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Get Ready to Look 5 Years Younger

Jump-Start Your Skin Rejuvenation at the Ranch & Look Younger Today!
Why You Need a Facial; Organic Skincare Products at the Ranch – Effective Products can be Clean & Safe; Botox & Fillers – Look Lovely, Not Overdone!

Teitsa’s Favorite Techniques for Smoother, Younger Skin
Exfoliate Like You Mean It!; Acids & Retinols – Potent Anti-Aging Products for Great Results;
Organic Sun Protection Is a Must – Don’t Leave Home Without It!

Teitsa’s Skin Cocktail Recipe for Radiant Skin
Try Teitsa’s Eye Cocktail Recipe to Rejuvenate Your Eye Skin
Tinted Sun Protection – Set your SPF to Last for Hours
Try Soft Bronzing Powders for Blush:  You Never Looked So Fresh!

 

Teitsa Mann’s passion for skincare products and treatments developed early, when she realized how easily her own skin scarred.  Certain that she could never have surgery, she proceeded to become an Aesthetician, mainly to ensure that her own skin would age well.  She was licensed in California over 40 years ago, and she performed Facial Treatments in her salon in San Francisco.  Later, she worked for Chanel Beauty, La Prairie, Erno Laszlo, and Lancôme, to name a few.  Teitsa loves sharing her product and treatment favorites with women all over the country, and her all-day, skincare master class, Get Ready to Look 5 Years Younger, has benefited charities and private groups.   This year, Teitsa released the 6th edition of her book of the same name, and it features all her best skincare product, facial treatment, and makeup recommendations.

Handwriting Analysis

The Secret in Your Script – You will be amazed at what your handwriting reveals! Learn how your handwriting is developed by your physical, intellectual, and emotional states.

From Brushstrokes to Pen Strokes – Handwriting analysis of influential and famous artists.

The Write Note – What handwriting analysis reveals about musicians and composers.

 

Lena Rivkin, MFA, is Vice President of the Southern California American Handwriting Analysis Foundation.  An internationally recognized graphologist with a particular interest in the interpretation of human dynamics, she advises Fortune 500 companies in employment screening and consults as a document analyst in legal cases. She analyzes handwriting for private investigators, universities, and individuals seeking to learn more about themselves.  Lena also is a nationally exhibited visual artist and college art professor.  She has served on the art faculty at Mount St. Mary’s College, University of Phoenix, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  A frequent interview subject, Lena has been published in many print and online publications on the subjects of graphology and art.

On the web: www.abouthandwriting.com and www.lenarivkin.net

 

Sound Healing with Laura Gallerstein

Why Sound Healing?
“If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.” ― Nikola Tesla

We are living in unprecedented times and change is everywhere. We need stability and peace in our lives more than ever. Sound through the alchemy bowls and toning can offer that feeling of peace and connection to our inner voice rather than the outer world.

Join Laura for a week of sacred sounds to soothe your soul. She brings her alchemy crystal bowls and harmonium for a most healing week at the Ranch. Each day she will bring in different guided meditations along with the alchemy crystal bowls for a deeply transformational experience to assist you in reaching higher levels of consciousness for healing.

 

Laura Penn Gallerstein, BA, Sound Healer, Author, Master Teacher, Reiki Master, Yoga, and Meditation. She is an experienced practitioner and dynamic teacher in the world of Sound Healing and trained extensively with master teachers. Most recently, published her memoir, “Whispers in Sound”. Her passion for Sound Healing with the alchemy crystal bowls and chanting has helped transform many lives. She is the owner of Sedona Sacred Sounds and now Whispers in Sound, Durango. She continues to travel around the country leading Sound Healing experiences, workshops, and trainings.

Water Week with Craig Stuart

Craig Stuart is the founder and Director of HYDRO-FIT. A certified fitness instructor with the Aquatic Exercise Association and ACE, Craig leads the water exercise industry as an innovator, specialist, educator, and fitness professional. He is well known for his motivating educational techniques and energizing teaching style. Craig is the 1992 recipient of AEA’s Contribution to the Aquatic Fitness Industry Award and the 2002 recipient of the Aquatic Therapy & Rehab Institutes’ Tsunami Spirit Award.

The BurnBright Experience: An Extraordinary Invitation to Transformation

The BurnBright Experience is an extraordinary journey of claiming what is best and brightest within you. Join internationally celebrated speaker and transformational strategist Ozioma Egwuonwu for a journey that will take you from shadow to shine. The BurnBright Experience will share essential tools to help you move forward and take your life to the next level.

Our journey will begin with a dynamic experiential keynote where Ozioma will share key principles for living our best and brightest lives, as well as inspirational stories, from some of the key transformational and inspirational figures of our time. She will also share her own journey of fully claiming her path and invite attendees to explore their current path, as well as the unexplored pathways that still await them.

Our journey will continue with two in-depth transformational workshops that bring the BurnBright Process to life, designed to empower participants to move out of the entrenched limitations of the past and step powerfully into their desired future.

