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Wise Women Rising- A Menopause Gathering

Join us in person Kingston, NY Saturday, April 19th 2:00-4:00pm

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Join us on zoom Thursday, April 24th 7:00-8:30pm

Every woman’s menopause experience is personal. In addition to all of the profound physical and emotional changes, this is a potent and sacred time for us.
If we’re caught up and feeling frustrated with all of the symptoms, it can be challenging to see the gifts and messages of this pivotal time.
Many women suffer in silence with the sudden changes in our bodies.

We don’t feel like ourselves.

Weight gain, hot flashes, mood swings, anxiety, depression, sleep issues, anger, body aches, digestive issues, vaginal dryness, brain fog, low energy, changes in libido (and so much more) can throw us into a tailspin of feelings. This is not something to be endured.

There is so much we can do to support ourselves.

Unfortunately, many doctors including female GYN’s are uninformed about menopause, and the many important ways to we can be supporting our bodies and minds now. Did you know that many GYN’s had less than 4 hours of training about menopause in medical school? I did not know that until I started my own menopause journey and tried for a very long time to find out what on earth was happening to me.

Once our cycle stops for a full year we are in menopause and remain in menopause for the rest of our lives. It’s not an experience that we go through and it’s over. This is a misconception. Changes continue to evolve and emerge as we move into different seasons of our lives.

Let’s come together to connect as women. Let’s share our stories. In addition to all of the profound changes, this is a potent and sacred time for us. But if we’re caught up and frustrated with all of the symptoms, it’s challenging to see the gifts and messages of this time.

I’m honored to be your guide. Join me in sisterhood and learn about what’s happening in your body and how to care for yourself. When women gather, magic happens.

About the facilitator:
Holly Shelowitz is a Certified Nutrition Counselor, Culinary Educator, Aromatherapist, and Menopause Coach.
For over 25 years, through her client sessions, cooking classes, workplace wellness workshops and educational events, Holly has been teaching clients how to nourish themselves well in each season of their lives, and to do it simply. In Holly’s aromatherapy workshops, she teaches students how to engage their senses and use essential oils for stress relief, health and wellness.

Holly is a regular guest on Northeast Public Radio, sharing her expertise on food, cooking, wellness and overall nourishment. Holly was the Northeast Regional Nutrition Educator for Whole Foods Market, is on the faculty of Omega Institute and has created wellness education programs for libraries and organizations like Eileen Fisher Co, American Express, United Parcel Service, Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, RUPCO and more.

Join us in person at Evolutionary Holistic Healing in Kingston, NY Saturday, April 19th 2-4pm
Register here to join us in person
OR
Join us on zoom Thursday, April 17th 7:00-8:30pm
Register here to join us on zoom

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Book Club- How to Menopause

Mother Earth’s Cafe, Kingston, NY
Tuesday, April 22 5:30 dinner and shop, 6:30- 8:00 discussion and connection.
The conversation continues May 6 + 20, June 3 + 17

Join me for our book club! Our first title is the new and wonderful book called “How to Menopause” by Tamsen Fadal. This is the book I wish I had when I went into menopause. I felt so lost. I wanted to understand what was happening in my body (and my mind!). I felt so alone in it. Thankfully, there’s a menopause revolution going on. Can you believe how little it’s discussed? Not anymore!

Hot off the press, How to Menopause just came out last week and it’s the book we all need- to understand perimenopause into menopause and beyond. What I love about it is that it’s written by a journalist who interviewed 42 doctors. It is PACKED with important information and is easy to digest and understand, like you’re sitting with your girlfriends.
I have all of the menopause books- written by doctors and neuroscientists and they’re great. This book brings it all together in a way that’s easy to understand.

Tamsen is the writer and visionary of the M Factor documentary. She, like all of us has her menopause story. Join me and let’s read and talk about it together. One of the things that can be difficult is feeling alone in your menopause journey. SO much is changing within us and we need to be in sisterhood. Purchase your book here or get it from your local library.

We will meet in the cafe at Mother Earth’s Storehouse in Kingston, NY. Come for dinner and connection at the cafe at 5:00.
You’ll receive a 15% savings coupon on all grocery and cafe purchases (except sale items).
Book discussion will begin at 6:30 after we eat and shop. $15 payable to Holly when you arrive.

