We offer a variety of popular workshops on nutrition and natural living, from fermentation to making your own bodycare products. All of our workshops are interactive and hands-on.
We also offer custom workshops for small groups and corporate events (inquire).
Kathrin is a holistic nutritionist, teacher and yoga instructor, with a background in counselling and psychology. She gardens and meditates, studies and teaches, forages and ferments, exploring the relationship between mind and body, personal health and planetary health.
Andrew has a background in environmental science and is currently studying herbalism. He has been making his own bodycare products for over 15 years. His passion for the natural world extends into his everyday life where he tends to multiple gardens and forages through forests for wild herbs.
Learn how to make both melt & pour soaps and cold-process natural soaps! Learn how to infuse soaps with healing properties, and take home several bars of soap we'll make together. As always we offer full follow-up support to help you become a soap-making master!
Fermenting vegetables is easy, fun and delicious! Learn how to make kimchi, kraut and brined vegetables in this hands-on workshop. You'll go home with 2 tasty jars and the know-how to ferment at home.
We're thrilled to be heading to Oshawa!
Learn how to make a gentle olive oil soap from scratch. You’ll learn how to infuse soaps with healing properties and how to formulate a variety of recipes (like shaving, facial and sensitive skin bars).
Have you tried Kombucha? It's an amazing fermented drink that boosts your immune system, increases energy, and benefits digestion! Learn to make your own in our brewing workshop that's cheaper, tastier and healthier than store-bought!
Learn how to make both melt & pour soaps and cold-process natural soaps! Learn how to infuse soaps with healing properties, and take home several bars of soap we'll make together. As always we offer full follow-up support to help you become a soap-making master!
Excited to be heading back to Watson & Lou in Peterborough!
Make beautiful holiday gifts for your loved ones this season. We’ll make delicious body butter, tinted lip balms, healing skin salves and herbal bath salts.
Fermenting vegetables is easy, fun and delicious! Learn how to make kimchi, kraut and brined vegetables in this hands-on workshop. You'll go home with 2 tasty jars and the know-how to ferment at home.
Learn how to make your own body care products using natural ingredients in this hands-on workshop. You'll leave with recipes, instruction, and the know-how to make your own toxin-free products that really work!
Learn how to infuse soaps with therapeutic ingredients for your skin type. We'll also cover how to formulate soap for different purposes - facial, body, cleansing, shaving and shampoo bars. You'll infuse your own oil based on your skin's needs and you'll be able to add therapeutic goodies to your own mold of gentle olive oil soap made during the class.
Learn how to ferment your condiments in this hands-on workshop!
Store-bought condiments are often high in sugar, use poor quality ingredients and don't contain healthy probiotics. In this workshop, you'll learn how to make your own delicious fermented condiments.
Learn to make your own decadent body care products in this hands-on workshop. You'll learn how to customize products for your skin type and how to choose therapeutic oils, butters and healing botanicals. You'll leave with a recipes booklet and full-sized products to use right away.
Learn how to make effective and all-natural cleaning products. Ideal for someone who would like to avoid chemicals and the green-washing and high prices of many natural brands. We'll make dish liquid, laundry soap, glass cleaner and all-purpose cleaners.
Learn how to make your own body care products using natural ingredients in this hands-on workshop. You'll leave with recipes, instruction, and the know-how to make your own toxin-free products that really work!
Learn how to make effective and all-natural cleaning products. Ideal for someone who would like to avoid chemicals and the green-washing and high prices of many natural brands. We'll make dish liquid, laundry soap, glass cleaner and all-purpose cleaners.
Have you tried Kombucha? It's an amazing fermented drink that boosts your immune system, increases energy, and benefits digestion! Learn to make your own in our brewing workshop that's cheaper, tastier and healthier than store-bought!
Learn how to make both melt & pour soaps and cold-process natural soaps! Learn how to infuse soaps with healing properties, and take home several bars of soap we'll make together. As always we offer full follow-up support to help you become a soap-making master!
Learn how to make your own natural body care products for you and your baby in this hands-on workshop. You'll leave with the products we make and a recipe booklet with additional recipes.
