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Nature, nurture and the power of love

By Bruce Lipton Ph.D. Our pre- and perinatal experiences form a biological template, which colors subsequent feelings and attitudes about ourselves, our relationships and our connection to Earth and Spirit. Awareness of this important programming mechanism can be used to prevent further harm, as well as heal the places in our hearts and minds where we ourselves have acquired limiting programs.

What would it take for you to keep your heart wide open.
No Matter What.

Have you noticed that when your children (or anyone) do something agreeable to you, that you are open to them, but that as soon as they do something you don't like, you close your heart?

What you are saying to yourself is that your happiness, your inner peace, is completely dependent on things being the way you want them to be.
This is, in fact, a lie.

What would it take for you to stay open?
To your children
To your partner
To the stranger, the other driver, the clerk, the weather
Yourself

Just AS IT ALL IS?

This girl walks around with her chest puffed out, her heart leaning into life, naked, with the juice of some food smeared all over her face. She devours every moment.

Thank you, dear girl, for showing me the way.

Stay open. Stay open. Stay open.

There has been a whole lot of raw creativity happening around here lately. Deeeelicious.
I am immensely grateful for all of the little sparks of inspiration that have opened me to raw food possibilities, just as I am for those sparks that guided me to this way of parenting with my whole heart.

Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.

Do you ever feel like you might just weep from the beauty of it all? Let yourself slip back into that place of wonder. It is always there, waiting for you. Always.

If you are intrigued by raw food, here are some of my current favorites. It may just be true that raw food brings greater energy, higher vibration, clarity, stronger intuition, and sense of peace. Eating live food. ahhhh.

Two new books on my shelf are:

The Raw Food Gourmet: Going Raw for Total Well-Being by Gabrielle Chavez

Raw Family (A true story of awakening). This family is remarkable and shares many incredible resources for you to check out.

The Garden Diet another family shares stories about their raw lifestyle with children.

Ok. Now for some recipes.

Live Fries
Cut up large jicama into pieces that resemble french fries.
Mix with 1 tbsp onion powder, 1 tbsp paprika and 2 tbsp olive oil. Salt to taste.

Raw Brownies
You can use any combination of nuts and dried fruit that you like. Soak the nuts for at least a few hours, possible overnight, as well as the dried fruit. My recent batch included almonds, walnuts, sprouted sunflower seeds, figs, dates, raisins and lots of carob powder along with raw honey. Mix and taste until you like it. Then spread onto dehydrator sheet and dry for 12-14 hours, taking out while still pliable. Cut into squares.

Raw Granola
2 cups Buckwheaties (soak buckwheat sprouts overnight then let sprout for 2-3 days, rinsing twice a day), then dehydrate for 8-10 hours.)
1cup raisins or currents
1 cup coconut (I don't think mine is technically raw, as most commercial dried coconut is heated above 104degrees. You can dry your own fresh coconut if possible.)
1-2 cups Sunflower sprouts

In blender combine 1-2 fresh apples chopped, 1/2 cup raw honey, 3 tbsp coconut oil, with some water. Mix with dried ingredients. Adjust to taste. Optional: add vanilla or cinnamon and sprinkle of salt

Spread on dehydrater sheets and dry for 12-14 hours.  You can also add other nuts and seeds as you like.

Salad as-a-meal

The enormous salad meal has been so satisfying. Big bunches of basil, parsley, swiss chard, spinach, pickled garlic, olives, sprouts, buckwheaties for crunch and just a basic dressing of fresh lime juice, nama shoyu (raw tamari), salt, and drizzle of maple syrup. Sometimes I make it more chunky (sprouts, seeds, nuts, chopped veggies) then wrap it in romaine leaves for a thai kind of flair. ahh. Eating from the Earth, indeed.

Those are a few for you. I hope you enjoy.

Thank you for being part of the awakening of this world. It is such a treat to BE here with you.

 

I can hardly believe this woman.
My children's grammy...Tim's mom.

She came to visit from New Hampshire for a week and, well, we are just so blessed to get her.
I am so grateful.
She loves us all completely, just as we are.

She has extraordinary energy for playing. In fact, that is what she does when she is here, from morning until night. Her own needs are miniscule and she is ever willing, ever ready for PLAY.

We even watched the diggers together...

And that's not even all. This remarkable woman has been sewing for us.  Check out these lovelies...

And more... matching hats for all the dresses, three pairs of adorable shorts for Elliott (he wore them day and night), and another hat for that boy which I'll just have to capture on camera to show you.  We stayed up late sewing together and so I learned quite a bit from her, which was an additional treat.

Our grammy.
You are an explosion of love in our life.
Thank you.

(She is even into trying out the raw food and going home to buy a dehydrator. What an adventurous soul, she is.)