Workshop 1: Reimagining Possibility
In this 90-minute transformational workshop, Ozioma will guide participants along a journey of self-discovery and reinvention. Participants will make peace with the past, so that they can become available to fully embrace the multitude of possibilities that exist for them in the present.

Workshop 2: Visionary FutureMaking
In this 90–minute transformational workshop, Ozioma will guide participants along a journey of awakening and activation. Participants will deeply connect to their desired future, see it unfold through the power of imagination, then create new pathways towards the individual and collective realization of a new reality.

 

Ozioma Egwuonwu is an internationally celebrated speaker, strategist, transformation coach, and expert in Transformational Strategy and Systems Change.  Regarded as one of the most pivotal and visionary voices of our time, Ozioma life’s work is dedicated to supporting individual and collective progress.

In 2012, Ozioma founded World Dream Day, celebrated annually on Sept 25th, it is the first-ever global holiday day dedicated to activating ideas, goals, and dreams. In 2020 World Dream Day established an estimated reach of 74 million.

As a catalyst of change, over the span of her career, Ms. Egwuonwu has presented and served a variety of audiences.  Ozioma has spoken at the United Nations, TEDx, SXSW, within the Singularity University Expert Faculty network, on Web Summit stages, and at top educational institutions such as Oxford University, Howard University, University of St. Gallen, and Columbia University, where she was a member of their faculty. Ozioma has also appeared on NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, MSNBC and contributed to The Huffington Post, Thrive Global, and UN Magazine.

As a strategic advisor, Ozioma consults on complex strategic problems and transformational initiatives for a diverse array of clients, including government’s, Fortune 50 companies, non-profit organizations, educational institutions, small business owners, growth and early stage startups, and personal and leadership development clients seeking to reimagine possibilities, ignite action, and achieve breakthrough results.

She is the Chief Strategic Transformation Officer of BurnBright International, a transformational training, coaching, and consulting company specializing in the development and activation of exponential potential.

Through transformational talks, workshops, and consultations, Ozioma has helped thousands of people all over the world reimagine possibilities and ignite action.

Ozioma is committed to a world where we ALL can BurnBright!
https://www.oziomaegwuonwu.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozioma
www.burnbright-lifeworks.com
www.worlddreamday.org

Following Your Gifts with Dr. Nicole Andreatta

Learn about the discipline of positive psychology and explore the life-changing opportunity of understanding and accepting your unique gifts.

Glimmer Gazing
What triggers us seems to be on the tip of everyone’s tongue and it’s leaving us in a collective funk. Let’s change the conversation. Out with triggers and in with the glimmers. A glimmer is the exact opposite of a trigger; it’s a spark of joy, engagement, or connection. This can be anything from taking in the view on a beautiful hike or savoring a compliment on a job well done. In this session, Dr. A will outline the practice of identifying glimmers and savoring them daily. Surprise! It’s harder than triggers because our brains are hardwired for negativity.

Edge Your Way to a Meaningful Life
Being well-rounded is boring. Our edges are what bring excitement and meaning to life. Defined by the scientific discipline Positive Psychology as character strengths, our edges give us the tools to make our unique contributions. Join Dr. A in discovering the joy of embracing your edges to stand out in a world that has lost its way blending in.

Applying the Gift Lens to Your Life
Understanding the power of our gifts can give us a different lens for looking at our life and its meaning. Join Dr. Nicole Andreatta in this afternoon session to unpack life’s virtues and the gifts they represent. You will be invited to take a survey to get a glimpse into your own unique gift profile and learn how it can help you set goals in new ways. This invitation is not theoretical, it is practical, evidence based, and leads to deep, meaningful and positive changes in your life.

Responding to Challenging Times:  A Call to Ground in Our Gifts
Moments of adversity give us an opportunity to pull from our core strengths to bring meaning to hard times and give hope to those around us. In this workshop, Dr. A will discuss how our gifts are called upon during challenging times and what role they have in finding our way through?

 

Dr. Nicole Andreatta (Dr. A) is an executive coach that leverages a multidimensional approach to the science of human thriving. Combining decades of experience in neurorehabilitation and psychotherapy with the discipline of positive psychology, Dr. A helps people harness their gifts to focus their purpose–bringing more meaning to their work and more joy to their lives. 

Think Bigger, Reach Higher: How This CEO Manifests Success

Sarah Moret will share how manifestation leads to success, and how to intentionally craft the life you want to lead.

From Side Hustle to Shark Tank, How Manifestation Delivers Success
Come learn how to become more comfortable being uncomfortable through the lens of one entrepreneur’s journey. In this talk, Sarah Moret, founder and CEO of Curie, will share why she left a stable career to pursue the unknown. She’ll explain how she overcame fear, and self-doubt, using manifestation to grow Curie from a side hustle into a multi-million-dollar brand. You’ll leave this talk feeling inspired to get more uncomfortable in your own life. Sarah will share tools you can use to turn ideas into action.

