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Mindful Wine Tasting Workshops with Experience Winefulness
mindfulness based wine workshops to help people slow down, engage their senses, and connect.
Wine Education & Mindfulness Training
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Experience mindful wine tasting like never before! Join us for engaging wine workshops where you'll learn the fundamentals of wine and discover the lifelong benefits of mindfulness in a fun and transformative way.
Our Ongoing Classes
Original, Winefulness
Experience mindful wine tasting like never before! Discover the fundamentals of wine education while enjoying the lifelong benefits of mindfulness, all encapsulated in one glass.
You'll savor a carefully curated selection of wines, with each sip being unique, enhancing your ability to access elements of mindfulness practice.
In this engaging wine workshop, guided by meditation, you'll learn to deepen your enjoyment of wine and tap into a profound sense of satisfaction, pleasure, and well-being.
Palate Perspectives
Every person, like every wine, is unique. The way you taste and experience the world is like no one else! In this interactive workshop focused on mindful wine tasting, you will have the opportunity to discover what you enjoy about wine and, more importantly, why you like it. This way, you can get more of what YOU want. We enhance the primary elements found in wine so you can experience them firsthand and identify them like an expert during our engaging wine education sessions.
Wine Body Balance
Open to all body types and levels of fitness, this unique experience invites you to indulge in mindful wine tasting. Align and relax your mind, engage your body, and lift your spirits—all while balancing a delicate glass of vivacious bubbly. Join us for wine education and workshops where you’ll bring your own mat and enjoy gentle stretching, restorative poses, fun and silly dance moves, wafting aromas, savored sips, and lotsa’ laughs!
Conscious Coupling
Sips, Sex, and Serenity
Wine and food pairing made easy! In this workshop, we incorporate mindful wine tasting and essential wine education elements, enabling you to pair like a pro quickly and effortlessly. Then, we explore for ourselves a curated selection of wine and tasting elements, enhancing your experience in our engaging wine workshops.
Wine Alchemy
Sips, Sex, and Serenity
Sips, Sex, and Serenity
If you have ever wanted to play winemaker, here is your chance! In this mindful wine tasting workshop, you will learn the basics of blending, discover why we blend, and how to build a flavor profile that's perfect for your palate. We provide everything you need and guide you through the process of creating your own special wine blend to take home, ensuring you gain valuable wine education along the way.
Sips, Sex, and Serenity
Sips, Sex, and Serenity
Sips, Sex, and Serenity
This 8-Part Course explores the intersectionality between wine and intimacy through a series of mindful wine tasting experiences that enhance your wine education.
Workshop 1: Perfection
Workshop 2: Terroir (Sense of Place)
Workshop 3: Balance
Workshop 4: Blend
Workshop 5: Defending
Workshop 6: Influence
Workshop 7: Sense of Self
Workshop 8: When to Serve and When to Save
About Us
Our Team
Dr. Kellie Johnsen
Co-Founder & Cork Dork
As a wife, mother, psychotherapist, wine educator, and enthusiastic Cork Dork, Kellie believes that making room for pleasure, curiosity, and connection makes life better. She created Experience Winefulness in 2016 to bring together her love of wine, her passion for pleasure, and her belief that mindfulness doesn’t have to be serious or complicated. Through wine, Kellie invites people to slow down, notice more, savor what’s in front of them, and practice finding a little more joy in everyday life.
Maggie Johns
Co-Founder & Connector
After raising a family and traveling the world to explore diverse cultures and religions, Maggie came to deeply appreciate the importance of loving and accepting ourselves and one another. Her vibrant zest for life brings people together in new and unexpected ways. An organic farmer, beekeeper, certified Reiki Master trained in the Hawaiian art of lomi lomi massage, Maggie believes deeply in abundance, sharing, and cooperation. She brings those values into Winefulness by creating spaces where people can connect, experience something new, and enjoy what happens when we gather around a shared table and a glass of wine.
Aaron Johnsen
Co-Founder & Force Multiplier
'Go everywhere and do everything' is Aaron's motto. He truly brings the 'experience' to Experience Winefulness. A retired U.S. Marine, breath coach, and classically trained chef, Aaron has learned to celebrate all that life has to offer. His infectious enthusiasm for fun embodies the joy found in mindful wine tasting. He teaches us to seize every opportunity for joy and pleasure, reminding us that life can be as good as we want it to be. He loves to share this philosophy and the taste of the good life with others!
Ready to Get Started?
Host a Wine Workshops Interest Form Speaking Engagement Request Form (***Coming Soon) Facilitator Training Request for Mindful Wine Tasting and Wine Education.
Our Mission
It's quite simple! Share the lifelong benefits of mindfulness through mindful wine tasting, wine education, and wine workshops that promote responsible consumption.
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