Organic India Tulsi Green Tea in the morning...
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Indian Chinese Saturday
What does a lazy Saturday in Mysore look like? Sleeping late (8am!), sipping tea and returning emails all morning, then hand-washing laundry in a bucket and hanging it outside to dry. I spend most of the day at home, except for a run down the street to carry out some Indian Chinese for lunch. Along with a million daal, curry, rice and flatbread options, there is Chinese food on nearly every restaurant menu here! I hardly ever eat it, and soon regret it...
Organic India Tulsi Green Tea in the morning...
And breakfast is pongal, a spicy, savory, "creamy" (vegan) mixture of beans, rice and herbs. It's soothing and filling. I'd like to learn to make this one at home!
In the afternoon I go out to pick up lunch, some coconuts, and fruit for tomorrow's breakfast. I eat "Indian Chinese," a rare (and unwise) choice for me: Vegetable Balls in Chili Garlic Gravy, Aloo Parotha (Wheat flatbread with potato, onion, garlic and chilis), and Gobi Manchurian (cauliflower florets battered and fried with a spicy chili pepper onion and garlic sauce.) Actually, the gobi is not such a rare choice... I'm a little addicted.
...And after giving a little time for my belly to attempt digesting that mess, and for my mind to wonder what would possess me to eat that, I take some chlorella and try to put out the fire by sipping fresh coconut water for the rest of the evening.
Organic India Tulsi Green Tea in the morning...
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Thursday Lunch
Lunch (9/8/11 12:21 PM)
Thursday September 8th
My morning tea... Today it's an herbal daily detox blend. And I teach a led class right after our morning Mysore class on Thursdays, so I have a small Vega vegan protein shake mixed with hemp milk in between.
Breakfast (9/8/11 9:38 AM)
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Breakfast (9/8/11 9:38 AM)
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Morning
Breakfast (8/24/11 5:15 AM)
More snacks
Dinner (8/23/11 6:21 PM)
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Chips
Dinner (8/23/11 5:31 PM)
Yum
Morning Snack (8/23/11 10:23 AM)
Good Morning Tea
Tulsi Pomegranate Green Tea on the altar. Good Morning!
Breakfast (8/23/11 9:36 AM)
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Breakfast (8/23/11 9:36 AM)
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Friday, July 1, 2011
Happy New Moon, Happy New Month, Happy New Beginnings!
July 1st.
The new moon has come, and with it, the conclusion of a series of 3 eclipses which seemed to make June a pretty intense month for many people, physically, emotionally and energetically. I know I felt it!
Last month I found myself restless, agitated and tired at the same time. My mind was racing all over the place in a way I haven’t experienced in years and I had difficulty focusing or getting anything done. I spent the month bouncing between bouts of passionate inspiration in which I couldn’t get the brilliant new ideas and insights out of my head and onto paper quickly enough to keep them before they vanished and new ones arose, and periods of low listlessness where I had hardly any thoughts at all but also little motivation to do anything but lay around and feel uncomfortable in body, mind and soul. What a wild ride!
The intensity of this period has been a powerful reminder to be grateful for yoga and the peace and clarity it brings me, and an awareness that this month could have been much more difficult without the benefit of my daily practice. After experiencing so much internal chaos I remembered that many people feel that way all the time. It’s given me a renewed ability to empathize with those who are struggling and fresh motivation to continue sharing my passions for yoga and food in new ways for the sake of helping others feel better in every way! I love seeing how every challenging time is a practice in yoga off the mat, a way to continue learning about myself and, as a teacher, an opportunity to better understand and assist others, too.
The new moon and new month also brings a turning point in my “GOING VEGAN” blog experiment with it’s 6-month anniversary. (http://myfoodevolution.blogspot.com) I’m halfway through the year of food journaling and sharing, and it’s brought me incredible knowledge and awareness so far! It’s been so interesting to watch my previously “healthy” diet naturally evolve to be better and better as the weeks and months pass, and also to see the patterns of “unhealthy” consumption and areas where I could certainly improve. So what’s next for my food evolution and the blog?
I’ve been loving the fresh coconuts lately and decided to make the transition from June to July and to welcome the new moon with a short, simple coconut water fast. It felt so good to give my digestive system a rest and take a break from cooking too! What else do I have planned? First, a recommitment to eating more fresh, local, organic produce and lessening my consumption of packaged and processed foods, even the ones that are seemingly “healthy” and organic. That means more time in the garden and at the farmers markets, less visits to the stores, and rejoining a local CSA to keep a fresh and interesting variety of vibrant veggies coming in to my kitchen.
Next, a conscious venture into increasing my raw food intake. This is an interesting one as I’ve previously felt that my predominantly vata constitution needs warm, nourishing, cooked foods to stay grounded. In the past raw foods have often been difficult for me to digest, but as I’ve been very gradually eating more and more raw here on Kauai I’ve started to connect with the feeling of it having more nutrients and vitality than cooked food. I’m planning to experiment with more of that and see how it feels as the weather warms up and we shift into summer. Lots of fruit smoothies and green juices will be a delicious place to start!
