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We need to take a break.  You are invited to a  BREAK of an evening for an energy releasing inspired yoga class & nourishing Community Dining event as we move through this busy Holiday season.

6:00pm – Arrive

6:30pm – Yoga (45-min all levels)

7:30pm – Dine – Build your own Buddha Bowl!

9:00pm – Conclude

DINE – Buddha Style & like an insta-famous foodie photog

STARTERS

Garlic Pepper Tofu Cucumber Bites with Chili Dipping Sauce Herb and Spinach and Tomato Hummus

MAIN

Buddha Bowl * A beautiful bounty of items to nourish your body and soul

Coconut Cashew Lime Bites

SIDE

Fire Roasted Singapore Curried Sweet Corn Soup

DESSERT

Vegan Maple Pecan Granola from Paleo Scavenger

Chocolate and Maca Truffles from Hi-Vibe Superfood Juicery

Dark Chocolate Himalayan Pink Salt and Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter chocolate puffs from I Heart Keenwah

Ingredients provided by Gotham Greens and Olivia’s Market

 Mar Miles

Formerly a professional with top financial firms in Los Angeles and Chicago, her entrepreneurial and yogic heart jumped ship and traveled throughout Asia to find her true calling. While overlooking Mount Machapuchare in Nepal, she knew that the next move was to lead others through their yoga pursuits. By guiding others in their yoga practice, she strives to reinvigorate and heighten her students’ life journeys by enriching the body, mind and heart to allow for growth and clarity. Mar is RYT 200 Yoga Alliance Certified and actively studies an array of different yoga styles. She is the Co-Founder of VibeUP Yoga Socials, has a booming private practice here in Chicago and also teaches at Core Power Yoga & Studio Three.

Website: www.yogawithmar.com

Facebook:  facebook.com/yogawithmar

Instagram @yogawithmar

Chef Aram Reed

Chef Aram Reed speicalizes in private dining, cooking instruction, and catering with an emphasis on fresh, quality ingredients and stunning presentations thoughtfully customized for every event.  His passion for good food and good company and his zest for life are reflected both in his work as a chef and cooking instructor.  Chef Aram is known, not only for creating tantalizing and satifsying menus, but an overall experience that is truly memorable.

A graduate of Western Illinois University with a Bachelors degree in Public Communications and Human Relations, Chef Aram spent several years in the financial industry successfully.  In 2008, he left the business world to pursue his passion for cooking and graduated top of his class at the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu of Chicago. Chef Aram then furthered his studies by completing his Culinary Arts degree through a series of apprenticeships in Sorrento, Italy where he fell in love with the Italian culture, way of life and the regional cuisines.Upon returning to Chicago, Chef Aram Reed established his personal dining and catering business to share his passion and experiences with others.  When he’s not whipping up a fabulous meal for his clients, he can be found exploring Chicago’s great ethnic neighborhoods discovering new inspirations to share with you.  Aram can also be seen volunteering his time and cooking skills at various homeless shelters throughout the city.

 SOCIAL Sparkling Wine

We belive life is meant to be enjoyed and and that we enjoy life more when we are connecting with those we love & when we are healthy.  SOCIAL was created to enhance our precious moments and complement our healthy lifestyles.  Finally something actually good made by someone who really cares…

A STORY ABOUT OUR FOUNDER

Diagnosed with Thyroid Cancer at 26, Leah Caplanis had to make a decision.

She’d spent 8 years in the corporate world working for NESTLE growing brands she didn’t believe in.  Healthy eating has always been a passion of hers and selling something she wasn’t in alignment with was making her stressed, run down, and uninspired.

Meet Leah

She educated herself at the Hippocrates Health Institute and Kushi Institute of Macrobiotics, and experienced first hand holistic modalities such as Ayurvedic, Biofeedback, Homeopathy, Hyrdotherapy, Bowen Therapy, Sound Therapy, and more.  She quit drinking for three years, went vegan for three years, and utilized herabl remedies to literally draw the cancer cells from her body.

Even though spirituality was always important to her, this healing journey brought Leah even closer to her faith and the validation that the mind is a powerful tool that creates our own realities.

After three years not giving up on her goal to heal holistically, Leah was healed from cancer.

Redefining Sparkling Wine

Now Leah is living the life she’s always wanted.  She is manifesting her dream lifestyle, her dream of becoming an entrepreneur, and serving others by providing something that she feels can make their lives better.

Going through cancer taught Leah the importance of CHOOSING to enjoy each day and that connecting with friends and family is #1.  She saw so many of the downsides alcohol was having on those around her and wanted to create an option that allows everyone freedom to connect AND enjoy alcohol, tonight AND the next day.  The freedom to enjoy life!  And so she created SOCIAL Enjoyments.

