Life Force Lesson #6: The Gift of Simplicity
If you were to chart exactly how you spend your time and energy each day, how much of it would be unnecessary? In today’s world you can all too easily squander every last ounce of your life force accumulating unnecessary stuff and doing unnecessary things. It’s time to simplify your life—and that goes for your diet, too!
Spinning in Circles
So many people needlessly spin all day long because they think life must be busy to be counted. Sometimes they are keeping busy with needless activities (which they validate with a million little reasons) to distract them from their inner life—feelings of ...
Ana’s Lazy Girl Food Tip: Stimulate the Senses
Hot Baths & Acorn Squash
For a chilly evening at home, I have a blissful routine. I walk through the door, cut an acorn squash in half (scooping out the seeds) and put in into the oven at 400°F. Then I turn on the taps in my bathtub.
Next, while the bath fills, I make my avocado salad with plenty of fresh garlic and lemon. Put it into the fridge, and the garlic flavor intensifies while I slip away for a soak.
By the time I’m ready to get out, the squash is ready to top with stevia, nutmeg, and sea salt for ...
Recipe of the Week by Natalia Rose Institute Executive Chef Doris Choi: Beets & Thyme
Marinated Beets with Thyme
You can enjoy this neutral dish either cooked or raw.
4 medium beets, roasted* and cubed, or raw** and shredded
½ medium red onion, finely diced
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tsp thyme, picked off sprigs
½ grapefruit, juice and zest
Sea salt and pepper to tasteToss all ingredients together.
*Preheat oven to 400°F. Wrap whole, unpeeled beets with tinfoil and bake in oven for 45 minutes to 1 hour, or until soft when pierced with a knife. To remove the skins easily, throw the warm beets in a paper bag and rub the bag till the skins slide ...
Testimonial from Grace
Dear Natalia:
I feel the need to write to let you know that I am so happy to have come across your book, The Raw Food Detox Diet. I was introduced to the idea of raw foods about eight months ago. Between then and now, I’ve struggled with many of the theories and ideas put forth by raw food proponents. As well, I came from a macrobiotic background and felt that its approach was becoming too restrictive. By restrictive I mean having to make a choice between having vegetable juices (which are frowned upon in macrobiotic circles) or grains!! My body ...
Glossary Term: Bi-products
Bi-products: When we cleanse, we must awaken and remove not only the deep waste matter that has become embedded in the bodily tissue, but also the by-products of this waste. These are yeast, fungus (yeast is simply a single-celled fungus), carbonic gas, and life-deteriorating bacteria (unlike the good bacteria, or intestinal flora).
Natalia-ism on Healing
“The degree to which you remove obstructions – be they mental, physical, or emotional – is the degree to which you begin to heal.”