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7.5 hours
Lotuswood Organic Wellness Farm
Starting at USD 242
Sat, 06 Sep, 2025 at 12:00 pm to 07:30 pm (GMT-04:00)
Lotuswood Organic Wellness Farm
21 Finchville Turnpike, Middletown, United States
Join Ayurveda practitioners Aruna and Sri for a one-day restorative retreat at Lotuswood Organic Wellness Farm, nestled in the hills outside Middletown, NY. Here, you will deepen your connection to the land, your body, and your own energy. This day is crafted to rejuvenate the senses and restore balance.
Ayurveda is a holistic system of healing from ancient India, where food is regarded as medicine, and gut health is the starting place for overall health.
Your hosts and facilitators will guide you through mindful intention, movement, and cooking organic produce from the farm. Each experience is designed to harmonize your energy and bring you back to your true self.
Whether savoring bites of delicately prepared food, exploring the farm, or harvesting your supper, you will experience the interconnection between soil, food and health.
This event is part of a weekend featuring Prana Kitchens. If you would like to join our 5-course South Indian Dinner on Sun. Sept. 7, please follow this link: https://lotuswoodfarm.com/calendar/from-plant-to-plate-a-5-course-south-indian-feast/
Participants should bring:
Bring sitting mats or yoga mats, shoes that can come easily on and off, water bottle, sunblock, hat, and bug spray.
12:00–12:30 PM | Arrivals & Introductions
We’ll gather, introduce ourselves to the group, and align our goals for the day.
12:30–12:50 PM | Intro to Ayurveda
Step into a fresh way of seeing food, not just as fuel, but as daily medicine. You’ll walk away with a grounded understanding of how Ayurveda helps you build lasting energy, improve digestion, and clarify the mind.
Reset Your Body with a Healing Bowl
1:00–1:30 PM | Khichadi Cooking Demo (kitchen)
Watch Sri and Aruna make Khichadi — Ayurveda’s ultimate comfort food. You’ll learn how simple spices can shift your energy, immunity, and gut health, and how to bring this soothing dish into your weekly routine.
Eat to Balance, Not Restrict
1:30–2:30 PM | Nourishing Ayurvedic Lunch (dining room)
Savor a lovingly prepared sattvic meal designed to align you with the season. Every bite helps you understand how the six tastes (Shadrasa) work to restore internal balance and harmony.
Reconnect with the Land
3:00–3:30 PM | Farm Walk & Herb Connection
Walk through the gardens where your food and medicine grow. Harvest veggies for your dinner. You’ll leave with a new relationship to the herbs and vegetables around you — and how to source and sense what your body needs, season by season.
3:30–4:00 PM | Break
Move to Digest & Clear
4:00–4:45 PM | Energy-Clearing Movement Practice
This gentle session helps your body process and integrate, physically and energetically.
Feel your system lighten and your clarity return through slow movement rooted in ancient practices.
Learn to Eat with Intelligence
5:00–5:30 PM | The 6 Tastes of Ayurveda with Lotuswood’s Andrea Hayley-Sankaran
A deeper dive into Ayurvedic nutrition. Enjoy an immersive experience of how the 6 tastes impact your digestion, mood, and energy so you can intuitively eat for balance, without any guesswork.
Create with the Season
5:30–6:30 PM | DIY Summer Dinner
Craft and enjoy your own vibrant salad with just-harvested ingredients, served alongside the khichadi you made earlier. Experience how real food — when combined with healing spices and herbs — becomes deeply satisfying and energizing.
Anchor the Day’s Wisdom
6:30–7:00 PM | Closing Circle
Leave feeling held, clear, and empowered. This final space grounds everything you’ve experienced, so you carry it into your everyday life.
7:00–7:30 PM | Sunset Sip & Shop
Sample drinks created by LW, and browse handcrafted Prana Kitchens packaged foods, and Lotuswood farm-to-table produce and prepared foods.
You’ll Leave With:
🍽 Lunch Menu
🥒 Cucumber Mint Limeade Refresher
A summer drink that gently blends the cooling essence of cucumber and mint with a light touch of lime and freshly ground pepper. This vibrant combination supports digestion, hydrates deeply, and kindles Agni — the digestive fire. Perfect for warm days on the farm, it’s a sattvic, uplifting sipper that soothes from the first sip to the last.
🌾 Ellu Podi Rice (with Hand-Pounded Rice or Millet)
A deeply grounding dish made with your choice of hand-pounded rice or millet, gently tossed with Prana Kitchens’ signature Ellu Podi — a roasted sesame and lentil spice blend — and finished with ghee and crisped curry leaves. Rich in plant-based protein, healthy fats, and flavor, this dish nourishes the tissues while supporting digestion and energy.
🥕 Carrot & Beet Pachadi with Amalaki Spice
A vibrant plant based yogurt relish made with steamed carrots and beets, brought to life with a gently warming Amalaki spice blend — featuring Indian gooseberry (amla), cumin, and curry leaves. This probiotic-rich side offers digestive support and natural Vitamin C, bringing together sweet, sour, and astringent notes for a Pitta-balancing and immune-boosting finish to the plate.
🥥 Date & Coconut Ladoo with Cardamom
Infused with the rich aroma of our single origin cardamom — a perfect bite of natural sweetness and spice. Lotuswood Farm Wellness Retreat 🪷Food as Medicine: A Day of Nourishment, Connection & Ayurveda in Practice
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Tickets for Prana Wellness Retreat can be booked here.
| Ticket type | Ticket price |
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| Prana Wellness Retreat | 242 USD |
