Last weekend I did my first of three health and wellness workshops for the New York Restoration Project (NYRP). It went really well and I feel really good about. But instead of describing it myself, I’ll use the official event report from the incredibly NYRP Outreach Coordinatar, Rachael Brody:
It was a perfect afternoon in East Harlem for sprouting and salad making this past Saturday! We kicked off the first of three workshops on Healthy Eating and Wellness in the El Cataño Community Garden. The workshop, led by Noah Goldstein, former NYRP educator, covered the importance of incorporating movement and a seasonal diet (in whatever capacity possible) into our lifestyles. 20 community members and folks from our meet-up.com group joined us. We started off with some simple stretches to get our bodies moving, followed by a holistic discussion about seasonal food and nutrition. Then we broke up into two groups and prepared two delicious salads, laughing and swapping recipes along the way, using all parts of the plant (root,stem,leaf,flower, and seed) with some extra special ingredients handpicked from the garden! At the end of the workshop each participant went home with a new sprouting jar and a variety of seeds to begin making their own sprouts at home.
“ The presentor did a great job of combining all the essential elements of wellness into an easily digestible (no pun intended!) format in a fabulous venue. From the beginning stretches to the hands on salad prep with edible flowers to the parting gifts of sprout seeds, it was very well orchestrated. Look forward to the next one! ” Kathy Andino
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