I will be teaching Ashtanga again at Yoga Devi. Anne Sophie who runs the studio used to be my yoga trainee and the first class she took she was so burnt out she did one sun salut ate a banana and went straight into savasana.
Yoga heals when you move from what you got and stop worring about the mind stuff desturbing your inner peace.
Mind stuff is all the thoughts and feelings that fragment you. We all go thru the same shit and the best remedy is to see what it´s made of and use the pain in a productive way.
When you can rest in that you can develope a creative force that is unique and use it in your life and work.
Dates for my classes are:
Mysore style on mondays 26/10, 2/11, 9/11 17.15-19.00 and wednesdays 21/10, 28/10, 3/11 and 10/11.
Beginners on the same mondays as listed abow and the time is 19.15-21.00.
For Yogaakademins retreat I made simple raw dishes like lasagne, pizza, cauliflower risotto, curry pumpkin sauces, the yoga girl taco, shaved salads, sprouts and rice paper rolls.
To ground us I made warm curried rice with nigella seeds, sweet potatoes in the oven, sun flower pate and warm soups.
Simple salads with seasonal veggies and loads of fresh herbs. I picked nettles, dandelion, blackberries and rose hip from the grounds around us.
I fell in love with the lemon balm, the great ginger and fresh turmeric root form the local market making tea and infused waters with.
Goats cheeses and for the last dinner I grilled dorado and makrill with shaved lemons and limes. Stuffed with lemon balm and salad onions.
So not totally raw that´s the way I like it. I wanted to show how plant food can be part of any persons diet when added in smal portions. Keep it simple and make fun. Less diet and rules, it´s just another way to prepare food.
Better to add to your regular menu and see if that dish suits you. Use your own favourite spices and find recipes as inspiration.
Give it some time. The flavours and textures will feel a bit new in the beginning.
But with time your taste buds will become sharper and you will need less artificial additives and less of everything.
The reaction in the different yoga groups where that after a day or two the vegetables and fruits own flavours became more apparent. Sweetners and salts where not needed to the same extent.
I used olive oil, sesame oil, coconut oil, tamari, miso paste, sea weeds, nut butters, turmeric, acai, spirulina, sun dried tomatos, dates, raisins, cold pressed apple cider vinegar, lemon zest, chili, fenugreek, nigella seeds, black mustard seeds. I pickled onions and beets.
Pimped everything with zucchini blossoms, sun and burdock flowers.
We went to the market without an agenda saw what was in that day and just went wild.
Endive and sunflower seed pate
Raw pate
One of many raw lasangas
Coconut cauliflower rice
Cauliflower rice and peaches
Lunch time
Raw taco
Tacos
Boosters and sweets
Simply perfect
Curry lentil sprout rice
Sunny
Celery root and apples topped with seaweed cashew cream
Kelp noodles are one of many raw substitute for pasta. Many people choose it because it´s low in calories. But there are many reasons why kelp should be included in your diet. Espacially if you are vegitarian, vegan or raw vegan. It´s high in nutrients, iodine and contains over 70 minerals, potassium, calcium, iron and amino acids.
If you hold a strict no animal protein diet you don´t eat the following:
So you need to add either kelp or other seaweeds such as dulse, nori or kombu. One of the major reasons is your thyroid functions.
If your thyroid isn´t functioning the symtoms will effect your metabolism. You will feel tiered, frozen, your body will be low on energy, dry skin, lifeless/brittel hair and you might become overwieght as a result.
Recognise any of these symtoms and add either the animal protein list to your diet or more seavegetables.
Kelp is really good if you don´t like the taste of seaweeds. It has no flavor at all and alot of crunch! Pasta al dente is totally possible if you use this little noodle. So even though it´s called noodles you can just as well make an italian flavored pasta sauce or ad meat, fish or chicken. And if you´r gluten intolerant this will be a great substitute for pasta.
I love mine with hot chili, tamari, mashed up avocados, koriander, lemon juice and vegetables.
Raw cacao nice-cream with a hidden secret inside (medjool date salty syrup)
