A fun and interactive, educational cooking class series for beginning and experienced cooks focused on foods from the African Diaspora, including the African continent, Central and South Americas, and the South and Southwestern USA. 

All foods prepared in the series are free of animal products and by-products, sugar and alcohol. Only a few recipes include gluten and these are easily avoided. Please notify us if you have any other food concerns.

Each enrollee will receive a workbook with recipes.

2018 DATES

Six Sundays - Sep 23, 30 and Oct 7, 14, 21, 28 from 1:30pm-3:00pm

Class location: St. Mary's Woods Retirement Community - Enter driveway at tall blue flags on Gaskins, follow road straight back - park in first lot on the left and enter community room (next to the chapel).

PREREQUISITES*:

• Interest in indigenous foods and cultures

• Open to learning and discovery

• Excited to learn new (plant-based) recipes

• Desire to improve kitchen/cooking/food skills

• Prepared each week to learn, laugh, share, cook and eat!

• Pre-enrollment (no walk-ins)

*Oldways is a nonprofit food and nutrition education organization, founded in 1990, with a mission to guide people to good health through heritage, and the sponsors of this cooking series. All personal information will be kept confidential. For statistical purposes, your measurements (weight/height/body type/inches/age) will be sent anonymously to Oldways (without your name or other identifying data). 

Alongside history, principles, logistics and ethics, we'll have fun learning about our physical, emotional and energy bodies, being grounded in goodness, making powerful connections, and utilizing positive energy flow for wellbeing ... plus lots of hands-on experience in the Reiki Clinic and some info on plant medicines! All in a convenient West End location.

In order to maintain an intimate, hands-on approach that empowers and prepares the student to confidently begin using and sharing Reiki immediately, we will only accept 6 students for this class. Easy-pay options help you secure a spot early.

• Reiki 1: Friday from 6pm - 10pm

First and foremost, Reiki is for self-healing, relaxation, calming and clarity. You will receive your in-class attunement. We will focus on self-healing, as well as working with children, animals, plants, family and friends. We'll cover what Reiki is and isn't, Reiki history, theories, principles, hand placements, symbols and the role of intuition. 

• Reiki 2: Saturday from 9am - 4:30pm

Prerequisite: completion of Reiki Level 1 training at Qi To Wellness prior to this date. If you are trained in Reiki Level 1 from another instructor, please call us before registering.

The focus is on a deeper commitment to the practice, extending beyond oneself and one's close circle (family and friends) to the treatment of others (both in person and remotely) as well as solidifying yourself as a Reiki professional in the greater community.

Roll up your sleeves and get ready for a day of grounding techniques, body scanning, more hands-on Reiki including remote sessions, discovering uses for Reiki in everyday life, and working with live clients in the clinic!

The Reiki Clinic is a practicum that begins with the Reiki Circle where you will practice Reiki with your classmates to develop a level of comfort. By afternoon, you will progress to offering 1:1 consultation + Reiki to a real life client (whom you invite), empowering you to put into action all you've learned. Your guests are welcome to stay for the graduation and celebrate your achievement!

Tuition includes ...

• Reiki Handbook
• Pre-class assignment
• Pre-class remote attunement + in-class attunement
• Hands-on practicum in the Reiki Circle and Clinic
• Wholesale essential oil account with doTERRA + EO consultation (optional)
• Reiki 1 Training Certificate or Reiki 2 Practitioner Certificate

Register here:

*Early registration ends on March 31, 2016. Registration after this date may not be available.