Gotham Greens:

Gotham Greens is a global pioneer in the field of urban agriculture and a leading regional producer of hyper-local, premium-quality vegetables and herbs.  Gotham Greens’ pesticide-free produce is grown using ecologically sustainable methods in technologically-sophisticated, 100% clean energy powered, climate-controlled urban greenhouses.  Gotham Greens provides its diverse retail, restaurant, and institutional customers with a local, reliable, year-round supply of produce grown under the highest standards of food safety and environmental sustainability.  The company has built and operates over 170,000 square feet of greenhouse across 4 facilities in New York and Chicago.  Gotham Greens was a recipient of the 2015 Martha Stewart “American Made” award and was founded in 2009 in Brooklyn, New York.  www.gothamgreens.com

 Olivia’s Market

Fueled with an entrepreneurial spirit and a love of delicious food, we opened Olivia’s Market in August 2004. Since then, the store has grown its staff, product offerings, and customer base, but our mission has always remained the same:  Provide excellent customer service and offer the finest quality products at the ease of neighborhood shopping.  Thank you to all of our customers past, present, and future who support Olivia’s Market!

Hi-Vibe Superfood Juicery

HI-VIBE is an organic superfood juicery, committed to providing its customers with products that have been formulated for specific functional purpose, using only the highest quality ingredients possible.  Our current offerings include organic cold-pressed juices, acai & pitaya bowls, superfood smoothies, Bulletproof Coffee, chaga & matcha teas, grass-fed activated bone broth, and a variety of high frequency salads & snacks. 100% organic, 100% of the time. Our management team takes an unprecedented approach by personally selecting all of our produce & superfood ingredients. Effectively, this means no “middle men”.  We take tremendous pride in providing products that help you to look & feel your very best- focused, energized & radiant!

In Fall of 2014, HI-VIBE opened its flagship store in Chicago’s vibrant River North neighborhood. This marks our first step in bringing honest, delicious, nutrient-dense nourishment to Chicagoland..  We’ll high-five to that!

 Paleo Scavenger

Hi!  My name is Brittany Chibe and I’m the founder of Paleo Scavenger.  I started PS in June 2014 with the mission to share my tasty, paleo granola with the world.  I started eating a Paleo diet in 2013 while training for a half marathon, and my diet quickly turned into a new lifestyle. It became difficult to find snacks that fit within the parameters of the paleo diet.  It was as if I was on a constant scavenger hunt at the grocery store searching for paleo-friendly snacks. Instead of searching for the perfect snack, I started making my own.  I have always had a passion for baking, so I made paleo granola and carried it with me for a quick on-the-go treat.  After sharing it with family, friends and other paleo foodies, I was encouraged to package and sell it.  I took my product to local gyms and farmers markets to sample and sell the product and got instant customer validation.  People loved it! And would pay for it!  After determining there was a real market for my product, I left the corporate world behind to work on Paleo Scavenger full time.  I feel so lucky and honored to be doing what I love and making products that people truly enjoy and feel good about eating.

 

 I Heart Keenwah

I Heart Keenwah was started by two friends, Sarah and Ravi, in 2010. Ravi, an avid traveler and self-proclaimed foodie, loved quinoa so much that he traveled to Bolivia to learn more about the tiny, versatile seed. He became enamored with the idea of making ready-to-eat quinoa snacks, so he brought the idea back to his friend Sarah in Chicago. The two tinkered around in the kitchen until Quinoa Clusters were born. Crunchy, sweet, and as wholesome and natural as quinoa itself, this snackable quinoa treat inspired a line of healthy products we’re proud to make. Our simple ingredients and surprising flavors are a fun way to “heart” yourself by the handful. 

Jackson Junge Gallery

 

Exhibiting both emerging and established artists in a wide range of mediums, the Jackson Junge gallery is identified by its atmosphere, function, and energy.  It is our ambition to showcase an array of contemporary art and hand made non-functional crafts, making it an extraordinary destination for all individuals interested in the arts looking for unique gifts or coveting to build a personal collection. With the belief that art should be accessible to everyone, the Jackson Junge Gallery offers a wide range of price points to accommodate any budget. We are a service company, dedicated to long term relationships with our collectors and artists. The Jackson Junge Gallery offers a unique setting for small receptions, meetings and private events.  The contemporary artworks displayed at the gallery provide a colorful background to any special occasion.  With our trending location and ease of access, the soaring ceilings and open loft space create the perfect blank canvas for you to use your artistic freedom and make it your won.

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