$15
Register with Venmo to Holly Shelowitz

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PAST EVENTS

Saturday, November 9th 2:00- 4:30
Learn how to make herbal infused vinegar, fire cider and compound butter 

Join me at the wonderful Clove Valley Farm as we make herbal infused vinegars and compound butter. Compound butter is when we add herbs to our very own homemade butter. If you’re not able to eat dairy, let us know and we will have olive oil + coconut oil available for you. Everyone will take home their creations. After class, join us for a warm bowl of soup
$40
Venmo to Holly Shelowitz or Clove Valley Farm to reserve your spot

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Holiday Gift Making Class
Make Your Own All Natural Bathsalts, Bodyscubs, Body Powder and Hand Cream
Sunday, December 8, 1:00-4:00pm  $40
Join me for a wonderful collaboration with the High Falls Food Coop as I show you how to make your own all natural holiday gifts.
Everyone will take home their creations. Register by phone or in person at the High Falls Food Coop.
$40 / $35 for members

PAST CLASSES

Tuesday, October 29 3:30-6:00
Learn how to make your own hot sauce and fire cider
Join me at the wonderful Clove Valley Farm as we make hot sauce from the array of peppers Aileah and her team tend and harvested, then we will make our very own fire cider! You can even dig up your own horseradish root if the frost stays away long enough.
Everyone will take home their creations. After class, join us for a warm bowl of soup
$40 *register for both classes and save $10
Venmo to Holly Shelowitz or Clove Valley Farm to reserve your spot

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Join me on WAMC Food Friday as I chat with Ray Graf about all of the Immune Boosting foods for Autumn. Catch the replay here

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High Falls Co-op Wellness Fair
September 29th 1-3pm
Join me at the High Falls Food Coop in High Falls, NY for a cooking demonstration, featuring the foods of the season. Come say hello and taste some deliciousness.

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Thai Cooking Class
Wednesday, September 18 6pm, Mount Tremper
Join me in the kitchen for a vegetarian Thai cooking class. Learn about the exotic flavors of Thailand and enjoy a delicious, freshly prepared dinner.
Together we will make fresh Spring Rolls with Peanut Dipping Sauce and I’ll demonstrate how to make Thai Red Curry served over Jasmine Rice.
After dinner, we have an extra special treat of Steve Gorn playing his beautiful bansuri flute for dessert.
Register here

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Thursday, May 16 5:30-7:30pm
Join me in the beautiful Schein Kitchen Studio for a hands on Thai Cooking Class.

Come join us for a fun and interactive cooking experience where you’ll learn how to create delicious Thai dishes from scratch.

Our chef Holly Shelowitz will guide you through the traditional techniques and ingredients used in Thai cuisine, and in this class will teach you how to make:
🥢Thai Laab with ground Turkey (served on lettuce leaf)

🥢Tom Yum Goong ( hot and sour lemongrass and shrimp soup)

🥢Thai Red Curry with Chicken

🥢Jasmine rice

At the end of the class we will all enjoy this meal together.

Schein Studios, 1776 NY-212 in Saugerties (next door to ImmuneSchein Tea Haus), and let’s get cooking!

$95 per person includes a 2 hour cooking class and a delicious, freshly prepared Thai dinner
Register here

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Online: Food Friday WAMC.org
Friday, February 2, 2pm join me on WAMC.org for Food Friday as I chat with Ray Graf all about the health benefits of chocolate and how to make some delicious treats. Always a fun hour, you can call in with your chocolate questions!

In Person: Chocolate Making Workshop
Friday, February 9th, 5:00-7:00 Hinterland, Shokan, NY $55
Join me at Hinterland in Shokan for a hands-on delectable chocolate making workshop.
Learn how to make chocolate hazelnut butter
Ceremonial sacred cacao elixir
Create your own chocolate bark adding botanicals and superfoods.
This will be chocolate paradise and we look forward to seeing you there!

