Bruno Duval

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My name is Bruno, a chef from France. Four years ago I realized that I needed a big change in my life. I was working in a huge restaurant kitchen and did not have a healthy life style. I was not happy in my job and was feeling stressed and emotional.

Fortunately, I had the opportunity to travel in Australia and Norway working as a chef in yoga centers and was introduced to the Ancient holistic medicine of Ayurveda.

I took the radical decision to explore more deeply the ideas of personal balance and harmony and travelled to North and South India to learn the philosophy of Ayurveda through massage, nutrition, and practice yoga and meditation.

During this year of Ayurvedic investigation in India, I realized the impact of the importance of nature around and inside us and how to observe the manifestations of the five elements. I began to understand myself, my emotions and my body.
The importance of daily routine, regular massages, and organising my diet according to season and body type were the keys to create balance and happy life.

The path of deeper spirituality, involves observing, loving and knowing yourself - and it’s a continuing journey.

This is why I fell in love with Ayurveda - it combines everything I love to do - massage – cooking – healing - and helping others.

In the last two years I have given seven workshops on Ayurvedic cooking and massage and more than six-hundred hours of massage in India, France and Norway using my own medicinal herbal oils.
Today I want to share more by organizing Ayurvedic massage workshop for couple who want to go deeper in their relationship.

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Ayurvedic cooking workshop June 2019

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Massage video in India

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🥘The 6 Ayurvedic tastes🥘

Ayurveda shows us the importance of the six tastes in balance in our plate: Sweet-Salty-Sour-Bitter-Pungent-Astringent.

👉They all play a role in our body and mind and we should pain attention to each of them to manage our best our doshas-our body constitution (You want to know your Doshas? click here and you will received your Ayurvedic test) Each taste has an emotions and can have a positive and a negative effect, see the post TASTE/EMOTION.

👉Food is an essential requirement in life and one can attain good health by following a proper, natural diet. Most health problems develop due to the wrong eating habit and cooking methods.

👉Ayurveda is based on the belief that nothing is right for everyone and everything is right for someone. This belief comes from an understanding that each of us is unique. Each person reacts to the world in different ways. If we are all different, why would we even consider the idea that there must be one program of nutrition that is best for everyone?

👉Ayurvedic nutrition is based on individual needs and there is no need to guess which foods and supplements are appropriate for an individual, Ayurveda provides a definite path and protocol to assess what food is recommended for an individual both in healthy and diseased condition diet.

🌻The diet is decided not only to improve physical health but Benefits of Ayurvedic nutrition is also seen in our mental and emotional well-being. In other words, the Ayurveda encourage you to be an active participant in your own journey toward healing🌻

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Ayurvedic cooking workshop in March 2019

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⭐Sweet taste⭐

🌺In Ayurveda each of the tastes can have a subtle emotional or mental effect on our awareness, as well as a physical one

👉In balance, a small amount sweet can promote a felling of love and well-being, a sense of satisfaction, joy and sharing. Sweet taste has a calming effect to your nervous system (We often say: “aah sweet!!!!”) in moderation of course (smile) it can be most satisfying, stimulating growth and grounding.

👉In excess, it can induce inertia, lazyness, attachment and possessiveness. Sweet taste’s effects in the digestion tends to be heavy and moist in our body, this is why by excess we can feel heavy and lazy and aggravate your Kapha dosha.

👉Try to prioritize grains who are sweet and natural sugar in fruits than candies or bad pastries and sugar who will increase the moisture in our body and put you to sleep.

😊Have a sweet day and feeling🙏

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🌻SUMMER Recipe🌻

For 4 persons-time 30min

🍽️Cauliflower steak with pea puree and herby quinoa🍽️

For the marinade, mix a small bowl:

1/2 cup of soya sauce, 1 Tea spoon of smoked Paprika - of cumin powder - of coriander powder - of oregano and 1 table spoon of brown sugar, mix until the sugar is diluted.

Wash your quinoa 2 cups then add cold water 4,5 cups with salt, 3 bay leafs and 1 star anise, boiled it for 15-20min with the led on medium fire.

Let is cold and add the vinaigrette: 1 table spoon of tahini-1/2 olive oil- 2 lime juice- salt-pepper and 2 cup of fresh mint and one of fresh coriander.

Boiled your fresh 400g small peas with salt, drain and add a bit coconut cream to make it unctuous and creamy.

Cut the cauliflower in big 4-5 slices 2-3cm from the top to the bottom of the cauliflower then put it in hot water for 3min, drain and put on a hot pan and grill both size with sunflower oil or coconut oil and the marinade.

Plate all the ingredients, take few deep breathes, relax and chew well.

Bon appetit!!!!

