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TASTE for yourself.
TASTE your free flow.
TASTE: A 7-week program in liberatory, TCM-led cooking, from Acupuncturist and Chinese Nutrition guide Lamia Gibson
7
Weeks + gatherings
27
page TCM guide
24
years of experience
Leave diet culture out of it.
Your body will lead the way.
Most of us don't know that food is a massive part of what makes us thrive. Not because we're idiots but because we have been systematically taught out of harmonious relationships with food, each other and the Earth.
We never learned to ask the whole body: "What food will nourish us from inside and out?", "What food will help us heal?"
This program changes that.
"The ones who find it easier to take care of themselves don't follow someone else's rules. They learn to listen to their bodies messages. That's what this program supports."
What you'll learn
7 weeks · Whole food eating + Live Gatherings online
Week 01 - free session - everyone welcome
Is this for me? Spleen Qi & Hara self-Shiatsu
Join this first session for free.
Spleen & Stomach Qi are responsible for digestion and when this system is in harmony we take in nutrients with ease. This Chinese Medicine based, anti-inflammatory, whole foods approach to eating is clarified in week 1. Plus, we will practice Hara (Abdomen) Shiatsu to intentionally listen to our guts.
If you enrol in the TASTE program you will receive the 27 page Chinese Nutrition guide & resource book
Week 02 - limit 12 participants
Prep snacks, freeze soups.
What do you do before liberation? Prep snacks, freeze soups. What do you do after liberation? Prep snacks, freeze soups.
Preparation makes possible, it is time to make some food.
We meet Thurs Nov 5 to share recipes, practice Whole Body Breath & time for Q & A.
Build your pantry for life, designed by TCM and your very own guts!
Week 03
Eat, Listen, Repeat...
7 days of whole foods eating starts Monday Nov 9 .
This week consists of eat, listen, repeat amidst your ongoing day to day. It will be challenging & rewarding. We meet on Thursday Nov 12 to connect, swap stories, do more Hara Shiatsu and keep listening to our guts.
Weeks 04, 05 & 06
Perseverate or integrate? You do you, boo!
I challenge you to listen to your body inside and out.
Weeks 4, 5 & 6 are hybrid weeks. You can decide to keep going with whole foods, integrate your usual foods or even take a pause and come back. Let your whole body guide you in deciding how long you wanna run this experiment for. We meet Nov 19, 26 & Dec 3 to practice Whole Body Breathing or Hara Shiatsu, ask questions and/or share stories. No matter what you decide to eat you are welcome to join every week.
If you join for any part of this program, plan to attend week 07
Week 07
Understanding the tube, what now?
It's been 7 weeks of listening, deciding and chewing. Taking in food from idea to morsels of nourishment, along the tube from mouth to anus. You have learned, integrated and likely transformed.
Given all you have experienced, what of this will you take into your one precious life? Now that you have a taste of TCM whole foods eating, what nourishes you?
During this gathering I will lead a gratitude practice, for food, land, medicine, self, other and world.
I ask that everyone come to this session to wrap up and close.
What’s included
Guidance
You will be cared for by 3000 years of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the 4 Skills of Radical Relating, 24 years of practicing community medicine and your very own sovereignty.
Weekly Practices
Every week we will check out a practice to support connecting with the body, listening to your guts and generally receiving some great self nourishment.
Weekly Q&A
Each week includes time for Q & A so you know what to do next, what to expect and have opportunity to keep learning from week to week.
Gatherings are online, Thursdays 6-7:30pm et
Private Community
Access to a small group of humans. to do TASTE together. Learn, listen or just know you are doing this TASTE thing at the same time as others.
Participation is optional.
Resources
A 27 page resource book, including a multi-page table of foods and their TCM energetic qualities, recipes and an abundance of info for your healing, health and well being.
Lifelong skills
The work done in these 7 weeks is life long health care at your fingertips. You will always know more about what you are eating and what helps your body to brighten after taking a TASTE program.
Lamia Gibson
Lamia Gibson is an Acupuncturist and Community health practitioner whose work has spanned over 2 decades of supporting people on the frontlines, and behind the scenes, of radical liberation and societal structuring. Collaborating with artists, parents, union reps, front line workers, sex professionals, health professionals, everyday people, teachers, academics and more, Lamia brings a vision of hope, responsibility, joy and determination to your healing, health and well being.
Centred around practicing Acupuncture, Shiatsu and Chinese Nutrition, xyr first large scale project was Six Degrees Community Acupuncture (with Susanda Yee & many others) from 2008-2020. From 2020-2026 xe collaborated with Aurum Medicine & Wellness and in Jan 2026 opened xyr solo project, aptly named Village Acupuncture.
FAQ
- When are the gatherings?
All gatherings are online, 6-7:30pm est, Oct 29 - Dec 10
- Can I eat my ancestral foods?
Probably! As needed I work to find the energetic temperatures of any foods that are not already on the shopping list. If they are whole foods that work for nourishing your Spleen Qi and your general constitution, then 100% yum yum yum!
- Is there a refund?
No, once you register for weeks 2-7 there is no refund. Come to the first session for free to literally get a taste of what this is and if it suits you for right now.
- What if I have struggled with food and eating? Is this safe for me?
Fair question. What I can say is that this program can help and it can hinder. Folks have been able to build a healthier relationship with food, and have left feeling empowered and in right relationship with their food and diet. There has also been a few people who decided to leave part way through, which in turn was supportive in that they made a good decision to leave, but the program was not a good fit for them at that time.
I suggest to all participants to do this with support from a therapist, nurse practitioner or doctor if they have an active or historical experience of disordered eating.
The first session is free so people can check this out and self determine from there.
Ready to taste for yourself?
Join 12 fellow humans in the 8th cohort of TASTE. Cohort begins Oct 29.
Register by Oct 27.
Enrolment closes Nov 02 · 12 spots total
$140 | $350 | $560
Pricing is access oriented. Pay As Much As You Can from options above.
All payments make program possible.
Curious about access oriented pricing? Ask me here: hello@villageacupuncture.ca
