Infusing Food with Love and Healing

stiring the kitchari

Last week my dear friend Kate gave birth to a beautiful baby girl.  As her due date approached, the women in our soul-sister community organized ourselves to prepare meals for her and her husband and son.   What do you think I chose to prepare?  Kitchari,  of course!  Not only is kitchari one of the most [...]

Bali Secret #4: Magical, Healing Comfort food

Kitchari in Bali

I’ve been SO EXCITED to share this Bali “secret” with you! This “secret” is the uber-delicious, savory and sweet, spicy yet gentle, Indian comfort food that kept me nourished…morning, noon and night…while I was studying in the jungles of Bali.  And for all of you who emailed me last week asking how to use your [...]

Bali Secret #3: Liquid Gold

Dr Deb making Ghee

Are you ready for “secret” #3? Here it is: Ghee. Liquid Gold. While I was in Bali I followed a cleansing Ayurvedic diet – with Ghee at every meal. We even learned how to make medicinal Ghee infused with herbs to be used not only in the diet, but also as a topical treatment. Ghee [...]

Bali Secret #2: Plugging Energy Leaks

Bali

Before you say to yourself, “Yeah, yeah…plugging energy leaks is important.  That’s no secret.”  Let me share one thing with you.  When I was preparing to spend 6 weeks in the jungles of Bali to study a synergistic approach to Tantra, Yoga and Ayurveda, our teacher gave us one assignment.  It was to plug all [...]

4 steps to get back on track

Deb

Have you tried the 9-minute morning routine (see link below) I sent earlier this week?  It’s just one of the many things I did while studying in Bali that led to me feeling energized, peaceful, focused…and thin. Thin? Yep – when I was in Bali I lost 23 pounds of stress weight (I’m the kind [...]