Workshops:
Manifesting your dreams: vision board workshop
Manifesting your dreams: journaling workshop

 

Sarah Moret is the founder and CEO of Curie. Sarah struggled to find body care products that were both natural AND effective, so she made them herself. She started Curie with $12k in savings; still working a full-time job. Her side hustle is now a multi-million-dollar brand, with products sold in Nordstrom, Bloomingdales, and on QVC. In March 2022 she appeared on ABC’s Shark Tank, and secured a deal with Mark Cuban and Barbara Corcoran. Sarah believes in the power of manifestation; her mission is to inspire others to think bigger and not be limited by fear.

Sarah Moret
Founder & CEO, Curie
www.curiebod.com
In the News: Shark Tank | Modern Retail | PopSugar

Food as Medicine

Food as Medicine
If food is medicine, can it truly replace pharmaceutical medications? Jill will take you on a tour of current dietary trends, discussing what works and what doesn’t work, and why a plan needs to be individualized. She will review label reading, choosing the “best for you” foods, behavior change and more, in this lively lighthearted look at a serious subject. You will learn tips and tricks on how to fuel your body in the most positive way.

Superfoods and Supplements: What Do You Really Need?
Which are truly “superfoods” and why? We seem to have become a nation of people who take many supplements. Which ones might be good for you? How to tell? And why take them? In this session Jill Nussinow will discuss what you need to know to give your food a boost.

Nutrition for Best Brain Health and Good Sleep
Do you know that more people are concerned about their brain health, than any other part of their body? With real life and anecdotal reports on the increasing incidence of Alzheimer’s and other dementia, this makes sense as around 6 million people in the US have the disease. According to the Alzheimer’s Association: “The number of people living with the disease doubles every 5 years beyond age 65.” Come learn the role of nutrition on brain health. Good sleep is part of the equation and Jill will discuss some ways to help you get good nightly sleep and what that looks like. These are important topics for our time. Both brain and body will appreciate it.

Your Gut, Your Health: Probiotics and Beyond
Come learn about the role that a “healthy and happy” gut plays in your overall health from head to toe, and everywhere in between. Jill will discuss prebiotics, probiotics and steps you can take to maintain good gut health, immunity and more.

 

Jill Nussinow is a culinary educator, nutritionist, and the author of four cookbooks. Her award-winning cookbooks feature plant-based recipes and include The Veggie Queen: Vegetables Get the Royal Treatment, The New Fast Food, Nutrition CHAMPS and her most recent book: Vegan Under Pressure. Jill is a pressure cooking (think Instant Pot), vegetable, fermentation and mushroom expert.  She has been helping people achieve better health through teaching them about improved nutrition through food. Jill has been teaching people about plants and how to cook with them for the past 30 years. She is an adjunct culinary instructor at Santa Rosa Junior College, teaches for the McDougall program and is a frequent cooking teacher and guest nutrition lecturer at Rancho La Puerta. www.theveggiequeen.com

 

Retain/Re-Claim a Clear, Creative, Vibrant Mind

“The Challenge” and “The Map”
The body and mind are two sides of a coin.  Identify the constellation of issues that diminish a mind that has the potential to sparkle.  Discern the signs that will urge you to take big strides of action.

“A Body and Mind Unburdened” and “The Activity of Sleep”
Unburden the body and mind: The vital role of drainage and detoxification for a sparkling mind. Sleep is the “Good Medicine.”  Re-establish a body/mind that nourishes your clarity and vitality.

Energy and Mental Clarity:  they have their roots in food
Foods and nutrients are powerful tools to strengthen the body and clarify the mind.

The Gut-Brain Connection & Bio-Compatible Living
The “gut ecology” has profound impact on brain health, depression and mental coherence.

Just Move! The Why of Body & Brain Training

Putting it All Together
Identify your starting point:  Revisit “The Map” accompanied by your game changers.  Through daily living practices you live the solution.   For those with serious cognitive challenges, learn how a comprehensive program can reverse the tide.  Go forth empowered!

 

Leni Felton is a Board-Certified Clinical Nutritionist in the San Francisco Bay Area. She specializes in individualized programs to reclaim physical and cognitive health.  She is trained in the Bredesen Protocol for reversing cognitive decline.  Leni has a private clientele and collaborates with doctors in an integrative approach.  For six years Leni worked with Richard Gracer, MD at the Gracer Medical Group, San Ramon, an early Orthomolecular Doctor. She has designed and developed spa-friendly cleansing programs for her specialty of drainage and detoxification.  A core principle of her work, for 20 years: the body and mind are inextricably linked. Any dysfunction requires an unraveling in both arenas.

Bridge Classes

Learn or refresh the fundamentals of the card game that’s both social and challenging, and whose enthusiasts range from the likes of Warren Buffett and Bill Gates to Omar Shariff, Buster Keaton, Harpo Marx, and Martina Navratilova. Ideal for people of all ages new to the game and those who used to play a while ago and want to refresh and update the basics. Limited to 12 people per 90-minute session.  You don’t need to come with a partner.  Advance sign-up required.  Some basic info sheets will be distributed. Bring notepad and pencil.

