The Organic Teaching Kitchen

How to Break the "Busy" Habit
2016-02-13 16:00 - 18:00 UTC | The Organic Teaching Kitchen
Do you spend most of your time living by the seat of your pants, showing up late, eating on the run, spread too thin, sleeping poorly, and unable to say “no”? If so, this workshop is for you. Learn that Is it possible to never hurry, be centered and to get everything done.
Join Amy Reyer, Editor-in-Chief of ArtofLivingSlowly.com and professional coach specializing in Zen Living, meditation and personal/professional transformation. She has spent the last 10 years studying, practicing and teaching Buddhist meditation. Prior to this, Amy was a successful women’s media executive and busy-aholic.
You Will Learn:

The Slow Down Mindset
How to not hurry
How doing less means getting more done
How less stuff means more time (decluttering)
A simple meditation practice
How and when to disconnect
How to eat slowly

COST: $50 per 2-hour class
WHEN: Saturdays Bi-weekly – Jan.16th, 30th, Feb. 13th, 27th
TIME: 4:00-6:00 PM
WHERE: The Organic Teaching Kitchen
18 Old Post Road South, Croton on Hudson
RSVP/Questions: amy.reyer@reyerec.com, (914) 373-9234
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*Contact me to create your own group (minimum 3) if these dates don’t work with your schedule or if you are interested in individual coaching.

Nutrition Bootcamp
2016-01-19 17:30 - 19:30 | The Organic Teaching Kitchen
Nutrition Boot Camp is a 3-week, supported program to jump-start you to good health. Creating a paradigm shift in your diet by consuming more whole foods while engaging in physical activity is the cornerstone to good health.
Susan Chasen, Nutrition & Health Coach will support and guide you on choosing foods that promote wellness while removing common food allergens from your diet. We will meet weekly (3x’s) for 2-hrs of coaching and cooking, Jan 19, 26, Feb 9th.
Clients will gain confidence and knowledge as they work with Natalie Zeno, personal trainer, to implement an individualized fitness plan 2x’s a week, 60 minute each session.
Your rewards:
*Strengthen immune system
*Reduce inflammation
*Reduce sugar cravings
*Improve your mood
*Weight loss (if desired)
*Improve cardiorespiratory & muscular fitness
AND THAT’S JUST THE BEGINNING!
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Croton-on-Hudson Small Business Saturday
2015-11-28 10:00 - 15:00
Join Croton-on-Hudson’s 3rd annual American Express Small Business Saturday, a COLLABORATIVE HOLIDAY SHOPPING & GIFT-MAKING WORKSHOP. This 5-hour, multi-location collaborative gift-making shop-hop welcomes kids – adult ages 8 and up.

The shop-hop starts at Groovy on Grand, where participants will design a hand-crafted holiday gifts, then walk the town to The Organic Teaching Kitchen, Rutheny Jewelers, Baked by Susan, Sunshine & Clover and Shades of Green to create a hand crafted gift. Each gift will wrapped & ready to gift!

Finish the day with a shopping bag full of 8 hand-crafted holiday gifts ready to gift to their loved ones!

Cost – $115 (including lunch!)
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Freedom From Emotional Eating
2015-11-21 10:00 - 12:00 | The Organic Teaching Kitchen
Nourish Thy Self – Freedom From Emotional Eating
Are Your Ready To Nourish Yourself ?
Join psychotherapist, Dr. Annecy Baez for a six week psycho-educational support group to nourish the self and strengthen your relationship with food. It is not uncommon that many of us will overeat or mindlessly eat snacks, and meals when under stress or disconnected. This 6 week psycho-educational support group will focus, not on what and how to eat, but on self care skills that will teach you how to mange your emotions, your urges, how to live in the present moment, and to learn from your feelings, as well as how to cope with distress more skillfully. This group is scheduled biweekly, every other Saturday for 2- hours. Material will be provided.
*This group is currently in session and closed out. If you are interested in the next group, please contact us.

Saturdays, Bi-weekly – 9/19, 10/3, 10/17, 10/31, 11/7, & 11/21
Time: 10am-12pm

Columbus Day 5-hour Kid/Teen Workshop
2015-10-12 10:00 - 15:00 | The Organic Teaching Kitchen
Sew What’s Cooking
We are delighted to collaborate with Groovy on Grand for this special Columbus Day workshop! Students will make pumpkin-spice truffles & apple crisp at TOTK and a 2′ large apple pillow at Groovy on Grand!
SEW WHAT’S COOKING for Kids and Teens is a 5-hour, 2-location collaborative cooking & sewing class, where students will chop, slice, learn, bake, sketch, sew, and stud & stitch. You will leave with loads of new skills, two baked items and a stuffed pillow.
Students will start at the Organic Teaching Kitchen for the cooking portion, and then walk to Groovy on Grand– for the sewing portion. Students will each take home a mini Apple-crisp pie, a box of truffles and a giant red or green apple reading-pillow!
On Monday, October 12, 2015: 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. $90.00 per student for the 5-hour workshop; all ingredients, fabric and supplies included, except lunch. Please bring a bagged lunch. ($15.00 additional if you need to use a Groovy on Grand sewing machine for the day).
Students must bring their own sewing machines to work on. (Sewing machines must be standard-size and in good working order. Machine cannot be a Lil’ Stitch-n-Sew, nor any similar small, starter machine for this heavy sewing project.)
If student, does not have a sewing machine to sew on, they can use a Groovy on Grand machine for the 1-day workshop (at an additional $15.00 fee- as less students can now enroll). Two students max will share each Groovy on Grand sewing machine.
Workshop is geared to students ages 9 through 16! (Students will be grouped by age groups in the studio)
Minimum students required: 4
Maximum number of students: 10
SIGN UP – Upon enrollment, you will receive an email confirmation

