Striking a balance: How much kitchenalia is necessary for delicious meals and minimal waste?
Some days ago while reading about cooking history, I stumbled upon an unfamiliar term - Kitchenalia. This term, which I haven't seen before, inspired me to write about it. Kitchenalia, a term...
The Kitchen that Reconnects. Part III
How can the kitchen become the playground to practice the “work that reconnects” during midlife transition? As I shared in the last two posts, I got deeply inspired by Joanna Macy and her work in...
The kitchen that Reconnects. Part II
Which version of menopause do you value and want to serve? Any model that considers the laws of nature with its cyclic rhythms is highly versatile. The Work that Reconnects is not the exception....
The Kitchen that Reconnects. Part I
When we start asking deep questions to ourselves and embrace life fully, one of the questions that arise often is “How satisfied and fulfilled do I feel with my job?”. In my case, the trigger...
Soak your Grains, Soak Yourself
How do you prepare your grains? What the preparation process of grains can teach you? We understand nowadays the negative effects on our health of refined cereals like bread made with refined...
Sharpen your Knife, Sharpen your Mind
When I learned to cook very early in my life, there were two beliefs I had about sharpening the knife: 1) It was something dangerous and I didn’t have the skills and 2) I didn’t make time or find it...
The Magnet
How can we practice and embody a way of living with less effort and conscious and effective actions? Wu wei: Effortless Living Wu wei, which means in Chinese "inexertion", "inaction", or "effortless...
Kitchen Altar
When talking about a Sacred Kitchen or using cooking as a spiritual practice, I mean to do the washing, the peeling, the chopping, the steaming…everything, wholeheartedly and with intention or...
Open Sesame
Who could imagine that the little, tiny sesame seed holds the potential to unleash hidden treasures when we cook with it? How do you use the phrase “open sesame’? Today I want to share a bit of...
Shift your Perspectives
When we incorporate little bits of goodness on a daily basis, we work with the gentleness and cleverness of nature. So, eat your food as medicine in every meal and you don’t have to eat medicine as...
Julienne Bliss
Follow your Bliss The term “follow your bliss,” was coined by Joseph Campbell, a well-known mythology teacher who saw it as a crucial part of living life to the fullest. In his words: If you follow...
S1. Mindful Physiology EP. 8 Immune System
Very often the IMMUNE system is defined as the DEFENCE system of the body, using metaphors that compare this system with the army of a country (immune cells) that defends the population against...
S1. Mindful Physiology EP. 7 Endocrine System
The Endocrine System remind us that we are more than bones and flesh. It help us to understand and feel the energy flowing thought out our bodies. Just as the glands secrete hormones to mobilise the...
S1. Mindful Physiology EP. 6 Lymphatic System
Your Lymphatic System transport the Lymph. The Lymph is a white pale water that flows around the body, carrying the excess of fluids, filtering and cleaning them so they can return back to your...
S1. Mindful Physiology EP. 5 Cardiovascular System
How can we listen to our heart by "Listening to our heart"? Yes, in a literal way! When using the heartbeat as a tool to tap into our bodies, we are not only connecting with the physical part of the...
S1. Mindful Physiology. EP. 4 The Interstitium
Can you imagine that just 5 years ago, this new part of the body - THE INTERSTITIUM- was discovered? The interstitium, that interphase that helps to maintain a harmony in our body between inside and...
S1. Mindful Physiology. EP. 3 Your Structural System
Bones, muscles and joints group together to build your UNIQUE ARCHITECTURE. How do they function? How can you FEEL them, when you cannot see them? How can you HELP your UNIQUE ARCHITECTURE to be...
S1. Mindful Physiology. EP. 2 The Cell
The cell is a tiny, little nutrient processing factory working 24/7. This little particle teaches us that all the energy we need to move, to dance, to perform in this world is produced inside of it....
S1. Mindful Physiology. EP 1. Homeostasis and Allostasis
Homeostasis and Allostasis These two processes are the physiological mechanism of the body to deal with changes. They happen automatically with little intervention from our side. That is how the...
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