Sundays September 3, September 10, September 17, September 24, & October 1

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

1. Communal cooking rituals focused on seasonal diet of ancestral vegetables, fruits, grains & seafood 

2. Basic resources to support our nervous systems & spirits through change– meditating with the elements, ancestral plant allies, healing with the seasons

3. Intentional time for reflective journaling and/or small group sharing circles

Self paced google classroom

1. Weekly guided rituals for honoring self, ancestry, community, and the natural world 

2. 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 September 3, 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 22 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.

$150 USD

This tier supports the program/event cost.

$275 USD

This scale supports full cost for your self & supports partial contribution for a fellow community member.

$400 USD

This scale supports full cost for your self & full contribution on behalf of a fellow community member.

Requesting Scholarship or Payment Plan

Please fill out the entire registration form & follow the specific emailing instructions detailed on the form. Please understand that free scholarship spaces are for working class community (earning under $25k/year or qualify for public assistance such as Medicaid/Food Stamps). We trust that you will request these limited spaces from a place of integrity. If you do not fall within these demographics but face economic burdens that prevent you from arriving, please consider requesting a payment plan. If these options still present a barrier, please email me and we will arrange an alternative agreement for exchange.

Registration closes Sunday August 27, 2023.