This workshop was one the most amazing experience that I was privileged to share with the beautiful people that came out on Sunday March 22, 2015. We started out with a couple cancellations before hand, this was due to the postponement of the class the previous week before!
I arrived about 10 minutes early to set up the room and was soon joined by Trevor. BuffyC and Alex came in and was soon followed by Larry and Tracy. The class should have started at 1 pm however, we decided to wait a few minutes to see if anyone else would arrive. Initially I had set the tables to surround the room so I could be in the middle to share the information evenly, but when we realized it was just us, we gathered the tables together and the Five (5) strangers at the time, with only me as familiar, pulled the tables together and made a family! I was really touched, because this is something that we dream about. Different lives, varying moods but representing one family one consciousness
Afya Yoga & Pilates Studio made the perfect location and set the trend moving forward! Beautiful space and a serene energy surrounded us. We felt enveloped in peace and it allowed our creativity and and natural HUMANNESS to flow and guide us!
Mommy & Daughter
The Rest of Trevor's Breakfast
Hard Concentration!
Yummy natural aromatic seasonings!!
She's loving her Live Creation!!
Alex is getting her Veggies nicely massaged
A Well Needed Break!!
Alexandria was the star of this workshop and deserved every minute of this well deserved break! She would not be left behind as far as the food preparation was concerned! Mommy Buffy, had her bulk of help coming from this gorgeous little darling! A Mother's DREAM!!
Enjoying the Serenity!
Impromptu Yoga Break by BuffyC..... only in a Live Food Workshop!!
So I am now beginning to think that every workshop I hold, I need to have Buffy there to take us through Yoga! Almost at the finishing line of our Live Food Workshop, some rest was indeed in order! Thank you Buffy for being the excellent Yoga Instructor that you are and taking us through those restful poses!
It was Larry's first time doing Yoga!
Nice stretch for Trevor
Nice Head massage to cap it off... hmmmmmmmmm....
Display of Live Food!!
A Little of Each, Makes A Lovely Meal
Breakfast For Champions
Live Pak Choy Dish
Live Jerk Plantains
Marinated Cucumbers
Pin 2 N Anchor Salad
Papaya in Coconut Creme Chutney
Green Leaves Make Better Wraps
#RevolutionOfFoodInJamaica
Easy Simple & Fun!
Fruits of the Live Labour!
This little darling enjoyed every bit of her Live Foods that she prepared herself!
Nom Nom Nom Nom... time!
Super Proud of every Dish Created! Thank you Beautiful!
Very proud of her Live Food Creations!
Give Thanks Everyone!!
Here's a little video that shows the joy, love and Spirit of the Workshop!!
My decision to do this Program was to show Jamaicans how simple and fun it can be to eat local foods. I believe that Jamaicans are eating foods that are clogging their systems and slowly killing them. In just the last few years, there has been a rise in Lifestyle Dis-Eases such as; Diabetes, Cancer, Endometriosis, and Prostate Cancer. I believe that if we release the junk foods and begin to take responsibility for the type of foods we consume, a huge difference in our Health would be seen. The purchasing of processed foods may seem to be more convenient because they have a longer shelf life and is more affordable. However, the impact it has on our health is tremendous! It shortens our lifespan! Any food that has the ability to last for such a long time outdoors, imagine how long it stays in our body and never leaves. In this program, I stopped eating all processed foods and meats, I only consumed what my ancestors who experienced a long, natural and healthy life ate; local organic foods! Yams, Sweet Potato, Breadfruit, Bammy (Cassava), Dasheen, Ackee and so much more! Jamaica's Food is so nutrient dense, people from all over the world come here for healing! So why should we who live here be unhealthy to the point of dying from the same lifestyle dis-ease that people are coming here to get healed from?? Doesn't make any sense to me!! As an acquaintance of mine, Dr. Danovan said: Illness is not a way of Life, but the result of a way of Life!
The primary goal of my programs are to inform and educate. To make you a better partner in understanding and managing your own health, as did our centurion Grandparents and those before us. The program was challenging because, I now had to prepare these foods myself and the cooking and eating time had now grown. However, this only encouraged me to manage my time a lot better.
I get my Weekly Veggies and fruits from Steve
There will be a recipe book releasing shortly that will document my journey and the foods that made it worth it!
