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Hello Friends,
Finding harmony and balance in life is a process, but once you have the steps, it becomes second nature. Remember learning to speak a new language? From a novice perspective it seems impossibly complicated. But once you've learned the basics you can begin to read, write and speak the language.
Generally it is easier to access harmony and balance when our food and lifestyle is more at center and we create healthy patterns for ourselves. Learning the basics of cooking for healing, health, wellness, and a life filled with wonderful surprises can make all the difference in achieving that balance more easily and elegantly.
Now that my Airbnb apartment is available, I offer
2- or 3-day private retreats to allow yourself to access your personal balance of eating, health and wellness and bringing your body, mind and spirit into alignment.
Rise up to your authentic self with authentic foods and join me on one of the upcoming wonderful opportunities to expand your empowerment and potential in this life.
And don't miss out on these wonderful opportunities:
- Culinary Medicine and Home Remedies Cooking Class
- Lyme Disease, Lecture/Question&Answer presentation
- YOUR FACE NEVER LIES - Oriental Diagnosis
- Emotional Eating and Cravings Cooking Class
- WOMEN'S HEALTH WORKSHOP
- Complete Certificate Culinary Medicine Level 1
See complete schedule below!
Sending Love and Warm Wishes,
Bettina
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8 ounces (226g) of unsweetened chocolate chips for baking (2 packages Ghirardelli premium baking bar or other brand)
½ cup raw whole coconut butter (whole coconut flesh - Artisiana)
½ cup whole organic coconut milk (Native Forest)
1 tablespoon natural vanilla
1 - 2 tablespoons brandy or cognac (optional)
½ cup soymilk
½ - 1 cup maple syrup
unsweetened cocoa powder or coconut flakes for decoration (optional)
Melt the chocolate chips in a double boiler. Add coconut butter, vanilla and maple syrup, soymilk to taste. When the mixture is delicious and creamy remove from heat and add brandy or cognac. Let it cool in the refrigerator for 1 hour, then form balls or other shapes out of chocolate, working swiftly. You may roll the balls in unsweetened cocoa powder or unsweetened coconut flakes for decoration.
Careful: very addictive!
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Upcoming Events:
May 28th, Sunday, 11 am - 1:30 pm Cooking Class: Culinary Medicine and Home Remedies, $65
- Do you wish to find out what Culinary Medicine is and what it can do for you, your family and friends?
- We are in the midst of a collective shift. There's never been a more exciting and intense time to be alive. I know that if you are considering this session, you sense the opportunity for your own transformation and healing and the healing of the planet.
- Venture deeper into the essence of food, cooking techniques, home remedies and experience it's miracle powers.
May 31st, 7 pm - 8:30 pm,
Lyme Disease, Lecture/Question&Answer presentation,
by donation at the East Greenbush Chiropractic Wellness Center, 569 Columbia Turnpike, East Greenbush NY 12061
- Realizing the complex interconnections between body, mind and spirit through her own healing journey from Lyme disease, Bettina knows that it is possible to overcome lyme disease and improve and deepen the quality of all your experiences in life. Discover how whole foods and whole food preparations are the basis to help you improve your health and move beyond lyme disease.
- Learn about specific foods/herbs and remedies that specifically target lyme spiroketes, while also reducing inflammation in your body and making you feel great.
- Venture deeper into the essence of food and experience it's miracle powers for healing and well-being!
June 1st, Thursday, 7 pm - 8:00 pm, $20 Webinar presentation, YOUR FACE NEVER LIES - Oriental Diagnosis
- Have you ever wondered how Acupuncturists and other Eastern Holistic Practitioners diagnose health or ailments in the body? Based on the same ancient practices as acupuncture and Chinese medicine, oriental diagnosis has been practiced for over 3,000 years.
- If you know how to read the 'signs' a glance in the mirror can tell you much about your health. The shape of your face, your posture, skin tone, facial structures, palms and feet can tell you even more. They all reflect the vitality of your constitution at birth, the quality of your present condition thru diet and lifestyle, and the strengths and weaknesses of your internal organs.
