Karen Wang Diggs
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Can’t make it live? After each class, video and audio recordings are available to download and watch anytime.
Consecrate your health, senses, and kitchen with an edible spiritual journey filled with storied culinary rituals, science-backed recipes, and ancient meditations that reconnect you to the nourishing hearth of the home.
When was the last time you consciously engaged all of your senses?
Eastern wisdom traditions refer to such moments as the ultimate act of mindfulness — when spirit finds sanctuary in the simple delights of life through the body.
Few activities offer a more centered yet sublime experience of life than a good meal.
Through food, a tangible awareness of being alive is offered. And as certified nutritionist and therapeutic chef Karen Wang Diggs teaches, when you mindfully prepare your meals, you’re also connected to the greater consciousness of everything that contributed to them.
In this way, mindful cooking is a threshold to the divine interconnectedness of all things — enhancing the flavor of life and illuminating the path to enlightened living.
During this edible spiritual journey with Karen, you’ll reconnect with the nourishing hearth of the home to reclaim the sanctity of cooking and eating… transforming your kitchen into sacred space and your meals into sacred offerings that feed the mind, body, and spirit.
Fusing tasty recipes with modern science as well as ancient culinary rituals, spiritual practices, and meditations, Karen has taught hundreds of students about the symbiotic relationship between what they eat, how they feel, and the overarching quality of their lives.
As you embark on this palatable journey of realization, you’ll learn how to enter higher states of consciousness while preparing meals…
You’ll also discover how to incorporate sound nutritional principles that help alleviate food attachments and addictions and improve some of your most troubling ailments, such as bloating, brain fog, inflammation, depression, and other conditions that prevent you from achieving your highest spiritual potential.
Every week, your journey will begin with a guided Five Senses Meditation that instills relaxation, elevates alpha and theta brain waves, and heightens your senses. Karen will also share powerful recipes for transformation… and close each week out with a culinary ritual that honors the hearth, the Earth, and all beings.
You’ll call the five elements — water, wood, fire, earth, and metal — back to the sacred hearth, create a kitchen shrine for amplifying gratitude through culinary offerings…
… and watch Karen weave nature-made ingredients, ancient Eastern principles, and the Buddhist virtues known as the Four Immeasurables into delectable works of art through a series of culinary demonstrations.
You’ll transform your dishes into edible prayers that are infused with love, compassion, and a deep reverence and appreciation for life…
… explore the alchemy of digestion — its outer, inner, and secret levels of nourishment — and learn how to work with the billions of gut microorganisms that aid in immunity and inform your sense of self.
You’ll learn to balance meals and your body with Traditional Chinese Medicine’s Five Tastes… the roles of certain spices, herbs, and ancient grains in ceremony… and how to blend your own incense to enhance ceremonial practices.
Ultimately, you’ll rediscover the timeless, nurturing wisdom of mindful cooking within a sacred space…
… developing all the skills you need to cook your way to enlightenment — feeding your body, mind, and spirit.
Join Karen on this edible spiritual journey to reclaim the sanctity of cooking and eating by reconnecting to the nourishing hearth of the home — transforming your kitchen into sacred space and your meals into sacred offerings.
During this edible spiritual journey, you’ll:
- Be guided in meditations that transform ordinary sensory experiences into awakened moments of tasting, smelling, touching, hearing, and seeing
- Watch Karen demonstrate how to fold empanadas, create mocktails, properly prepare green tea, blend incense, create a torma offering — and prepare a final celebratory meal with you and your classmates
- Experience culinary rituals that honor your connections with the elements
- Learn tips for cutting attachments and addictions to sugar, carbohydrates, alcohol, and comfort foods
- Explore the 7 stages of spiritual alchemy and the 5 methods of fermentation — and how fermented foods are allies on the journey to enlightenment
- Learn how the billions of microorganisms that exist within your gut inform your sense of self and influence your thoughts and feelings
- Discover the alchemy of digestion — and its outer, inner, and secret levels of nourishment
- Integrate the 4 Immeasurables — love, compassion, joy, and equanimity — into your culinary practices
- Explore how knowing the essential nature of one taste liberates the mind
- Watch Karen prepare gomasio in honor of the Mahasiddhas and Zen Masters who became enlightened in the kitchen
- Create a sacred kitchen shrine and bless it with culinary offerings
- Gauge your body’s nutritional status using the olfactory sense
- Learn how to sharpen and care for knives as a spiritual art and meditative practice
- Create balance in your meals using the principles of the 5 Tastes — and colors that correspond with organs in the body
- Explore the practice of “just enough” or oryoki — a meditative way of eating that’s practiced in Zen monasteries
- Discover why the culture of tea, or camellia sinensis, is a vital part of monastic life — and how it facilitates meditation and spiritual development
- Learn to respect and honor your sources of sustenance by not wasting ingredients — from liver and bones to carrots and onion tops
What You’ll Discover in These 7 Weeks
In this 7-week transformational intensive, Karen will guide you through the fundamental skills and competencies you’ll need to reclaim the sanctity of cooking and eating through an edible spiritual journey that reconnects you with the nourishing hearth of the home.
