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SUMMARY:Metabolism for Grownups: What Changes After 40 and What Still Works?
DESCRIPTION:A realistic\, nutrition-focused look at metabolism in midlife. \nFeeling like your body has changed in ways that don’t quite make sense? As we move into our 40s\, 50s\, and beyond\, shifts in hormones\, muscle mass\, sleep\, stress\, and blood sugar regulation can all affect energy\, appetite\, body composition\, and overall health. The good news is that nutrition strategies can make a meaningful difference — without extreme dieting or rigid food rules. \nIn this class\, Registered Dietitian Laura Foster will explore:\n• What actually changes in perimenopause and menopause\n• Why weight and body composition often shift in midlife\n• How protein\, fiber\, meal timing\, and blood sugar balance support metabolism\n• Nutrition strategies that help maintain muscle\, energy\, and fullness\n• Easy meal ideas and practical ways to build balanced plates\n• Common nutrition myths that can make midlife health more confusing than it needs to be \nThis class focuses on realistic\, evidence-based nutrition approaches that support long-term health\, energy\, and metabolic well-being. You’ll leave with a better understanding of your body and practical tools you can start using right away. \nLaura Foster (she/her) is a Registered Dietitian and nutrition therapist with a master’s degree in nutrition and a private practice focused on practical\, evidence-based care for women in midlife and beyond. She specializes in perimenopause and menopause\, insulin resistance and prediabetes\, gut health\, GERD\, and metabolic health. \nLaura combines whole-foods-based nutrition with current research on blood sugar balance\, eating patterns\, body composition\, and healthy aging. Her approach is collaborative\, realistic\, and individualized — helping clients work with their unique body\, schedule\, symptoms\, and stage of life rather than against them. \nShe creates a nonjudgmental space where people can feel supported\, understood\, and empowered to make sustainable changes that improve energy\, confidence\, metabolic health\, and overall well-being. \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://olympiafood.coop/event/metabolism-for-grownups-what-changes-after-40-and-what-still-works/
LOCATION:Olympia Food Co-op – Downtown Community Classroom\, 610 Columbia Street SW\, Olympia\, WA\, 98501\, United States
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SUMMARY:Create Your Own Cloth Amulet or Intention Pouch
DESCRIPTION:In this class you will create a magical talisman for an intention you are holding at this time. It may be for general protection\, increasing your capacity for giving and receiving love\, healing from painful wounds\, an object of remembrance of a loved one\, a reminder of a commitment you are making to yourself\, etc. These may be worn\, displayed on a wall\, placed on an altar\, whatever feels most supportive and meaningful to you.  \nI will provide some dried herbs\, salt\, and a few other items that you may choose from to put inside\, but I also encourage you to bring your own items. These could be small gemstones that feel aligned with your intention\, pieces of paper with writing\, anything that feels meaningful to you\, even if it might not make logical sense to you\, try to let your intuition guide you.  \nDuring the class we will spend time embroidering an image onto the fabric for your pouch\, stitching the fabric into a pouch\, filling it with your items\, and adding cord and tassels if you’d like additional adornments. There will be an invitation for us to share with each other about our intentions as we work.  \nŽiara is a queer artist\, creative creature\, nature lover\, and budding ceremonialist. They enjoy learning about art mediums by experimenting and playing\, and finding artists and art that inspire them to create. They live their life as an expression of beauty\, by bringing ceremony and ritual into the mundane acts of the day. They are striving to remember their belonging with the natural world by listening to the ways the more-than -human world is always offering us lessons and showing us the ways of beauty\, simplicity\, and the cyclical nature of things. Žiara believes in creating a new culture from our most magical dreams of interdependent care\, abundance\, and mutual thriving. They are currently practicing building new world through their involvement in Future Ancestors Folk Choir\, Wild Grief\, Olympia mutual aid apothecary\, Roots and Rhythms outdoor pre-school\, and Earth Keepers Wisdom School : A Year in Ceremony.  \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://olympiafood.coop/event/create-your-own-cloth-amulet-or-intention-pouch/
LOCATION:Olympia Food Co-op – Downtown Community Classroom\, 610 Columbia Street SW\, Olympia\, WA\, 98501\, United States
CATEGORIES:Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260817T180000
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SUMMARY:Qigong for De-Stressing & August Re-Balancing
DESCRIPTION:As summer shifts toward harvest season\, learn simple practices to de-stress and align with nature’s August impulse to re-center and cultivate inner contentment. Practices include self-healing massage (An Mo Gong)\, acupressure\, and simple Qigong movements and meditations that align with the expansive Qi of this time of the year\, Reset your nervous system\, gently strengthen your core\, align your spine\, and calm and brighten your mind in this all-levels class. Unwind\, have fun\, and learn simple ways to find and maintain your center. \nOn this land of the Steh-Chass nation\, Rae Diamond teaches practices from various Qigong traditions\, dao yin (cleansing\, stretching\, and strengthening practices)\, and Neigong meditation techniques\, influenced by their studies with master\, Dr. Bingkun Hu\, a disciple of legendary Dayan Qigong grandmaster\, Yang Mei Jun. Rae offers a rare combination of intricate attention to physical alignment\, fascial optimization\, mechanics of movement\, breath\, Qi flow\, movements of Yin and Yang\, and seasonal influences to their students. Their approach is informed by Classical Chinese medicine studies with Neijing scholar\, Dr. Edward Neal\, and decades of practice and study of Qigong\, Yoga\, Reiki\, Wu Xing (5 phases/elements)\, Yin-Yang\, meditation\, astrology\, numerology\, and shamanic techniques. rae13diamond.com/qigong \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://olympiafood.coop/event/qigong-for-de-stressing-august-re-balancing/
LOCATION:Olympia Food Co-op – Downtown Community Classroom\, 610 Columbia Street SW\, Olympia\, WA\, 98501\, United States
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SUMMARY:Back By Popular Demand Again: Let’s Make Pie!
