Optimal Health Lifestyle Intervention Workshops/Cooking Classes

• Learn how to prepare delicious oil-free plant-based meals
• Stress management techniques
• Better sleep strategies
• And much more...

The Optimal Health Lifestyle Intervention Workshops are virtual! The next series will resume on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Eastern Time (5:00 pm to 7:00 pm Central; 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm Mountain; 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm Pacific). 

Registration information for joining the classes in this series of workshops will be forthcoming.

These workshops will be recorded and available for viewing at a future date on this website.              

The links to purchase the Handbook for the classes are:          

• Hardcopy: $35.00 – Pick up at 455 Lee Street
  The hard copy link is  https://secure.acceptiva.com/?cst=wTezdN
       
• ebook: $25.00 – Download on FireFox if you want to print
  The ebook link is https://secure.acceptiva.com/?cst=XdAngT         

Cost

There's no cost to attend the on-line weekly classes.

Class Materials

• Recipes
  • Collard Green Wrap by Allison Woodley-Tyehimba
  • Kale Beet Salad - Shoba Swamy
  • Mushroom Curry - Shobha Swamy
  • Oil-free Onion Sauté - Shobha Swamy
  • Pasta in Sunflower Cream Sauce - Chef Kev
• Recordings
  • Farm to Table Presentation by Ethel Richards
• Documents/Resources
  • Start a Garden with Square Foot Gardening
  • WFPB Ozempic Diet
  • The Role Red Blood Cells in Anemia
• Activities
  • Hiking with Carolyn Hartfield
    • First Saturday of each month
    • For more information about joining the hike, go to carolynhartfield.com or ch@carolynhartfield.com
  • Just Walk Hiking with Carolyn Hartfield
    • Mason Mill Park
    • 1340 McConnell Drive, Decatur, GA
    • Every third Wednesday of the month at 10:00 am (9:00 am during summer)
    • For more information go to carolynhartfield.com or ch@carolynhartfield.com

  • Nature Gurlz/Guyz

    • Cascade Springs Nature Preserve
    • 285 Cascade Road, Atlanta, GA
    • Monday - Friday at 9:00 am (8:30 am during summer) 

  • Strength Training with Kathy

    • Optimal Health Strength Class via Zoom (Tuesday at 6:30 pm)
    • New sessions start at the beginning of each month ($10 per week payment for entire month required)
    • A completed health profile form along with waiver, and equipment are required for new participants. For more information and sign up contact: Kathy Murray, Owner Fit Bodies Inc, www.fit-bodies.net at fitbodiesatl@gmail.com

  • Atlanta Tri Sisters

    • Atlanta Tri Sisters – Swimming | Cycling | Running

• Whole Food Plant-Based Food Services
  • Tossing Greens: Chef Wanda Montsho 
    • Barbara Terry- coordinator
  • Weekly Annapoorna Meal Service: Annapoorna-Nutrition.com 
    • AnnapoornaNutritionGA@gmail.com
    • Shobha Swamy
    • Ph: 248-894-1929
    • Certified Plant Based Nutrition Educator
    • Nutritional Studies Program, eCornell
    • Food For Life Instructor, PCRM
    • PODS Leader, Alpharetta, GA
    • gister: https://www.annapoorna-nutrition.com/contactus
      -Instagram: @annapoorna.nutrition
      -Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/annapoorna.nutrition
      -Website: https://www.annapoorna-nutrition.com/
      -YouTube: Annapoorna Holistic Lifestyle - https://youtube.com/channel/UCdffllUbUk-2INyJqOJCrkg
      -PCRM https://www.pcrm.org/good-nutrition/plant-based-diets/ffl/instructors/shobha-swamy
      - Join my WhatsApp Community - Annapoorna WFPB Holistic Lifestyle
      https://chat.whatsapp.com/C2wDMLGsfJBJRMaVebkHuX

Resources (Books, Websites & Other References)

• Getting Started 
  • Watch: Engine 2 rescue
  • The Leader in Plant-Based Living - Forks Over Knives
• Other References
  • Nutrition Facts
  • How Marketing Works
  • Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (pcrm.org)

Workshop Committee

Dr. Jennifer Rooke, FFL Instructor Shobha Swamy, FFL Instructor Carolyn Hartfield, Chef Judy Walker, Joan Emerson,  Dr. Merchuria Williams, Joyce Wright, Dr. Roxanne Barrow

Contacts

• Dr. Jennifer Rooke: jrooke@msm.edu
• Dr. Roxanne Barrow: rbarrow@msm.edu