The Power of Livestreaming Video
You’ll connect with Karen and experience her teachings through livestreaming video via any connected device. This connection is easy to use and will enhance the impact of Karen’s transmissions. Or you can listen audio-only by phone.
(Can’t make it live? No worries! After each class, the video and audio recordings will be available for you to download or stream in a high-quality format at your convenience.)
Weekly Sessions Wednesdays at 5:00pm Pacific
This course will feature LIVE teachings, interactive training sessions, experiential practices, and Q&A with Karen. Each session will build harmoniously upon the previous ones, so you’ll develop a complete holistic understanding of the practices, tools, and principles you’ll need to reconnect with the nourishing hearth of the home through an edible spiritual journey that reclaims the sanctity of cooking and eating.
Module 1: The Vipassana Kitchen — Transforming the Kitchen Into Sacred Space (May 11)
How do we return the kitchen to its original intention — a sacred gathering spot to connect and nourish the body, heart, and soul?
You’ll begin by getting acquainted with the elements that can be found in your own kitchen and exploring how they connect with you, nature, and the cosmos.
The kitchen is the ancient hearth that contains the five sacred elements of water, wood, fire, earth, and metal. This week, you’ll harmonize these elements and reclaim your kitchen as a sacred space.
You’ll build a simple shrine in your sacred kitchen for cultivating generosity and transforming food into offerings… and reignite your senses with her Five Elements Spice blend and help from the ancient meditation practice known as vipassana, developed by the Buddha to reach his own enlightenment.
Vipassana means to be mindfully present so that we may see things as they really are. This can be applied to every aspect of cooking in the sacred kitchen. In doing so, every action becomes an opportunity to cultivate enlightened awareness.
You’ll also explore taste as a metaphor for enlightenment, and learn techniques for using your senses mindfully to create spiritual culinary experiences.
Last, Karen will share recipes for igniting your sense of taste and new perspectives on the synergy between your body’s need for nutrition, mindfulness, and spirituality…
… and close class with a guided culinary ritual offering — the first of many.
This week, you’ll also:
- Be guided in the 5 Senses Meditation to transform ordinary sensory experiences into awakened moments of tasting, smelling, touching, hearing, and seeing
- Explore how knowing the essential nature of one taste liberates the mind
- Learn a special method to rapidly enhance, deepen, and enliven the sense of taste
- Discover a unique method to connect with the elements of nature in the hearth-kitchen
- Learn how to sharpen and care for knives as a spiritual art
- Watch Karen prepare gomasio in honor of the Mahasiddhas and Zen Masters who became enlightened in the kitchen — and cut carrots for a matchstick carrots and burdock recipe in a beautiful and mindful way
Module 2: Nourishing the Body as a Vehicle for Enlightenment (May 18)
The Buddha stated, “Your body is precious. It is your vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care.”
This week, you’ll explore your body as a sacred container for mind-body-spirit nourishment. You’ll discover the physiological connection between mindful eating and immunity, delve into the alchemy of digestion — and its outer, inner, and secret levels of nourishment…
… and see how live cultured foods nourish and strengthen your gut-brain-microbiota axis and its relationship to mind-body-spirit healing.
Karen will share how your microbiome — and the billions of microorganisms therein — helps define your sense of self, and why cooking and eating at home honors your body and nature.
You’ll also learn tips for cutting attachments and addictions to sugar, carbohydrates, alcohol, and comfort foods, while developing healthy, spiritually aligned food choices as a path to greater enlightenment.