DESCRIPTION:Join Co-op staff and deli chef\, Monica Peabody\, and former Co-op staff and deli chef\, Martha Chubb in making pies. You will learn crusts so simple\, failproof and delicious that you’ll never want to buy a premade crust again. We”ll fill our crusts with both classic and imaginative pies from current fresh ingredients\, both sweet and savory. Who knows\, we may even bake some upside down. Come be creative with us! \nMonica Peabody loves cooking\, feeding people and eating delicious\, healthy food. She’s offering this class again because it filled up the last two times with long waitlists. A participant at a previous class told Monica that she made three pies the week after! \nMartha Chubb has always been interested in cooking and baking. Working at the Olympia Food Co-op for nearly 30 years\, she spent the first seven years working in the deli\, creating soups\, salads and  sandwiches. She enjoys sharing delicious food with friends and family\, especially pie. \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://olympiafood.coop/event/back-by-popular-demand-again-lets-make-pie/
LOCATION:GRuB Farmhouse\, 2016 Elliott Ave NW\, Olympia\, WA\, 98502
CATEGORIES:Class
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SUMMARY:GEM Bicycle Class - Gender Equality Mechanics
DESCRIPTION:Join Walk N Roll for an ABC Quick Check class\, where you’ll learn how to perform a 5 minute safety check before going out to ride your bike. We will cover how to assess the air in your tires\, and the condition of your brakes and drivetrain. We will make small adjustments to our bikes during this event\, but please leave major repairs for another event! \n Please sign up for this event if you find that your gender is underrepresented in cycling! Women\, trans folks\, girls\, gender-non-conforming\, 2-spirit\, and femmes are welcome! If you do not fall into these identities\, please consider attending another class. \nSarah is the Bicycle Mechanic Educator at Walk N Roll. She loves to bike and share her knowledge with others. She is super excited to help you get more familiar with your bike!  \nA Puri is a bike educator with Intercity Transit’s Walk N Roll program and loves helping all ages of folks learn to get around by bike. \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://olympiafood.coop/event/gem-bicycle-class-gender-equality-mechanics/
LOCATION:Walk and Roll Bike Shop at the Olympia Transit Center\, 2955 Martin Way\, Suite 101\, Olympia\, WA\, 98501\, United States
CATEGORIES:Class
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SUMMARY:Whole Grain Sourdough Bread Making
DESCRIPTION:Making whole grain sourdough bread means never discarding\, never refrigerating and never measuring anything to make bread. Humans existed primarily on bread for 7.5 thousands years and this is the bread we’ll make. This bread is nutrient dense\, easy to make and a practical approach to making sourdough bread. Bring your containers for free starter and discounts on fresh stone milled flour.  \nMore about Jay Ryan: \nI’ve had a lifelong journey in the food business\, including restaurant owning and operating.  Now I focus on demonstrating and cooking sustainable and traceable foods grown naturally.  For the last 15 months I’ve been stone milling regional and seasonal grains into small-batch flour in Centralia. \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://olympiafood.coop/event/whole-grain-sourdough-bread-making-4/
LOCATION:Grist Urban Stone Mill Flour Shoppe & Grainery\, 216 N. Tower Ave\, Centralia\, WA\, 216 N. Tower Ave\, Centralia\, WA\, 98531\, United States
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