Nutrition for the Whole Family

An ecological approach to wellness                                                              Emily Bender, NC, CHN
ClASSES AND WORKSHOPS
Upcoming Gluten-Free Baking Classes
Learn to make delicious baked goods that will have people saying, "I can't believe it's Gluten-Free!" 

All Classes are $40 in advance, $45 to pay at the time of the class.
Classes are held at private homes, so advance registration is required.  Location will be given at time of registration.

This is a berry pie I made last summer, photographed by Belynda Marks.

Classes in Marin


TBA in April, 10:00 am - 1:00:  Cookies! 
Learn to make 4 kinds of cookies to thrill your children and Friends!
  Click here to Register and buy your tix.  To register and pay at the door, email Emily.

Saturday, May 21st, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm: Pie! 
With Summer on its way, what can be more perfect than a fruit pie?  Join Emily as she shows you how to make a delicious, flakey pie crust that rivals any gluten crust out t
here.  She spent years developing the recipe and can't wait to share it with you!
To register and pay at the door, email Emily.

Emily's Honey Buns--also photographed by Belynda Marks
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Classes on the Peninsula

Saturday May 14, 10 am - 1:00 pm: Intro to Gluten-Free Baking
We'll make 4 different delicious GF sweets that you and your family will love,  all the while learning some basic principles about GF baking that you can use right away to convert your favorite recipes at home.
To register and pay at the door, email Emily.

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Emily Bender, NC, CHN offers a wide variety of classes for public and private groups as well as for individuals and families.
  • Classes developed for your group or school
  • Individualized cooking and savvy shopping instruction - please inquire
  • Group gourmet learning through Emily's fun Gourmet Nutrition Dinner Parties tailored to your group's interests and diets.
If you don't see the topic you are interested in currently scheduled please call to inquire. Past classes have included:
  • Understanding Our Bodies, Empowering Ourselves What Your Mother Never Told You. A fertility awareness workshop. Protect yourself from unplanned pregnancies naturally, make planned pregnancies happen faster, chart your cycle and understand your signs, discover the common imbalances that cause menstrual symptoms, communicate your needs better with your spouse or partner, and nourish your body with foods that support your reproductive system. Including a cooking demo and tasting with Emily Bender, NC, CHN and Karmin Guzder
  • Secrets to Enhancing Fertility Naturally for women who want to get pregnant (featuring Emily Bender, N.C., C.H.N., Elisabeth Manning of Conscious ConceptionTM who leads RESOLVE Northern California's support group "Conscious Conception Practices" and Nicole Withrow, L.Ac. of the Withrow Institute for Healing Arts.
  • What you need to know about having a healthy pregnancy & birth, naturally. (featuring Emily Bender, N.C., C.H.N. of Nutrition for the Whole Family and co-author of Our Bodies, Ourselves; Doula, Childbirth Educator & nurse Susan Bradford, LVN, CCE who has been in the childbirth field since 1974, and Diane Holzer, LM, CPM, PA-C, a home-birth midwife and president of the Midwives’ Alliance of North America
  • After the Baby Comes: How to make the postpartum year work for YOU. 3 local experts: Emily Bender, N.C., C.H.N.; Sukaynah Kym Aubrey C.M.T., H.H.P. and Elizabeth Greason, L.C.S.W., will speak and field questions. The class is designed to help postpartum and pregnant women and their spouses or prospective parents understand the physiological and psychological processes of the postpartum period and how to weather them using natural methods
  • Holistic Approaches to Fertility (featuring Emily Bender, N.C., C.H.N., Holistic Reproductive Health Educator and Somatic Counselor Ashley Ross, and Sara Stieg, M.S., LAc.). Visit Emily's blog for more information about her approach to fertility.
  • Your Post-Partum Toolkit
  • Help My Child Only Eats Grapes!
  • The Specific Carbohydrate Diet for Intestinal Health
  • Gluten-free Baking
  • Nutrition for Stress Reduction
  • Intensive Fertility Workshops
And many others. 


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