Last, Karen will share recipes for igniting your sense of smell and balancing your microbiome… and close the week out with a special culinary ritual.
This week, you’ll also:
- Be guided in the 5 Senses Meditation with a special focus on smell
- Learn a method to heighten your sense of smell — and a practical test to gauge your body’s nutritional status using the olfactory sense
- Learn how the billions of microorganisms that exist within your gut inform your sense of self
- Honor the element of metal — and deepen your understanding on how to use knives as a meditative practice
- Watch Karen prepare sauerkraut live, and receive tips on fermentation
- Experience the Clouds of Nourishing Fragrance culinary ritual
Module 3: Alchemy in a Pot — Seven Stages of Spiritual Alchemy & 5 Methods of Fermentation (May 25)
When you embark on a journey of spiritual awakening, alchemy comes into play as your dense self-identity steadily transforms into the gold of enlightenment. The same can be said of the alchemical processes that happen in your sacred kitchen.
This week, you’ll discover the seven stages of spiritual alchemy and the five methods of fermentation — using ancient food preparation methods, including using your hands, to increase connection and mindfulness.
Just as ancient alchemists used processes in their laboratories as external meditations to support inner transformations, traditional methods of preparing food can be used to activate, develop, and understand the transformative processes of our personal alchemical journey.
You’ll also discover how fermented foods are allies on your journey to enlightenment and how the microbiome of the hands influences the taste, nutritional quality, and vitality of food.
Last, Karen will share recipes for igniting your sense of touch and demonstrate how to fold empanadas… closing the week out with a special culinary ritual.
This week, you’ll also:
- Be guided in the 5 Senses Meditation with a special focus on taste
- Learn a method to heighten your sense of taste — and how this relates to your sense of smell
- Explore the 7 stages of spiritual alchemy and the 5 methods of fermentation — and how fermented foods are allies on the journey to enlightenment
- Learn how your gut microbiome influences your thoughts and feelings — and how the microbiome of your hands can affect the outcome of food you prepare
- Watch Karen demonstrate how to fold empanadas
- Experience a culinary ritual to honor the earth element and the living organisms of soil
Module 4: Cooking With Compassion — Cultivating the 4 Immeasurables (June 1)
Cultivating the Four Immeasurables — love, compassion, joy, and equanimity — is a sublime endeavor that enables you to see yourself and others as we truly are… indivisible.
When you follow a recipe, you tend to measure out ingredients in defined amounts. This week, you’ll recognize how everyone is different and requires nutrients that are appropriate for their unique physiology.
In doing so, you’ll learn to cook with the Four Immeasurables to expand your consciousness into limitless states of generosity and love that cannot be measured, increasing your measure of love and joy to honor and celebrate your sources of sustenance…
… while extending loving kindness and compassion toward yourself as you accept the diet that’s best for your body, mind, and spirit.
You’ll also explore the Five Tastes of Traditional Chinese Medicine and how focusing on them when preparing each meal connects you with nature and fine-tunes your body’s ability to absorb nutrients.
Last, Karen will share recipes for igniting your sense of sight and lifting your mood… closing the week out with a special culinary ritual.
This week, you'll also:
- Be guided in the 5 Senses Meditation with a special focus on sight
- Learn how seeing through a heart of compassion adds its own flavor to your culinary creations
- Discover spices and herbs that enhance your experience of Traditional Chinese Medicine’s 5 Tastes
- Cultivate compassion and equanimity regarding the ethics of eating meat
- Respect and honor your sources of sustenance by not wasting ingredients — from liver and bones to carrots and onion tops
- Watch Karen demonstrate how to create a mocktail
- Experience a culinary ritual to honor the element of wood as a process of your connection with earth and sky, and transformation
Module 5: Zazen in Motion — Merging Form & Emptiness (June 8)
In Buddhism, the Heart Sutra states that “form is emptiness, emptiness is form.”
Contained within the words of this sutra is the condensed revelation of the Doctrine of Two Truths, which is that of relative and ultimate reality.
This week, you’ll honor this ancient text in your sacred kitchen and merge the states of form and emptiness by first showing reverence to the ingredients you use in the preparations of a meal… and offering it to the benefit of all beings.
You’ll explore the Zen practice of Temple Cooking, or shojin ryori — showing respect and gratitude to all sentient beings and the cyclical dynamics of nature by selecting and cooking with ingredients that are local, in season, and sustainable.
