First part of this workshop will take you through a 45 min Yoga class with Monica, exploring a range of practices incorporating movement and breath to support digestive health.
After this gentle but invigorating session, we are going to explore the latest findings in gut health with Jelena, the importance of eating fermented foods regularly and how you can make them safely at home. Latest studies are showing that including fermented foods daily in your diet can increase diversity of your microbiome, decrease inflammation markers, have positive outcomes on your overall mood and shift your cravings.

We will make kimchi together that you will take home as well as water kefir grains that will enable you to continuously make a probiotic drink for the whole family.

Handout will provide you with two recipes and a list of things to help you set up a successful and playful fermentation practice. After the event we will also send you an email with a short video on a breathing technique and movements so you can continue to ferment, breathe, and move for health after the event.

Please bring a Yoga Mat and two 500 ml jars for your ferments. We encourage you to bring whatever jars you already have, even if you need to bring four 250ml jars, just make sure they are washed and thoroughly rinsed.

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This workshop is part of Migration Museum’s whole day of Food and Migration celebrations.

Fermenting Beyond Borders – a workshop with Jelena Belgrave

11.30am-1pm

Join Jelena Belgrave, a fermentation educator and macrobiotic and wholefoods cook, for a hands-on fermentation workshop. Learn about Balkan-style ferments from Jelena’s heritage as well as other fermentation techniques and traditions from around the world, then create your own ferment that represents you. You will get to take home your jar or ferment free of charge at the end of the workshop. This workshop is free, but places are limited, so please book via the Eventbrite link to secure your place. Ages 12+.

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Join Pilates expert Tara and me for an afternoon of movement and fermentation to educate and help you better support your digestive system.
Tara will begin by guiding you through a flowing Pilates session to increase circulation and help improve digestion, relieve bloating & stimulate transit, leaving you feeling lighter.

I will then take you on the journey of fermentation, present you with recent gut health studies and discuss how to include ferments in your family's daily diet. We will make two versatile ferments for you to take home.

Cost includes
-45 minute Pilates for digestive health session. Mats and equipment provided
-Tasting of variety of different ferments prepared by me.

-Ingredients for creation of ferments included
-Recipe handout of ferments made

*Please bring two ½ litre jars, there is no need to buy new ones as long as they have well fitted lids

Location:

The Lane

SE13 6QA

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**Tara Riley is a Pilates, Barre and Strength instructor and pain management specialist in Southeast London.  Her classes are a unique blend of barre, pilates, strength and dance to create perfectly balanced workouts that give results you can see and feel physically and mentally. You'll fall in love with her workouts because they empower you and lift you up. They build confidence, increase energy, reduce pain and stress and feel good!  Tara inspires people to re-discover the enjoyment of moving because it it keeps you doing what you enjoy—better and for longer.

How do you create colourful ferments in your kitchen using plant material and microbes readily available? In our afternoon online masterclass, Jelena returns to Zoom to talk you through the process of creating colourful brines for lacto-fermentation, demonstrate how to make one and show a vibrant “gathering of jars” of various ferments. We will explore what drives people to ferment, how to do it safely at home, and look at different fermentation types. The masterclass will accommodate up to 100 participants, as we open up our online making sessions to as many people as possible!

To take part in the session you will need:

-       A tray or bowl, some glass jars with lids, and a chopping board
-       A permanent marker
-       A laptop or phone to join the online workshop video call with.
-       Ingredients (a week before the workshop Jelena will email round a list of ingredients that you need to collect)

No experience or skill necessary, all welcome!

Booking opens at 7pm on Wednesday 18th May

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