The key at this time of the year is to remember to look after yourself.

Understanding your own body's needs, and learning how to fine tune your body is critical, but it does take time. I have spent my entire life learning how to find my own core centre balance, fine tuning, and learning how to restore and rest my body at the 'CELL' level. Now it is my turn to help YOU!

Breathe

The key at this time of the year is to remember to look after yourself. Look after yourself and your immune system will support you. One of the 3 major organs - the lungs - are critical for supporting your immune system. Getting good quality oxygen to your lungs and upper respiratory system means breathing deeply and knowing when you may be holding your breath. Breathing deeply keeps your energy flowing.

Meditation

 Begin daily meditation with 5 minutes, then increase to 15 mins. Find a quiet spot, maybe around nature, and sit upright first for 5-20 minutes. Then relax into savasana (lying on your back) to fully relax. Visualise yourself relaxing every body part, working your way up the body to the crown of your head. Meditation can be used to balance serotonin and melatonin levels – helpful for overcoming jet lag, insomnia and depression.

Sit quietly and focus on your breathing. Visualize your body detoxifying. As you inhale, visualize healthy oxygen entering your lungs and blood stream. As you exhale, visualize toxins leaving your body

  

Lifestyle

Aim to live a good lifestyle. Follow a healthy diet; try not to skip your breakfast or lunch. Don’t stay up too late and try not to be over-stressed mentally. Exercise regularly but don’t become over-tired physically. Use meditation and relaxation daily… All these behaviours contribute to the strength of your immune system and to living an amazing centered life.


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Raw Healthy Christmas Pudding - Gluten free

I couldn't leave you this year without a Yummy Raw Christmas Recipe.

Of course it is guilt free! Wheat, dairy, gluten and refined sugar free. No nasty additives or oils either! Grab the ingredients today and you can be treating your friends and family to the healthiest Xmas Pudding around!  I served this recipe last Christmas and will be making it again this year for Christmas Day for my loved ones (mostly non-Raw Foodies). You can serve this to your Mum, Dad, Nana and friends and they will love it.


Ingredients for the Xmas pudding


1 & 1/2C almond flour
1/2C flax meal
1/2C flaked almonds
1/2C chopped walnuts
1C chopped sultanas- I used Cranberries.
6 chopped medjool dates
2 chopped figs
2T sour cherries chopped
2T white mulberries chopped
1t cinnamon
1t nutmeg
1T mixed spice
1/2t ginger
few drops almond extract
1t vanilla extract
Rind and juice of 1 lemon
Rind and juice of 1 orange
2cm piece ginger grated- 
pinch cardamom


Method
Mix all ingredients together in a bowl. Set aside. In a high powered blender combine:

1/2C almond nut butter or you can just use LSA
1/2C coconut oil / butter - I used both 
1 Table spoon Agave - I used honey as I ran out of Agave 
1 Tablespoon Molasses - If you don't have molasses you could substitute it for honey
6 medjool dates (soaked to soften and pitted)
Pinch Himalayan crystal salt


Blend all ingredients together. Add to ingredients in bowl and combine. Shape by hand or using a small bowl and turn upside down onto baking paper or paraflexx lined dehydrator sheet & dehydrate at 105°F for approx 5-6 hours.* 
*If you don't have a dehydrator you can try this in the oven at the lowest setting (on or below 50°C) with the door slightly ajar. Check every hour. It is done when a skewer placed in the middle of the pudding comes out fairly clean. (You want the pudding to stay slightly moist). I made this the day of a party and baked it on low. It still came out moist.


Ingredients for the custard cream
1/2C coconut meat, 1/2C coconut water, 1 vanilla bean pod - scraped, pinch Himalayan crystal salt, pinch cloves, 1/2t star anise, pinch turmeric. Blend all in a high speed blender. Serve over Xmas Pudding.

For those who want to still use custard or cream on Xmas Day, you could lightly drizzle over and some with the Raw Custard cream.

 

This is a very quick easy enjoyable recipe, you just need to make sure you have the ingredients.

Blessings at Christmas 

Nicky x

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How to CENTRE Your Balance over the Festive Season

Christmas madness has arrived, so I will keep this blog short, sweet and to the point  as I know your MIND maybe filled up already with the to do list, presents, functions end of year concerts and  running around doing everything most people get caught up doing at Christmas.

However what ever it is you are pressed for time doing at some stage you will be forced to

 'CENTRE YOUR BALANCE' 

In today's world it is extremely easy to fall out of balance, maybe daily, weekly or monthly. Your threshold will be different to your partners or friends, but you will know when you have lost your centre, your core balance. Understanding your own body's needs and learning how to fine tune your body is critical and it does take time. I have spent my entire life fine tuning, and learning how to find my own core centre balance, and how to restore, and rest my body at a 'CELL' level and now it is my job to help YOU!