You’ll learn to balance meals and your body with the principles of the Five Tastes, discover the benefits of cooking and eating from a place of deep inner stillness… and gain new insights into the nature of tea and its potential role in enlightenment.
Last, Karen will share recipes and practices for igniting your sense of hearing and optimizing flavor… closing the week out with a special culinary ritual.
This week, you’ll also:
- Be guided in the 5 Senses Meditation with a special focus on hearing
- Learn to focus on hearing and appreciation of silence as the audible emptiness which allows our inner souls to be heard
- Create balance in your meals using the principles of the 5 Tastes — and colors that correspond with organs in the body
- Explore the practice of “just enough” or oryoki — a meditative way of eating that is practiced in Zen monasteries
- Discover why the culture of tea, or camellia sinensis, is a vital part of monastic life — and how it facilitates meditation and spiritual development
- Watch Karen demonstrate how to properly brew green tea
- Experience a culinary ritual to honor the element of water with cups of elixirs
Module 6: Puja in Your Sacred Kitchen — Ceremonious Spices & Herbs for the Physical & Spiritual Body (June 15)
Pujas, or offering ceremonies, are done in many spiritual traditions as a form of prayer, gratitude, and reverence.
There are many aspects of a puja that correlate directly with what you do every day in your own kitchen. This week, you’ll explore puja in depth, including the elements of a puja and how the five senses are represented in them…
… and gain a solid understanding of how to use this sacred ceremony in a simple yet reverential manner while preparing a meal.
You’ll learn the role of certain spices, herbs, and ancient grains in pujas — and how to make a torma ritual cake as an offering.
Last, Karen will share ceremonious recipes and practices for igniting your “sixth” sense … and close the week out with a special culinary ritual.
This week, you’ll also:
- Be guided in the 5 Senses Meditation with a special focus on the “sixth” sense of proprioception and intuition
- Discover a selection of spices and herbs that are appropriate for offerings — and how they benefit your physical and spiritual body
- Discover how to prepare ancient grains for optimal digestion, nutrition, and transformation
- Watch Karen demonstrate how to create an incense recipe
- Experience a culinary ritual to honor the element of fire with a simple homemade incense recipe
Module 7: Cooking the Sacred Meal — A Prayer of Preparation (June 22)
In this final class, you’ll review what you’ve learned thus far and receive tips for maintaining your sacred kitchen and spiritual culinary practices…
… and then cook a meal with Karen, using both the functional and spiritual aspects of sacred cooking that you’ve explored.
You’ll also create an offering to your sacred kitchen shrine, dedicating your sacred space and all meals prepared therein to the nourishment of all beings.
Karen encourages you to gather ingredients for this meal ahead of time — or you can also just follow along by watching her demonstration.
During the last class, you’ll:
- Deepen your 5 Senses Meditation to transform ordinary sensory experiences into awakened moments of tasting, smelling, touching, hearing, and seeing
- Create an offering to your sacred kitchen shrine
- Receive an overview of the recipes, ingredients, and their relevance for this class
- Prepare a meal with your classmates and Karen as she focuses on the most important aspects of the past six weeks so you can maintain your sacred kitchen and spiritual culinary practices
- Learn tips for processing and integrating course content as a daily practice
- Experience a closing offering and prayers while dedicating your prepared meal to the nourishment and benefit of all sentient beings
The Sacred Kitchen Bonus Collection
In addition to Karen’s transformative 7-week virtual course, you’ll receive these special bonuses with leading visionaries and teachers to complement the course and take your understanding and practice to an even deeper level.
Top Speakers From the Plant Medicine Summit
5 Selected Sessions From the Shift Summit Library
These selected sessions from the 2020 Plant Medicine Summit are designed to deepen your knowledge of the healing benefits of botanical medicine. As these five recordings will attest, plants are allies which not only contribute to your physical wellbeing, they pass along their intelligence and compassion as well. These sessions share best practices and reliable resources for partnering with plants for optimal physical and spiritual health. Featured experts include Karen Wang Diggs, Dr. Trupti Gokani, David Crow, Khulan Enkhtaivan, and Dr. Jill Stansbury.
