Abundant Universe 3-course Dinner & Movie as Gift (2/6/25)
Thu, Feb 06
|Santa Monica
Abundant Universe 3-course Dinner & Movie as Gift (2/6/25)


Time & Location
Feb 06, 2025, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Santa Monica
About This Event
3-Course Meal & Golden Chai
Enjoy a plant-based warm meal hand-made with healthy, tasty, high-prana, farm-fresh ingredients grown in local community (Pico neighborhood's Growing Hope Garden) that regenerate our soil, our souls and embody Abundance, Interdependence & Harmony.
Yogic, Ayurvedic & Pico Roots
Rooted in holistic food-as-medicine wisdom from India, this meal brings together energies from communities we are connected with through the garden. French, Mexican, Ethiopian and Indian cultures rooted in the community garden and Chef Master Nataraj G's cultural heritages mix as we look deeper into the land and see ingredients, spices and flavors from all over the world that empower us to embrace, celebrate and transcend differences so we may come together in Abundance and Peace for good health.
Movies to Regenerate Mother Earth
Each night, we will screen films and shows related to movements for creating mutual aid networks from the ground up to regenerate our lives. Films include The Secret Life of Plants, Earthlings, Emergence Magazine’s Taste of the Land, Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet, Don't Look Up and more.
We will also share clips and other work in development on a film that invites you to participate in the story of Pico Roots Revolutionary Garden becoming what is now Growing Hope Gardens in the Pico neighborhood where many vegetables for this dinner are hand-picked a day prior to gathering.
This is a community-based film we invite you to participate in (writing, photography, interviews, editing, marketing, tools to build movement, healers, artists). More details are below in the PICO ROOTS STORY section. Come to dinner and get involved!
Three-course Meal offered as Gift with suggested $20 Gift Economy Donation
To honor and share the energies of Abundance and Generosity, the full three-course meal with a cup of Golden Chai (caffeine-free, Tulsi-based chai) is freely offered as a gift for you based on the generous efforts of (1) Mother Earth and the Growing Hope Gardens Community, (2) Chef Master Nataraj G and (3) the donation of a previous diner that has paid-forward your meal. This allows us to include all community members, regardless of their income.
While not required, a $20 donation is suggested to pay-forward a meal for another person in community to keep the generosity circulating. If you are able to offer more than $20, please do. If you cannot share $20, no worries, share what you can or enjoy the meal for free.
This Gift Economy model is based on the work of our fine friends at Karma Kitchen that have been sustainably offering gift-based free meals since 2007. You can learn more about gift economies and how Karma Kitchen has operated for more than 15 years on their about page.
15% of all proceeds go toward Humanitarian efforts for Peace through caring for and feeding children in war-torn parts of the world, especially Gaza. We call for the upliftment of humanity and an end to all wars inside and out, now.
Coming together in Gratitude for Mother Earth
The Abundant Universe pop-up restaurant experience is crafted and presented by Master Nataraj G Healing & Art, a Yoga-based Creative Studio on unceded Tongva land in Santa Monica, California in partnership with Yoga-urt, a Yoga-inspired plant-based frozen yogurt shop with locations throughout Los Angeles.
This series of Abundant Universe pop-up restaurants began with a Garden Party in a local Growing Hope Garden in the Pico neighborhood of Santa Monica where we brought community together to share Gratitude for Mother Earth through gardening, mindful breath meditation, collective dreaming and sharing healthy, tasty food picked directly from the garden.