The Healing Feast

The Healing Feast A non-profit that gathers people around food and community for healing connections with self, others, the earth, and the sacred

As we take a beat to heal, rest, and embrace the slowing season, we'd love to share some healing connection with you at ...
08/31/2026

As we take a beat to heal, rest, and embrace the slowing season, we'd love to share some healing connection with you at a September small gathering! We'll be holding two gatherings around the Equinox portal. Space is limited so be sure to sign up in advance and let us know if you have to change/cancel your plans to join us: tinyurl.com/Small-Gatherings-September2026

šŸŽ‹Sunday 9/20/26 4-7 PM ~ a walk, potluck picnic, and bonfire in Ann Arbor that will include harvesting reeds to make Brigid crosses at our first feast of next year! Led by Forrest Hejkal + Sari Brown
šŸ—£ļøTuesday 9/22/26, 6-8 PM ~ an Equinox Song Circle in Lansing/East Lansing (exact location TBD by weather) lead by Meaghan Rosalie (Goddess Goals, LLC) + Sari Brown

And mark your calendars for our final two Healing Feasts of 2026! Tickets will be on sale soon, so stay tuned.
šŸ§” The Healing Feast of Ancestral Wisdom for Future Generations at The Fledge in Lansing on Friday October 30th, 5:00-8:00 PM.
šŸ©µ The Healing Feast of Sacred Darkness at Detroit Central UMC in Detroit on Saturday December 19th, 5:00-8:00 PM.

There are big changes moving through The Healing Feast, and this month's event was a channel for launching a new way of ...
08/31/2026

There are big changes moving through The Healing Feast, and this month's event was a channel for launching a new way of being in healing community. Being more grounded on Mother Earth. Listening to her rhythm, her timing, rather than the tick of the clock. Moving at the pace that the slower or younger ones need. Growing like the plants in the garden that surrounded us--not by hard effort, but by allowing. Unfurling.

We gathered on August 14th underneath the soothing trees and hemmed by the prodigal gardens of Shanan Snyder, our gracious host at the Gardens on Maplewood in Ypsilanti. We were surrounded by magical flowers from the farm of Bea Embodied.

Sundance Robert DiDomenico held a sacred drum circle to begin by aligning with the rhythm of the earth.

The food was a culinary journey through everyday Mexican cuisine of ā€œgarden tacosā€ with ingredients fresh from local farms and gardens. We heard from a board member of one of those farms, Jordan Else, about the great work We the People Opportunity Farm is doing.

A time of heart-opening dialogue was interwoven with David LaLoneā€™s raw, real poetry about uprootedness and healing ancestral lines. Nyenyenzi and AliceSun both brought us ancestral wisdom and songs, Yenzi from her East African Bantu heritage, and AliceSun from indigenous culture in the US, including her mother's Powhatan descent and the Anishnabe of this region. AliceSun was joined for a dynamic piano and bass duo set with Mattijane Brooks who has also been a Healing Feast guest artist. Both are members of Sariā€™s band, so we ended the evening with her song of deep inner listening ā€œI Listen to That,ā€ then Sariā€™s dance chant about being in healing relationship with a particular place every day "Like it's our job."

Heartfelt thank you to all our facilitators and volunteers who helped us nurture healing roots in this soil! Sundance Living Waters, David Zollars, Jordan Else, David LaLone, AliceSun, Mattijane Brooks, Nyenyenzi Grace, Shanan Snyder, Janice Leach of Why Not Pie?, Dinah Dewald, Janet Somalinog, Laura Crouch, Paul Miller, Rich Burstall, Seth Trowbridge, Sue Trowbridge, Allie Williams, Dan Lauterbur, Vince Russo, Bea Embodied, Ganun, and Forrest Hejkal.

45 people were part of this experience and we raised $97.84 for We the People Opportunity Farm!

We are moving into a slower pace, a pace of healing alignment with seasonal cycles, and it feels SO RIGHT! This is what ...
08/20/2026

We are moving into a slower pace, a pace of healing alignment with seasonal cycles, and it feels SO RIGHT!

This is what we know right now about our upcoming schedule:

šŸŒ³ Wilderness Walk this Sunday, 8/23 2-4 PM in Lansing, led by Scott Stearns. Sign up in bio / Join our Patreon for free to get the exact location and all the details

šŸSeptember Small Gatherings will likely be Sunday 9/20 in Ann Arbor (afternoon or evening) and Tuesday 9/22 in Lansing (evening)

šŸ‘» The Healing Feast of Ancestors & Future Generations will be on Friday, October 30th at The Fledge in Lansing

ā„ļøThe Healing Feast of the Winter Solatice will be on Saturday, December 19th at Central UMC in Detroit

If youā€™re curious to hear more about whatā€™s changing with the Healing Feast and why weā€™re so excited to be doing less because itā€™s actually much MORE goodness that way, check out our recent Patreon posts.