Top 5 Herbs for a Sacred Kitchen
Video Dialogue With Karen Wang Diggs and David Crow
Karen and David Crow discuss the interplay of medicine as food, and share the healing properties of five medicinal herbs which can also be used in cooking. Plants can contribute a plethora of physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual benefits when we work with them reverently. You’ll discover delicious new ingredients that will add healing and nourishment to your dishes.
Plus... you’ll receive these bonuses too!
Bring the Cosmic Wisdom & Energy of the I Ching Into Your Daily Life
Video Dialogue With Karen Wang Diggs and Dorje Kirsten
Karen interviews I Ching lineage holder Dorje Kirsten, a well-known astrologer who combines Eastern and Western modalities. Dorje outlines practical methods for applying the I Ching to connect with your intuition and guidance so you can live a more fulfilling and joyful life. I Ching and synergistic correlations with the elements are also part of The Sacred Kitchen course, adding additional flavor to your dishes.
“Dump the Junk” Detox Guide
PDF Excerpt From the Book Happy Foods by Karen Wang Diggs
Learn to detox the right way using ingredients and nutrients that will help your body cleanse out toxins on a cellular level and calm inflammation as you experience the sacred kitchen as an edible spiritual journey toward enlightenment. This holistic detoxification regime is designed to restore your energy and balance your mind, body, and spirit in a gentle and nurturing way.
Enlightened Recipes
Series of Tutorial Videos From Karen Wang Diggs
Follow Karen step by step to prepare delicious recipes from her course The Sacred Kitchen so that you too can cook your way to enlightenment. You’ll receive five tutorial videos featuring Karen’s favorite recipes, two tutorials on how to properly brew green tea and pu’erh tea, and a simple mindful meditation to heighten your five senses and strengthen your ability to be in the moment. These teachings are designed to return joy to the heart of the home and to the hearts of all who dwell there.
Sweet Dreams & Serenity
PDF Excerpt From the Happy Foods Book by Karen Wang Diggs
Sleep is the golden thread that connects us to dreams and rejuvenation. You’ll learn a variety of techniques to help you fall asleep soundly, stay asleep for eight hours, and increase serotonin and melatonin for healthy aging and longevity. This excerpt includes mood-boosting, gluten-free recipes to nourish you and your family.
15% Discount at ChouAmi Online Store
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What People Are Saying About Karen Wang Diggs…
— David Crow, Plant Medicine Pioneer: “Karen Is Highly Entertaining,
Very Energetic as a Teacher, and a Profoundly Insightful and Sensitive Spiritual Person”
“[Karen’s] abundance of knowledge has astounded me, and her caring spirit has been so lovely to be around.”
I have learned so much from Karen over the past six months. Her abundance of knowledge has astounded me, and her caring spirit has been so lovely to be around.
— Megan
“[Karen] truly is a master and so much more.”
Last year, I took an online cooking class from Karen Wang Diggs. In the past, when I tried fermentation recipes on my own, the process remained a mystery. I wasted a lot of produce until I took Karen’s class. Karen made the process simple, creative, and flexible. She helped me perfect my beet kvass and other cultured foods and beverages the past year. She truly is a master and so much more. I highly recommend her thoughtful, enjoyable classes!
— Nancy
“Karen is such an amazing teacher and person.”
Karen is such an amazing teacher and person. I feel so lucky to have met and learned from her and hope that I can continue to learn from her, and share our concerns for a sustainable future and turn that into positive actions.
— Miles
“We are so lucky to have someone like Karen to learn from.”
I am so thankful for an amazing semester! We are so lucky to have someone like Karen to learn from. She is seriously knowledgeable, and I feel I still have so much more to learn from her. I will miss all her jokes too! Hope that we will keep in touch, and thanks again for everything.
— Andie
“By following Karen’s recipes, I am finally getting over my brain fog and have even lost 8 pounds since our last consultation.”
So glad that I decided to take Karen’s detox workshop! She provided me with so much information about how to eat, and thanks for encouraging me to go gluten-free. By following Karen’s recipes, I am finally getting over my brain fog and have even lost 8 pounds since our last consultation. My boyfriend also lost a few pounds because we are eating the same healthy stuff. What a bonus!
— Sarah
Join the Global Community
The Sacred Kitchen offers some of the most advanced online teachings available, within a thriving global community of learning and practice.
Join fellow students and practitioners to support and inspire each other as you integrate the teachings and practices Karen Wang Diggs will share in this powerful training.
