Learn about the importance of Gut Health and how to make your own gut healing and probiotic foods and drinks at home.

Broth, Kombucha, Sauerkraut, Coconut Yoghurt, Coconut Water Kefir 

This workshop is for you if you want to:

✓ Understand the importance of gut health for your immune system, physical and mental health and how you can assist the healing process.

✓ Be introduced to the world of gut healing and fermented foods and drinks in a safe and fun way.

✓ Taste various fermented foods and drinks so you know what you and your family will like.

✓ Eliminate overwhelm and gain knowledge and skills to help yourself and your family.

✓ Save money and learn how to make your own gut healing and probiotic foods and refreshing drinks at home without any fancy equipment.

✓ Get easy recipes, ideas and tips for incorporating them into your diet.

✓ Connect with likeminded people in your community.

Use all your senses to learn with demonstrations and taste tests.
Ask questions, find out how to safely ferment at home, what to expect and walk out confident to start.
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Save money and learn how to make your own Kombucha at home.
BONUS – everyone goes home with a Kombucha SCOBY.

Learn how to make simple and easy versions of:

  • Healing Bone Broth
  • Kombucha
  • Sauerkraut
  • Coconut Yoghurt *
  • Coconut Water Kefir *

*Made using high potency and beneficial Kultured Wellness starters. Yoghurt and Kefir starters will be available for purchase and take home with you from the workshop.

Yes! You get all the printed recipes and instructions to take home with you. Please bring a jar to take home your own Kombucha SCOBY and starter liquid.

Testimonials and Reviews

“WOW was awesome great value for money, very informative, easy well explained introduction to fermentation loved it & def recommend it”(Healing the Gut workshop participant)

Jill

“Thank you so much Mel for the workshop. I feel confident now to get stuck into healing and making good probiotic foods! I will definitely be recommending your course.”

Michelle

“Thank you Melinda. Really enjoyed your gut health workshop. It was informative, entertaining & easy to follow. Can’t wait to put it all in to practice.”

Kellie-Jo McLaren

I highly recommend attending one of these workshops. It was informative, hands on and run with a personal touch. I have been interested in learning more about the health benefits of maintaining a healthy gut across the lifespan. I have read lots about some of the health benefits of bone broth and fermented foods. Yesterday made me feel even more confident with making bone broth, Kombucha, kefir, coconut yoghurt and sauerkraut. I learned lots of new information and really helpful and practical tips and we all were also able to taste the above items at the workshop. We were all given a SCOBY to take home to start some Kombucha and beautiful printed resources with clear instructions, tips and recipes.

Toni Bracher

“Mel’s classes are a must if you are wanting to learn how to do easy, fuss-free fermentation at home. I’ve been to two of her workshops, they are great value for money and I highly recommend them. Mel has a great way of presenting her classes – she’s professional and friendly, and gives her attendees so much with comprehensive facts to back up her work combined with practical demonstrations and yummy tasting opportunities. I came away with a great understanding on how easily (and delicious!) fermented foods and drinks can be made at home. Thank you, Mel, it has been a game-changer for me! “

Amanda du Toit

“Well thought out and well informed.  Experience counts for everything and this course shows great helpful and practical experience. Presented with down to earth confidence.” Facebook review

Graydon

Just completed a 3 hour Healing the Gut workshop and what can I say but wow!!! This really lived up to all my expectations, informative, fun and really gave me the confidence to try all I learnt at home. Melinda was amazing at explaining everything and answering all our questions and the take home booklet is really thorough and a great reference in case I need to confirm any details. Thanks so much Melinda for a truly great experience.

Renae

“I attended Mel’s workshop yesterday with my 2 daughters. It was a great reminder of how important it is to maintain a healthy gut. Learning how to make bone broth, sauerkraut, kombucha, coconut yogurt & coconut water kefir was made so easy with your handouts and audience participation. A very informative & fun afternoon.”

Janine Puddy

“I thoroughly enjoyed the 3 hour workshop on Saturday ‘Healing the Gut’. It was informative, hands on and great fun, and Melinda is totally approachable and relaxed. I heartily recommend this workshop to people thinking about entering the world of ferments and looking after their gut health. Loved it!!”

Louise Nakkan

“What a great workshop Mel put on yesterday. I learnt so much. I left so excited ready to get started in my kitchen.”

Leanne Smith

“Great presentation – passionate, engaging and easy to follow. I learnt why my bone broth attempt failed! Coconut yoghurt will be my first thing to make. (Healing the Gut workshop participant)

Jenny

“Thank you for such a practical workshop last night. While it’s easy to get information from YouTube, you don’t get to taste, smell and see the products which makes the experience unique so thank you.”  (Healing the Gut workshop participant)

Martin Foreman

“The demos made it all really easy. I’m more likely to be adventurous having seen things be made”.

“..thank you for a wonderful day, I really enjoyed it and am putting your great wisdom to good use in my household. The whole course was amazing, the content was fantastic. Simple, to the point, very clearly explained. I really enjoyed your presenter style, very relaxed but engaging. I have to also take my hat off to your trusty assistant/husband who complimented the day well.”

Kris Caloia, Physiotherapist

“A very informative workshop. Loved how hands on it was, with taste tests and extra little hints. Totally took away the fear of fermenting foods!”

