Mind & Body-Healthy Eating Habits with Jan & Gail O’Brien

Mindfulness & Healthy Eating Habits

Breakfast, Nutrition & Cooking Class

Tuesday, June 22nd | 8am-12:30 pm

$75.00

Join Jan Buhrman and Gail O’Brien, M.D. for a morning of setting of personal goals and intentions, and exploring healthy eating habits through mindful selection of foods which provide a nutritional balance to maximize energy levels, concentration and overall quality of life.

Nourishing Mind and Body Class Format

8:00 - 8:45   Intentions

9:00 - 10:00   Cooking Demonstration and Snack

10:15 -11:30  Lecture:  A Path to Healthy Eating

11:30 -12:30  Cooking Demonstration

12:30 - 1:30   Discussion Mindfulness over Lunch

Mindfulness and setting our intentions is the focus of the early morning. The cooking class will explore the preparation and benefits of  heat greens, grains and quick soups.  Cooking temperatures using healthy oils and how to determine which oil for correct cooking application will also be discussed.

Guests will participate in a joint discussion of mindfulness over lunch which will include a general overview of the principles of mindful eating - slowing down, sitting down for meals, healthy selection cooking, avoiding prepared and processed boxed foods, as well as maintaining a healthy overall balance of foods in an everyday sustainable diet.

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Dr. Gail O’Brien has been a practicing primary care internal medicine physician for over 15 years, most recently on Martha’s Vineyard and Cape Cod.  When meeting with patients, she is questioned daily about lifestyle choices and diets for better health.  Noting this continued desire for advice, and knowing that eating nutritious foods has a direct and positive influence on health, Dr. O’Brien established Vineyard Vitality to help counsel and assist individuals and families to enrich their nutritional knowledge, eating behaviors, and lifestyle.  Dr. O’Brien is a former medical school professor at Brown University.  She has also undertaken additional training in nutrition, healthy cooking, lifestyle and mind/body medicine.

The mission of Vineyard Vitality is simple:  To provide patients with the highest quality, scientifically accurate nutritional information and guidance on a very personal, individualized basis. The goal is to help you eat well, feel well, and age well.

Jan Buhrman, M.S. Ed., has been cooking delicious, locally sourced meals on Martha’s Vineyard for over twenty five years.  She combines her passion for food with a love of teaching to enhance people’s understanding of their food through farm tours, cooking classes, and nutritional workshops.  All programs are designed to connect people with local food systems. Jan recently collaborated with John Bagnulo MPH, PhD, for a two-day workshop “Cooking for the Heart & Soul” in Washington D.C.