A Tailor-Made Science-Based Meditative Cooking Class
How our emotions & thoughts flow through our food!
Even though more than 380 people have tried it since 2016 and rated it 5 stars, this is not a CLASSIC cooking experience! It’s a way to discover more about yourself and how you relate to your food.
YOU WILL
- touch, smell, and taste the native wild herbs and spices of Syros that have spiced the local dishes since antiquity, the tastes and aromas that our ancestors lived with, and can still awaken all your senses to generate a feeling of mindfulness
- add them to the dishes, learning innovative cooking techniques
- chop organic vegetables, use dried and fresh herbs and spices to make a salad full of presence, emotions, and colors using meditative practices
- discover why your feelings are so important when you cook and eat and how they change the vibration of your food
- cook with your heart and embark on an adventure of pure joy
- enjoy the colors, tastes, and textures of all the ingredients in a playful way
- learn some tips to help you change the way you relate to your food
Cooking with the heart
WHAT TO EXPECT
A hands-on cooking lesson
Welcome cold herbal tea, 3 hot and 2 cold dishes, various local cheeses, local cured meat called “louza”, bottled wine, and filtered water.
Dessert, coffee
Duration Approx. 5 hours
Group 4 – 8 persons or more under request
Choose between a morning start at 10.30 OR an afternoon start at 17.00.
The lesson is in English and, if necessary, in French or another language on request with an additional fee.
A hands-on cooking experience using foraged wild herbs & spices
This is a journey into the magic of local wild herbs and spices for pleasure and healing.
By paying attention to the details, you will discover and experience an increased sense of calm and clarity. You will also come to understand how and why this enhances the flavor of everything.
How we choose our food, prepare it, cook it, and eat it is just as important—if not more important—as what we eat. This meal, which combines art and cooking, will help you understand how to sustain focus and transformative change, nourish your body more healthily, and create an environment of peace and pure joy during the process.
Maria Krina, a Mindful Eating and 4D Dream Coach, wellness consultant, and energy healer, will gently introduce you to this process, which will help you create an attitude towards food that honors life.
She will offer you an unprecedented experience that combines taste, smell, and feeling, creating a balance of pleasure and health through food, naturally and effortlessly. You will cook under her guidance a vegetarian menu based on traditional recipes that is a feast for the pallet and the heart.
For her, holistic, mindful cooking is more than a trend; it’s a way of life.
TESTIMONIALS
Maria’s cooking and foraging class was a session in mindfulness, health, community, and an exceptional education on the local flora! We not only had a fantastic time bonding as a group of friends, but we also learned tips for cooking all sorts of new foods and the health benefits of all of them. My absolute favorite part, however, was seeing, smelling, and tasting the flavors of the local plants/herbs. Following Maria’s class, I did several miles of hiking throughout Syros and the Cyclades, and I am still excited to pick out and name the many plants we see along the side of the road that we learned about in her class! I never would’ve been able to do that without her expertise. It was such a rewarding experience and it was one of my absolute favorite activities on Syros!
J. R.
Cook & eat consciously
Maria invites us with infinite kindness to develop the awareness that “we are what we eat." A way of Being and doing, new habits, a posture towards food that honors the living. This is a very interesting workshop, that can be integrated into and completed in any course that aims to develop the Being and more congruence in our daily lives. A big thank-you.
Catherine B.
Maria's Conscious Cooking in Greece is much more than preparing meals; it's a culinary journey that celebrates the richness of local ingredients, respect for the seasons, and harmony with nature. By adopting a conscious approach to cooking, we reconnect with tradition while taking care of our health and our environment. Embrace conscious cooking with Maria in Syros and be inspired by the Greek art of living, where every meal is a celebration of life.
Carol Dalmas
Wonderful cooking experience
Very sweet and kind teaching experience. Maria gave us all her light and love! Amazing, easy, and tasteful food made of all Maria’s knowledge and her personal herb collection on Syros island. Also a sharing moment with friends in mindfulness and laughter. Eleni's kindness was the “cherry on the cake”! Thanks again.
Elisabeth R.
One of the highlights of our time in Syros
Maria’s cooking class was one of the highlights of my time in Syros. I learned not only about cooking local cuisine but also about the importance of mindful eating. I loved that the recipes were vegetarian and that there was a gluten-free option. The info about local wild herbs was enlightening. I can’t recommend it highly enough if you’re into herbs, cooking, and culture.
Courtney Radmall
“Cooking Tales hands-on Greek Cuisine”
IS RUN BY MARIA KRINA
Maria Krina is a professional chef with over 20 years of expertise. She has a degree in education and has educated more than 500 people in traditional Greek cooking and nutrition for health and wellness in her workshops and cooking classes.