And finally, I’m determined to get GOING VEGAN fully up to date this month and make some changes in the way I’m recording all my meal information so it’s easier to keep it current online. I’ve been using a diet recording program on my phone, which is great to capture a picture and the date and time of everything I consume, but the application doesn’t sync with my laptop so the process of filling in the text, emailing every entry to myself individually, transferring the photos and descriptions to documents and folders, then blogging it is long and cumbersome. This second half of my blog journey will include a shift to using a new system, and a different camera for easier transfer and better photos too! Along with that, I plan to begin offering weekly articles and recipes to keep it interesting and interactive. I’m excited to see my food evolution and the blog continue to grow and change and look forward to all these good things to come!
In addition to a renewed inspiration to share yoga, and fresh new ideas for my diet and the GOING VEGAN blog, the new beginnings continue this month with a rededication to my personal daily meditation practice. Meditation has always been on and off for me; although I fully see, feel, and believe in the benefits, I seem to fall out of the habit over and over. But stopping for a while doesn’t have to mean quitting for good, and I always find myself coming back to it. My practice these last several months has been spotty at best, but I’m ready to start again and get back into a silent seat for scheduled meditation every day, and to experience the benefits I know that dedication brings!
Happy new moon, new month, and new beginnings everyone! What are your intentions for this month and the rest of this year? I hope that you, and I, will experience peace, love, health, happiness and success in all we do this July and always.
Peace love and yoga... and let’s eat!
Love Shelley
The new moon has come, and with it, the conclusion of a series of 3 eclipses which seemed to make June a pretty intense month for many people, physically, emotionally and energetically. I know I felt it!
Last month I found myself restless, agitated and tired at the same time. My mind was racing all over the place in a way I haven’t experienced in years and I had difficulty focusing or getting anything done. I spent the month bouncing between bouts of passionate inspiration in which I couldn’t get the brilliant new ideas and insights out of my head and onto paper quickly enough to keep them before they vanished and new ones arose, and periods of low listlessness where I had hardly any thoughts at all but also little motivation to do anything but lay around and feel uncomfortable in body, mind and soul. What a wild ride!
The intensity of this period has been a powerful reminder to be grateful for yoga and the peace and clarity it brings me, and an awareness that this month could have been much more difficult without the benefit of my daily practice. After experiencing so much internal chaos I remembered that many people feel that way all the time. It’s given me a renewed ability to empathize with those who are struggling and fresh motivation to continue sharing my passions for yoga and food in new ways for the sake of helping others feel better in every way! I love seeing how every challenging time is a practice in yoga off the mat, a way to continue learning about myself and, as a teacher, an opportunity to better understand and assist others, too.
The new moon and new month also brings a turning point in my “GOING VEGAN” blog experiment with it’s 6-month anniversary. (http://myfoodevolution.blogspot.com) I’m halfway through the year of food journaling and sharing, and it’s brought me incredible knowledge and awareness so far! It’s been so interesting to watch my previously “healthy” diet naturally evolve to be better and better as the weeks and months pass, and also to see the patterns of “unhealthy” consumption and areas where I could certainly improve. So what’s next for my food evolution and the blog?
I’ve been loving the fresh coconuts lately and decided to make the transition from June to July and to welcome the new moon with a short, simple coconut water fast. It felt so good to give my digestive system a rest and take a break from cooking too! What else do I have planned? First, a recommitment to eating more fresh, local, organic produce and lessening my consumption of packaged and processed foods, even the ones that are seemingly “healthy” and organic. That means more time in the garden and at the farmers markets, less visits to the stores, and rejoining a local CSA to keep a fresh and interesting variety of vibrant veggies coming in to my kitchen.
Next, a conscious venture into increasing my raw food intake. This is an interesting one as I’ve previously felt that my predominantly vata constitution needs warm, nourishing, cooked foods to stay grounded. In the past raw foods have often been difficult for me to digest, but as I’ve been very gradually eating more and more raw here on Kauai I’ve started to connect with the feeling of it having more nutrients and vitality than cooked food. I’m planning to experiment with more of that and see how it feels as the weather warms up and we shift into summer. Lots of fruit smoothies and green juices will be a delicious place to start!
And finally, I’m determined to get GOING VEGAN fully up to date this month and make some changes in the way I’m recording all my meal information so it’s easier to keep it current online. I’ve been using a diet recording program on my phone, which is great to capture a picture and the date and time of everything I consume, but the application doesn’t sync with my laptop so the process of filling in the text, emailing every entry to myself individually, transferring the photos and descriptions to documents and folders, then blogging it is long and cumbersome. This second half of my blog journey will include a shift to using a new system, and a different camera for easier transfer and better photos too! Along with that, I plan to begin offering weekly articles and recipes to keep it interesting and interactive. I’m excited to see my food evolution and the blog continue to grow and change and look forward to all these good things to come!
