Rooted in Eastern wisdom and seasonal living - yoga, breathwork, tea rituals, shared meals, and live music, made for reconnecting with yourself and each other.
Small rooms, long tables, good company. Every gathering is plant-based, seasonal, and open to newcomers.
Live jazz with the AAPI Jazz Collective, plant-based Szechuan from Spicy Moon, and a room dressed in red. Open jam if you want to sit in - sign-up required, spots limited. Wear a touch of red 红 if you're feeling it.
A full day out by the water, rooted in Eastern wisdom. Sixty minutes of YoQi with Jeff Chen, a slow-fermented amazake tasting by Kyotochef, a circle to sit in, and an optional walk along the shore. Easy LIRR ride from Penn Station, about 35 minutes each way.
从心到根 - heart to center to root. Three teas, three chapters, three pieces of live music with Echoes of China, co-hosted with Ivy Hermit. A mooncake tasting to close the circle, the week before the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Three days, two nights, all the way slowed down. Healing through compassion, held at an animal sanctuary as the season turns inward. Details go to the RSVP list first.
Since 2023 we've hosted 78 gatherings - suppers, tea meditations, clothing swaps, jazz nights, and retreats. Browse them all on our Partiful page.
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What the season asks of us in Chinese medicine, what to cook, what we're gathering for, and the month's perks.
Late summer's slow turn toward center. In Chinese medicine this in-between stretch is its own season - the fifth, the hinge between them. It belongs to the Earth element, and to the Spleen and Stomach. Earth season asks for something different than Fire season did: less expansion, more digestion, literally and otherwise.
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Fire season: joy, connection, and letting things stay a little open.
Moving with the morning light, slowing before the sunset.
Nourishment through stillness, joy gathered through music and food.
Moving, expressing, and stepping into spring with intention.
Practices for renewal, quiet expansion, and celebrating women's wisdom.
Lunar New Year, gentle activation, and conscious beginnings.
January holds us gently - the final pause before momentum rises.
December arrives softly - your winter wisdom is here.
Practitioners, teachers, and friends of the community on tea, meditation, healing, and living with intention.
A conversation with Solomon of Ivy Hermit on what tea actually is, and what most of us miss about it.
Yoga teacher Susan on ancient rituals, a five-hour morning practice, and why your mat is just the beginning.
Tim Hwang on what meditation really is: awareness, and letting thoughts come and go.
A conversation on healing and Traditional Chinese Medicine with Dr. Michelle Han.
"Food as medicine, mindful movement, and cultural rituals as pathways to balance, nourishment, and inner clarity."
Veggie Chi began in 2023 as a small table of friends eating plant-based food together, and grew into a community: suppers and tea meditations, qigong in the park, jazz nights at Spicy Moon, retreats by the water, and cooking videos in two languages.
Everything we do follows the seasons, the way Chinese medicine has for thousands of years - eat warm in the cold months, stay open in the fire of summer, come back to center as the light turns.
It is run by Kerstin, who writes the monthly letter, hosts the gatherings, and cooks most of what you see. Come hungry, leave slower.
New here? The WhatsApp group is where gatherings get announced first. The letter is where the wisdom lives. The rest is where the fun is.