You’ll be part of an international community that’s on the leading edge of a global movement of people manifesting a world grounded in principles of cooperation, harmony, and reverence for all of life.
Here’s What You’ll Receive
Seven 120-Minute Class Sessions With Karen Wang Diggs
Experience a unique opportunity to be mentored by and learn from certified nutritionist Karen Wang Diggs — from the comfort of your own home. Each class session includes a livestreaming video option and guides you to discover specific skills and abilities to reconnect you to the nourishing hearth of the home. Course sessions are on Wednesdays at 5:00pm Pacific.
Seven Video Recordings of Class Sessions
After each class, the digital video will be available for you to download or stream in a high-quality format. You’ll never have to worry about missing a session, and you can watch anytime and anywhere at your convenience.
Seven Audio Recordings of Class Sessions
After each class, the audio will be available for you to download in high-quality MP3 format. You’ll never have to worry about missing a session, and you can listen anytime and anywhere at your convenience.
Seven Transcripts of Class Sessions
In addition to the high-quality videos and MP3 audios, you’ll also receive the entire class transcription after each session is completed. You can then review, print, and highlight the most important insights and practices you were given.
Interactive Exercises and Questions for Each Lesson
Between class sessions, you’ll have the option of completing related exercises, practicing new tools, and answering questions to accelerate your learning and integrate each week’s lesson.
Online Community
Our exclusive Facebook online community is the perfect place to continue your discovery process after each class. Here, you can continue the discussion about your course materials and interact with your fellow students to take your exploration to an even deeper level.
The Sacred Kitchen Bonus Collection
- Top Speakers From the Plant Medicine Summit
5 Selected Sessions From the Shift Summit Library
- Top 5 Herbs for a Sacred Kitchen
Video Dialogue With Karen Wang Diggs and David Crow
- Bring the Cosmic Wisdom & Energy of the I Ching Into Your Daily Life
Video Dialogue With Karen Wang Diggs and Dorje Kirsten - “Dump the Junk” Detox Guide
PDF Excerpt From the Book Happy Foods by Karen Wang Diggs - Enlightened Recipes
Series of Tutorial Videos From Karen Wang Diggs - Sweet Dreams & Serenity
PDF Excerpt From the Book Happy Foods by Karen Wang Diggs - 15% Discount at ChouAmi Online Store
An Unprecedented Opportunity to Join the The Sacred Kitchen Online Training
We feel honored that Karen Wang Diggs has chosen to partner with The Shift Network to offer this exclusive LIVE online training. This is a unique opportunity to interact directly with a certified nutritionist, therapeutic chef, author, and fermentation expert whose powerful insights and pioneering work are helping us heal and awaken ourselves and our world.
If you’re serious about reclaiming the sanctity of cooking and eating, then you owe it to yourself, your loved ones, and our world to take this one-of-a-kind training.
If you’re ready to take the next step in evolving yourself, click the register button below to reserve your space now.
Your Satisfaction Is 100% Guaranteed!
Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed! If you don’t absolutely LOVE The Sacred Kitchen or don’t feel that it meets your needs — please submit your refund request form on or before May 25, 2022 and we’ll happily issue qualifying customers a refund.
More Praise for Karen Wang Diggs...
“Karen is very skillful at revealing the relationship between nourishing the body and nourishing the mind and spirit.”
Karen is very skillful at revealing the relationship between nourishing the body and nourishing the mind and spirit. Her teaching style is a clear and concise balance of sharing her knowledge, experience, and wisdom as a chef, nutritionist, and longtime practitioner of Buddhist meditation. The Sacred Kitchen is a truly unique course that I highly recommend.
— David Crow, renowned plant medicine expert and founder of Floracopeia
“Karen is a unique teacher who can integrate the mundane with the spiritual.”
As a professional chef, nutritionist, adept in Chanoyu (The Way of Tea), and longtime practitioner of Dzogchen, Karen is a unique teacher who can integrate the mundane with the spiritual. She has a natural gift for making the esoteric and the dharma accessible, and offers simple and direct methods to elevate her students’ potential for living an enlightened life.
— Dorje Kirsten, astrologer and I Ching lineage holder, founder of Heart Astrology
“[Karen] has the ability to connect with students and has a great deal of wisdom to share!”
Karen is an intuitive and patient teacher with the ability to cover topics from nutrition to cooking to sustainability and beyond. She has the ability to connect with students and has a great deal of wisdom to share!
