Past Events

Join us for a thought-provoking lecture and delicious macrobiotic supper! As a nation we have become dependent on others, Come and learn how you can buck the trend and join the new wave of people who want to take charge of their own health. We will look at the unique tools of Oriental diagnosis, which uses changes in our skin, face, hands, posture, voice and many other signs to understand what is happening with our internal health.

Learn to incorporate a range of traditionally used seaweeds into your diet, for added colour, flavour and a concentrated source of many nutrients.

The Macrobiotic Association is very excited to invite you to an evening of study with Michael Rossoff, one of the world’s leading teachers of macrobiotics and oriental medicine. In this lecture, he will be sharing his deep insights into the functions of the Liver and Gall bladder, not from Five Transformations but rather from their vital importance as the physical, energetic, emotional and spiritual foundation to our life.

In five amazing days, this transformative course will teach you how to cook over 60 wholefood, plant-based recipes in 10 mostly hands-on classes to help you create balance and to understand the effects food has on your body and emotions.

Our summer picnic is coming. It will be held on Saturday 22nd June 2019, 12-4pm, at Waterlow Park, Highgate, North London.

If you're a dessert lover but are worried about the effects on your health, come and learn to make sumptuous sugar, gluten and diry-free vegan desserts that you dont have to feel bad about eating! 

Discover a new way of cooking with an inspiring weekend of hands-on lessons to create delicious, colourful and nourishing plant-based dishes using high quality ingredients. Over the course of this weekend, you will learn to cook delicious soups, main courses and desserts using wholesome ingredients, to boost your health and that of everyone you are cooking for.

Join our Summer Garden party and share a sumptuous buffet, prepared by the world famous Belgian restaurant "Avalon" cook Tine Tomme.

Join us for a week of study, fantastic food, morning yoga and Tai Chi in a stunning house by a lake in Ardennes forest.
Join school co-directors Oliver and Marijke plus international cooking teacher Karin Baank, plus yoga and Tai Chi teachers Lisbeth Haustraete, Herman Verrijcken and Nadia Meziane for a week of classes, the best plant based food, and time to enjoy the lake and walking in the woods.

Fermentation of foods for our health is now mainstream news. Fermented foods are rich in bacteria that benefit our guts and are often rich in enzymes and vitamins. 

The value of fermented foods to our health is now in mainstream news. Fermented foods are rich in bacteria and other micro-organisms that benefit both our guts and our health.

Do you suffer from bloating, IBS, inflammatory-related diseases or other persistent health or digestive issues, including weight problems? This hands-on cooking workshop introduces a gut-healing programme, and includes lunch and a comprehensive handout with recipes and tips.

Do you suffer from bloating, IBS, inflammatory-related diseases or other persistent health or digestive issues, including weight problems? This hands-on cooking workshop introduces a gut-healing programme, and includes lunch and a comprehensive handout with recipes and tips.

Join us at this magical time in a women-only workshop where Hannah Rees and Blandine Bardeau provide a safe space for you to explore your feminine wisdom through singing and drawing, allowing your innate creativity to come through without judgment and deepening your knowing of who you truly are and what you want as a woman.

Learn to cook delicious, nutritionally balanced plant-based meals with one of the UK’s most experienced chefs with Marion Price. 6 Saturdays in 2020: January 25th, February 1st, 8th 15,th 22,nd 29th.

Expand your knowledge with new and exciting classes from MACROVegan. Over 100 years combined experience of teaching, nutrition, health counselling and vegan living, Bill Tara & Marlene Watson Tara, international experts on Vegan and Macrobiotic health care, and vegan advocate Jutta List are your hosts for this exciting day of delicious cooking and education. With Special Guest – Dr Mahesh Mesh Shah.

Enjoy sharing a ginger compress in my cosy rural studio space. Reviving and deeply nurturing for kidneys and lower back, or on neck and shoulders, you’ll leave feeling so relaxed you may want a taxi home!

Learn to cook delicious, nutritionally balanced plant-based meals with one of the UK’s most experienced chefs with Marion Price. 5 Saturdays in February 2020, 1st, 8th 15,th 22,nd 29th.

A one-day workshop with Bill Tara where you will use a fusion of the ancient wisdom of Asian medicine and the insights of modern Nutritional Science and Psychology to unravel the mysteries of our emotional landscape.

Learn to cook delicious, nutritionally balanced plant-based meals with one of the UK’s most experienced chefs with Marion Price.

Learn to cook delicious, nutritionally balanced plant-based meals with one of the UK’s most experienced chefs with Marion Price.

Learn to cook delicious, nutritionally balanced plant-based meals with one of the UK’s most experienced chefs with Marion Price.

We are meeting up for the first dinner of 2020 at Lu-Ma Cafe in Wimbledon! Do come and join us for a wonderful meal - this is a great opportunity to meet up with like-minded people and enjoy great macrobiotic food. 

A women-only workshop with Hannah Rees and Blandine Bardeau that will provide a safe space for you to explore your feminine wisdom through singing and drawing, allowing your innate creativity to come through without judgment and deepening your knowing of who you truly are and what you want as a woman.

We’re now beginning to understand the importance of fermented foods in our health and well-being, from heart disease to depression. Learn how to ferment vegetables easily and safely, and make your own jar of fermenting vegetables to take home.

These online classes teach the essence of learning Chinese YinYang and 5 transformations in a simple easy to understand language. We will use this to focus on how to use it to make practical decisions, in order to be healthier, have more energy, feel happier as well as enjoy a strong connection to ourselves and everything around us.