A:  BEGINNERS: Only pre-requisite is having played some kind of card game before. Learn how bridge is played and scored, its two parts–the Bidding and the Playing–how to evaluate hands, the point card system, bidding ladder, how to communicate to your partner, and play some sample hands.

B: REFRESHERS:  Pre-requisite is completion of Rancho Beginners Class, and/or anyone with previous experience playing bridge.  Review point count, get update on bidding systems and conventions, and engage in ‘supervised play’ – that is, you’ll deal and play out some hands and I will provide help when requested.

 

An avid social and duplicate bridge player since she first learned to play the game in her freshman year at the University of Michigan, Esther Margolis first started teaching bridge to others over fifty years ago when she moved to New York City and friends asked her to teach them.  This led her to start the school Bridge East, which she ran part-time with partners while working full time in the book publishing industry. She later sold her interest in the school to focus on her ‘day job’ while continuing to play socially.  As her career advanced, she unexpectedly found that knowing bridge introduced her into a variety of social and professional situations that were not only fun, but useful to her business.  She eventually became the SVP for marketing worldwide for Bantam Books, then founded her own publishing company, Newmarket Press, which she sold after 26 years to HarperCollins, and now consults and produces books for clients and other publishers.  Though she chose to cease playing bridge for a long time, eight years ago she decided to re-learn the game, taking refresher classes both in person and online, which revived her love for the game.  She is now delighted to introduce or refresh the game for you at Rancho La Puerta.

Bridge Classes

Learn or refresh the fundamentals of the card game that’s both social and challenging, and whose enthusiasts range from the likes of Warren Buffett and Bill Gates to Omar Shariff, Buster Keaton, Harpo Marx, and Martina Navratilova. Ideal for people of all ages new to the game and those who used to play a while ago and want to refresh and update the basics. Limited to 12 people per 90-minute session.  You don’t need to come with a partner.  Advance sign-up required.  Some basic info sheets will be distributed. Bring notepad and pencil.

A:  BEGINNERS: Only pre-requisite is having played some kind of card game before. Learn how bridge is played and scored, its two parts–the Bidding and the Playing–how to evaluate hands, the point card system, bidding ladder, how to communicate to your partner, and play some sample hands.

B: REFRESHERS:  Pre-requisite is completion of Rancho Beginners Class, and/or anyone with previous experience playing bridge.  Review point count, get update on bidding systems and conventions, and engage in ‘supervised play’ – that is, you’ll deal and play out some hands and I will provide help when requested.

 

An avid social and duplicate bridge player since she first learned to play the game in her freshman year at the University of Michigan, Esther Margolis first started teaching bridge to others over fifty years ago when she moved to New York City and friends asked her to teach them.  This led her to start the school Bridge East, which she ran part-time with partners while working full time in the book publishing industry. She later sold her interest in the school to focus on her ‘day job’ while continuing to play socially.  As her career advanced, she unexpectedly found that knowing bridge introduced her into a variety of social and professional situations that were not only fun, but useful to her business.  She eventually became the SVP for marketing worldwide for Bantam Books, then founded her own publishing company, Newmarket Press, which she sold after 26 years to HarperCollins, and now consults and produces books for clients and other publishers.  Though she chose to cease playing bridge for a long time, eight years ago she decided to re-learn the game, taking refresher classes both in person and online, which revived her love for the game.  She is now delighted to introduce or refresh the game for you at Rancho La Puerta.

Inner Fitness: Retrain the Brain for Greater Joy, Connection and Purpose

Strengthen Your Mindset: The Foundation
The right mindset along with learning a few tools and strategies has everything to do with igniting our experience of joy, connection and purpose.

Build Your Capacity to ‘Take in the Good’
Gratitude is an emotion that relates to the ability to feel and express thankfulness and appreciation. Research shows that expressing gratitude improves mental, physical and relational health, happiness and well-being. Gratitude unlocks the door to forgiveness—which is often key to expanding the experience of inner freedom. Learn how to strengthen your capacity for gratitude and forgiveness.

How to Grow Your Self-Compassion
Loving Kindness or metta is about developing peace, harmony and mutual well-being within ourselves and with others. Through metta one learns to abandon bitterness and animosity and embrace goodwill. Metta, when practiced regularly, teaches unconditional self-love and love for others.

Strengthen Your Relationships Now
Learn to communicate more effectively with your partner, friends, family and everyone else in your life. Build the ability to listen generously and speak clearly from the heart— paving the way for true connection with others.

Discover Your Life Vision
Every day we have hundreds of choices to make about how we are going to show up in our lives. Without knowing where you are heading it is impossible to navigate life well or wisely. When clear about your personal vision, you are able to create an inner compass that informs your choices and actions going forward.

