considered in Ayurveda to be the golden key to all health. Good agni means we are able to digest, assimilate, and absorb nutrients from our food. Weak or imbalanced agni means malabsorption and accumulation of ama, or toxins. Ayurveda believes that all healing begins with the digestive tract, and kitchari can give it a much-needed rest from constantly processing different foods while providing essential nutrients. The blend of rice and split mung beans offers an array of amino acids, the building blocks of protein. Its mixture of spices is believed to kindle the digestive fire, the Ayurvedic description for your innate digestive power, which can be weakened by poor food combinations.

Through the power of Ayurveda, you can take charge of your health by using food as your medicine.

You can sign up here: New Year Vata Balancing Flow & Kitchari Cleanse 

As the days get shorter and the nights grow longer, we are being asked by nature to go inward to tend to our inner garden. During this workshop, you will learn how to use food as your medicine by harnessing the power of Ayurveda with seasonal herbal elixirs that will help you stay rooted and grounded during the new moon.

The tonics that we will learn how to make include:

• Chamomile Immun-i-Tea

• Purple Sweet Potato Date Shake

• Vegan Turmeric Golden Cashew Milk

The ticket price includes a PDF handout of the recipes and seasonal tips and tricks for Vata season as well as a recorded session of the cooking class itself.

You can sign up here: Ayurvedic Herbal Solar Eclipse Elixirs

Ayurveda, a natural system of medicine, originated in India more than 5,000 years ago. The term Ayurveda is derived from the Sanskrit words ayur (life) and veda (science or knowledge). Thus, Ayurveda translates to knowledge of life. Based on the idea that disease is due to an imbalance or stress in a person's consciousness, Ayurveda encourages certain lifestyle interventions and natural therapies to regain a balance between the body, mind, spirit, and the environment.

In this culinary class, you will learn how to harness the power of nature by incorporating seasonal ingredients into your diet by using food as your medicine. The equinox marks a powerful time of transition and by integrating the fruits and vegetables of the fall harvest, you will remain calm and rooted through the change of seasons.

During our virtual culinary class, we will learn how to make the following dishes:

• Almond Date Shake

• Fennel and Pear Salad with Creamy Tahini Dressing

• Grounding Beet Kitchari

• Spiced Sweet Potato Bread with Delicata Squash Butter

Your ticket gains you access to the live class and recording for 60 days, written guides on where to source the best seasonal ingredients and how to set up your Ayurvedic kitchen.

Get your ticket here!

From improving digestion to reducing heart disease, boosting energy and perfecting ones skin tone, the myriad benefits of veganism are seemingly endless. In this class, we’ll guide you through creating completely plant based and completely scrumptious meals. Replete with fresh fruits, vegetables, grains and spices - even the most avid of carnivores won't miss the meat in this class.

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• Chickpea and mushroom dumplings

• Braised jackfruit with red curry sauce

• Stir fried pea shoots

• Coconut rice

• Lime chiffon cake with coconut whipped cream

DATE | Friday, March 13th
TIME | 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
COST | $115

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Indian cuisine has (finally!) taken the city by storm these past couple of years and, while we utterly love ordering some takeout, food is all the more delicious when you make it yourself. Learn to make some favorites like saag paneer (with homemade cheese!) and naan bread, as we delve into Indian cuisine in this class.

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• Saag paneer (with homemade cheese)

• Butter chicken

• Naan bread

• Gulab jamun

DATE | Friday, March 6th
TIME | 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
COST | $115

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There’s no better party than a pancake party! Go from AM to PM with these delicious Ayurvedic pancakes! These flapjacks are so good you'll be wanting to eat them morning, noon and night.