But seriously, we have so much fun in the kitchen! Today was full of stories, sensual delight, laughter, breathing and b...
08/13/2026

But seriously, we have so much fun in the kitchen! Today was full of stories, sensual delight, laughter, breathing and blessing together, and omg the taco fillings are such healing, nyommy Mexican kitchen magic. We canā€™t wait to feast with you tomorrow at the Gardens on Maplewood in Ypsilantiā€™s Huge thanks to Laura, Janet Somalinog, and Paul Miller for all their hard work making the magic with me!

Tickets available online until midnight tonigt (Thurs) so get yours asapā€”some tiers are selling out but you should still be able to find something accessible! If you donā€™t see this on time, just get there on the early side tomorrowā€”check in begins at 4:30ā€”and you should still be able to get a spot.

Your heartfelt hostess Sari Brown, priestess of song, dance, and kitchen magic, yours truly, is coming in hot for The He...
08/12/2026

Your heartfelt hostess Sari Brown, priestess of song, dance, and kitchen magic, yours truly, is coming in hot for The Healing Feast - Growing Roots Where We Are! Literally, because I'll be working in the alchemical heat of the kitchen the day before and the day of the event, as usual. And figuratively, because I've been a hot mess all summer dealing with homelessness due to mold making me sick in our home, and fighting for any sense of rootedness at all. And I'm burnt out, but those embers are still glowing.

Yesterday I found myself telling my good friend and Healing Feast collaborator Forrest that I'm dealing amazingly well with burn out. I'm riding the waves, trusting the process, inviting in all the help, and prioritizing my well-being as much as I can. Forrest expressed his hope that soon I will not have to manage it well, but simply NOT be burnt out. I have hope, too, helped by a new flow for the Healing Feast after this event, with a longer break between each. And hiring a kitchen coordinator who can breathe with me in the kitchen and pick up some of the mental and physical labor I've been carrying all by myself. More news on all this soon!

I have already begun some deep healing work over this summer: womb clearing (thanks Meaghan Rosalie!), ancestral reconnection, returning my life energy to the earth, and listening to the trees and river. I am so excited for the dance chant that the Red Cedar River gifted me for this Healing Feast, and also excited to be sharing one of my classic songs about healing with two of the OG amazing bandmates that helped me arrange it for my album - AliceSun and Mattijane Brooks will both be playing I Listen to That with me!

Healing can spring forth like a stream for all of us. Let's invite this in together this Friday 8/14, 5:00-8:00 PM, check-in at 4:30. Let's meet in the gardens for a delicious dinner of tacos del huerto (garden tacos w/ vegan and allergen friendly options), a community drum circle facilitated by Sundance Robert DiDomenico, a Htu-Yoga fusion practice of "Remembering the Ancient Song" from Nyenyenzi, a musical journey of liberation and ancestral healing with AliceSun, poetry from David LaLone, dance, dialogue, and other forms of healing connection! 10% of proceeds benefit We the People Opportunity Farm Sliding scale & free tickets available in advance until tomorrow at midnight, then get there early to make sure you get a spot.

The Healing Feast - Growing Roots Where We Are this Friday is feeling deep resonance with the organization we are benefi...
08/11/2026

The Healing Feast - Growing Roots Where We Are this Friday is feeling deep resonance with the organization we are benefitting for this event, We the People Opportunity Farm. They are all about creating a space for formerly incarcerated individuals to engage in meaningful employment, build skills and community, and connect with the land. This is one of the best real life examples for healing and reinventing our relationship with the earth to be connected to the particularities of place and build our culture around that.

We are so excited for the work that WTPOF is doing, for the opportunity to share abundance with them, and especially grateful for the synergy of a vegetable donation we use received from them to use in the salsas we will prepare for the feast!

Join us in beautiful gardens on Friday 8/14 for a delicious dinner of tacos del huerto (garden tacos w/ vegan and allergen friendly options), a community drum circle facilitated by Sundance Robert DiDomenico. a Htu-Yoga fusion practice of "Remembering the Ancient Song" from Nyenyenzi, a musical journey of liberation and ancestral healing with AliceSun, poetry from David LaLone, dance, dialogue, and other forms of healing connection! 10% of proceeds benefit We the People Opportunity Farm. Sliding scale & free tickets available, but donā€™t wait to save your spot!

David LaLone shares poems with a candid rawness that are deeply relatable in their particularity. He will be our feature...
08/09/2026

David LaLone shares poems with a candid rawness that are deeply relatable in their particularity. He will be our featured poet for the third time at The Healing Feast - Growing Roots Where We Are and we the weaving of his poetry into this theme will take it to the next level.

