Seasonal Vegan Cooking Retreats for
Deep Nourishment & Connection
Our retreats are a return.A return to the land, to the body, to the ancient rhythm that reminds us how to live in harmony with the earth and one another.
If you’re craving a slower way of being with food - one that feels grounding rather than performative - these retreats were created for you.
Each Conscious Vegan Kitchen retreat is an invitation to return to the kitchen as a place of nourishment, ritual, and connection. They are intimate, small-group vegan cooking retreats rooted in seasonal food, everyday meals, and the quiet rhythms of the land.
Together, we cook with our hands, share meals at the table, and slow the pace enough to feel what nourishment actually means - in the body, in the day, and in relationship with place.
Some retreats are shaped by ancestral food traditions, while others are guided by the landscapes that hold us - whether that’s a rural kitchen in Upstate New York or a stone village by the sea. What remains constant is the intention: simple plant-based meals, thoughtful sourcing, and space to reconnect with your own rhythms through food.
Guided by chef and coach Christina Gdisis, these retreats are designed for those seeking depth over spectacle, presence over productivity, and a way of cooking that feels sustainable, grounding, and real.
Living & Cooking the Way It’s Still Lived Here
This retreat takes place in the Mani Peninsula, a rugged, quietly held corner of Greece where village life still moves at its own pace and the land shapes the day.
For five days, we live together simply. Cooking is part of our rhythm, but not the only one. Days unfold through shared meals, time in the kitchen, visits to local markets and farms, moments of rest, and space to be in relationship with the landscape, the village, and one another.
We cook everyday plant-based Greek food the way it’s actually eaten here - mezze, ladera, village salads, using local olive oil and late-summer produce. These meals are unhurried and intuitive, shaped by what’s available and by the people gathered around the table.
Beyond cooking, there is time for wandering village streets, sitting quietly in the courtyard, swimming in the sea, listening, resting, and allowing the pace of Mani to work on you. This is a retreat rooted in presence - in learning how to live and eat with less rush, less noise, and more attention.
This is not a performance or a packed itinerary. It’s an invitation into a quieter Greece - grounded in place, history, hospitality, and the kind of nourishment that comes from living in rhythm with the land.
