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Glorious grains. Have you cooked with them before? In WHOLE - bowl food for balance I dive into these amazing grains and how to cook them with ease in yummy recipes! •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• #wholecookbook #ancientgrains #healthyeating #mindfuleating #wholefoods #thetrufflejournal #feedfeed #foodvsco #beautifulcuisines

Some of the beautiful images from an amazing morning spent at @gingerandlimect sharing WHOLE - bowl food for balance, cooking plant-based recipes and talking about matters of the heart, health and well being.
It was such a success that we have decided to do another event on the 3rd of November. Thank you to @kronemcc for being the perfect MCC to share the morning with! Event details will be released soon and this time not only will we be cooking plant-based but we will be talking about food and the relationship to good gut health. #wholecookbook. Thank you @mrbenbrown for the images 🙏🏼 and @ellagracedenton and @lllivesey for running with me ♥️•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• #guthealth #capetown #capetownmag #gingerandlimefoodstudio #healthycooking #cleaneating #plantbased #mindfulness #mindfuleating #feedfeed #foodie_features #foodvsco

I am so blessed to have shared such an amazing morning with such beautiful women. To all those that attended this weekends workshop thank you 🙏🏼 it was truly special to be able to hold the space for all of you. I cannot wait for more - and there will be! I have a few exciting projects in the works and I can’t wait to share them with you guys. Thank you @gingerandlimect. It was magic! •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• #wholecookbook #plantbased #cookingclasses #capetown #capetownmag #thetrufflejournal #feedfeed #foodie_feature #healthyeating #mindfulness

It’s so easy to feel connected when you are on holiday. The true challenge is to feel it when you are back in your busy life. Recently I’ve been feeling like I need to look inward and take a step back. I’ve been feeling very up in the air with a lot of Vatta in my life. I feel like the wind could sweep me away. So I’m focusing on connecting myself to the ground, staying in and eating some grounding foods such as root vegetables. Grounding is a practice as old as time. Getting sandy toes or feeling the grass beneath you feels so good for a reason. It’s because the earth is literally charging you and helping decrease inflammation 🌞 when last did you take a walk outside barefoot and feel this beautiful Mother Earth beneath you? •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• #ayruveda #grounding #healing #selflove #bali #bestinbali #sheisnotlost #wearetravelgirls #dametraveler #thetrufflejournal #healthjourney #kapha #vata #pitta #dosha #balance

Time for a share! 💙
I’ve been feeling it. The busy life. Know what I’m talking about? I’ve been running around like mad, doing as much as I can. It’s been socializing and catch ups, dinner parties and late night studies. It’s been deadlines and campaigns. I’ve felt so disconnected recently and the more disconnected I felt the more I let myself off the hook with my health. The more I didn’t show up to my yoga classes or eat a healthy meal the more I said it’s ok - you are doing the best you can and I made excuses. Then this morning in yoga I had this ah-ha moment. Surrender to win. I need to surrender to the fact that being busy isn’t going to stop because it’s a part of life. I needed to get back to class so that I would have structure. You see, letting myself off the hook was doing more damage. It was making me feel more guilt. So today I promised myself - tough love ain’t always easy or bad. Sometimes I do need to kick myself out of bed and not say - it’s ok to be tired and sleep in. Sometimes you need to push past the pain and stop hitting snooze - this is your life. I had to surrender to the fact that if I want to win - I need to show up. I need to make healthy choices in the now. Not only in my food but also in my career, exercise choices and social calendar! So here’s to my first 30 day challenge in yoga. 30 days 30 classes. I value progress over perfection. Wish me luck and ask yourself, how are you letting yourself off the hook? •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• #yogaeverydamday #30daychallenge #selflove #healthylifestyle #thetrufflejournal #fitnessjourney #fitnessinspiration #maajisa #maajiactivewear #yoga #yogachallenge #yogainspiration #childspose

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