Chocolate Mindfulness Panel
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**World Chocolate Day: Chocolate Mindfulness Panel**
WHAT: MYRetreat Inc., is partnering with local and international chocolatiers to host a World Chocolate Day event: The Chocolate Mindfulness Panel. This is the official launch of the Chocolate Mindfulness App, created by Rochester resident Melissa Mueller-Douglas, LMSW who is revolutionizing self-care by introducing 1 million professionals to mindfulness practices.
Panelists (outlined below), will share how they build community through chocolate, behind-the-scenes stories as founders in the chocolate industry, and a chocolate tasting with their own creations.
In addition to the main event, MYRetreat is offering an exclusive workshop on July 10th, for professionals to experience a full 60-minute Chocolate Mindfulness Session, to slow down, schedule self-care, and achieve wellness. World Chocolate Day tickets $10: https://lnkd.in/eJYx6sA.
Chocolate Mindfulness Panelists:
-Jenny Samaniego, Founder of Conexión Chocolate (Ecuador). Jenny Samaniego works alongside small-scale cocoa farmers to bring single-origin artisan chocolate to life. Conexión Chocolate is made with Heirloom Arriba Naciónal Cacao. She has won four awards from the Academy of Chocolate and the International Chocolate Awards.
-Rosemary Keville, President of Keville Handcrafted Chocolates (Malta, NY). Rosemary takes great pride in using her creativity and making people happy with incredibly unique and delicious bonbons, caramels, and buttercrunch. She values the connections she's made, especially with locally women-run businesses that thrive on helping each other.
-Lindsay Tarnoff, Founder, and Owner of Laughing Gull Chocolates (Rochester, NY). She is led by a desire to use chocolate as a vehicle for social change. Laughing Gull Chocolates strives to make new connections in our (Rochester) community, and uses chocolate as a facilitator of business education, sustainability, and responsible consumerism. Lindsay has a passion for ethnically sourced chocolate through unique chocolate truffles and is saving the world with chocolate.
-Fatima-Zohra Hakam, Founder and CEO of ZORA. ZORA is mindfully made chocolate to champion change, cultivate connection, and challenge convention. ZORA empowers women and cocoa growers through chocolate. ZORA chocolate is synonymous with equity, inclusivity, and meaningful connection. ZORA is a profit-for-purpose bean-to-bar chocolate company (Organic & Vegan), committed to sustainable solutions for economically viable growth and prosperity. Their mission is to champion a radical change in the way that the world sees West African Cocoa.
WHEN: July 7th, 10-11 am ET, via Zoom.
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