Past Events Archives - Zena Kidd-May

Kombucha for gut health workshop

This is a super fun workshop! Learn everything you need to know on how to brew great Kombucha for gut health a super healthy fermented fizzy drink. We discuss ingredients, talk recipes, equipment, fermentation, how to achieve good carbonation, flavours, and storing.

Making your own kombucha not only saves you money but gives you control over the flavour and freshness and means you always have a refreshing live probiotic drink always on tap.

An option to watch and take notes or get hands-on experience by making your own starter brew (extra cost for equipment).

Read my blog post about the full benefits of Kombucha for your health

The best place on-line to purchase all your Kombucha equipment is Happy Kombucha

NOTE: When you book into our our workshop or day retreat you will receive 10% off your equipment from Happy Kombucha and the Scoby

Some of my favourite Kombucha flavour pairings - I very often mix and match these pairings because it’s all I have in the fridge, it’s seasonal or it’s what I fancy. It is not hard to come up with something yummy when you start with a basis of great ingredients. As you start to experiment with different flavours, you will get an idea of what you like and gain confidence with pairing different ingredients. Have fun playing and add ice for a gorgeously refreshing summer drink!

Pomegranate & fresh mint
Blood Orange & Blackberry
Mint, Thyme, sage & Rosemary
Slice apple, pinch cinnamon, fresh ginger, slice lemon and fresh turmeric – winter wonder!
Raspberry & Ginger & Lemon
Citrus Mint – slice orange, slice lemon & mint

Nutritional Talk / Workshop

Options available for talks & workshops to choose from:

Weigh Loss & preparing 1/2 healthy snacks
Fermentation – what it is? Why we need to know about it? and how to incorporate it in your diet
Fasting – how to fast safely, its benefits and ways to incorporate it in your lifestyle
Menopause – What it is, when does it happen and how do you know you are in it. Tips and ideas on how you can experience your Menopause in a holistic way.
Self-care – the new buzz word! What does this really mean? Lot of tips and ideas on how to live a more holistic healthy life without it costing the earth or taking up too much time. Many great take home ideas here!
A subject of your choice – let us know if there is a subject you would like to know about, and we will see if we can organise it.

Wild Food Foraging

Option A: 2 hours / £130 Thursdays & Fridays only
An empowering hands-on foraging guided tour, by an expert forager & herbalist in one Oxfordshire’s beautiful villages, Islip.

You will be shown how to identify, harvest and embrace nourishing wild plants with a sustainable approach - there will be lots of tips to help you forage alone.

We will make 3 wild crafted products a balm, oil and syrup.

Option B: 3.5 hours / £150 Thursdays only
We will begin with a short introductory talk, followed by a walk around the local area identifying the edible and poisonous seasonal plants, flowers, fruits and mushrooms that we come across.

There will be breaks along the way for some wild food tasters this could be anything from our wild mushroom soup to our elderflower champagne. We end our courses with a wild food meal based on what we have found.
April – October only

Learn how to run

3 Yogis to host a charity yoga morning

On Saturday, April 28th, Zena Kidd-May , Jo Kuszmar and Nicole Croft will be rolling out their yoga mats and offering 3 very different themed yoga sessions. They’re asking you to offer 75mins of your time to help raise money for charity.

Each teacher will be offering a themed 1hr & 15min session in North Oxford and 100% of the money will go to Parishes for Peace.

You are invited to join us for yoga, herbal tea and our homemade raw energy balls all for a fabulous cause!

Date: Saturday 28th April

Zena 08.30 – 9.45am Grounding & Rooting

Nicole 10.00 – 11.15am Heart Opening

Jo 11.30 – 12.45pm Harnessing the Breathe

Open to all students, but ideally you need to be reasonably fit with no ailments that may affect your practice.

COST & BOOKING

THE CHARITY

Suggested donation: £15 per session, £20 for 2 sessions and £25 for 3 sessions £1 for tea and energy balls

To reserve your space please email zena@satyayoga.co.uk your details & session you are keen to attend.

If you can’t join us but would like to support the charity please email zena@satyayoga.co.uk with your details.

Venue: Private arts studio, Park Town, North Oxford. (full address on confirmation of booking)

12 spaces per class so book in advance to reserve your spot!

My name is Sara Ghannam (Zena’s sister) and I help run, raise funds and awareness for Parishes for Peace charity in my local area of Weybridge.

I decided to give my time to help this charity for three reasons; firstly I speak Arabic so I could easily communicate with the refugees, secondly I was born in Basra, southern Iraq, so I understand their culture, and thirdly I wanted to help these forgotten families. It wasn’t about religion or being Iraqi so much but about humanity. The charity helps mainly Christian Iraqi families but also Muslim families that need support.

We are a small charity that works alongside our local church with our only aim being that of trying to help 34 Christian families who through no fault of their own have been displaced from their own war torn country to Jordon. There are so many charities around where money gets lost in the bureaucracy of it all but in our case 100% of what we raise goes to the families.

I have had the privilege of meeting these families and have been humbled by their resilience and forgiveness. I’ve visited Jordon twice in the past year and seen first hand the never ending obstacles and adversities that they come up against on a daily bases and yet their determination is never ending. They are enormously grateful for every penny we’ve given them through our fundraising charity; Parishes for Peace. Sadly, they are restricted on working as migrants in a Muslim country, but nonetheless they do any work that is presented to them.

Their hope is to be accepted by countries such as Australia and Canada but in the meantime they need to rebuild their lives, and part of our support, through our donations we’ve been able to provide them with laptops to help improve their English, help with medical costs, transportation for kids schooling as well as feminine vouchers.

Our aim is to help in whatever way we can, to at least give these families an opportunity to have a better life.

That you very much for supporting us.

Category: Past Events

Kombucha for gut health workshop

Kombucha for gut health

Nutritional Talk / Workshop

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Wild Food Foraging

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Learn how to run

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3 Yogis to host a charity yoga morning