What matters most of all in the lives of our children is that they know they are LOVED. When you have someone, anyone, who is able to give that to them, open yourself wide to it, no matter what. Let go of any little ways you may harden yourself against it, and allow that love in.  It is worth everything, don't you think?

staying open

What would it take for you to keep your heart wide open.
No Matter What.

Have you noticed that when your children (or anyone) do something agreeable to you, that you are open to them, but that as soon as they do something you don't like, you close your heart?

What you are saying to yourself is that your happiness, your inner peace, is completely dependent on things being the way you want them to be.
This is, in fact, a lie.

What would it take for you to stay open?
To your children
To your partner
To the stranger, the other driver, the clerk, the weather
Yourself

Just AS IT ALL IS?

This girl walks around with her chest puffed out, her heart leaning into life, naked, with the juice of some food smeared all over her face. She devours every moment.

Thank you, dear girl, for showing me the way.

Stay open. Stay open. Stay open.

raw delights

There has been a whole lot of raw creativity happening around here lately. Deeeelicious.
I am immensely grateful for all of the little sparks of inspiration that have opened me to raw food possibilities, just as I am for those sparks that guided me to this way of parenting with my whole heart.

Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.

Do you ever feel like you might just weep from the beauty of it all? Let yourself slip back into that place of wonder. It is always there, waiting for you. Always.

If you are intrigued by raw food, here are some of my current favorites. It may just be true that raw food brings greater energy, higher vibration, clarity, stronger intuition, and sense of peace. Eating live food. ahhhh.

Two new books on my shelf are:

The Raw Food Gourmet: Going Raw for Total Well-Being by Gabrielle Chavez

Raw Family (A true story of awakening). This family is remarkable and shares many incredible resources for you to check out.

The Garden Diet another family shares stories about their raw lifestyle with children.

Ok. Now for some recipes.

Live Fries
Cut up large jicama into pieces that resemble french fries.
Mix with 1 tbsp onion powder, 1 tbsp paprika and 2 tbsp olive oil. Salt to taste.

Raw Brownies
You can use any combination of nuts and dried fruit that you like. Soak the nuts for at least a few hours, possible overnight, as well as the dried fruit. My recent batch included almonds, walnuts, sprouted sunflower seeds, figs, dates, raisins and lots of carob powder along with raw honey. Mix and taste until you like it. Then spread onto dehydrator sheet and dry for 12-14 hours, taking out while still pliable. Cut into squares.

Raw Granola
2 cups Buckwheaties (soak buckwheat sprouts overnight then let sprout for 2-3 days, rinsing twice a day), then dehydrate for 8-10 hours.)
1cup raisins or currents
1 cup coconut (I don't think mine is technically raw, as most commercial dried coconut is heated above 104degrees. You can dry your own fresh coconut if possible.)
1-2 cups Sunflower sprouts

In blender combine 1-2 fresh apples chopped, 1/2 cup raw honey, 3 tbsp coconut oil, with some water. Mix with dried ingredients. Adjust to taste. Optional: add vanilla or cinnamon and sprinkle of salt

Spread on dehydrater sheets and dry for 12-14 hours.  You can also add other nuts and seeds as you like.

Salad as-a-meal

The enormous salad meal has been so satisfying. Big bunches of basil, parsley, swiss chard, spinach, pickled garlic, olives, sprouts, buckwheaties for crunch and just a basic dressing of fresh lime juice, nama shoyu (raw tamari), salt, and drizzle of maple syrup. Sometimes I make it more chunky (sprouts, seeds, nuts, chopped veggies) then wrap it in romaine leaves for a thai kind of flair. ahh. Eating from the Earth, indeed.

Those are a few for you. I hope you enjoy.

Thank you for being part of the awakening of this world. It is such a treat to BE here with you.

 

grammy came to visit

I can hardly believe this woman.
My children's grammy...Tim's mom.

She came to visit from New Hampshire for a week and, well, we are just so blessed to get her.
I am so grateful.
She loves us all completely, just as we are.

She has extraordinary energy for playing. In fact, that is what she does when she is here, from morning until night. Her own needs are miniscule and she is ever willing, ever ready for PLAY.

We even watched the diggers together...

And that's not even all. This remarkable woman has been sewing for us.  Check out these lovelies...

And more... matching hats for all the dresses, three pairs of adorable shorts for Elliott (he wore them day and night), and another hat for that boy which I'll just have to capture on camera to show you.  We stayed up late sewing together and so I learned quite a bit from her, which was an additional treat.

Our grammy.
You are an explosion of love in our life.
Thank you.

(She is even into trying out the raw food and going home to buy a dehydrator. What an adventurous soul, she is.)

What matters most of all in the lives of our children is that they know they are LOVED. When you have someone, anyone, who is able to give that to them, open yourself wide to it, no matter what. Let go of any little ways you may harden yourself against it, and allow that love in.  It is worth everything, don't you think?