Step Beyond the Plate

Reconnect with the Story of Your Food

In today’s world, most of us are deeply disconnected from the source of what sustains us.
We eat quickly, shop for convenience, and rarely stop to ask the questions our ancestors lived by:
Where did this come from?
What life was given so mine could continue?

That disconnection carries a quiet ache — a longing for something real, something rooted. Many of us sense it but don’t know how to return.

The Ancestral Table Immersion

A 3-day, hands-on journey into the sacred relationship between land, animal, and human.

At Gardeners of Eden, a luxury regenerative ranch just outside Austin, Texas, you’ll step into a living experience of food, gratitude, and community.

Together, we’ll witness the harvest of an animal and honor its life through the art of whole-animal butchery. You’ll learn ancestral techniques for transforming every part — hide to bone, tallow to sinew — while deepening your understanding of what it truly means to eat in awareness.

This isn’t just about processing an animal. It’s about processing our relationship to life itself.

What You’ll Experience

• Guided Animal Harvest Ceremony – honoring the life that sustains us

• Whole-Animal Butchery & Ancestral Techniques – learning to use every part

• Tallow & Bone Broth Making – transforming what’s been given into nourishment

• Hide & Sinew Work – creating from the raw materials of nature

• Land Connection & Fireside Reflection – grounding into stillness and community

• Communal Meals – prepared together with reverence and gratitude

The Setting

You’ll live in community at Gardeners of Eden, a luxury lodge near Lockhart, Texas — complete with comfortable shared accommodations, nourishing meals, and wide-open land for reflection. Every detail has been thoughtfully cared for so you can fully immerse yourself in the experience.

What You Will Receive

By the end of this weekend, you won’t just know how to butcher an animal — you’ll understand why it matters.
You’ll leave grounded, capable, and connected to something much greater than yourself: the cycle of life that feeds us all.

You don’t need prior experience.
You don’t need to be a hunter or chef.
You only need curiosity, humility, and a willingness to see food — and life — through new eyes.

Everything is guided, respectful, and designed to help you feel safe, supported, and inspired throughout the process.

Details

📍 Location: Gardeners of Eden – Lockhart, Texas (just outside Austin)
🗓 Duration: 3 days / 2 nights
🍃 Includes: lodging, daily meals, instruction, materials, and community
💰 Tuition:

• Early Bird: $2000 (includes housing + 2 meals/day) ENDS 10/31

• General Admission: $2,199 (includes housing + 2 meals/day)

The Invitation

If you feel called to reconnect to the sacred rhythm of life — to step beyond consumption and back into relationship — this immersion is your doorway.

Join us for a weekend that will forever change the way you see food, the land, and yourself.