Blog 6

  • Finding Your Voice

    Finding Your Voice

    The third and final moon focussing on the heart chakra really emphasises the need for self care and taking your yoga practice at a pace that suits where you are at this moment. It is no use performing peacock if you end up in tears. With the winter solsitce last Thursday/Friday your energy may be… Read more

  • I Can’t Believe It’s Not Chicken Stew

    I Can’t Believe It’s Not Chicken Stew

    Since turning vegan, there is one thing I have missed up until now: my Dad’s chicken casserole. I finally decided to take the recipe and replace the chicken with ‘This Isn’t Chicken’ chicken. At 22% protein it is a fantastic meat replacement, and the recipe including all natural ingredients fits in with my whole foods… Read more

  • Loving Kindness

    Loving Kindness

    This moon is all about balancing the heart chakra, a classic yoga focus. If you;ve got things going on for you in your love life it will likely show up in your practice. Are you feeling hurt, or are you free to express your self? The body is a reflection of the mind, and what… Read more

  • Seitan Bourguignon

    Seitan Bourguignon

    I wish there was a catchier name for this delicious dish, but good for Halloween! If you want to impress someone with just how satisfying and rich vegan cuisine can be, this could be the recipe you’ve been looking for. Made in exactly the same way as the beef classic, seitan bourguignon, uses seitan marinated… Read more

  • Enlightened Activism: Love Doing What You Do

    Enlightened Activism: Love Doing What You Do

    Another moon, another theme! As the third ego merges into the fourth chakra, the heart, we begin to see a magical combination. When loving kindness influences all our actions we are said to be liberated, or enlightened.  What is enlightenment? For me, it is freedom from pain thrugh a deeper appreciation of each moment. Contradicting… Read more

  • Isometric contraction: working with the tensegrity of the body

    Isometric contraction: working with the tensegrity of the body

    Lots of fancy words in the title of this post, but what do they all mean? Tensegrity is a portmanteau (oo there’s another one – it means combination!) of tension and integrity. It’s what makes the body parts move in tandem with each other. The foot bone is connected to the leg bone, the leg… Read more