 

Dr. Randy Kamen is a psychologist, life coach, educator and author of her bestselling book, Behind the Therapy Door: Simple Strategies to Transform Your Life, She pioneered new territory in mind-body medicine at Boston University’s School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Kamen leads global online programs, workshops and retreats for corporations, hospitals and academic institutions. She weaves together researched based skills and strategies for mind management, self-regulation, healthy relationships and living your personal vision in her unique systematic and transformational approach.

Dr. Kamen uses a process called Thera-Coaching in which she helps individuals gain understanding and resolution about their past in the service of moving forward and cultivating an intentional and purpose driven life.

She divides her time between her two favorite islands; Martha’s Vineyard and NYC. Randy cherishes her time with her two adult children and their budding families… and of course coming to Rancho.

Inner Fitness: Love is Medicine

Day 1:  Love Your Whole Life Mindset  ~ THIS is IT, so powerful!

  1. Learn how your thoughts create your results.
  2. Identify your inner sage and saboteurs – Love vs Fear

Day 2: Love Your Self  ~ The words we tell ourselves matter!

  1. Cultivate compassion for YOU to strengthen self confidence
  2. Develop unconditional love

Day 3: Love Others, Without Losing Yourself  ~ I love you and No…

  1.  Understand the manuals we hold for others
  2. Set Boundaries with love

Day 4: Love Your Past and Present  ~ Take back your power!

  1. Notice – acceptance of what is and what was as a gift or opportunity
  2. Create practices for present moment awareness

Day 5:  Love Your Future  ~ The most important work of your life starts NOW!

  1. Accept discomfort as the currency of your dreams
  2. Find your authentic, best self

 

Dr. Ramona Master is a Stanford trained Internal Medicine Concierge Physician at the University of California San Diego and Certified life coach with 25 years clinical experience. Certified at the Life Coach School and trained in Positive Intelligence, Ramona teaches the tools that encourage individuals to develop a positive mindset and find peace and strength in their authentic selves.  With unconditional belief in and love for her clients, she helps them achieve transformation away from fear and doubt to create abundant love and joy in their lives.

Inner Fitness: Retrain the Brain for Greater Joy, Connection and Purpose

Strengthen Your Mindset: The Foundation
The right mindset along with learning a few tools and strategies has everything to do with igniting our experience of joy, connection and purpose.

Build Your Capacity to ‘Take in the Good’
Gratitude is an emotion that relates to the ability to feel and express thankfulness and appreciation. Research shows that expressing gratitude improves mental, physical and relational health, happiness and well-being. Gratitude unlocks the door to forgiveness—which is often key to expanding the experience of inner freedom. Learn how to strengthen your capacity for gratitude and forgiveness.

How to Grow Your Self-Compassion
Loving Kindness or metta is about developing peace, harmony and mutual well-being within ourselves and with others. Through metta one learns to abandon bitterness and animosity and embrace goodwill. Metta, when practiced regularly, teaches unconditional self-love and love for others.

Strengthen Your Relationships Now
Learn to communicate more effectively with your partner, friends, family and everyone else in your life. Build the ability to listen generously and speak clearly from the heart— paving the way for true connection with others.

Discover Your Life Vision
Every day we have hundreds of choices to make about how we are going to show up in our lives. Without knowing where you are heading it is impossible to navigate life well or wisely. When clear about your personal vision, you are able to create an inner compass that informs your choices and actions going forward.

 

Dr. Randy Kamen is a psychologist, life coach, educator and author of her bestselling book, Behind the Therapy Door: Simple Strategies to Transform Your Life, She pioneered new territory in mind-body medicine at Boston University’s School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Kamen leads global online programs, workshops and retreats for corporations, hospitals and academic institutions. She weaves together researched based skills and strategies for mind management, self-regulation, healthy relationships and living your personal vision in her unique systematic and transformational approach.

Dr. Kamen uses a process called Thera-Coaching in which she helps individuals gain understanding and resolution about their past in the service of moving forward and cultivating an intentional and purpose driven life.

She divides her time between her two favorite islands; Martha’s Vineyard and NYC. Randy cherishes her time with her two adult children and their budding families… and of course coming to Rancho.

Hands-On Cooking Classes with Theo Stephan

Theo offers hands-on culinary experiences, 3.5 hours each, during which you will enjoy preparing your own meal along with fellow cooks. Classes take place at La Cocina Que Canta, our culinary center on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 4pm.

Tuesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Wednesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Thursday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

 

Theodora (Theo) Stephan was the first to plant olive trees in Santa Barbara county, California, for Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) in 1996. She is celebrating her 24th harvest season this year and was awarded “Olive Oil Sommelier” (one of less than 300 in the world) in 2019. Theo’s brand, Global Gardens, offers 12 different varietal EVOO’s, 20 hand-crafted balsamic-style wine vinegars, organic snacks and a myriad of pantry items made from her formulas. She was the first in the US to create an olive oil subscription program. Educating people on the nuances of cooking and baking with fresh olive oil is a great passion of Theo’s. She specializes in creating full-flavored Mediterranean Diet (on which she was raised by Greek-American parents) cuisine. She has written two popular cookbooks and has been featured prominently in the Los Angeles Times, Sunset Magazine, Better Homes and Gardens, Food and Wine, Bon Appétit, Mother Earth, Home and Family TV show, Oprah, Martha Stewart blogs and many more.

