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Retreat Chef - Ayurvedic, Nutrition

Create an atmosphere of comfort and wholesome nutrition, to support your retreat participants

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Service Description

Meals that support the opening and relaxation of a retreat is invaluable, especially if they are also wholesome, nutrition, and healthy for the gut. Good nutrition has the special function of having immediate effects of wellbeing (or the opposite depending on what's eaten!). It's important to understand the gut-brain axis in order to facilitate the retreat goals that are being undertaken. Even a weekend can be transformative through good nutrition. In addition, when the knowledge of Ayurveda is included, a whole world of balanced nutrition is opened. Ayurveda helps us to understand what foods are best in which season or what type of weather, what time of day is or isn't appropriate for certain foods, is highly personalised, and is full of the vital life force, Prana, leaving individuals feeling refreshed, grounded, and renewed. The response is always positive, with none of the usual digestive upsets that happen. I prepare the menu, create the shopping list and collect needed ingredients, and cook beautiful, nourishing meals on site. Reach out if you are looking for truly wholesome, comforting, enlivening, easy on the digestion meals for your next retreat. Option to give a presentation on Ayurvedic nutrition and cooking while on retreat. Pricing is dependent on retreat particulars and number of participants.

Contact Details

Carrielavie@gmail.com

London, ON, Canada

Portrait photography by the talented Michaela Devine
www.mdevine.ca
Carrie Lavie

Nutritionist I Integrative Nutrition I 

AAC Ayurvedic Practitioner I Ayurvedic Doctor Candidate I NAMA (National Ayurvedic Medical Association) Certified I Marma Chikitsa I Yoga Teacher I Satvavajaya Chikitsa (Ayurvedic Psychotherapy) I

Postpartum Ayurveda Specialist I Disordered Eating Consultant I

Women's Health I Wholefood Cooking

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carrielavie@gmail.com

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London, Ontario, Canada

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Disclaimer: Ayurveda is a holistic medicine and resource. Services provided are not from a medical facility, nor are individuals trained or licensed as physicians in medical diagnosis or treatment. You are encouraged to discuss any Ayurvedic herbal supplements or therapies you consider with your medical doctor in advance of using them. Content and recommendations are not a substitute for a medical diagnosis or the services of a physician or other licensed health care provider. Herbal supplements that may be recommended and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. In cases of emergency, please contact your local medical emergency phone line.

© 2015 by Carrie Lavie.  Wix.com

Land Acknowledgment 

NOURISH Ayurveda Nutrition Yoga, recognises its current existence on traditional lands and includes this in its respectful awareness and conscience.

London, Ontario, is situated on the traditional territories of the Anishinaabek, Haudenosaunee, Lūnaapéewak, and Attawandaron peoples. This land is covered by the Upper Canada Treaties, specifically Treaty 6 (the London Township Treaty of 1796), and is connected to the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Covenant—an agreement to peaceably share and care for the resources around the Great Lakes.

Today, London continues to be home to a diverse population of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities, including neighboring nations:

  • Deshkan Ziibiing (Chippewas of the Thames First Nation)

  • Oneida Nation of the Thames

  • Munsee-Delaware Nation​

We acknowledge the historical and ongoing impacts of colonialism on Indigenous peoples and recognize our collective responsibility to honor the land, uphold treaty obligations, and actively support truth, reconciliation, and Indigenous sovereignty.

  • Deshkan Ziibiing (Desh-kan Zee-bing): The Ojibwe/Anishinaabemowin name for the area, meaning "Antler River" (referring to the Thames River).

  • Dish With One Spoon: An indigenous diplomatic concept representing shared stewardship—taking only what is needed, leaving enough for others, and keeping the land clean.

  • Treaty 6 (1796): The agreement signed between the Chiefs of the Chippewas and the British Crown conveying land in present-day London and surrounding townships.

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