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 (bleached flour) wheat, white rice or polished pearl barley. These effects...
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 boring. Then, I spent years taking the knife to the nearest butcher...
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 action" is the key concept at the heart of the philosophy of Daoism....
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 purpose to the extent that we are in communion with our spirit. A communion...
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 storytelling to unlock the hidden treasures behind the words and the food…...
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 food in the future. This recipe, which I learned from a Cambodian...
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 your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there...
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 enemies (pathogens). Then the terms like killing bacterias, fighting...
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 processes in our bodies, the chakras help to mobilise the energy in...
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 bloodstream. It also acts as a detective, it checks the toxins to render...
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 heart but we are accessing the limitless wisdom she -the heart-...
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 outside, teaches us beyond the physiology of the body. It teaches us...
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 strong and healthy? MOVEMENT is the key. Find out why and enjoy the...
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. To produce this energy it needs air, water and food and the quality...
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 body works and what the body does for us every minute, every moment to...