Medicine from our Food, Kitchen Pharmacy

Mill Lake Retreat, St Osyth, Essex CO16 8EP

Saturday 13 July, 2024 10:00am - 4.30pm

Only 70 minute by train from London! Book early to avoid disappointment

‘LET FOOD BE OUR MEDICINE AND MEDICINE BE OUR FOOD’ said Hippocrates, how right he was and why have we forgotten this profound statement? Our shops are full of highly processed foods that are destroying our ability to think straight, giving us diabetes, dumbing our children and making them hyper. Discover how your kitchen can be your own pharmacy, saving visits to the doctors, from first aid to creating delicious and nutritious recipes that you can make, sample or bring home. Learn to make healing fermented drinks, to healing condiments, how to grow your own kitchen garden and how to sprout.

Also enjoy delicious a nutritious vegetarian lunch from the retreat gardens with like minded people and recipes to take home and so much more all for only £75 including all tuition and meals. For more information and to see what else is included in this incredible healing day see the itinerary below.

Numbers are limited to only 12 to ensure an intimate and personalised experience, so book now to reserve your place!

Alternatively, please call Michele on +44 07960 976398 to book your place.

EXPERIENCED FACILITATOR

Michele Claiborne, with over 35 years of experience in teaching Nutrition, brings a wealth of knowledge as a qualified international natural healer. Participants will benefit from her diverse background and extensive studies. She will be teaching kitchen pharmacy and more.

GROUP SIZE

To ensure an intimate and personalised experience, the group size is limited to a maximum of 12 participants. lessons start promptly at 10 a.m.

SKILL LEVELS

Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced.

DURATION

10:00am Saturday - 4.30pm

COST

All inclusive, five hours of tuition, vegetarian lunch from the garden or locally sourced and prepared on site, special teas, coffee and alternative milks, take home samples of things made, recipes and handout manual, Only £75

Please call Michele on +44 07960 976398 to book your place.

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Mindfulness Workshops hosted by Michele Claiborne

Mill Lake Retreat, St Osyth, Essex CO16 8EP

Saturday 24 May, 2025 10:00am - 8pm

Only 70 minute by train from London! Book early to avoid disappointment

Enjoy six transformative workshops, each designed to deepen and to introduce new aspects to your individual mindfulness practice for mind, body and soul in a serene lakeside setting. The packed day offers a rare opportunity to experience a myriad of wellbeing practices, from meditation and managing physical and mental health issues to gentle yoga and kitchen pharmacy.

Also enjoy delicious and nutritious vegetarian meals from the retreat gardens with recipes to take home with like minded people and more all for only £125 including all tuition and meals. For more information and to see what else is included in this incredible healing day see the itinerary below.

Numbers are limited to only 12 to ensure an intimate and personalised experience, so book now to reserve your place!

Please call Michele on +44 07960 976398 to book your place.

Experienced Facilitator

Michele Claiborne, with over 35 years of experience in teaching mindfulness, brings a wealth of knowledge as a qualified international natural healer. Participants will benefit from her diverse background and extensive studies. She will be teaching breathing techniques, meditations, kitchen pharmacy and more, see itinerary.

Group Size

To ensure an intimate and personalised experience, the group size is limited to a maximum of 12 participants.

Skill Levels

Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced.

Duration

10:00am Saturday - 8pm

Cost

All inclusive, 6 regenerative tuition workshops, 2 vegetarian meals from the garden or locally sourced and prepared on site, teas, coffee and alternative milks, mindful walking session, Only £125 - the itinerary below shows everything that is included.

Alternatively, please call Michele on +44 07960 976398 to book your place.

Itinerary

SATURDAY 24TH MAY

10:00am Introduction by your host Michele Claiborne

Unwind with a herbal tea and get acquainted with your fellow participants while Michele runs through how to make the most of your retreat and the principle importance of mindfulness, meditation, medicine from our food, meridians and movement. PLEASE BE ON TIME as we can then jump into the first key practice.

10:30am Mastering breath techniques

Scientists now recognize the importance of how we can use our breath for healing, relaxing, regenerating, and altering the very chemistry of our body. This session requires action and focus and with consistent practice has healed and changed peoples lives.

11:30am Meditations

Get comfortable but brace yourself to go on an inward journey with one of Michele’s visual meditations, using visualisation, new focus and the breath to transform our body and our mind, and inevitably change our life.

12:30pm Movement

Designed to open the chakras (energy centres within your body) and leave you feeling balanced and rejuvenated. Open to all levels in a gentle practice.

1:30pm Lunch

Enjoy a nutritious and delicious meal such as; locally grown spectacular salad with mixed seeds and nuts (please inform us if you have any allergies), healthy avocado dressing, sprouted lentil bread with homemade houmous, and homemade rocket/basil pesto.

3:00pm Mindfulness practices

Using all of our senses, enjoy a gentle walk in the beautiful countryside, while learning to stay in the present moment.

4:00pm Tea Break

4:30pm Meridian's and the Mind …Emotional Freedom Technique and energy workshop

Learn how to use our pressure points along with our mindful focus to release any stuck flow of energy from past or future negative fears and thoughts or traumas. This process has changed peoples lives for the better.

5:30pm Medicine from our Foods …an Introduction to Kitchen Pharmacy

Food is our medicine and in our kitchen discover first aid, health, vitality using regular condiments, herbs and food. Recipes of the weekend’s foods given out and lunch prepared together with a little help from our chef Paul Taylor!

6:30pm Dinner

Enjoy another healthy and more hearty meal such as; cooked sprouted Dahl with cauliflower rice, mango pickle, crunchy fresh salad and lentil chapattis (Please inform us if you have any allergies) .

8:00pm End of retreat