Cathy Owen

“I attended Melinda’s wellness event this afternoon and was blown away by her wealth of knowledge and enthusiasm! The literature provided combined with practical demonstrations has inspired me to ‘take charge’ of my gut health. Melinda and Rod are so helpful and supportive. I have gained so much in this workshop and very grateful that I now have the knowledge and tools to make a positive change to my ongoing health. Melinda’s passion in what she believes in is so infectious which made the afternoon a very special experience indeed!” (Healing the Gut workshop participant)

Steve

“Very informative very easy to follow. Mel and husband have a lot of knowledge of how to heal your gut and they practise what they preach i can’t praise Emu Wellness enough.”

Di Duck

“I highly recommend attending Melinda’s workshops. I wish i had met her sooner. She is full of life changing nutrition information and is happy to share it with her participants. Great speaker and motivator. Give it a go and find out for yourself!”

Elizabeth Ferrer

“Melinda is personable and engaging, and she shares her knowledge in a way that is thought provoking and eye-opening. Her message of ‘wellness through good gut health’ and the strategies she shares to attain that is realistic and achievable for us all.  I highly recommend working with Melinda for optimal health, and look forward to attending many more of her workshops in the future.”

Jodie Nolan

“Learnt so much – it was fabulous! I’ve been wanting to learn all this for a long time. I have learned how to incorporate healthy gut food into my daily healthy eating regime. Thank you so much Melinda!” (Healing the gut workshop participant)

Teresa

“Just wanted you to know how much I enjoyed your workshop.  I loved that it was hands on and that we had the opportunity to try all the yummy foods and drinks.  I’m excited to try making them all, as time goes on – still a little daunting, but no-where near as overwhelming as I thought it would be. I’ve just settled Scoby into his new home – will let you know how things go. Thanks again for your time and your professional presentation – it was a very worthwhile afternoon.” (Healing the Gut workshop participant)

Caroline

“Thanks Mel it was a fantastic hands-on workshop. Informative and practical and you made it fun. Would highly recommend.” (Healing the Gut participant)

Anne

“Perfect, exactly what I needed to see this stuff done in real life. Now I’ll be more successful with my fermented food and broth! Thanks for an informative day and spoiling us all with lots of food and bonus prizes!”

Jules Starlord

“Great ‘Healing the gut’ workshop this afternoon with Melinda! We tasted and learned how to make bone broth, kombucha, kefir, coconut yoghurt and sauerkraut – lots of good tips you just don’t get from a book! We even got a scoby to take home, great notes with recipes and I now feel more confident to give these a go. Thank you – highly recommend this workshop.”

Michele Davies

“Thanks Mel, it was a great afternoon. Loved the practical tips and the ability to taste everything. Will make some kombucha and coconut yoghurt today!” (Healing the gut workshop participant)

Kathleen

“Did the healing the gut workshop very interesting highly recommended. Melinda was great thank you looking forward to doing good for wellness in oct.”

Mary Schembri

“I had a very informative & fun evening last night in Castle Hill with Melinda. I had read so much information about the gut and recipes to help heal it but seeing & hearing the information in person, has made so much more sense. My SCOBY is waiting patiently on the bench for me to make Kombucha today. Thank you Melinda.”

Kylie Sayer

“Great workshop! Got to learn the tricks of the trade I was looking for. Leant quite a few things about each recipe we made.” (Healing the Gut workshop participant)

Marty

“Amazing afternoon! What I know has been reiterated as well as learning new things”

Anonymous

“Thank you!! Have been looking forward to coming to your workshop and you haven’t disappointed. You also got my husband interested which I didn’t think was possible.”

Deahaan

“I sincerely thank you for your clear presentation of a complex subject. I valued the demonstrations, tastes, smells, information and your views on this journey.”

Christine Alexander

“Very helpful course. Clarified some details I needed answers to. Great for ‘hands on’ experience. Really enjoyed learning how to make coconut yoghurt and kefir, interesting facts and reassurance that I was doing the right thing with my other ferments and getting a free SCOBY! Thank you!!”  (Healing the Gut workshop participant)

Catherine

“Recommend the Fermenting workshop with Melinda. Informative and hands on participation. Plus you get to see first hand and understand the stages of fermenting, bone broths, kefir and coconut yoghurt, taking away the fear of giving it a go. Plus you get to taste what is being made and a info booklet. A great course.”

Anne Walsh

“Mel, I am ever grateful for the journey you are on because you have so much teaching to offer others and these methods of food prep are no where near as difficult as I was lead to believe. I look forward to taking up another workshop soon.”

Sally

We have had over 600 people attend this workshop, all with great reviews. Professionally run, experienced and knowledgeable presenter and most of all it's an interactive and enjoyable class. 

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Healing the Gut: A practical introduction to broth and fermentation

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Did you know that your gut health influences moods, behaviour, learning, memory, cravings for certain foods, as well as many health conditions?

Hippocrates said more than 2,000 years ago..."All disease begins in the gut" but science is only more recently starting to understand just how right he was.

An unhealthy gut microbiome is being implicated as the likely root cause of:

  • Food sensitivities and allergies
  • Diabetes and Dementia
  • Autoimmune diseases
  • Weight regulation and obesity
  • IBS and digestive issues
  • Depression, anxiety
  • Autism, ADHD
  • Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)
  • and even some cancers.

The health of your gut and the variety, number and activities of your gut microbes play a vital role in the state of your immune system, physical and mental health.

GOOD NEWS - there are things you can do to change it!

Learn more and find out how you can assist the healing process at our popular 'Healing the gut' introduction workshops.

Join in this fun interactive class and discover just how easy it can be to make your own fermented foods and beverages, which are full of beneficial bacteria (probiotics) to help restore and maintain gut health.