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FRUIT POTLUCK - Come celebrate the healthful qualities and joy of a large variety of delectable organic fruits.  Fruit Potluck is where everyone brings ripe delicious organic fruits to share. You are encouraged to bring some of your favorite raw foods and recipes to share and create together! We will provide a fruit breakfast, salad lunch and dinner that we will prepare together. You are welcome to bring any other additional vegan foods. 

Explore the Opportunity to Be Part of a Vegan Community in the Sequoias! We are looking at properties for development or to share and grow with like-minded individuals desiring to experience compassionate living.

Gathering will be for the weekend, two days and one evening, however additional days / evenings may be possible with advance notice.

Gathering in July will be 4 days 3 nights.

Meditation is a powerful tool for reducing stress, improving focus, and promoting overall well-being. Our meditation classes are designed to help you develop a regular practice and achieve inner peace.

Fruit is kissed by the Sun giving radiant power of health. 

Bring your musical gifts to share, or enjoy dancing under the stars.

Experience some of the largest trees on the planet!    Cool off in the mountain Springs and streams !

11:00  Arrival/ Settle in

11:45pm-  Welcoming Opening Circle

12:15pm - Bathe in Stream and Waterfalls with Fruit Potluck

2:30pm  Lunch

4:45pm Walk amongst the trees in mountain town community

6:15pm  Set Up Tent/  Settle in Accommodations/ Rest Time

7pm- Dinner 

8pm  Stargazing, Music, Singing & Dance around Fire Circle or Live Band at the Local Store

8:15am-9am     Qi Gong/Tai-chi or Fun Fitness Sunday

9am-9:15am    Meditation

9:30am      Fruit Breakfast

10:30am-  Depart for 100 Giants  - Tall Sequoia Trees (40-45 minute drive)- can carpool

11:20am-  Meet at Hundred Giants Trail- In Front of Sign Across Road from 2nd Parking

 Walk Amongst the Tallest Trees on the Planet

1:30pm - Depart From Gift Shop Back to Accommodations

2:15pm - Rest- Prepare for Lunch  / Possible Restaurant Visit

2:30pm Lunch

4pm- Go to Stream and Bathe in Waterfalls (12 Minute Drive) Can Carpool

6:30pm  Dinner  & Folk Dance Class/ Stretching

8pm  Stargazing

2pm-  Welcoming Opening Circle

2:45pm Walk amongst the trees in mountain town community

4:30  Set Up Tent/  Settle in Accommodations

6:30pm- Dinner and Talk on "Vegan Spirituality" with Lisa Levinson. 

 Lisa Levinson is the Campaigns Director for In Defense of Animals, founder of Vegan Spirituality, and co-founder of the Interfaith Vegan Coalition. She hosts virtual and in-person events to build vegan community and teaches fitness classes that focus on bone health. She is a licensed Buff Bones instructor.  

8pm- Stargazing 

8:15am-9am     Qi Gong/Tai-chi 

9am-9:10am    Meditation

9:30am      Fruit Breakfast

10:30am-  Depart for 100 Giants  - Tall Sequoia Trees (40-45 minute drive)- can carpool

11:20am-  Meet at Hundred Giants Trail- In Front of Sign Across Road from 2nd Parking

 Walk Amongst the Tallest Trees on the Planet

Meditation, option for drawing session with Guest Teacher Annie 

(Bring a notepad and pen or pencil)

1:30pm - Depart From Gift Shop Back to Accommodations

2:15pm - Rest- Prepare for Lunch  / Possible Restaurant Visit

2:30pm Lunch

4pm- Go to Stream and Bathe in Waterfalls (12 Minute Drive) Can Carpool

6:30pm  Dinner  & Talk following dinner-  "Portals of Compassion" with Vanessa Marsot.

Vanessa Marsot is a Yale graduate, and an actress, yoga and pole dance  instructor, and licensed psychotherapist whose mission is to stop animal suffering. Vanessa founded Ellora Wellness, a vegan organic wellness center and  one-stop-shop of creative, cruelty-free living that will open a chateau in France as a self-sustaining vegan intentional community. She also  organizes fruit festivals and vegan retreats to places such as Hawaii,  Egypt and Mexico. She's also working on veganizing an eco-hotel in the desert oasis of Siwa in Egypt.

Vanessa uses her literature major from Yale in writing novels and is currently  publishing a vegan fantasy story for children of all ages, which she has  co- created with her partner in creating fruit festivals. She also  writes and stars in a series about a snarky genie who veganizes those  around her.

She welcomes everyone into Ellora as family members in a community space. It takes a community to make a community.

7:40  Dance Party/ Stretching

8pm  Stargazing

8:15am-9am     Buff Bones with Lisa Levinson 

9am-9:10am    Meditation

9:30am      Fruit Breakfast

10:30am-  Hike Amongst the Trees, Explore the Mountain Community Town and Potential Properties for Vegan Community

1:30pm  Lunch

4pm- Go to Stream and Bathe in Waterfalls (12 Minute Drive) Can Carpool

6:30pm  Dinner & Talk Following Dinner , "Prioritizing Health from Inside. Healthy body and mind are built from within," with Annie Vitality.  

Annie  Vitality is a dedicated Holistic Nutritional Consultant, Detoxification Specialist, Herbalist, and Certified Gourmet Raw and Whole Food Plant-Based Chef, Graphic Designer, Art Instructor, Eft Practitioner and  Art Therapist.  As the founder of Passion for Wellness, she is  committed to educating and guiding individuals toward a healthy,  stress-free lifestyle through natural and holistic methods.

Annie  is a co-organizer of the Celebration of Fruit Festival and leads the  Celebration of Fruit Cleanse Club on WhatsApp, fostering and building  community around wellness.

7:45pm Dance Party/ Stretching

8pm  Stargazing

8:15am-9am     Qi Gong/Tai-chi 

9am-9:10am    Meditation

9:30am      Fruit Breakfast

11am-  Departing Sufi Circle

Ready to take the first step towards better health? Contact us today.