Sundays June 4, June 11, June 18, June 25 & July 2 | 1-4pm PT | 4-7pm ET
This offering is a 5 Week virtual community circle with 5 live gatherings & 4 self-paced google classroom lessons. With ancestral cooking & elemental meditations as our primary rituals, we will deepen our relationships with our bodies, her-story, & living earth wisdom. We will integrate these medicines to heal our selves and rekindle right relationship with mother earth.
What you will learn + format
Live gatherings
Communal cooking rituals focused on seasonal diet of ancestral vegetables, fruits, grains & seafood
Basic resources to support our nervous systems & spirits through change– meditating with the elements, ancestral plant allies, healing with the seasons
Intentional time for reflective journaling and/or small group sharing circles
Self paced google classroom
Weekly guided rituals for honoring self, ancestry, community, and the natural world
Weekly lecture videos– decolonized Filipinx histories of agriculture, food, spirituality, & society from pre-colonial period up to current issues
This class is for you if you want to –
Reclaim basic ancestral practices of traditional cooking for healing both self & community
Reorient to cycles of the earth through ritual, mindfulness, and awareness of the elements in our bodies (earth, air, water, and fire)
Empower yourself with the complex truths of our history and where we stand now collectively
Take the fruits of your healing and share them with this group & larger communities for witness, expansion, and complication
Circle Protocol
Each of our live, virtual gatherings will consist of intentional grounding where we are encouraged to open and maintain our own sacred space and/or altar. Suggestions for how to create this space will be shared after registration.
The majority of our time will be spent in cooking workshop and communal story-circle where we are allowed to share stories and reflections throughout the process of cooking. We will close with grounding breaths and offer food to our loved ones & ancestors as a gratitude for the gift of this medicine.
Due to the intimate nature and overall learning arc of our journey, participants must be able to attend at least 4 out of 5 sessions (with our first session being required) and remain present for the majority of gathering time. Please register for our email list if you cannot attend this workshop and you’d like to stay updated for other offerings.
Logistics
Our journey begins on Sunday June 4, 2023 at 1pm PST/4pm EST. We will meet on Zoom and a recurring meeting link will be sent a few days before the first circle. Shopping lists will be sent out with your weekly self-paced google classroom offerings— anticipate spending 10-20 USD per class. Recordings of cooking circles will available for up to 1 month following the course completion.
Class Size is limited to 20 participants.
Reciprocity Contribution Sliding Scale
We encourage you to choose your sliding scale according to your access to wealth, privilege, and resource. This scale allows us to give in a way that honors our needs, and if we have access to more resource, to provide support for others in our community who would like to arrive to this space through scholarship options. This allows me to offer this space in a way that is sustainable as well for myself as a facilitator.
$444 USD
This scale supports full cost for your self & full contribution on behalf of a fellow community member.
$333 USD
This scale supports full cost for your self & supports partial contribution for a fellow community member.
$222 USD
This tier supports the program/event cost.
Scholarship / Free Participation Application (6 spaces available) —or— Self Chosen offering below $222
Please fill out the entire registration form & reach out via email at lolasapofood@gmail.com if you are applying for a scholarship space or would like to make a sliding scale offering below $222. Please note that free scholarship spaces are reserved spefically for working class, youth (under 25) and trans/non-binary community who would otherwise not be able to access this learning space. We trust that you will reflect on your capacities and ask for these limited spaces from this space of self awareness & mutual reciprocity..
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Registration closes Wednesday, May 24, 2023.