Conventional hair products can wreak havoc on our hair and scalp leading to brittle hair, oily scalp or dandruff. In this workshop, you'll customize you own DIY shampoo and oil treatment for rebalancing your scalp, choosing therapeutic botanicals. We'll also make a detangling spray and a pomade to add shine and tame frizzies. You'll take home full-sized products as well as a booklet with extra recipes to nourish your hair.
Take your fermentation to the next level! In this hands-on class, we'll ferment whole leaves (amazing for preserving herbs), pastes (garlic and turmeric are our favourites) and preserve citrus fruits. These techniques are a wonderful way to increase the nutrient value of foods, preserve the harvest and elevate the flavour of dishes.
Conventional shampoos can damage hair and imbalance the scalp leading to dull hair, oily scalp and dandruff. In this class you'll learn how to make nourishing shampoo infused with balancing botanicals, dry shampoo, natural detangler, pomade to add shine and texture, and a customized oil treatment for dry scalp and hair. Participants will go home with full-sized containers of all 5 products and a booklet with additional recipes!
In this class you'll learn how to properly take care of your oral health using natural ingredients. We'll share our favourite recipes for natural whitening treatments and oil pulling and you'll customize and make your own toothpaste, floss oil and mouthwash to take home.
Learn to make your own decadent body care products in this hands-on workshop. You'll learn how to customize products for your skin type and how to choose therapeutic oils, butters and healing botanicals. You'll leave with a recipes booklet and full-sized products to use right away.
Learn how to make your own natural cleaning products using non-toxic ingredients that are easy to find. Conventional cleaning products contain a mess of toxic chemicals, while natural ones are often 'green-washed' or too costly. You'll learn how to confidently clean your home using DIY recipes and leave with full-sized products and a booklet with additional recipes.
Fire cider is a traditional infusion used to prevent and fight colds and flus and to keep the immune system resilient. In this class, students will learn how to create their own fire cider, customizing to boost immunity, benefit digestion or to increase circulation.
Learn about the healing benefits and rich cultural history of fermented foods with author and educator Sandor Katz.
Learn how to make your own body care products using natural ingredients in this hands-on workshop. You'll leave with recipes, instruction, and the know-how to make your own toxin-free products that really work!
Join Kathrin Brunner, a Holistic Nutritionist, and Lara Jacob, a Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine, in their 21 Day Fall Detox! Designed to optimize digestion, strengthen the immune system and build adrenal reserves. Fall is a great time to shed summer indulgences and prepare our bodies to embrace the cold with vitality and health.
Learn how to forage safely and sustainably, how to ID plants, the nutritive and medicinal benefits, and how to use and preserve plants.
Are you ready to shake off your winter body and step into a lighter, energized, healthier and happier you? The Nourished Detox will teach you which foods are best for your body and provide tools to shift away from old eating patterns so you can step into Spring with vibrancy.
Learn how to make your own vinegars from scratch. Turn fruit scraps into vinegars and then infuse them with therapeutic herbs for digestive health. During the class, you'll make your own vinegar and then learn how to customize it into a variety of healing tonics.
Learn how to make your own natural body care products for you and your baby in this hands-on workshop. You'll leave with the products we make and a recipe booklet with additional recipes.
Learn how to forage in our series of Foraging Workshops. Starting with Spring Greens, we'll teach you how to forage safely and sustainably, how to ID plants, the nutritive and medicinal benefits, and how to use and preserve plants.
Learn how to make broad-spectrum sunscreen using natural ingredients that will protect and nourish your skin. We'll also make a healing after-sun spray to refresh and restore the skin and lotion bars to keep your skin moisturized and smooth.
Have you tried Kombucha? It's an amazing fermented drink that boosts your immune system, increases energy, and benefits digestion! Learn to make your own in our brewing workshop. You'll leave with a starter kit and step-by-step instructions—with follow-up support to ensure your brewing success!
“What a fabulous workshop! Really not so complicated to make these products. If you can cook, you can make your own bodycare products. Loved the take-home products. I can now show them off to everyone and spread the empowerment! Thanks Kathrin and Andrew! ”
“The kombucha workshop is perhaps one of the greatest things I have done in my life, and I’m being serious… great people sharing a great bit of knowledge of how to create one of the wonders of the food/health worlds… do it!”
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