Hands-On Cooking Classes with Theo Stephan

Theo offers hands-on culinary experiences, 3.5 hours each, during which you will enjoy preparing your own meal along with fellow cooks. Classes take place at La Cocina Que Canta, our culinary center on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 4pm.

Tuesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $125+tax. Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Wednesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $125+tax. Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Thursday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $125+tax. Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

 

Theodora (Theo) Stephan was the first to plant olive trees in Santa Barbara county, California, for Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) in 1996. She is celebrating her 24th harvest season this year and was awarded “Olive Oil Sommelier” (one of less than 300 in the world) in 2019. Theo’s brand, Global Gardens, offers 12 different varietal EVOO’s, 20 hand-crafted balsamic-style wine vinegars, organic snacks and a myriad of pantry items made from her formulas. She was the first in the US to create an olive oil subscription program. Educating people on the nuances of cooking and baking with fresh olive oil is a great passion of Theo’s. She specializes in creating full-flavored Mediterranean Diet (on which she was raised by Greek-American parents) cuisine. She has written two popular cookbooks and has been featured prominently in the Los Angeles Times, Sunset Magazine, Better Homes and Gardens, Food and Wine, Bon Appétit, Mother Earth, Home and Family TV show, Oprah, Martha Stewart blogs and many more.

Hands-On Cooking Classes and Latino Farm-to-Table Dinner with Sandra Gutierrez

Sandra offers two hands-on culinary experiences, 3.5 hours each, during which you will enjoy preparing your own meal along with fellow cooks. Classes take place at La Cocina Que Canta, our culinary center on Tuesday and Wednesday, at 4pm. In addition, Sandra will collaborate with La Cocina Que Canta’s Executive Chef Reyna Venegas and her team to create a special feast (with wine pairing!) on Thursday at 4:45pm.

Hands On Cooking Classes and Chefs Dinner Sign Up

 

Tuesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Wednesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Thursday Latino Farm-to-Table Feast 4:45 PM
Celebrate the abundance of our organic farm with Farm-to-Table cuisine – a perfect blend of health, tradition, flavor and fun! Cost is $150 per person, tax and wine pairing included. The maximum number of guests is 30. Sign Up at the Appointments Desk or through the link above.

 

Sandra Gutierrez is a national expert on the subject of Latin American cuisines, their history, and evolution, and on Southern Regional cuisine. A journalist, culinary instructor, lecturer, and food historian, her work has appeared in national and international publications, including The Washington Post, Food &Wine, Eating Well, Southern Living, InStyle, People in Español, Cosmopolitan Latina, USA Today, and many others. Her books include: The New Southern-Latino Table: Recipes that Bring Together the Bold and Beloved Flavors of Latin America & The American South:  Latin American Street Food: The Best Flavors of Markets, Beaches, and Roadside Stands from Mexico to Argentina; Empanadas: the Hand-Held Pies of Latin America; and Beans and Field Peas: A Savor the South Cookbook.

 

Hands-On Cooking Classes with Sabrina Falquier Montgrain

Sabrina offers hands-on culinary experiences, 3.5 hours each, during which you will enjoy preparing your own meal along with fellow cooks. Classes take place at La Cocina Que Canta, our culinary center on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 4pm.

Tuesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Wednesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Thursday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

 

Sabrina Falquier Montgrain, MD, CCMS is a board certified internal medicine and culinary medicine physician. She is bilingual and multicultural, born and raised in Mexico City to Swiss and American parents. This unique multilingual and multicultural perspective has shaped her work tremendously, as she has seen and experienced that our unique backgrounds, culture, taste, cultural experiences and historic expectations shape our health tremendously. Dr. Falquier worked as a primary care doctor for a prestigious multi-specialty group in San Diego, California, for over 15 years. In 2016 she began incorporating culinary medicine into her practice and the community and in 2020 founded Sensations Salud, LLC which focuses on awakening the senses around ingredient acquisition and food preparation while empowering people to better health through nutritional knowledge and culinary literacy. Dr. Falquier is highly involved with Olivewood Gardens and Learning Center in National City, California. A non-profit organization that empowers all age groups through gardening, nutrition and culinary literacy. She acts as their consulting physician and has been on their board of directors since 2017. Her work there can now be seen through the powerful documentary: The Kitchenistas which released in March 2021. She is also on the advisory board for the Culinary Medicine Specialist Board, focusing on permeating culinary medicine into medical schools, health systems and the community. Dr. Falquier promotes culinary medicine throughout San Diego and internationally in a variety of ways and to varied age groups and audiences including: hands-on cooking events, cooking demonstrations, both live and virtual, animated speaking engagements, expert panels, recipe development, recipe modifications for optimization of health, and active social media presence. She has been interviewed regarding food and health by media outlets including the Washington Post, The Union Tribune, Edible San Diego, San Diego Magazine, CBS news, TeleMundo and Sharp Health News. Additionally, she is a member of Les Dames d’Escoffier International, and was recognized yearly, from 2009-2020, as one of San Diego’s Top Doctors. For more information, please visit her website, or follow along @SensationsSalud on social media.

