There is a huge gap in these diary entries. The last time I shared a dinner diary was in January. Something happened and days began to blur while I was with my mom. I was eating, yes, but there were weeks on end where I only ate a grilled chicken salad. It was the easiest […]
Cultivating Health And Intention With Food
This Food Practice is an excerpt from the list of practices shared in the book Spring, Cultivate Life, an installment in the Food Practice Through The Seasons series. Each season contains a practice for each week of the season. 13 total. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION. In my early 20s I began to explore ritual […]
A Food Practice Spring Blessing
May you enter into this new season refreshed, replenished and ready to step into the light of day naked and true to who and what you are. May you walk through the initiatory portal of this Spring Season with the courage and tenderness necessary to cultivate a beautiful culture of health, celebration, empowerment and community. […]
Hot Chocolate With A Kick
Winter is very quickly leaving us and I’m so not ready. I am still savoring the crisp air that greets me up at the cabin when I head up there after a week in hot Los Angeles. These days aren’t long for this year and I’m holding on to every last one with deep love […]
Chicken Pomodoro In A Slow Cooker Recipe
I found this recipe a while back in a slow cooker recipe book. It was good, but not great. I made it to the recipe in the book and then quickly set to the task of breaking it down and making it something better. After changing a few things and adding a few others, this […]
Food Practice Weekly 8: The Pleasure Principle
You can catch live broadcasts on Periscope under my Twitter handle @ElenaRego each Sunday. For more information go HERE.
The Thread of Healing In The Food Of Our Familial Ties
As many of you know, my mother has Alzheimer’s and we have been in the process of taking care of all the things a life contains and needs attending to when you begin to loose the capacity to manage them. My mother can no longer live alone. But it’s also time for my brother, who […]
Conscious Approach, Setting Intention and How It Recalibrates Your Relationship With Food
Seasonal Marker More than half of Winter is over. If you joined the Food Practice tribe and bought the Winter, A Turning Inward book, right about now you’re reading and practicing the Setting Of Intention. Nothing adds meaning to an activity or an event as consciously setting an intention for what it is you want […]
Dear Human Who Eats (A Meditation On Questions About Love) A Valentine From Me To You
Dearest Human Who Eats… And Is Love, What if you just Loved yourself? Like, the kind of ‘Love yourself‘ where when you come to mind, there is the warmth of an internal self hug that leaves you with a spring in your step. The kind of Love that leaves no room for shame or judgment […]