Now more than ever, there is a need for healthy living and a call to commitment to incorporating self-care and wellness into our daily lives. “Healthy Living for All” is a lifestyle program dedicated to inspiration, self-care, nourishment and nutrition, and enjoying the world and wisdom. Each piece offered here is meant to support you, and become your Tools for the Journey.
RESTORATION AND SELF-CARE
DAILY DOSE OF WELL-BEING
Check here for a variety of healthy living ideas that will restore the mind, body and spirit. We’ll add a few more tools for your journey as we explore wellness routines from green juice to hydrotherapy.
NOURISHMENT AND NUTRITION
WEEKLY RECIPES FROM THE GARDEN TO YOUR TABLE
Savor the flavor of wellness with food for thought. Join Harmony Hill Chef, Jessie Gregor for hearty farm-to-table recipes that soothe the soul, please the palate, and fortify the body. Every week, we’ll share a nourishing and nutritious meal or highlight a featured food.
IN THE GARDEN
JOIN LOIS OBERG FOR A PEEK AT WHAT IS GROWING ON THE HILL
“A seed neither fears light nor darkness but uses both to grow.” Matshona Dhliwayo
This is the time of year for tucking in your garden beds for a long winter’s night. In a typical year when I have a weekly prison crew and monthly local volunteers, the garden clean-up would be nearly done but 2020 insists on a different pace. I’m ok with that or at least I am for today.
I have a tomatillo bed that hasn’t been attended to. At first glance, the beds look a mess: soggy tomatillo plants, rotting tomatillos, and perennial grass sneaking in. Upon further, closer inspection I see intricately designed tomatillo exoskeletons with tiny seeds inside.
“The beginnings of a new generation, the promise of new life. Where we might see waste, God has already written in new possibility. Death becomes life.” Jeff Chu
During a time of Advent, Winter Solstice, pandemic, dark and light, let this be our benediction.
WORDS OF WISDOM – THOUGHTS FROM GRETCHEN
Greetings dear friends and colleagues,
Harmony Hill is known for so many things, but one of the things which people love most is the FOOD! Our amazing Kitchen Staff puts so much love, attention and INTENTION into the food, it is no wonder people rave about it. Long in the works, we just published our new cookbook, Seeds of Nourishment, and I am so excited to be able to share it with you that it is now available for pre-order! Every recipe in the cookbook was developed by our staff and represent some of the most popular dishes to ever come from our kitchen. In this Holiday time, I hope you’ll invite Harmony Hill into your home, by getting a cookbook and letting us inspire the food adventures of you and your loved ones!
Blessings to each of you.–Gretchen
INSPIRATION
We’ll provide you with weekly inspirational poems and reflective readings.
The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry
ON-SITE WELLNESS RETREATS
These are in-person retreat opportunities here at Harmony Hill. Each offering is unique and features Harmony Hill Aligned Partners and Faculty.
All on-site retreats will follow Washington State guidelines for group gatherings. Rest assured, knowing that any cancelation of a retreat program due to state mandates will result in a full refund of all tuition. Social distancing and health checks will be observed for the duration of all retreats.
VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS & RETREATS
All virtual workshops and retreats are offered via ZOOM. All times for ZOOM events are listed in Pacific Standard Time.
Virtual Drop-in Movement Classes
These classes are offered through an online platform called Punchpass. This lets you show up for movement classes as you would at a local studio, just online! Pick a day, style, and time that works for you. Classes are $12 for single drop-in, or $100 for a pass of 10 classes.
THOUGHT LEADER SPEAKER SERIES
Join us for interactive webinars, and retreats with Thought Leaders from around the country. These featured speaker events are rare opportunities to learn from some of the best minds shaping our views and vision for the times we live in and the lives we lead.