Learning how to manage your amazing 'temple', your physical body and align your mind body and soul takes time, and requires tools, techniques that fit into your life and feel aligned to your mind and body. Working out your output versus your input is a great start. On my retreats and workshops you have the opportunity to explore your body and gain the right balance of tools and knowledge to allow you to live  your life with energy, vitality and a renewed happiness and self love that will keep your immune system strong and your body restored for longevity.

It is a way of life not a destination. The ultimate destination to living life centred and aligned everyday with perfection just doesn't exist in today's extreme way of living. Without even tapping into the pressures of today's world we have our environment that can off set our balance on a day to day basis.

NOW all you want now is to find out how you can centre your balance between now and Christmas and hopefully maintain the balance over the Christmas period. But lets face it even over Christmas you will be challenged with drinking, partying, shopping, over eating, spending over time with family and energies around you that may not be aligned to your own. This is the time of the year where we can tend to get on top of one another with school holidays and maybe not use to having extended families and even our partners around us longer than your normal living. In an ideal life or living the Yoga lifestyle and philosophy we would work together, breathe together without judgement or conflict.
 What you can do is on a daily basis is use the following tips over the next month to regain balance and centre yourself. Looking after yourself is everything, the rest will be amazing!

7 Tips to centre your balance at Christmas

1. Nutrition; Eat 80% RAW, VEGAN, GLUTEN FREE, WHEAT FREE
2. Intention; Set up a daily intention, by sitting in a 5 min meditation before getting out of bed, connect with your breath. Focus on breath first and then think about your day ahead, set a clear intention for the day. 
3. Exercise; Move and Breathe daily. Help your keep your chi energy flowing. Get along to a Yoga class, Tai Chi, swimming, nature walk, paddle boarding, light jog. 
4. Meditate; Begin daily, begin meditation by setting yourself up for 5 minutes, then increase it daily. You may find a quiet spot around nature and sit upright first for 5-20 mins then relax into savasana lying on your back to fully relax, visualise yourself relaxation every body part, work your way up to the crown of your head. Meditation can also be used to balance serotonin and melatonin levels in cases of jet lag, insomnia and depression.
5. Affirmations; Learn to use daily positive affirmations- when you can begin to be quiet in your mind you begin to hear your other voice, the ego or monkey mind that isn't authentic to your true self. 
6. Goals; Write your goals daily and turn them into a to do list so you can calmly have your Christmas to do list with you where ever you go. By writing things down it helps you centre your balance by downloading the information from your brain on to paper. You can do this at night before bed. 
7. Time out; Create a sacred space or somewhere you can go to centre your balance. The best and fasted way to centre yourself is always around NATURE. Touch the trees as you walk by, look at the plants, flowers and sky around you, breath in MOTHER NATURE. Nature wants you to feel balanced, calm, and at peace. Getting caught up in the busy Christmas rush in shopping centres can create negative energy in your body and stress. 

My tip is to stay well away from shopping centres if you can help it.  My tips are to order on line, go when it is not peak time, if you are unable to get your shopping done look at supporting smaller local villages to buy your gifts like plants, herbs, candles and holistic gifts this year at Christmas, you will receive earthy and grounded energy purchasing the gifts and your family and friends will receive it also, mother nature provides us with an abundance of natural gifts to give.

Affirmations for Yoga and Meditation

Yoga helps me connect mind, body and spirit. Not only does it keep my physical body healthy and toned, but it connects me to the higher self. Listen to that inner voice-is it positive or negative?

1.         I am connected in my mind, body and soul as one united energy field.

2.       I have unconditional access to the divine energy.

3.       When I practice yoga it helps me on my journey of enlightenment.

4.      I have clarity and listen to my intuition.

5.       I am open and receptive to new possibilities and opportunities.

6.      I am connected to my breath as a source of inner breath.

7.       I give myself time to sit in silence each day and to connect with nature.

The key is to remember to look after yourself at this time of the year especially and your immune system will support you. In supporting your immune system one of the 3 major organs the lungs are critical for keeping your energy and flowing, getting good quality oxygen to your lungs upper respiratory system means breathing deeply and knowing when you may be holding your breath. 

Aim to live a good lifestyle; a healthy diet, try not to  skip your breakfast or lunch, don’t stay up too late,  exercise regularly, try not to be over-stressed mentally or over-tired physically, use meditaiton and relaxation daily…all these good behaviors would contribution to the strength of your own immune system and living an amazing centred life daily.

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