Luca and Lorenzo, who both grew up cooking with their respective Florentine nonnas, were charming, patient and communicative as we created our dough wells and mixed in our eggs. If you’ve ever wanted to learn to make fresh pasta, especially ravioli, I cannot recommend this class ($32) highly enough. (Courtesy of Airbnb) Experience: Luca & Lorenzo’s Family Pasta Recipe Jessica Yadegaran Luca & Lorenzo’s Family Pasta Recipe is a top-rated online experience on Airbnb, from Florence, Italy, to your screen. It will help you keep good posture and stay focused. Make sure you’re sitting on a firm surface or chair. Travel tip: Get out of your westernized head and be ready to dive in.
Overall, it was $9 well spent - a great introduction to Buddhist chanting meditation, and I appreciated hearing what other participants got out of it. I opened my eyes and shared a giggle with another classmate, his cat’s head poking into view. But eventually, I found it difficult to stay focused. The mantra helped keep my mind from wandering - unlike guided meditation, where my thoughts flutter around like butterflies. Then we dove in, joining Suzuki as he led us through 20 minutes of chanting OM/ bala/ da/ Han/ doh/ may/ un, a Sanskrit phrase meaning “a sort of dream come true.” For the first half, I fell into the rhythm of his voice and drum, forgetting we were on a screen. He spent the first 30 minutes of class on introductions - my eight fellow classmates hailed from as far away as the Netherlands - and the importance of steady breath, the healing effect of the human voice and how 20 minutes of active meditation can release the same amount of endorphins as one hour of running. This is not the way of Kuniatsu-san.Ī Buddhist monk since 2002, Suzuki filled my screen with his huge smile and animated gestures. I came to Kuniatsu Suzuki’s meditation class ($9) expecting the usual: a soothing voice telling you what to do, visualize, scan, breathe. Experience: Meditation with a Japanese Buddhist Monk
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