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🔷The practice of pressure points for massage and acupuncture are now very popular. In Ayurveda, the traditional medicine of India, these pressure points are called Marmas, meaning 'vulnerable' or 'sensitive' zones🔷

👉Just as acupuncture points are used in both Chinese medicine and in Chinese martial arts, marma points are also used in the martial arts of India, like the Kalari tradition of South India. Martial arts emphasize how to strike these vulnerable points with force and precision in order to counter attackers.

👉Marma therapy can be used specifically for the diagnosis and treatment of disease or generally for promoting health and longevity.

👉The massage consist to unlock by acupressure the 107 Marmas points that we have all over the body. In Ayurveda they call them the vital energy points of the body.

👉We use the thumb, elbow and arms to make the energy flow again and release tension, blockage, old traumas stuck in the body. Marma therapy massage is perfect for fixing and make clean the energy (Prana) of the body.

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The first Ayurvedic cooking class workshop for new year 2017 at...with ...a big thanks to...to have given me the opportunity to start my project and grow around amazing people.

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💠Aromatherapy is an alternative form of holistic therapy that uses essential oils to help improve and balance you both emotionally and physically.💠

🌺Essentials oils are the highly concentrated version of the natural oils in plants, shrubs and trees, extracted from many different parts, including the roots, leaves, stems, flowers, fruit and bark🌺

👉Essential oils have been used throughout history in many cultures for their medicinal and history and therapeutic benefits on different levels-physical, psychological and spiritual. Essential oils treat the whole being and can be use for a specific disorders.

👉Regular use of aromatherapy is a gentle and effective way of maintaining good health. It can instil a good attitude towards life. It triggers latent feelings at a deep level within us. By using essentials oils in different ways, the body can function more efficiently and the effects of stress and strain are alleviated.

👉Ayurvedic massage with essentials oil is one of the most effective and beneficial treatment techniques. It constituents pass through the skin, are taken into the bloodstream and can be carried to all the cells of the body. Pure essential oils are much more concentrated than than the whole plant, which is why it is recommended to try the day before on a small part of your arm to see how your skin react at any allergies. You need to dilute essential oils with carrier oils before applying them to the skin. There are many great carrier oils to choose from, such as grape seed, avocado, sweet almond, wheat germs, hemps seed, apricot and olive.

👉All oils work well externally. Dilute all oils in carrier oil (base oil) to be on the safer side. (unless otherwise specified). When massaging with the oil blend, take no more that 3 drops in a tea spoon of base oil (ex: 1 tea spoon of olive oil for 3 drops of ginger essential oil).

⚠️Do not take essentials oils internally or with expert advice as a doctor. Avoid contact with the eyes, if eyes burn, apply base oil no water. Never use essential oils in the first 3 months of pregnancy. Avoid contact with mucus membranes (unless otherwise specified) Do not stop medical treatment for self-medication. Always wash your hands carefully after the use of essential oils. If you don’t know how and what to use, ask a professional.

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👉Lavender real essential oil regenerates the skin and heals disorders such as acne, eczema, stretch marks and ulcers. It deal with scar, cutaneous or allergic infectious skin problems, burns and insect bites.

👉It also soothes pain and attenuates cramps and muscular spams. Lavender is a general and pulmonary antiseptic; is calming, sedative and anti-depressant and work well with all nervous disorders, emotional instability as well as hypertension and tachycardia. It helps to relax the back when diluted with olive oil for massage.

👉Cautions: Avoid in the first 3 months of pregnancy. In case of wounds and burns, this oil works well with Cistus essential oil for cicatrisation.

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Situated in the Center of the palm, facing the root of the middle finger (Center of the palmar surface of the hand)

👉Why massaging this point?

It is an important point for energy circulation for the entire body that is helpful for all around health and balance. Controls respiratory system, heart, lungs and their lubrication. It can regulate and balance the energy of your body.

👉How to do massage on this point?

Using a strong circular acupressure motion for about five minutes or until the energy in the hand is released with your thumb. You can do clock way to energize and opposite to detox the point. This is also a good marma for opening up the healing energy of the hands. It is often a sore point in most people, so be gentle as the beginning and rise the pressure slowly to released as the maximum.

👉What oil can be use?

You can use olive oil or almond oil who has a lightly warm quality for massage. Use spicy aromatic oils like eucalyptus or camphor for clearing the respiratory system. For the Prana energy’s circulation and to energize the hand use eucalyptus or cinnamon essentials oil. for stimulating the heart, you can use, aromatic oils like cinnamon, cardamom, saffron and ginger. For the two hands 1tea spoon of oil for 2 drops of essential oil. (read the article on Aromatherapy).

🤲Hand are give and received energies, you can help, heal, release and give great energy to other if you activate this point. Also Once the palms feel warm, they can be placed on other marmas for healing purposes, including over the eyes for calming Pitta or over the ears to calm Vata.