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The world begins and ends at the kitchen table
Angie Follensbee-Hall"Make your life a work of art." βEknath EaswarenQuick Links & What's Inside ππ½
Hello Reader, We are approaching what I like to call "the many-kitchen-gatherings time." The holidays invite us to spend more time with friends and family, maybe even strangers, sharing food, good company, and cheer. In my family, we not only have Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations, but both my mother and Josh's mother have birthdays in December. So we have a very full calendar of kitchen-gathering celebrations. We usually do a big Thanksgiving at our home. Josh, the girls, and I are all vegan and have been for over ten years, so we definitely don't have turkey. People always ask us "What do you serve if you don't eat turkey?" and I say "Everything else!" There are so many wonderful vegetable-based options. Two Yummy Recipes for YOU!βHere is my mom's perfectly vegan pumpkin pie recipe, and one of my favorite casserole dishes: The Best Vegan Mashed Sweet Potatoes to grace your Thanksgiving Table this week. Please enjoy this poem by one of my favorite Indigenous Poets, Joy Harjo, for Native American Heritage month. Perhaps The World Ends Here, by Jo Harjo"The world begins at a kitchen table. No matter what, we must eat to live. The gifts of earth are brought and prepared, set on the table. So it has been since creation, and it will go on. We chase chickens or dogs away from it. Babies teethe at the corners. They scrape their knees under it. It is here that children are given instructions on what it means to be human. We make men at it, we make women. At this table we gossip, recall enemies and the ghosts of lovers. Our dreams drink coffee with us as they put their arms around our children. They laugh with us at our poor falling-down selves and as we put ourselves back together once again at the table. This table has been a house in the rain, an umbrella in the sun. Wars have begun and ended at this table. It is a place to hide in the shadow of terror. A place to celebrate the terrible victory. We have given birth on this table, and have prepared our parents for burial here. At this table we sing with joy, with sorrow. We pray of suffering and remorse. We give thanks. Perhaps the world will end at the kitchen table, while we are laughing and crying, eating of the last sweet bite." βFrom The Woman Who Fell From the Sky (W. W. Norton, 1994) β Joy Harjoβ Don't miss our FREE Gratitude Yoga class on Wednesday, November 22 at 9 AM. Join us in-person, online, or via replay! Click that link to save your spot or contact me (hit reply) to learn more. With Gratitude, Angie π€ More Indigenous Writers to Explore This Month:βLove Medicine, Louise Erdrich βBraiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer βSacred Instructions, Sherri Mitchell βFire Keeper's Daughter, Angeline Boulley Food donations for NovemberβVermont Food Bankβ βNew Hampshire Food Bankβ Many thanks to Phyllis for sharing The World Central Kitchen, an organization that is first to the frontlines, providing meals in response to humanitarian, climate, and community crises. βLearn more HERE.β Shop our Gallery for the holidays!We have a unique selection of local and handmade gifts to make your holiday giving EXTRA special. You can shop small, shop local, AND support the arts all at once! Join us for Small Business Saturday! Gallery OPEN HOURS
We are closed Thanksgiving Day and New Years Eve. Jai Studios Gallery and Gifts is located at 54 Main Street, Windsor, VT. View the work of Michael Kline, our featured artist for November and December. Visit our social media accounts to see all our beautiful artisan crafts!
Events β¨Our annual FREE GRATITUDE YOGA CLASSWednesday, November 22, 9-10 AM, with live music!Online and In-person. In-person is limited, please sign up ahead! βIN-PERSON SIGN UP HEREβ Online option is unlimited. Hit reply to get your free Zoom link! Yes, if you sign up I will send out a replay video. Weekly Yoga Classes π§π½ββοΈWeekly yoga practice is a total mind-body-wellness practice that offers you physical and emotional benefits. Join me for yoga classes in Brownsville:
With the monthly membership options, you can have access to a whole library of yoga classes at your fingertips to practice anytime. βJoin my Circle Membershipβ just $15 per month for the library of videos and one monthly drop in. βThe Monthly Yoga Passβ$45 per month (minimum three months). gives you access to ALL my classes, all month long-up to 12 classes! Come as often as you want for one price, AND get access to all the Zoom replays, and the library of yoga videos. You can also drop in to just one yoga class for $15.β Or purchase a yoga class pass, 6 classes for $75.β Never been to yoga??? Test out my new student pass, 3 classes for $30!β Contact me to inquire about yoga scholarships... You can also practice with me at Upper Valley Yoga in White River Junction:
300 Hour Yoga Teacher TrainingMy decision has been made.This is the LAST 300 HOUR YTT I will run. (yes, I will run another 200 HR in the future...) So don't wait for another year for 300 YTT. It won't happen again! Book RecommendationRestoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth, by Wahinkpe Topa (Four Arrows), Darcia NarvΓ‘ez, Darcia Narvaez PhD. Did I share this already? Probably, it's that good! Selected speeches from Indigenous leaders around the world--necessary wisdom for our times, nourishment for our collective, and a path away from extinction toward a sustainable, interconnected future. Indigenous worldviews, and the knowledge they confer, are critical for human survival and the wellbeing of future generations.
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