An Ideal Day in Betton Hills
What is an "ideal day" for you? At Leslie Hanks' Yoga Unlimited Studio and Yoga Gardens, an ideal day is composed of Leslie's favorite ingredients: an abundance of fresh garden herbs and vegetables, Ayurvedic recipes, students of Yoga and Ayurveda, graduates of her Yoga Teacher Training and Ayurveda school, and longtime friends who practice at the studio. Leslie's home is fashioned in such a way that she can demonstrate preparations of Ayurvedic cuisine while students listen, smell, and share stories of their grandmothers' recipes, of their own garden riches, and of what has and hasn't been working for them in the kitchen and in their broader lives. When dishes have all been prepared, poured into serving bowls and garnished, we set the table together in a circle on the floor, laying out linens and silverware, ceramic plates and accoutrements, and then the dishes themselves. From every seated position there is a view through one of the s...