David is a pastor, poet, musician, father, and husband, currently serving in ministry at Blissfield and Petersburg United Methodist Churches south of Ann Arbor. He is also its treasurer of The Healing Feast Foundation Board. He has been an MVP over the past year of growing our board and non-profit. His enthusiasm and skills with financial organization, spreadsheets, and fund development have all made it possible to grow into our current formation. He just celebrated his 40th birthday on August 1st and one way he invited people to celebrate with him is to donate to our Healing Circles fundraising campaign!

Join us in beautiful gardens on Friday 8/14 for a delicious dinner of tacos del huerto (garden tacos w/ vegan and allergen friendly options), a community drum circle facilitated by Sundance Robert DiDomenico. a Htu-Yoga fusion practice of "Remembering the Ancient Song" from Nyenyenzi, a musical journey of liberation and ancestral healing with AliceSun, dance, dialogue, and other forms of healing connection! 10% of proceeds benefit We the People Opportunity Farm. Sliding scale & free tickets available, but donā€™t wait to save your spot!

The heart of the Healing Feast is the food. As wonderful and transformative as the artists, facilitators, healers, pract...
08/08/2026

The heart of the Healing Feast is the food. As wonderful and transformative as the artists, facilitators, healers, practices and conversations at these gatherings are, it wouldn't be the same without the unique, nurturing, locally-sourced food to bring our hearts, minds AND bodies into resonance with each other and the earth.

We are planning to share a zesty new menu for this feast: TACOS DEL HUERTO! There will be an assortment of tacos that represent the kinds of "daily fare" that Sari Brown and Marcelo LĆ³pez eat in their Mexican home, with ingredients fresh from the garden! We're very proud to announce that we have produce sponsorships from Tantre Farm and We the People Opportunity Farm (also our beneficiary org)!

Taco varieties include seasoned beef & veggie, a vegan tofu & veggie option, hardboiled eggs with red rice, our famous salsa verde, and buttery-flavored (but vegan) peruano beans. All of this will be accompanied by our refreshing aqua de Jamaica (lightly sweetened iced hibiscus tea) and some delectable GF vegan cookies from our collaborator Janice Schofield Leach at Why Not Pie?

Join us in beautiful gardens on Friday 8/14 for this delicious dinner, starting out with a drum circle guided by Sundance Robert DiDomenico, a musical journey of liberation and ancestral healing with AliceSun, a Htu-Yoga fusion practice of "Remembering the Ancient Song" from Nyenyenzi, poetry from David LaLone , dance, dialogue, and other forms of healing connection! 10% of proceeds benefit We the People Opportunity Farm. Sliding scale & free tickets available, but donā€™t wait to save your spot

What a beautiful thing to have Sundance Robert DiDomenico leading a drum circle to kick off the Healing Feast of Growing...
08/06/2026

What a beautiful thing to have Sundance Robert DiDomenico leading a drum circle to kick off the Healing Feast of Growing Roots Where We Are. He will help bring us all into resonance with the rhythm of the earth and feel the depth of our roots as he leads us on a journey through different ancestral rhythms. Be sure to get there early so you don't miss out on this spontaneous, co-creative rhythmic experience.

Sundance found his path to the drum in 1990 while desiring to give more to his drum circle community. He traveled to Senegal, Guinea, Egypt, Jamaica, and Brazil in search of where this powerful music comes from and the spiritual meanings within these traditions. Sunny found the true magic in the free-form expression of the community drum circle and has facilitated circles around the world at music festivals, in schools, and for business team building events.

The gift to share is that the true drummer's path comes from within. "Listen to your own heartbeat, and find your own song!"

Join us in beautiful gardens on Friday 8/14 for a delicious dinner of tacos del huerto (garden tacos w/ vegan and allergen friendly options), a Htu-Yoga fusion practice of "Remembering the Ancient Song" from Nyenyenzi, a musical journey of liberation and ancestral healing with AliceSun, poetry from David LaLone , dance, dialogue, and other forms of healing connection! 10% of proceeds benefit We the People Opportunity Farm. Sliding scale & free tickets available, but donā€™t wait to save your spot!

The Healing Feast Foundation is hiring the position of Kitchen Coordinator for events!This job offers you the opportunit...
08/03/2026

The Healing Feast Foundation is hiring the position of Kitchen Coordinator for events!

This job offers you the opportunity toā€¦
āœØBe a part of creating kitchen magic with us
āœØBring to life our unique, nourishing recipes
āœØFacilitate a joyful, meaningful experience for volunteers
āœØEnjoy sharing radical abundance with the community

This could be the job for you if you areā€¦
šŸ§”Knowledgeable about cooking and kitchen operations
šŸ§”Authentic, heartfelt, organized, and detail-oriented
šŸ§”Passionate about community-building through food

Details:
$550 per event (8x/year)
For approx. 25-30 hours of work
Location varies, usually near Lansing or Ann Arbor, Michigan

Visit tinyurl.com/kitchen-coordinator or scan the QR code in the graphic for more details, and feel free to reach out to us with any questions!

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