Saturday, October 2

:: Happy Pets: Natural Homemade Pet Food Cooking Class::

Sanae will be speaking about how to help your pet be happy and healthy through natural homemade foods, lifestyle suggestions, and a loving atmosphere. She will share some wonderful recipes on how to make your own food and snacks to help you pet be its best.

Sanae Suzuki is a Whole Health Macrobiotic Counselor, Flower Essences Practitioner and Certified Therapeutic Massage Therapist for people and pets. She is a long time student of Michio Kushi, world leader of macrobiotic education, and completed all four levels of training at Kushi Institute in Becket, MA. She also holds a certificate of recognition from Kushi Institute International for macrobiotic teaching.

She has raised therapy and service dogs since 1996 and has created homemade natural pet food for dogs and cats to help them heal various health challenges such as skin allergies, arthritis, and excess weight gain. Sanae is dedicated to helping pets live longer healthier lives, making for happy pets.

Sanae was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 1993, which inspired her to learn about macrobiotics as a path to healing. Eight years later, she suffered a near fatal car accident in the Arizona desert. She was able to overcome both of these extreme life challenges through practicing and embracing the philosophy of macrobiotics. Sanae has taught and cooked extensively throughout California, at places such as Williams Sonoma, California Sushi Academy, Southern California Culinary School and Erewhon Natural Foods Market. She has taught internationally at Health Classic, A Taste of Health Cruise, Kushi Institute International Macrobiotic Summer Conference, Kushi Institute of Japan, as well as in the Caribbean, UK and Europe. It is her desire to help plant a seed of physical, intellectual and spiritual well being and happiness that will flourish within each person that she meets.

Sanae and her husband Eric Lechasseur, chef and restaurateur of the Venice vegan organic macrobiotic cafe “seed,” have collaborated on a cookbook, Love, Eric & Sanae. They live with three Golden Retrievers for whom Sanae cooks macrobiotically, of course!

Please consider submitting questions in advance by sending us an email at info@mypetnaturally.com

Please RSVP for this event at info@mypetnaturally.com in order to reserve a space. We look forward to seeing you here!

Place: "Natural Organic Food for Your Pets" 12001 West Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90046 Phone: 1-877-4MY-PET1 / 310-477-3030 www.mypetnaturally.com Date: Saturday, July 10 Time: 2 pm - 3 pm Fee: $10

Friday, October 8~ Sunday, October 10

:: North Fork Vegan Macrobiotic Retreat ::

Enjoy delicious vegan macrobiotic food or stay over night and relax weekend in North Fork (about 65miles from Yosemite National Park)

More detail here:

Wednesday, October 13/Wednesday, October 27

:: New Kushi Institute of Japan Certification Course ::

Sunday, October 10

:: Seed Community Clean-up (SCC) ::

We have been contributing (SCC) since we opened seed in November 2008 at least once a month. Please join us to help beautify the neighborhood and get the Venice community involved in something special. You will get 10% off your lunch or free organic tea or coffee at seed if you join us for SCC! Our goal is to clean up the beach as well when we have more people to join us. In the meantime, let’s cleanup the neighborhood before the trash gets to the ocean!

Place: SEED Kitchen
1604 Pacific Avenue, Venice, CA 90291
Date: Sunday, October 10, 2010
Time: 10 am - 11 pm (ish)

What to bring: Trash bag, gloves, broom, dustpan, sunscreen, hat, etc.

Note: if it is raining steadily at the start time, the cleanup will be cancelled.

Wednesday, October 13/Wednesday, October 27

:: New Kushi Institute of Japan Certification Course ::

Monday, October 25

:: Community Lecture Class at "seed" ::

Place: seed 1604 Pacific Avenue, Venice, CA 90291 Time : 7pm - 8pm Fee: $10

Subject: How to apply your macrobiotic way of eating and life over the holidays.

For registration, please visit:
http://www.meetup.com/Vegan-Macrobiotic-Community-Meetup-Group

Saturday, October 30

:: Eric’s holiday desserts at studio "mugen" ::

Eric’s desserts are delicious and beautiful. He will show you how to make holiday desserts that everybody loves. Place: studio mugen 2610 23rd St. Santa Monica, CA 90405 Date: Saturday, September 25 Time: 2 pm - 4:30 pm Standard Fee: $80 Early Registration Fee : $65(RSVP by 6 pm on October 23)

RSVP: Email us your name and phone number by 6 pm on Saturday, September 18. Please make check payable to "Mugen LLC" and send it to us.
Address: 2610 23rd St. Santa Monica, CA 90405

What to Bring: Please bring warm socks or indoor slippers as we ask everyone to take off shoes at the door, a pen and paper to take some notes, and a dinner plate and chopsticks or utensils of your choice (if you are planning to leave before we finish eating, bring tupperware so that you can take it home).

Cancellation Policy: If have paid your class fee and you cancel class enrollment a week or more in advance you get a full refund. If you cancel within a week to 48 hours before the class you get a 50% credit for next class. If you cancel within 48 hours there is no refund or credit. If you have not paid your class fee and you cancel within 48 hours you will get charged 50% of class fee.

Also, we can cancel the class due to low registration which a full refund wil be given