Harvest Moon Celebration
2015-09-25 18:00 - 19:30
EAT . DRINK . GARDEN
You are invited to celebrate as we share seasonal tastings from the garden. It’s Free!
Myra Marsocci, owner of Shades of Green, Inc., and NYBG instructor will be launching a “hands-on” gardening program to demonstrate growing and using your own food for better health. Myra designed the Organic Healing Garden for Hudson Valley Hospital, the Organic Teaching Garden of Croton and will help you design and develop your own garden.
Gardening Program includes:

Eight hands-on garden workshops at The Organic Teaching Garden
Spring starter garden plants, seedlings and other give aways
Ongoing group advice and support through social media
Introductory rate – $150/year

For more information, contact Myra at Myrasg@mac.com or call 914 526-8470.

LOSE THE BAGGAGE AND RECLAIM YOUR MOJO
2015-08-14 11:00 - 12:30 | The Organic Teaching Kitchen
Tips for Rocking Life Changes!

Three experts discuss the best ways to:

ELIMINATE negative self-talk, unhealthy behaviors and
unproductive beliefs which get in the way of your success
SUPPORT successful career or life changes with a few simple, energy-boosting habits
DEBUNK myths around career change that keep you from taking a chance on yourself

Come join our panel discussion, featuring:

Dr. Christopher Rigling, Psy.D./MBA, founder of C. Sloan Consulting, helps people and organizations remove obstacles to bring about positive change in work and life
Susan Chasen, nutrition and health coach and founder of The Organic Teaching Kitchen, expertly guides her clients in making gradual changes to the way they eat to restore their confidence, energy and overall health and well-being
Lisa Noble, career coach and founder of Career Connectors LLC, helps students, grads and career changers discover, market themselves for and land great jobs.

This is an informal event in an intimate setting, with plenty of time for Q & A and mingling.

BONUS: GREEN SMOOTHIES! Susan will demonstrate and serve delicious green smoothies as a pre-lunch treat!

Suffering from Sugar Seduction?
2015-08-05 11:00 - 12:00 | The Organic Teaching Kitchen
Suffering from
Sugar Seduction?
Is your sweet tooth is sabotaging your efforts to lose weight and get healthy? Then this Sugar Seduction Workshop is for you. You will leave with tools to empower you to curb your cravings naturally. We will be sampling tasty natural alternatives too!

Sugar Seduction Workshop
2015-07-08 19:00 - 20:00 | The Organic Teaching Kitchen
Suffering from Sugar Seduction?
If your sweet tooth is sabotaging your efforts to lose weight and get healthy, this Sugar Seduction Workshop is for you. You will learn how to curb your cravings naturally.
You will be sampling sweet alternatives that will leave you sweet tooth very satisfied
You will learn:

Why sugar is so harmful
Causes of cravings
Steps & tips to reduce cravings
The many names of sugar
“Natural” alternatives

Smoothie & Superfood Workshop
2015-06-30 18:30 - 19:45 | The Organic Teaching Kitchen
Experience the health benefits of blending and drinking your leafy greens, vegetables, fruit and superfoods in this interactive workshop. You will leave with the tools and confidence you need to make your own!
Samples and recipes will be provided.

Nutrition Bootcamp
2015-05-14 17:00 - 18:30 | The Organic Teaching Kitchen
This 4-week Nutrition Boot Camp is a supported jump-start to healthy eating. Get back to basics and be prepared to kick your diet into healthy gear as you transition to a lifestyle of eating for optimal health. Adding variety to your cooking repertoire during our weekly demonstrations and hands-on-cooking meetings, you will be supported in bringing your diet back into balance, taking control of your health, weight loss, if desired, and learn how to cook using whole-foods.
Schedule a FREE consultation TODAY!
Nutrition Boot Camp will teach you how to make informed and healthy decisions about the food you buy and eat. Experience how to effectively use food to fuel and improve your body and well being.
Gluten-free and vegetarian friendly, this program is suited for all diets. We take pride in using organic, preservative & dye free non-GMO foods.
Nutrition Boot Camp includes:

3 – 1.5 hour live sessions (cooking and food tasting)
1 – 1 hour guided shopping tour at Mrs. Greens, Briarcliff, NY
Continuous email suppor

Dates: TBA or grab 3 friends and get started!
Contact me for a complimentary consultation to talk about your health concerns.
