Food as a Love Letter to the Land

compassion which flows through traditional food systems, plus where to find them in the UK, we will drop into a daily practice which will change your relationship to food and the land.Our existence is intimately bound to the land beneath our feet – we are physically sustained by a vegetal world that generates both food and breath. Countless ancient and indigenous wisdom traditions throughout human history view the self, food, and the land as a single, sacred, and inseparable continuum. In these traditions, eating is not a mechanical act of consumption, but a holy ritual of communion and reciprocity.

But this sacred equilibrium, which underpins all terrestrial life has been systematically fractured and degraded in the modern era. An alienation driven by detrimental agricultural practices, the industrial over-processing of food and a systemic estrangement of humans from their own indigenous roots have all contributed to the present materialistic-mechanistic paradigm of nutrition.

The route back to harmony, however, is present every time we eat.

Consideration of what and how we eat needs to be expanded to include the subtle energetic principles of ingredients through which the sacred interconnectedness of human and planet can be reformed. The emotional and spiritual balance of the cook is the foundation upon which high vibrational, nutrient-dense, soul-nourishing foods can be prepared and an awakening can take place to the foundational identity of humans as a living, breathing extension of the soil itself.

In this two day course, immersed in the practices of seasonal, sacred food preparation and the sanctity of community, mindful eating and the honouring of ingredients, Michelin trained chef and sanyassin of the Osho school, Sarmado Sibley will take us into common union with the life-force which flows between the land and the plate.

Combining embodiment practices for a deeper experiential connection to the earth, learning the stories, provenance and history of foods which determines their quality and vibration, preparing soul-nourishing plant-based meals and recognising the loving compassion which flows through traditional food systems, plus where to find them in the UK, we will drop into a daily practice which will change your relationship to food and the land.