• Vegan Cinnamon Apple Pancakes: These light and fluffy pancakes are packed with flavor and are the perfect way to satisfy your sweet tooth while also keeping yourself feeling balanced and grounded

• Sweet Potato Pancakes: The sweet and savory flavor of sweet potatoes give these pancakes a crispy caramelized outside and a creamy, sweet interior that leave you feeling feel light in the stomach, while still being nourishing

• Savory Vegetable Pancakes: Shredded zucchini, carrots and celery root provide the base for this nutritious and delicious savory pancakes that will invite some savory flavors to your breakfast options

You can get your party pass here: Cooking with Lightning! Pancake Party

While each of our classes highlights how to make the most of what you have on hand, this course takes it one step further. In a class centered on the seasonal produce at your disposal, we'll guide you through the techniques and skills needed to not simply create balance and build flavor no matter your ingredients, but how to manage your time, cultivate a practice of kitchen creativity, and utilize each item to its full potential.

You can come learn how to cultivate kitchen creativity here: Improvisational Cooking with Seasonal Produce

We are always searching for new manners in which to nourish our bodies in ways that are not only flavorful but that make us feel good too. Ayurveda is one of the world's oldest healing systems, based on the belief that health and wellness depend on the delicate balance between the mind, body and spirit. In this course, we'll help you identify how to create beautiful and bountiful meals that are both healing and satiating, and guide you through accessible ways to cook and eat with the seasons, that cater to the different Ayurvedic doshas.

Come learn how you can nourish yourself from the inside out here: Ayurvedic Brunch

The coming of winter welcomes in the time of Vata season which is the expression of the ether and air elements. The qualities of these elements promote and foster expansiveness and creativity beyond our comprehension, but, without the proper channeling, the magic of this potent time can be lost!

In order to tap into the power of the mind, a seasonal spread of root vegetables accompanied by the elemental healing sounds of Tasha Mae and Prana Rising transform this dining experience into an unforgettable evening of sounds and flavors. This Soul Kollective journey will allow us to ground into our bodies so that we can manifest the abundance that we envision and share it with the world.

Individually we can do a lot but together we can do so much more!

Reserve your spot for this immersive experience here: Taste and Sound

During the depths of winter, there's nothing more comforting than making yourself a bowl full of delicious, nourishing soup and sharing it with others. During this class, you can learn how to give yourself a hug from the inside out by making these tasty medleys of love:

• Red Velvet Soup: Scarlet and velvety and rich in flavor, the whole is greater than the sum of red lentils, beets, carrots

• Coconut Red Lentil Soup: A bowl full of restorative goodness filled with coconut milk, golden raisins, red lentils and yellow split peas

• Golden Turmeric Cauliflower Soup: This beautiful bounty of golden goodness fills you up with cauliflower, fennel and turmeric

Come join the party by buying your tickets here: Cooking with Lightning! Soup Party

Indian cuisine has (finally!) taken the city by storm these past couple of years and, while we utterly love the classics, we’re also pretty partial to some of the Western tweaks to the traditional fare, such as those highlighted in the cookbook of 2019, “Indian-ish”. In this class, we’ll guide you through the techniques and flavor balancing acts required to replicate some of the region’s most popular menu items - butter chicken, garlicky naan, saag-feta...Together, we’ll bring Bombay to Brooklyn in the most flavorful fashion.

You can learn how to spice up your life by signing up for class here: Indian Cooking Class

Originating in India more than 5,000 years ago, Ayurveda is considered to be one of the world’s the oldest healing sciences. In Sanskrit, Ayurveda means, “The Science of Life” and encourages the maintenance of health by living in tune with nature.

Through this workshop, you will learn how you can use herbs and tinctures as your medicine to make personalized elixirs to keep you nourished and balanced during the fall months.

In this class, you will learn how to make the following drinks:

• Spirulina Hot Chocolate

• Roasted Beet and Ginger Juice

• Ginger Turmeric Cinnamon Tea

You can sign up to learn how you can nourish yourself here: Cooking with Lightning! Nourish Your Nature Elixir Workshop

“Chakra” is a Sanskrit word that literally means wheel or cycle. In the context of spiritual disciplines such as yoga, the chakras are considered to be wheel-like energy centers that are not physically discernible but belong to the subtle spiritual body and connect it to the material one. In this workshop, you will learn how to tap into the power of the chakra system and incorporate practical techniques such as yoga asanas, mantras and pranayamas that help you work through blockages that you may be experiencing into your practice.

You can register to experience the magic of the chakra system yourself here: The Basics of the Chakra System