Hands-On Cooking Classes with Sabrina Falquier Montgrain

Sabrina offers hands-on culinary experiences, 3.5 hours each, during which you will enjoy preparing your own meal along with fellow cooks. Classes take place at La Cocina Que Canta, our culinary center on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 4pm.

Tuesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $125+tax. Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Wednesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $125+tax. Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Thursday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $125+tax. Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

 

Sabrina Falquier Montgrain, MD, CCMS is a board certified internal medicine and culinary medicine physician. She is bilingual and multicultural, born and raised in Mexico City to Swiss and American parents. This unique multilingual and multicultural perspective has shaped her work tremendously, as she has seen and experienced that our unique backgrounds, culture, taste, cultural experiences and historic expectations shape our health tremendously. Dr. Falquier worked as a primary care doctor for a prestigious multi-specialty group in San Diego, California, for over 15 years. In 2016 she began incorporating culinary medicine into her practice and the community and in 2020 founded Sensations Salud, LLC which focuses on awakening the senses around ingredient acquisition and food preparation while empowering people to better health through nutritional knowledge and culinary literacy. Dr. Falquier is highly involved with Olivewood Gardens and Learning Center in National City, California. A non-profit organization that empowers all age groups through gardening, nutrition and culinary literacy. She acts as their consulting physician and has been on their board of directors since 2017. Her work there can now be seen through the powerful documentary: The Kitchenistas which released in March 2021. She is also on the advisory board for the Culinary Medicine Specialist Board, focusing on permeating culinary medicine into medical schools, health systems and the community. Dr. Falquier promotes culinary medicine throughout San Diego and internationally in a variety of ways and to varied age groups and audiences including: hands-on cooking events, cooking demonstrations, both live and virtual, animated speaking engagements, expert panels, recipe development, recipe modifications for optimization of health, and active social media presence. She has been interviewed regarding food and health by media outlets including the Washington Post, The Union Tribune, Edible San Diego, San Diego Magazine, CBS news, TeleMundo and Sharp Health News. Additionally, she is a member of Les Dames d’Escoffier International, and was recognized yearly, from 2009-2020, as one of San Diego’s Top Doctors. For more information, please visit her website, or follow along @SensationsSalud on social media.

Hands-On Cooking Classes with Ramses Bravo

Ramses offers hands-on culinary experiences, 3.5 hours each, during which you will enjoy preparing your own meal along with fellow cooks. Classes take place at La Cocina Que Canta, our culinary center on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 4pm.

Tuesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $125+tax. Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Wednesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $125+tax. Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Thursday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $125+tax. Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

 

Chef Ramses Bravo is the executive Chef for True North Health in Santa Rosa, California.  He is also the creator of Bravopb.com where he teaches and shares many of his cooking tricks and techniques.  He is the author of Bravo! and Bravo-Express cookbooks.

Although he trained as a regular chef, with a little intervention from the universe, he found himself working as a plant based chef  and has been doing it for 13 years now.

Hands-On Cooking Classes with Lia Huber

Lia offers hands-on culinary experiences, 3.5 hours each, during which you will enjoy preparing your own meal along with fellow cooks. Classes take place at La Cocina Que Canta, our culinary center on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 4pm.

Tuesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $125+tax. Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Wednesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $125+tax. Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Thursday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $125+tax. Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

 

Lia Huber’s first book NOURISHED: A Memoir of Food, Faith and Enduring Love (with recipes) recounts the world-roaming search for sustenance that healed her body, shaped her faith, and defined her life’s calling. It was named a Buzzfeed book of the year, and called “[A] charming foodie’s travel memoir…” by the New York Times.

Lia is also the founder and CEO of NOURISH Evolution (nourishevolution.com), for which she was named Entrepreneur of the Year in 2012 by the International Association of Culinary Professionals, and Cook the Seasons (cooktheseasons.com), a subscription-based real food community and online menu planner.

Over the last 20 years, Lia has been widely-published as a writer and recipe developer for Cooking Light, Better Homes & Gardens, Eating Well, Prevention, and more. She also teaches and speaks at spas, churches and corporations on real food, deliberate living and purposeful pursuit. Lia appears frequently on television, including ABC-TV in San Francisco and LiveWell Network.

Hands-On Cooking Classes with Kristine Kidd

Kristine offers hands-on culinary experiences, 3.5 hours each, during which you will enjoy preparing your own meal along with fellow cooks. Classes take place at La Cocina Que Canta, our culinary center on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 4pm.

Tuesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $125+tax. Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Wednesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $125+tax. Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Thursday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $125+tax. Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

 

Kristine Kidd was the food editor at Bon Appétit magazine for 20 years, where she was responsible for filling the magazine’s pages with delicious recipes. While there, Kristine became the resident expert on food trends, championing coverage of farmers’ market ingredients and products that are local, sustainable, and organic. Her talent for developing simple, approachable recipes led to the creation of the magazine’s foolproof recipe style.

Currently working as an author, Kristine has written eight cookbooks, including two that feature fresh, healthful, gluten-free food: Weeknight Gluten Free and Gluten-Free Baking. She also developed the recipes for Tamara Duker Freuman’s Bloated Belly Whisperer.

Her recent projects include working as a culinary consultant- for a cruise line specializing in culinary vacations, a green-oriented food service company, and specialty bakeries. Kristine worked as the Food Editor for the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch website, where she taught people to use sustainable seafood. Kristine has been a guest teacher at UCLA and frequently speaks at conferences.

Hands-On Cooking Classes with Jill Silverman Hough

Jill offers hands-on culinary experiences, 3.5 hours each, during which you will enjoy preparing your own meal along with fellow cooks. Classes take place at La Cocina Que Canta, our culinary center on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 4pm.

Tuesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Wednesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Thursday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

 

Jill Silverman Hough‘s latest cookbook is Finger Lickin’ Chicken, a mini e-book of recipes that are simple to make, yet special enough that you’ll relish every finger lickin’ bite. She also wrote100 Perfect Pairings: Small Plates to Enjoy with Wines You Love and 100 Perfect Pairings: Main Dishes to Enjoy with Wines You Love—both chock-full of delicious, doable recipes that make food and wine pairing fun, friendly, and absolutely unintimidating. Other book projects include co-authoring The Clean Plates Cookbook and developing the recipes for Skinny Bitch in the Kitch, a New York Times best seller.

Whether I’m writing cookbooks or working with magazines or brands, I’m all about happy cooking and delicious food.

My writing, recipes, and photography have appeared in magazines including Bon Appétit, Cooking Light, Napa Sonoma, Clean Eating, where I’m on the advisory board, and Fine Cooking, where I’m a contributing writer.

I create recipes for brands and commodity boards, too, including the National Pork Board, the California Milk Advisory Board, California Sweetpotatoes, Lindsay Olives, Annie’s Homegrown, Circulon, Anolon, and Grgich Hills Estate Winery.

Last by not least, I teach cooking to home chefs around the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. My classes are jam-packed with energy, enthusiasm, and immediately-useful information—plus, of course, delicious food.

My background includes a dozen years as an advertising copywriter at agencies in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. I launched my food career by opening a small cafe in Sausalito, which I ran for five unforgettable years and where we made—among other things—the world’s best chocolate chip cookies.

Want happy cooking and delicious food? Subscribe to my recipes and kitchen tips at JillHough.com and follow me on Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, and Instagram.

Hands-On Cooking Classes with Jill Silverman Hough

Jill offers hands-on culinary experiences, 3.5 hours each, during which you will enjoy preparing your own meal along with fellow cooks. Classes take place at La Cocina Que Canta, our culinary center on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 4pm.

Tuesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $125+tax. Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Wednesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $125+tax. Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Thursday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $125+tax. Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

 

Jill Silverman Hough‘s latest cookbook is Finger Lickin’ Chicken, a mini e-book of recipes that are simple to make, yet special enough that you’ll relish every finger lickin’ bite. She also wrote100 Perfect Pairings: Small Plates to Enjoy with Wines You Love and 100 Perfect Pairings: Main Dishes to Enjoy with Wines You Love—both chock-full of delicious, doable recipes that make food and wine pairing fun, friendly, and absolutely unintimidating. Other book projects include co-authoring The Clean Plates Cookbook and developing the recipes for Skinny Bitch in the Kitch, a New York Times best seller.

Whether I’m writing cookbooks or working with magazines or brands, I’m all about happy cooking and delicious food.

My writing, recipes, and photography have appeared in magazines including Bon Appétit, Cooking Light, Napa Sonoma, Clean Eating, where I’m on the advisory board, and Fine Cooking, where I’m a contributing writer.

I create recipes for brands and commodity boards, too, including the National Pork Board, the California Milk Advisory Board, California Sweetpotatoes, Lindsay Olives, Annie’s Homegrown, Circulon, Anolon, and Grgich Hills Estate Winery.

Last by not least, I teach cooking to home chefs around the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. My classes are jam-packed with energy, enthusiasm, and immediately-useful information—plus, of course, delicious food.

My background includes a dozen years as an advertising copywriter at agencies in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. I launched my food career by opening a small cafe in Sausalito, which I ran for five unforgettable years and where we made—among other things—the world’s best chocolate chip cookies.

Want happy cooking and delicious food? Subscribe to my recipes and kitchen tips at JillHough.com and follow me on Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, and Instagram.