Returning food to the sacred
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The practice of checking in with yourself after you eat. How do you feel after you eat? Most of you are familiar with the sensation of being stuffed, bloated, or tired after eating. Jokingly, (though really it isn’t a joke), you use these feelings as evidence that the meal was good and you loved it […]
It’s raining. A lot. Coming from 10 weeks in California where they are experiencing a catastrophic drought, the climate here in Maui is a shocking contrast. It has rained here every single night since I returned home two weeks ago. Every. Single. Night. There is much symbolism in this for me. The stress and exhaustion […]
Recently, I read one of Michael Pollan’s books, Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual. Super fast read, totally logical and common sense, only… sort of. I picked it up after having returned from Italy, which meant my mind was already abuzz with the revolution that Italy has dropped into my life. In the book, Michael Pollan […]
Traveling through Italy for almost 2 months was a revelation on too many levels to enumerate. I’m still processing my time there and can’t wait to go back. Obviously the biggest lessons and experiences there centered around food as I was sent as a delegate to the 2014 Slow Food Terra Madre conference. But the […]
Like ‘organic’, ‘natural’ and ‘sustainable’, the word ‘local’ has become a catch phrase that food marketers think is cool because it sells. It does. But here’s why: Resource, economy, community and earth conscious people tend to want food that is local. This means it didn’t travel for however long in a box, it didn’t tax […]
Very soon after arriving back in Maui from our 4 month adventure in SE Asia I flew to California to attend a women’s retreat. Four days at a lovely high desert retreat center with nothing to do but sink into practices and teachings designed to stretch, deepen and shake up my very stuck spots. […]
I’m beginning to plan for two upcoming gatherings that are centered around food. I can’t quite say they are both dinner parties, as one is another of my Blooming Table gatherings where we will be engaging in the art of putting bouquets together. The other is a proper sit down meal. Both however, contain […]
It’s hard to convey exactly what being present is, without accompanying it with the actual sensation you would feel while in the act of BEING present. Simply put, being present is existing in a state where your mind isn’t in the past, or on list of things to do in the future. You, your mind, your […]
