Are your kids eating sugar, getting irritable, tired and can't focus? Let's talk about what they eat to start their day. Breakfast for kids and adults is vital, but it's a lot more than eggs, cereal or pop tarts.

How we start our day sets the tone for learning, productivity, mood, behavior, emotional regulation, social interactions and more.

Let’s take a deep dive into:

what most kids and adults eat
what that does for our body
what we should be eating for brain health
how to make nutritious, homemade, time efficient breakfasts
local food, diverse food groups and cultural heritages

This class will include an informational session, cooking demo, and taste test.

Taught by Cham Edussuriya, HomeGrownUrban

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Chamila Edussuriya better known as “Cham” is an Integrative Health Coach. She was first drawn to the wellness space when working with children in a Montessori setting while sharing her love for cooking, heritage foods, preserving cultures through slow living, regenerative agriculture, and environmental science. When working with clients, students or giving workshops, he integrates nature, movement, sunshine, whole foods, seasonal produce, and ingredients that are part of her client's identity and heritage as ways to help them heal from the inside out.

Her protocols blend a wide range of expertise using Integrative and Functional Medicine, Ayurvedic and Traditional Chinese Medicine, along with bio-individualized medicine. She also integrates functional movements to help the nervous system and cognitive health for pain management and prevention and overall brain health.

Cham holds a B.A. in Existential Psychology and an M.Ed in Montessori Education. She holds additional certificates in Trauma Informed Movement, Regenerative Agriculture, and Mindfulness and Meditation. She is passionate about the environment and connecting people and children to it. She spends a lot of time hiking and camping with her family and taking others out into nature. She was a part of the San Diego chapter of Children and Nature Network to bring more families outdoors. In addition to her clients, she works with women who are survivors of being trafficked and volunteers with Second Chance Youth garden to bring nutrition and cooking classes focusing on health and wellness. She is a guest instructor at Wild Willow Farm, runs youth camps from her home, and works to connect individuals with the local community.