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07/15/2025

🧘Detroit: Join Us for Yoga in the Garden Tonight! See our summer schedule of events HERE - https://mailchi.mp/iamnaturallyempowered/commune-10148137

07/14/2025

Join me tomorrow night for donation based yoga at from 6 to 7 PM. A truly lovely experience to do yoga in community while summer is in bloom.

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06/03/2025

Join us this Saturday June 7th from 12-2pm at for our first annual wellness fair! It’s FREE. Come discover some new local favorites!











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05/15/2025

More DIY

Sauerkraut/Fermented Veg

Sometimes making the purchase is easier timewise. Other times, knowing that we can do it ourselves is worth even more.

I love making sauerkraut because it’s as simple as using two ingredients which you may already have at home: cabbage and water. It’s up to you if you add other things in. I added carrots for this one.

Fermented veggies are beneficial due to their rich content of probiotics, which are beneficial bacteria for gut health. They also offer a wealth of nutrients and which can improve digestion & boost immunity.

What you need:
Salt
Veg
Wide mouth mason jar or fermenting crock
Optional: glass or stone weight

What do to:
-thinly slice or mandolin veggies
-to a bowl add your veggies and salt. For every pound of veggies, you will need 2 teaspoons of salt.
-Mix and then squeeze veggies to start to release the liquid. Let cover and sit & every 15 minutes for up to four hours repeat this process. (I lasted about an hour and just came back to it when I remembered to)
-Stuff the mixture into your crock or mason jar and push down until there is a half inch to an inch of liquid above your veggies. Leave a couple free inches at the top of the jar so as your veggies ferment, the liquid does not overflow.
-If you have a stone or glass weight, put it on top to make sure the veggies stay down
-Put the lid on but do not tighten all the way, so the fermenting gases can release from the jar.
-Store in a cool dark place. Check on it in a few days to see the fermentation process starting – bubbles on top of the liquid.
-It can be eaten in as short as a week of fermentation, but you can ferment up to three weeks. Sample it after a week.
-When fermentation is complete, enjoy! Fermented veggies can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for up to six months.

05/14/2025

HOMEMADE ALMOND🥛MILK

Trying to lean into DYI when possible. This almond milk comes out so creamy. It does take a bit of foresight as the longer you soak the almonds, the creamier the almond 🥛 is. I ended up soaking the almonds for 2 days but you can soak them for a few hours when you’re in a pinch.

To strain the mixture, I used a cloth coffee strainer...so if you don’t have a nut milk bag, you can get creative.

What you need:
-1 cup organic almonds & enough water to cover them in a mason jar or Pyrex
-2 cups water
-nut milk bag or something of that nature
OPTIONAL
-1 tsp vanilla
-7 drops of stevia extract (or any other sweetener to taste)
-a sprinkle of cinnamon

Directions
-soak almonds for at least a few hours up to 2 days in the fridge. Drain & rinse in cold water.
-put almonds and 2 cups of water in a high speed blender & blend until pulverized (about 1 minute)
-pour mixture into a nut milk bag (or whatever you’ve found) over a pitcher.
-once some of the liquid has drained, use a rubber spatula to push more of the liquid through. At this point you can begin to wring the rest of the almond milk through the bag until the almond meal looks like a dough. There should be at least 2 cups of almond milk. If there’s not, you have a bit more work to do.
-YOU HAVE ALMOND MILK! If you want to add the optional ingredients, put the almond meal aside, rinse the blender, add the almond milk back into the blender with the optional ingredients and quickly blend. You can add more water to stretch the recipe.

The almond meal can be used in smoothies, oatmeal, baking and more. It can definitely be frozen until used. I’m adding it to protein mug cakes.

05/01/2025

2 weeks ago, I took on a new part-time health coaching position via telehealth. Up until this point I truly did not realize how much I have taken my ability to move around throughout the day for granted.

One constant I see when talking to these clients from all over the country is that they have to get creative to get their movement in & in doing this new work, it has asked me to do the same.

Even if it’s five minutes here & five minutes there, the minutes add up. The less time we have, the more we are asked to use it wisely and make it count.

So the five minutes that we would spend scrolling on social media or the 10 minutes we would spend in bed after hitting the snooze button could be 35 to 70 minutes missed moving our bodies.

Being able to foresee the obstacles and have a plan to get around them is beyond helpful. Even more helpful is knowing our WHY. Why we want to get out of bed & put down our phones. What’s our motivation?

Sometimes we overthink it,, so the key is just to get moving. Whether it’s an impromptu family dance party, a quick walk or jog, some stretching or a set of crunches, know that even the smallest bits count & and there are so many ways to move our bodies free of charge.

What’s your favorite form of movement? And how do you fit it in? If you’re not moving, what are your ideas to fit something small in?

PS The most important exercise is the one you’ll do 🤗🤗🤗

04/18/2025

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04/11/2025

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04/10/2025

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03/28/2025

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03/24/2025

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