In addition to a renewed inspiration to share yoga, and fresh new ideas for my diet and the GOING VEGAN blog, the new beginnings continue this month with a rededication to my personal daily meditation practice. Meditation has always been on and off for me; although I fully see, feel, and believe in the benefits, I seem to fall out of the habit over and over. But stopping for a while doesn’t have to mean quitting for good, and I always find myself coming back to it. My practice these last several months has been spotty at best, but I’m ready to start again and get back into a silent seat for scheduled meditation every day, and to experience the benefits I know that dedication brings!
Happy new moon, new month, and new beginnings everyone! What are your intentions for this month and the rest of this year? I hope that you, and I, will experience peace, love, health, happiness and success in all we do this July and always.
Peace love and yoga... and let’s eat!
Love Shelley
Thursday, June 30, 2011
June 30th: The Coconut Fast
7:19am
My morning tea: Yogi Detox. I also started the day with a cup of hot water. Gonna do a coconut fast today!
"When you are in tune with the unknown, the known is peaceful." Thanks Yogi Tea!
10:56am
Breakfast coconut water... About 3 cups in this one. Yum yum yummy!
Sipping on lots of fresh water today too...
6:05pm
More coco water! This was a small one, maybe 2 cups or less. I drank it fast!
And more fresh coconut jelly. Yum!
7:04pm
I make a big jar this time... 2 more cocos... 6 cups of liquid heaven... Maybe the most nourishing elixir there is! What else do I need? Nothing!
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
June 29th
10:21am
Cracked open a couple of fresh coconuts when i got home this morning. They were full of sweet juice and soft jelly meat, yummmmmm!
11:42am
Some smoothie supplies and scraps...
11:56am
Smoothie time: papaya from my yard, a sweet mango, luscious tangy lilikoi, a juicy tangelo, fresh young coconut jelly, a banana, maca root and camu. A teaspoon of raw organic camu powder has huge vitamin C... 1180% of the RDA!
2:28pm
Hot organic penne pasta. Fresh raw cherry tomatoes, chopped garlic, and lots of basil. Extra virgin olive oil, apple cider vinegar, sea salt and black pepper. Simple, fresh, delicious.
4:47pm
Snuck a snack... ;) A little piece of raw chocolate acai truffle bar. Good for body and soul!
5:49pm
Kelp and spirulina. Good green sea stuff.
6:17pm
Avocado with olive oil, hot sauce, herbamare salt and fresh basil. I smash it onto multigrain toast, soooo delicious!
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
June 28th
10:46am
A new student brought a bunch of coconuts, and I got a new coco-opening tool too... So easy to open and drink fresh, delicious cocos! Gosh I love life in the tropics... ;)
12:12pm
Soup, hummus, bread. The soup: red lentils, water, chopped green beans, fresh grated coconut meat, coconut milk, sea salt, red pepper flakes, ginger, turmeric, curry powder, coconut vinegar and fresh cilantro. The hummus: chickpeas, olive oil, sea salt, lemon juice, a fresh jalapeño and some parsley. The bread: fresh baked ciabatta from Kilauea Bakery.
6:13pm
Hawaiian spirulina. Good medicine :)
7:29pm
More soup, more bread, a little Earth Balance, a little hot sauce...
Monday, June 27, 2011
June 27th
7:23am
My cup of tea on the way to the shala...
9:37am
...and a beautiful altar when I get there. Good morning!
10:22am
Lilikoi. I love it!
I go for a walk around the land and pick some avos and a few cherries... the surinams are gone but there’s another tree in the back... I don’t know the name.
All the really red ones have bites!
1:58pm
Raw kale salad massaged with a little toasted sesame oil and nama shoyu, red pepper flakes, apple cider vinegar and lots of bean and lentil sprouts. Roasted potatoes and tempeh cubes with olive oil, sea salt, black pepper, garlic, onion, and lots of fresh raw dill. Toss it in a bowl... That's a simple, all organic, all delicious meal :-)
6:26pm
Organic kelp supplement... Natural protection from radiation.
6:27pm
And some B12 is always a good idea.
7:38pm
Dinner... Same as lunch!
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Sunday June 26th
11:34am
This morning after practice I grabbed a machete and chopped open a fresh coconut from my yard... First time I cracked one myself! Wow, tastes sooooooo good!!! :-)))
1:05pm
Post-practice pasta party! Avocado, sundried tomato, fresh lemon juice, olive oil, olives, red pepper flakes, sea salt and lots of fresh basil :)
6:34pm
Dinner is just a few bites of leftover pasta and a few sips of miso soup.
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