My passion for chocolate making brought me to Costa Rica where I lived in a treehouse and studied bean to bar chocolate making on a small family owned cacao plantation. It was fabulous! Imagine waking up to the aroma of roasting cacao beans wafting in the air…..it was a dream come true
$55 Register with Venmo here or paypal here

In Person: Make Your Own Body Butter and Body Scrub $40-$60
Sunday, February 11th, 1:00-4:00pm Circle Creative Collective, New Paltz, NY

Make your own body butter and body scrub with pure, natural ingredients!
Learn about botanicals and oils that are healing and moisturizing for your skin, and how to combine them to make your very own creation. Everyone will make their own jars of beautiful body butter and bodyscrub to take home. All materials are included and no experience is required other than a willingness to learn and your own unique creative spirit!

Learn more and register here

Chocolate Making Workshop on Zoom
Tuesday, February 13th 7:30-9:00pm $55
Set up your computer in your kitchen and let’s make some chocolate! Together we will make chocolate bark and hazelnut truffles. Register early so you have time to gather your ingredients. Once we receive your payment, ingredients, recipes and zoom link will be sent. When making venmo payment, send your email please 🙂
Register with paypal here
Register with Venmo here

Essential Oil Education Classes take place in person and on Zoom. 
Join me and learn the powerful healing properties of essential oils. They are so much more than smelling good!

Learn how our olfactory system (sense of smell and how we process that) is directly connected to the limbic system of the brain.
This means that EVERYTHING you smell from toxic every day cleaning products, skincare, shampoo, etc connects with the brain.
Here are the upcoming classes. More classes are added weekly so be sure you’re on our email list.

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Cooking Classes focus on fresh ingredients prepared to bring out maximum flavor. Throughout the class, you will receive lots of helpful nutrition information, time saving tips and knife skills to make it easier for you to get dinner on the table and lunch in your box with grace and ease.

Join us and learn about herbs/spices/ingredients and condiments that make the simplest ingredients taste like you ordered from a restaurant. Spend time in your kitchen and you will be rewarded in many ways. 

Group Cooking Classes on Zoom provide a lesson, where everyone participates side by side, learning together in their own kitchens, chopping slicing and stirring up a fabulous meal. Once you register, you will receive the shopping list, recipes and zoom link for class. Simply set up your laptop/ ipad/ phone in the kitchen and together, we will create a fabulous meal.

What people are saying:
“Holly’s group cooking classes are more fun than you can imagine.  In addition to the food being delicious, Holly creates a wonderful feeling of community. The classes are an opportunity for me to feel connected even though we are all in our own kitchens- and it inspires me to push my creativity.
The classes are great for the novice as well as the more experienced cook.  I have attended quite a few of them and always come away with some new, fresh recipes, renewed enthusiasm and a quiet confidence to take back to my own kitchen to create an inspired meal.”
Beth, NJ

“I was always intimidated to cook for people- but Holly’s class taught me that cooking can really be fun! Thanks for showing me the joy in cooking!” Nancy, Woodstock

“As someone who knew very little about nutrition, and even less about how to navigate my way around a kitchen, I was completely blown away by the ease with which you were able to make me and the other chefs in disguise so comfortable. My biggest fear was feeling that the food I cooked would somehow not be edible. How wrong I was! Using the absolute finest of organic ingredients and preparing them in a simple, loving, and delicious way was a revelation. I now have the confidence to make healthy meals that not only taste good but also give me a true sense of accomplishment- thanks to your patient, professional guidance.” Bruce, Hawaii

“Super fun, delicious food and I learned so much. I’ve already registered for another class. I’m excited to make these recipes at home” RB

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Private cooking lessons make fantastic gifts. A private cooking lesson includes a cooking session, knife skills lesson, a printed set of recipes. Learn more details about our private cooking lessons. 

Create a private cooking class with your friends or family! Bachelorette parties, anniversaries, birthdays are all fabulous occasions to gather in the kitchen. Learn more details  here

Gift certificates for group Zoom cooking classes make the best gift! Once we receive your order, we will email you a gift certificate that you can print and give to the lucky recipient. All they need to do is email or call us to register for their class of choice if there is space available. Class gift certificates are $40 per person.

Cancellation Policy (PLEASE READ)

If you need to cancel after recipes have been sent, we will send you the recording that you can watch when you’re ready.