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Foster a New You!

Asheville, NC

Foster a New You!

Foster a New You is a monthly community potluck luncheon featuring no oil, plant-based FOOD, with new and old FRIENDS, and VEGUCATION!  

Whether you are a die-hard vegan, a newbie to this healthy lifestyle, or just curious, YOU ARE WELCOME - check us out!

We meet on the fourth Saturday of every month at 1pm in Foster Church's Multi-Purpose room. 

Please bring a no oil, plant-based dish that serves 6-8 people.  If this is new to you, no worries, keep it simple, bring veggies or a salad or fruit ... you get the picture :-)  If you are already acquainted with a healthy "food for medicine" lifestyle, delight us with your favorite recipe!

This is a fun, friendly, open group which WELCOMES EVERYONE, filled with goodwill and best wishes for thriving lives for each member!  

Every month we will have a SPECIAL FEATURE such as cooking demonstrations by experienced "food for lifers", knowledgeable speakers on a variety of "food for life" topics ... that sort of thing.

This Meet-Up group is being launched with 3 events:

1.  On Saturday May 5, 2019, 7pm:  The Asheville and WNC's premier showing of CODE BLUE! A revolutionary documentary highlighting Lifestyle Medicine to prevent, treat, and manage chronic diseases.  Followed by a Q&A session with Sven Jonsson, M.D., M.S., Advent Health Family Medicine physician.  Free childcare provided.  Please RSVP at:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/code-blue-premier-film-screening-tickets-60439752928

2.  On Monday May 6 or Thursday May 9 at 6:30pm: CODE BLUE film premier will be followed by a 21 DAY CHALLENGE - 21 days filled with heart-healthy, mind-healthy, body-healthy, tastebud-tempting food! Your body is going to love YOU!  Attend 3 classes (Mondays:  5/6, 5/13, 5/20; or Thursdays:  5/9, 5/16, 5/23) that will provide you with guidance, great support, and a sampling of guilt-free goodies to help you succeed!  Cost: $10 for a book that will be available at the first class.

3.  On Saturday May 25 at 1pm:  Will be our first Foster a New You meet-up, as described above!  It's going to be great - come join us!

66 members · Public

Somatic Meditation Circle

Fairview, NC

Somatic Meditation Circle
We are a circle of open minded, loving humans coming together to support each other growing and healing. We meet in person weekly at a beautiful home in Fletcher. There is no charge for the event but love offerings are welcome. What is somatic meditation? An engaging, fun, and satisfying approach to meditation. We are practicing noticing and engaging with the body, as opposed to leaving the body. Learning how to be in our bodies is grounding and healing. So often spiritual practices bring us up and out of our bodies, leaving no one home to tend to "us." Our practice includes feeling our sensations and noticing our thoughts. We practice accepting, allowing and full surrender to what's happening in our bodies and minds. We track where stillness lives in the body and where it isn't. As we surrender and allow what's already happening, we stop resisting what is, who we are, what we are experiencing, and we have deeper access to our stillness. Bingo! What's a meet up like? We start with a heart circle, each sharing what's alive for us and what we notice in our bodies, and then we begin a facilitated journey inward. Alexander and Karin will be your facilitators, and we have been practicing and sharing this process for over 7 years. We have special topic evenings, such as money, abundance, food/eating, relationships, etc, and honestly whatever is up for folks. We flow with what's alive with the group and our process is emergent. Our community is loving, encouraging, supportive and relaxed. Our desire is to heal, grow and support each other along the way. We are big fans of the power available in groups to amplify healing. If you've never tried to meditate or are a long term meditator, come and try it out. We love meeting new people and love geeking out about all the different avenues of healing and being. We strive to hold a non-dualistic space free of dogma and full of connection and fun.
236 members · Public