Jessica Prentice of Three Stone Hearth - Cooking Demo at the Women's Health Retreat!

I couldn't be more thrilled to have signed on Jessica Prentice, author of "Full Moon Feast" and co-founder of Three Stone Hearth in Berkeley to do a cooking demo and talk at our Women's Health retreat! Jessica will join Marnie Reasor, CCH of Resplendent Healing and The Healing Farm | Retreats at our one-day "A Natural Approach to Menopause" retreat which will be held February 27th at the gorgeous and unique Headlands Center for the Arts.

Given the amazing business that Jessica co-founded focussing on providing ready-made bone broths and nourishing meals to the dedicated far and wide and her devotion to whole foods cooking evident in her passionate book, I for one, will be more than interested in hearing Jessica talk about bone broth as an important addition to our daily diet! Also how, if at all, drinking bone broth and making nourishing soups with it can help our body's transition through menopause. She will then go on to demonstrate making a nourishing soup with Three Stone Hearth chicken broth. Plus there will be a bonus surprise in your goodie bag at the end of the day!

Don't miss this unique day of talks, cooking demo, meals, yoga and a bit of fresh air in the Marin Headlands (weather permitting). Sign up today for what will be a really special retreat!

The Healing Farm - Cultivating Practical Wellness

Save-The-Date! February 27th, 2016: Marnie Reasor, CCH, RSHom (NA) of Resplendent Healing is Teaming up with THF for a Women's Health Retreat!

I'm so excited to team up with Marnie Reasor of Resplendent Healing for a women's health retreat which will focus on a homeopathic approach to menopause and peri-menopause. As I've moved from night sweats in my early 40s to irregular cycles and two-week bouts of PMS in peri-menopause, I've often wanted to talk to Marnie about how I can head-off these bothersome symptoms at the pass. I for one will be so happy to learn from Marnie and am pretty sure I'll have some questions handy for her Q&A.

I've known Marnie for many years and although she has temporarily moved her practice to Nashville, Marnie still maintains relationships with many clients in the bay area. This is a great opportunity to hear Marnie speak in person about her Homeopathy practice and her approach to helping thousands of women work through their menopause symptoms naturally. Marnie has spent many years specializing in this topic and will also be available after her talk for a Q&A. 

The setting will be the lovely and funky Headlands Center for the Arts. What a great way to see this historic building in the gorgeous Marin Headlands! The day will also include a cooking demo, a hike to Rodeo Beach (weather permitting), a light breakfast, a full lunch, afternoon tea and snack break and an all-level 1.5 hour yoga session to end the day.

Stay tuned for further announcements regarding this terrific retreat. For under $200.00 this retreat is a terrific deal and we will all walk away with not only a lovely and peaceful day to remember, but many years of wisdom regarding how to care for our bodies during this challenging time in life.

Hope to see you there!

The Healing Farm - Cultivating Practical Wellness

Join Wellness Warrior Today as Part of "Giving Tuesday"!

Rancho la Puerta a is one of my favorite places in the world! I'm fortunate to go there one or two times a year to do photography for their marketing materials (see their facebook page and you'll see two of my photos as their banner and cover photo and the current post is my good friend Laurel lounging in a hammock - also taken by me!). The founder Deborah Szekely is still doing amazingly important work even at the age of 93! I love that she basically started a people's lobby movement to try to go against big agriculture in Washington and to spread the wellness movement word! Her movement and website is called Wellness Warrior and I urge you to check it out and join! Great news I read this morning in The New York Times is that that the rate of diabetes in the U.S. is actually declining so the movement seems to be working!

Here's what they are asking today on "Giving Tuesday":

Join me for the WW 2015 Member Appreciation contest & win gifts from your favorite wellness brands! Go to the Wellness Warrior sign up page by December 15th and sign up for the newsletter  and then share with friends and be entered for prizes!