Embodied Mindfulness: Exploring Our Senses with Wine & Cheese

Join Jen Aks, a Leadership and Embodiment Coach, and Bloomy Cheese & Provisions owner Jessica Galen as they explore embodiment through both mindfulness practice and a guided sensory cheese tasting.

Embodiment is the process of being fully present in your body, feeling and experiencing life through all your senses, and being attuned to your physical and emotional state. It’s about tuning into the signals our bodies give us—signals that tell us when we’re stressed, happy, scared, or excited. Jen will guide us through an embodiment practice, and once our senses are heightened we will dig into a facilitated cheese and wine tasting and explore how being present and aware affects our relationship to taste. Your ticket price includes mindfulness session, guided cheese tasting, wine pairings, and accompaniments.

About Jen: Jen Aks, a Leadership and Embodiment Coach and Educator, is dedicated to helping people awaken their innate emotional intelligence, and tap into the body’s wisdom, empowering them to live authentically and confidently in every aspect of life. With over 30 years of experience in dance, teaching, speaking, and directing, Jen created “The Power of Gesture™,” a groundbreaking, somatics-based methodology designed to help individuals connect with and understand their emotions. Jen believes that by mastering our emotions and understanding those of others, we can navigate and lead both our personal and professional lives with clarity and authority grounded in truth. Her mission is to awaken the body’s wisdom, teach us to trust its guidance, and lead us back to our true purpose.

About Bloomy Cheese & Provisions and Jessica: Bloomy is an independent woman-owned specialty cheese shop in Dobbs Ferry, in New York’s beautiful lower Hudson Valley. Founded by longtime cheese professional Jessica Galen, the shop features dozens of domestic and imported cut-to-order artisan cheeses, fine charcuterie and pantry items, cheese and charcuterie platters, handmade gifts from local artists, classes and workshops for cheese lovers, private events and cheese parties, and a relentless commitment to the mission of Lactose & Tolerance—building community and solidarity through delicious, ethical foods.