— Mary Vance, certified nutritionist, founder of Mary Vance Nutrition
“As a farmer and professional in the sustainable living World, I really appreciate the valuable information that Karen shares in her classes.”
I've enjoyed learning from Karen about fermentation and the profound connection that fermented foods have in bringing health and balance to our gut microbiome. As a farmer and professional in the sustainable living World, I really appreciate the valuable information that Karen shares in her classes.
— Marnie Jackson, founder and farmer at Black Mountain Beauty
“... always so generous with her knowledge of cooking, fermentation, and health.”
Karen and I have collaborated on several classes and she is always so generous with her knowledge of cooking, fermentation, and health. In addition, she always adds a thoughtful discussion on how we can become more sustainable and holistic in our daily lives, which I know the students truly appreciate.
— Theresa Loe, business coach and host of the Streamlined & Scaled podcast
About Karen Wang Diggs
Karen Wang Diggs is a certified nutritionist, therapeutic chef, expert fermenter, entrepreneur, and author of Happy Foods: Over 100 Mood-Boosting Recipes, which has received high praise from readers who have attained vibrant health and wellbeing by following Karen’s nutritional and lifestyle advice and recipes.
As a nutritionist, Karen leads holistic detoxification workshops that guide participants to alleviate allergies, reduce weight, and increase energy. As a culinary instructor, she has taught hundreds of students about the symbiotic relationship between what we eat and how we feel, and has empowered them with the skills they need to create meals that nourish them both physically and mentally.
Karen has been a dedicated student and committed practitioner of Dzogchen and Chanoyu (The Way of Tea) for over 20 years. She studied with Tibetan spiritual teachers of Mahayana and Vajrayana lineages, and participated in many formal prayer and offering ceremonies, as well as taking extended personal meditation retreats.
Her immersion in the two spiritual disciplines of Dzogchen and Chanoyu, which are both based on the Buddhist concept of being fully engaged with life while understanding life’s impermanent and empty nature, has honed her ability to integrate her professional life with her spiritual discipline.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What’s a virtual course?
A: It’s a great way to engage live and pre-recorded teachings and each other from the comfort of your home! All you need is a computer, mobile device, or telephone. If there’s more than one person in your household taking the course, you’ll each need your own connection. We use Zoom video conferencing to make it just like an in-person event, where you can ask questions and deepen your exploration of the course themes.
There’s no additional charge for connecting to Zoom with your computer or mobile device. Please note that dialing Zoom from your telephone is a toll call; your telephone service provider will charge you according to your existing long-distance calling plan. International access numbers are available.
“I’ve never seen a course so well put together ever...”
I had never participated before in an online course. The packaging, presentation, inclusion, and Facebook postings created a wonderful, safe cocoon within which to participate. I’ve never seen a course so well put together ever — not in all the years of taking college classes — and I had my doubts about doing an online course. The wealth of organization and ease of learning materials and support made this fun as well.
— Claudia F., Medford, Massachusetts
Q: Can I get benefit from the course if I miss the live classes?
A: Absolutely! You can download the recordings and transcripts of all course sessions from our online media archive, so you never need to worry about missing live calls. You can also engage the full community and leaders on our private online community group.
Q: Can you tell me about the private online community group?
A: We’ll have a private online community group for all course participants on Facebook that will support you in making connections with others, sharing insights, engaging in discussions, and completing homework assignments that can supplement your transformational journey. You’ll have the ability to share your experiences, projects, and growth throughout the course.
Q: Are there scholarships available for this training?
A: Yes, we always make a certain percentage of spaces available for partial scholarships, for those who otherwise would not be able to enroll at the regular rate. If you’d like to apply for a scholarship, please review our guidelines, which include a link to our online application form.
Q: What’s your refund policy?
A: Your satisfaction with The Shift Network and this course is our highest priority! We offer a satisfaction guarantee so that you can sample the course risk-free. The deadline to receive a full refund is May 25, 2022. To request a refund, please click on this refund request form and submit your request. Qualifying refunds will be processed within five business days and an email confirming the refund will be sent. However, we’d love to have a chance to address and resolve your concerns first. If there’s something we can assist you with, please email us at support@theshiftnetwork.com and we’ll be happy to help! (No refund requests accepted after the above date or with scholarship awards.)
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