Meet Heidi Evelyn Morris

Registered Nurse, Army Combat Medic Veteran, Nutrition/Health & Wellness Coach, Professional Chef, Ayurveda/Naturopathy Practitioner, 200 RYT, Certified Sound Healer, Gardener, and Homesteader.

I have always been curious about how food affects the body since a young age. I grew up in a family with a culinary background and of medical professionals. I learned to cook from scratch, garden and preserve the harvest at a young age; including grinding wheat to make homemade bread. Growing up my dad took me to the local co-op in Duluth, Minnesota, and taught me the importance of knowing where our food comes from and how it affects the health of our body.

When I went to college, I realized how imperative nutrition and exercise/lifestyle go hand in hand with our overall health and wellness (including mental health). I allowed myself to bypass the labels of food, and exercise as I was experiencing life and didn’t have the time, so I thought. After serving in the army, working on the ambulance/air and hospitals, I had put so much stress on my body without taking care of my own health and wellness. I developed medical conditions and diagnoses people in their 60's get and I was in my late 20's and early 30's. I had the knowledge & education; however I wasn’t using it for my own health. I had enough of pain and doctors, so I finally applied my knowledge to my own health and was able to reverse and control many of the things I was told I was not able to. I did this through food, exercise and lifestyle. I have continued to learn how food has changed, from where it comes, and how it affects the body. There are ingredients in which to avoid, and others needing to add. I have learned and experimented how to cook what seem like boring vegetables into art for your eyes and bursts of flavor for your palate that not only heal but soothes the body and soul.

It is my goal is to share the knowledge I have obtained over the past 30+ years to help others seeking a balance of health and wellness for the mind body and soul.

Retreat Chef

• $125 per guest per day for on-site cooking 3 meals a day (prorated per meal on arrival and departure dates). Healthy snacks created, by request, prior to retreat, for $5 additional per guest.
  

• All dietary needs can be accommodated. (Vegetarian, Vegan, Paleo, GF/DF, soy/corn free)

• Chef focus of cooking is farm to table when produce is in season, otherwise organic, foods for the season (Ayurveda) and from scratch.

• One meal, offering open kitchen, allowing guests to enter kitchen while Chef is cooking to observe, learn and ask questions about meal being prepared.

• Times of meals are discussed with retreat facilitator to fit with activities of the day.
  

• Individually wrapped healthy snack item, of Chef’s choice, may be wrapped individually for retreat welcome bag upon request. $20 (total not per guest)
  

Classes

• “Staff of Life”: bread making class includes how and where to purchase wheat, the grinding of wheat, grinders, and the process of baking bread start to finish. (recipe included) $60
  

• “Grow Your Medicine”: gardening class includes zones, soil, and what grows best for your area. We will also go over nutritional value of food grown in the garden for deciding what to grow. (Tip guide included) Class will be in my gardens, weather permitting. $60

• “Grab Your Balls”: canning class teaching the fundamentals of canning. Water bath vs. Pressure Canning. Product canned determined by season, however start to finish canning. (recipe and canned item included) $75

• Class dates TBD (stay tuned for dates)
  
• Workshop prices and dates TBD by yoga studios or other facilitators. (will post/advertise)
  

Workshops

• “Food Relationship, Marry or divorce it?” : discover your relationship with food, how social, moods and hormones affect what, when, and how much we eat. Learn how to build healthy habits with food while keeping social. (restaurant food facts included)

• “Reading a Foreign Language”: Explore nutrition labels, how to read and apply for balance. Discover how to read the hard to pronounce ‘ingredients,’ what they are made from and how they affect the body. What is Bioengineered and how to read how the USDA labels? Learn how to take control of what you put into your body for optimal health & wellness. (nutrition list for shopping included)
  

• “What Does Your Gut Tell You?”: Discover the brain and gut connection through the Vagus Nerve. What is the truth about pro/prebiotics and antibiotics in gut health? Learn how the gut controls illness and disease and how to prevent. (yoga for Digestion included)
  

• “Bent or Broken?”: Discover how hypermobility and bone heath change as we age. What foods to consume & avoid for inflammation and bone health. Do you need supplements?
  

• “A Woman’s Fountain of Youth”: class for women of any age, discussing the affects of hormones, health and wellness from menstruation, prenatal, peri and post menopause. (vitamin and supplement list included). Learn how food and movement help at any stage of a womans’ health.