Hey loves,
It’s BioCultura this weekend in Madrid and I am going! I have only been to this event once, in Valencia. It was very busy and most entertaining. It was there that I met the sales rep from Hyla, the amazing air filter and vacuum cleaner that I use to clean my house. I also picked up a divine 10″ cast-iron frying pan, if I do recall. Tomorrow, I am going to have a look at some very special rebounders, or trampolines. As you may have gathered, I am an expert on the lymphatic system, and rebounding in the best ever exercise for the lymphatic system. So, watch this space.
(PS Rebounding and yoga are not mutually exclusive, you know. I would actually say that they are rather complementary 🙂
ReCipE tIme: Toasted Sunflower Seed Salad
Between the sunflower seeds and the sprouts, this salad is protein, vitamin and mineral feast!
Ingredients: Escarole, rocket/rucula, misuni, beet greens, lamb’s lettuce, grated carrot, black olives, tamari toasted sunflower seeds*, sprouts: alfalfa, radish, cress, green mung bean, brown lentil, raisins, balsamic vinegar, olive oil.
*Method for Tamari Toasted Sunflower Seeds: Heat a heavy pan (I use cast iron), then add seeds and let them sit, without stirring, until you hear one or two pop. Then, reduce the heat and move the seeds gently around the pan until some of them are beginning to brown. Don’t overheat or overcook as you will destroy vital nutrients. Place the seeds, still warm, in a bowl and add tamari or soy sauce, stirring immediately. Allow to cool, then sprinkle on your salad. They are also lovely with brown rice and nori sprinkle, for a simple and nutricious evening meal.
Mix it all together and, voilá, baby!
Recipe time: QuInOa sAlAd
Quinoa Salad
I often 
advise people to eat more salad. I don’t mean iceberg lettuce and tinned corn, though! Ideally, you should have a big salad every day, at lunchtime. It can even be your main meal, in the summer time. Obviously, if you have candida and need to avoid lettuce, or if you have diverticulitis or polyps in the colon, be careful with the raw veg.
Mix together: Escarole, rucula (rocket), misuni, beetroot greens, lamb’s lettuce, grated carrot, sprouts (I used mung, brown lentil&watercress), cooked quinoa grain, balsamic vinegar, olive oil,black olives, pink rock salt, walnuts and a tiny bit of cubed melon.
How to choose a yoga teacher
As a yoga teacher, this is a healthy and humble article to post. I have had a long journey with yoga, and have been gifted with humility as a result. Believe me, I did not arrive at adulthood knowing how to love, nor how to transmit compassion, nor how to respect other people’s limitations, beliefs or lifestyles. In yoga, this is fundamental, because every single student is singular, unique and on their own journey. You can only teach yoga from the heart, respecting physical limitations of the human body, and believing wholeheartedly that there is a Spirit guiding us from within if only we learn to tune into it. Om.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/oct/27/yoga-injury-class-regulation-bad-practitioners
102-year old lady who does yoga and looks amazingly happy!
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-37775585
Need another reason to practice yoga?
Best Diet To Prevent Cancer? Paleo? Ketogenic? Vegan? — Breast Cancer Authority
What is the best diet for preventing cancer? Does the paleo diet stop cancer? What about the ketogenic diet and cancer? Can a wholefood plant based diet prevent cancer? Can we be healthy if we don’t eat meat? Do we need meat to be healthy and cancer free? What about free range, organic, grass fed […]
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La neurobiología del yoga
http://m.eluniverso.com/vida-estilo/2016/08/14/nota/5743332/doctor-psiquiatria-explica-neurobiologia-yoga-beneficios
Yoga in prisons
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/10/doing-a-stretch-how-yoga-is-cutting-stress-in-south-african-prisons
How to be a good yoga student
There is a lot of talk out there these days about how to be a good yoga teacher. I think that the best way to be a good yoga teacher is to be a good yoga student. Here are my tips for how I try to be a good student of yoga.
- I use my own yoga mat. This is a pretty basic aspect of yoga. You will spend quite a lot of time on your mat. Your bare feet and your sweet face will most likely touch the same parts of the mat on many occasions. I don’t know about you, but I don’t tend to nuzzle strangers’ feet. I also happen to think that, over time, your mat becomes impregnated with your psychic energy. I really encourage all good students of yoga to invest in a non-slip mat, and to keep it clean (they launder on a cool cycle really well – tip of the day!)
- I don’t eat for two hours before practice, and don’t drink for one hour. I don’t drink during class. The energy of digestion is a downward-moving energy. In yoga, we are channelling energy and moving it upwards, usually. If you are digesting, you create confusion within. Better to practice while fasting.
- I don’t practice when I have my period. Guys, you beat us on this one. The ladies are required to miss a few days per month, for the same reason as above. The menses are downward-moving. Yoga moves things upwards.
- To be a good student of yoga, I maintain silence before and during practice. Enough said.
- I practice six days per week, usually the same practice for a period of months, if not years. I know that this sounds craaazy to a beginner, but it really is the essence of the yogic mind. I figured this one out right at the beginning: I took a beginner’s class at the Sivananda Centre in London. There, they told me that the objective of the course was to encourage home practice. I thought “ok”, bought their book and started practising their simple sequence of Sun Salutations and 12 postures. I encourage you to do the same. The only way to be a good yoga practitioner is to practise!