We are SUPER THRILLED to announce that On December 16th “Earth’s Heaven comes Hohm!” Earth’s Heaven is comprised of Long Island’s best healers. This is a group of talented professionals coming together to offer you the most exclusive and truely private weekend retreat. Heal your mind and soul with yoga,massage,reiki,reflexology, body treatments,and facials. This richly structured weekend retreat will be chock full of back to back special events,lectures, guest speakers,art therapy, craft class,meditations,and drum circles= all designed to heal you body and soul. Evenings feature book reviews and fireside discussions and fun movie selections. Sip herbal tea by the fire and submerge yourself in pure relaxation and the nurturing company of good friends. The Earths Heaven Angels have organized a “Welcome Celebration” on friday that includes dinner, yoga-dance, that will bring up energy, then soften it down. The entire weekend retreat will have you in relaxed mode asking, “When can I book my next retreat?” Come “Hohm” with Earth’s Heaven’s vibrant itinerary, always upbeat and customized to one’s needs. Every weekend retreat will be different from the next so please come and visit again and again. Become a Earth’s Heaven member today and start your retreat. Come as couples,friends,family or business groups and celebrate “YOU”.
Yoga is provided by YOGA FOR LIFE our expert team of instructors.
Presented at The Hohm Boutique Retreat.
FRIDAY DECEMBER 16th, Welcome Dinner at 6PM ($75 p person friday night only – $375 per person for entire weekend including accommodations)
SATURDAY yoga, Brunch, massage therapy, facial, experiential workshops, fireside book discussion, educational film and mediation.
SUNDAY, yoga healing arts sessions, and farewell brunch.

CONTACT EARTH’S HEAVEN FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO MAKE RESERVATIONS 631 565-5554

Vegetarian Thanksgiving Recipe: Stuffed Cheese Pumpkin

Thanksgiving Main Event – “hohm-made” by American Yogini

The Main Attraction:

1 Long Island Cheese Pumpkin (the size, just like a turkey, would depend on how many people will be enjoying your feast)

Cut around the stem as you would for a jack-o lantern, and scoop out the seeds of your pumpkin.

Rub the inside of the pumpkin with minced garlic, and sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Place on a roasting pan and roast for 1 hour or more depending on size. When a knife can be pressed through the flesh and it is glossy, it is ready.

Remove from oven and allow to cool enough to handle. Stuff pumpkin with Savory Stuffing recipe, and return to the oven. Lower heat to 200, to keep warm until time to serve.

Savory Stuffing from American Yogini Retreats

1/2 Cup olive oil
1 large purple onion, finely chopped
3 stalks celery finely chopped
1 medium leek finely chopped
2 cloves garlic minced
3 portobello mushrooms – in 1 inch cubes
1/2 Cup dried cranberries
2 Cups long grain brown rice
3/4 Cups chopped walnuts ( optional)
1/2 Cup chopped parsley
2 teaspoon dried or 1/4 Cup chopped fresh sage
2 teaspoons rosemary
2 teaspoons thyme
sea salt to taste
black pepper to taste

Directions for Stuffing

1. Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Saute onion and garlic until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Add mushrooms, and all herbs and spices and continue to cook another 10 minutes over medium heat.
2. Prepare brown rice according to package instructions- leaving them “al dente”.
3. Stir mushroom/herb mixture into the rice.
4. Mix in walnuts, fresh or dried herbs, and spices.

Savory Red Wine and Mushroom Gravy from American Yogini Retreats

1/2 Cup olive oil
1 chopped onion
1 clove minced garlic
1 large Portobello Mushrooms- minced
3 T corn starch or flour
1 Cup Red Wine
1 Cup Water or Vegetable broth

Directions for Gravy

1. Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Saute onion and garlic until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes Add mushrooms and cook another 10 minutes. Stir in flour or corn starch and nama shoyu to form a smooth paste. Combine Red Wine and Water, Gradually whisk in the broth. Season with sage, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil Reduce heat, and simmer, stirring constantly, for 8 to 10 minutes, or until thickened.

Plating advice:

You and your family and guests will not be able to help feeling anything but abundant and full of gratitude when you place this upon your holiday table. The pumpkin is stunning as a large centerpiece, every bit as impressive as a large turkey might be.

Place pumpkin on a large serving platter and surround decoratively with beautiful kale or cabbage leaves, whole walnuts in the shells, full sprigs of fresh sage, cranberries and whole mandarin oranges for beautiful color.

When you slice into the pumpkin, be prepared with a sharp carving knife, and a spoon to scoop up all the delicious stuffing. Serve with both traditional cranberry sauce, and Savory Red Wine and Mushroom Gravy

Enjoy!

Namaste,

Mary McGuire-Wein

p.s. Feel like making this a wonderful Healthy Thanksgiving – check out our video message about our vegetarian / vegan Thanksgiving weekend yoga retreat.

American Yogini, a division of Hohm, LLC, is a luxurious eco-chic New York Yoga Retreat specializing in juice cleansing, weight loss, detox & yoga lifestyle.

Mary McGuire-Wien, Author of The 7 Day Total Cleanse, is committed to teaching, guiding and inspiring you through your juice cleanse, weight loss, cleansing & detox.

© 2010 Mary McGuire-Wien / American Yogini All Rights Reserved.
*Contact the author to obtain permission for republication.

Please be sure to leave us comments, as we value your feedback.

Lazy Hazy Days of Summer Vacation Retreat

It’s the final days of summer and exactly the perfect time to linger in final beautiful and deliciously slow energy of August. There is a good reason why most people in the world take vacations at this time.

The children of the world are out of camp, but not yet back to school, and most industries have slowed to a summer snails pace. We all know, and perhaps have begun to long for the action and energy that fall brings – school schedules, new jobs, new projects, return to routines, family and community holiday upon holiday, and this is our moment to gather our energy in preparation for all that is to come.

While Charles and I are on vacation ourselves this week, and the hohm is full of wonderful guests enjoying their own special Lazy Hazy August vacation retreat, we are thinking of you all, and hoping you are using this lovely lazy time to just enjoy the clouds, the sea, the trees, the park, the stars, the sounds, the music of summer.

We are scheduling many wonderful events in the coming year, and have organized a formal “membership” invitation – available to our past guests only for now, so please don’t miss out on that. It promises many special benefits, savings and advance registration privileges to all of our past guests.

So if you have been a guest in the past, be sure to let us know so we do not fail to get you your membership application.

Namaste,

Mary McGuire-Wien

American Yogini, a division of Hohm, LLC, is a luxurious eco-chic New York Health & Wellness Retreat specializing in juice cleansing, weight loss, detox & yoga lifestyle.

Mary McGuire-Wien, Author of The 7 Day Total Cleanse, is committed to teaching, guiding and inspiring you through your juice cleanse, cleansing detox & weight loss retreat.

Please be sure to leave us comments, as we value your feedback.

© 2010 Mary McGuire-Wien / American Yogini All Rights Reserved.
*Contact the author to obtain permission for republication.