- Oriental diagnosis can lead you to an understanding of health and healing beyond the limits of western medicine.
June 3rd, Saturday, 11 am - 2 pm, $75, Emotional Eating and Cravings Cooking Class and Lecture in Lee, MA
- 11 pm - 2 pm Cooking class and lecture to overcome Emotional Eating and Cravings (includes eating the foods prepared during class at the end of the class)
- Does stress, anger, confusion or sadness drive you to eat? Do you turn to food for comfort, or when you're bored? Many people do. Eating for emotional reasons instead of being physically hungry can become a problem both in terms of weight and health.
- Many of us turn to food for stress relief, comfort, or as a reward. If you're an emotional eater, you may feel powerless over your food cravings. Emotional eating or stress eating is using food to make yourself feel better-eating to fill emotional needs, rather than to look at what is truly at the root of this.
- Emotional eating can sabatoge your wellbeing, healing or weight loss efforts. Cravings can be emotional and some cravings are simply a chemical imbalance in the body or brain or hormonal household. We will look at different patterns and key factors to discern what is going on in the body and how to address them.
June 10th, Saturday, 11:30 am - 4:30 pm 11:30 am - 2:30 pm cooking class and 3 pm - 4:30 pm powerpoint presentation, $125, WOMEN'S HEALTH WORKSHOP, Valleyspirit Cooperative and Wellness Center, Washington Depot, CT
In this workshop Bettina will address many foundational issues related to women and the female reproductive organs and how to overcome these issues using culinary medicine.
Join Bettina to find out about these key issues:
- Foods and their effect on our physical, emotional and mental wellbeing.
- How to discern early warning signs of possible problems related to women's health.
- Which power foods and lifestyle choices are positively affecting women's health.
- How foods, hormones and emotions are related.
- How to prevent or reduce toxins and stagnation to build up in our reproductive organs and bodies as a whole.
- We are thrilled to experience Bettina's teaching here at Valley Spirit, with this class designed for women to learn more about health/wellbeing and healing approaches from a woman's perspective.
Please call to sign up: Valleyspirit Cooperative: [email protected] or call (860) 691 - 2788
Complete Certificate Culinary Medicine Level 1 - part webinar, part hand's on cooking workshop
Complete Culinary Medicine Level 1:
June 14th, June 21st and June 28th - 3 consecutive Wednesday evening webinar sessions from 7 pm - 9pm EST
June 30th - July 2nd - Level 1 hands-on-cooking intensive - 3-day-cooking workshop (6 cooking classes)
Part A: webinar
- Understanding yin and yang and healing foods
- Lifestyle suggestions for health
- Understanding and balancing nutritional factors (minerals, proteins, carbohydrates, fats, minerals and vitamins)
- Foods for common health conditions (skin conditions, headaches, constipation, back pain, insomnia, acid reflux and others)
- Cravings and emotional eating
- Introduction of the 5 transformations
- Intro to Oriental diagnosis
Part B: cooking intensive workshop - 3 -day-hands-on cooking workshop (6 cooking classes - lunch and dinner included all three days)
Center for Healing and Transformation, 210 Prospect Street, Lee, MA 01238
- Cooking for daily/personal needs:
- Cooking with Grains - rice with chickpeas, barley stew, millet with cauliflower, noodle salad and much more
- Cooking with Beans - black bean soup, lentil stew, azuki with squash, tofu scramble and more
- Cooking with Vegetables - sauteed vegetables, pressed salad, blanching, nishime style, creamy squash soup and more
- Cooking with Sea Vegetables - miso soup with wakame, arame with carrots and onions, hijiki dish, etc.
