Mindfully Rooted Meals & Movement

08/05/2025

Yes to all of these 🌻☀️🐝🍃
🎨 Urban Moonshine

08/05/2025

When you want to change your life, you have to look around. You know the best way to learn something new is full immersion, right? So, take a look at your home. What exists there now that is going to immerse you in the way of living you desire? What can you bring to the space? You are the creator! Does your space inspire the atmosphere you want? The joy? Or not? Why? How can it? Atmosphere is the unnoticed factor most people don't pay attention to. Lighting, colors,scents, artwork, plants, books, magazines, fresh flowers, music. It all makes a difference.
Bring the beautiful into your home, into everything you do. Create a beautiful space to work, a snuggle space to read, put on your favorite music. Make everything you do beautiful, even the act of cooking and cleaning. Do it all in the most loving way possible. 💖
If you're changing your food, remember, it must have love and joy at the root. The same with movement for your body. That may feel unfamiliar if you're not used to it, but create an immersive space that encourages you daily, and soon it will become as natural as breathing.

08/05/2025

Cool off the plant-based way!

From fruit-packed smoothies to hydrating popsicles and chilled breakfasts, our Food for Life instructors have you covered with 11 refreshing recipes perfect for summer 🍓🍧

Explore the recipes here: https://www.pcrm.org/news/11-refreshing-recipes-help-you-beat-summer-heat

08/05/2025

An important lesson for how we are with ourselves first and foremost, and then with others, people and animals, even the food we make. 💖🙏🏻☯️🧘🏻‍♀️
https://www.facebook.com/100040925541248/posts/1537117294329107/

Letting Go of the Lesson Plan

We’re taught to show up with a plan.
With goals.
With structure.
That a good session has progression, clarity, and results.

But what if the most profound moments with horses don’t come from lesson plans, but from letting go of them?

What if connection doesn’t need a curriculum?

The Comfort of Structure
Lesson plans give us a sense of safety.
We know what’s coming next. We know what “success” looks like.
We can measure improvement, chart milestones, feel productive.

But horses don’t live in linear time the way we do.
They don’t care if we’re hitting our marks.
They care if we’re present.

And when we’re focused on what should happen next, we risk missing what’s happening right now.

The Subtle Violence of Agenda
Even a soft, kind plan becomes a pressure when we’re attached to it.

“I just want to work on walking calmly today.”
But what if the horse wants to run? Or rest? Or doesn’t want to engage at all?

“I thought we’d work on yielding to pressure.”
But what if they’re trying to tell us they’ve had enough pressure already?

When we show up with expectations, we may unintentionally override the horse’s signals in service of a “good session.”

What Happens When We Drop the Script?
When we step into the pasture or paddock without a plan, we begin to see the horse more clearly.

We notice the flick of an ear, the shift in breath, the weight of silence.
We become students of the moment, not masters of a method.

The horse becomes not a project, but a presence.

And suddenly, we’re not guiding them toward something.
We’re walking beside them into whatever this moment holds.

The Wisdom in Wandering
Sometimes, the most meaningful sessions look like “nothing.”

☁️ Standing in the shade while the wind stirs the grass.
☁️ Sitting nearby as the horse grazes, choosing nearness without pressure.
☁️ Following their movement with no need to direct it.
☁️ Breathing together, without a word spoken.

These moments don’t “advance” training.
They deepen trust.
They soften defenses.
They say: You don’t have to be anything other than who you are with me.

Let the Relationship Lead
This isn’t to say guidance is wrong.
But what if the relationship is the plan?
What if we measure success in moments of consent, curiosity, and connection—not in behaviors achieved?

The horse might offer something incredible when they’re not being asked to perform.
And so might we.

Letting go of the lesson plan isn’t giving up on learning.
It’s remembering that the deepest lessons rarely come from the page.
They come from presence, trust, and the courage to follow instead of lead.

08/05/2025

When you become clear on what matters most, you will start to notice other parts of you that desire something else, that will conflict with your efforts. Before successful change happens, it's important to reflect and become aware of all of your parts and how you as a whole function. If your parts are not on the same page, your efforts will fail. You always succeed in getting what you most deeply desire. Find out what that is. It may be rooted in your subconscious. Until you become aware, you will self-sabotage, find excuses, justifications, not retain information, and make up reasons why it can't be so for you. If that's where you are content to be, that's fine. If not, then mindfulness throughout every moment is the key. 🧘🏻‍♀️☯️🙏🏻💖

When you own your life, everything starts at the center point, with you.

When you make time to discover what’s most important to you, what values you live by, and what no longer works for you, your priorities become crystal clear.

What IS your priority these days?

(There can be more than one, and they do change.)

Is it:

-your health
-your presence/peace
-your relationships
-your creative expression
-your purpose
-living in alignment with who you are
-success as you define it
-your joy

Drop a 💜 if you are willing to consider the question.

What resonates with you today?

To Change your life, you need to change your priorities. .inc

08/05/2025

Good health isn’t just about living longer—it’s about living better. 💫 Functional, vibrant, and free from avoidable disease. There are better ways to live—and better ways to go.

08/05/2025

🤍

08/05/2025

🙏🏻☯️🧘🏻‍♀️

08/05/2025

Here is another good resource for recipe ideas: https://www.facebook.com/TheHappyPear

6 x bestselling cookbooks
80 x Plant based food products
2 x farms
Shop,cafe & bakery in Greystones

08/05/2025

1. You read the book, try the method, follow the steps; And still—crash. Why does this happen? Because the place from which you're operating matters more than the actions you're taking.

Continued in comments:

08/05/2025

The rise of ultra-processed food isn’t just about convenience—it’s about addiction by design.

These foods are engineered to light up your brain and keep you coming back for more. But over time, they hijack your taste buds, dull your cravings for real nourishment, and chip away at your health.

At first, a whole-food lifestyle might taste… underwhelming. But give it time. Your body knows how to remember. One of Dr. Mussallem’s patients *has* to have her nightly raw broccoli snack—yes, really.

Start small. Retrain your palate. Reclaim your health.

If you want to hear more from Dr. Dawn Mussalem, check out her lecture at this year's Virtual PLANTSTOCK!

https://plantstrong.com/pages/plantstock

08/05/2025

💥 From Rock Bottom to Ironman

When Tim Kaufman was told he had just months to live, he made a choice that changed everything. His journey wasn’t perfect—but it was powerful.

"I was going to die, and it would be in a matter of months, not years. My doctor knew it—and so did I. So, what saved my life? I stopped eating processed junk and started eating whole plant foods. It was that simple. But in the years that passed, I learned that simple doesn't always mean easy.

I’m not an expert, and I’m far from perfect, but here are a few things I’ve learned on my way to losing 200 pounds, getting off more than 20 prescription medications, and going from nearly immobile to crossing the finish line of an Ironman triathlon."

🌱 Let Tim’s story be your reminder: It’s never too late to start, and small changes can lead to extraordinary transformation.