- Preparing Healthy and Delicious Desserts - blueberry compote with cashew cream, macaroons, couscous tart and more
- Home Remedies - sweet vegetable drink, ume sho kuzu, sweet kuzu, dried daikon tea and more
June 13th, Tuesday, 7 pm - 8:00 pm, $20 Webinar presentation, MACROBIOTIC HOME REMEDIES
- Based on the same ancient practices as acupuncture and Chinese medicine, understanding the principles and applications of frequently used Macrobiotic Home Remedies, will be an effective tool to use for bringing the body to balance, health and healing.
June 22nd, 7 pm EST, Summer Solstice Meditation/Chanting, 45 minute webinar/Guided Meditation, Visualization and Chanting, $15
- Sommer Solstice: An excellent time to reset and focus on intentions coming to fruition in regards to the four faces of success: Love, Abundance/Freedom, Beauty that shines from within when you are doing what you love and Health
- Stepping away from the constant hubbub of life as well as quieting down the inner chatter can provide you with rewiring the brain, immense rejuvenation and inspiration. Using the same old pathways in the brain that haven't worked in the past and hoping for a different outcome is unreasonable. However, meditation can open up new neural pathways and lasting positive change in your body and mind.
June 24th, Saturday, 11 am - 1:30 pm Cooking Class: Culinary Medicine and Home Remedies, $65, Lee, MA
- Do you wish to find out what Culinary Medicine is and what it can do for you, your family and friends?
- We are in the midst of a collective shift. There's never been a more exciting and intense time to be alive. I know that if you are considering this session, you sense the opportunity for your own transformation and healing and the healing of the planet.
- Venture deeper into the essence of food, healing, cooking techniques, home remedies and experience it's miracle powers.
Complete Certificate Culinary Medicine Level 2 - part webinar, part hand's on cooking workshop
Complete Certificate Culinary Med. Level 2
July 5th, July 12th and July 19th - 3 consecutive Wednesday evening webinar sessions from 7 pm - 9pm EST
July 21st - July 23rd - Level 2 hands-on-cooking intensive - 3-day-cooking workshop (6 cooking classes)
Center for Healing and Transformation, 210 Prospect Street, Lee, MA 01238
Click here for more information!
July 6th, Thursday, 7 pm - 8:30 pm, $20 Webinar presentation
Stress - the hidden stalker
- Stress evokes a disturbance in our physical, emotional and mental equilibrium. A stressful event can trigger the 'fight or flight' response, causing hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol to surge in the body. A brief period of stress can be exciting and stimulating. However, long-term stress or chronic stress can be detrimental on our physical, emotional and mental health and well being.
- Learn how to break the vicious cycle of chronic stress by choosing specific foods and preparations and lifestyle choices.
July 20th, Thursday 7 pm - 8:30 pm, $20 Webinar presentation
Emotional Eating, Cravings, Stress Eating
- Does stress, anger, confusion or sadness drive you to eat? Do you turn to food for comfort, or when you're bored? Many people do. Eating for emotional reasons instead of being physically hungry can become a problem both in terms of weight and health.
- Many of us turn to food for stress relief, comfort, or as a reward. If you're an emotional eater, you may feel powerless over your food cravings. Emotional eating or stress eating is using food to make yourself feel better-eating to fill emotional needs, rather than to look at what is truly at the root of this.
- Emotional eating can sabatoge your wellbeing, healing or weight loss efforts. Cravings can be emotional and some cravings are simply a chemical imbalance in the body or brain or hormonal household. We will look at different patterns and key factors to discern what is going on in the body and how to address them.
- Health conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure, adrenal fatigue and overweight can accompany this situation.
- Learn how to navigate thru emotional eating and cravings without using it as a coping mechanism.
- Eating until we are over-stuffed is a sure sign something is going on emotionally. Are you ready to make changes?
Sign up here: space is limited, email [email protected] or call (413) 429-5610 now to reserve your space.
July 30th - August 5th - Summer Conference
- Over 25 Teachers, Counselors, & Cooks * 50 cooking classes, Lectures & Panels
- Come for the Week, the Day, or for the Gala
- Register Now and Save $200 on Tuition
Please Call 866-264-5139 for pricing & further information or visit
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