Heart Centered Wellness & Nutrition

12/13/2025

12/13/2025

Regular meditation practice creates new pathways in our mind, ones that carry us home to the clarity, openness, and ease of presence.

12/13/2025

A brush pile may seem chaotic to us, but it's a wildlife haven! 🦊🐇

🌿 Rabbit dens: tunnels through branches
🌿 Wren towers: bird hideouts in twigs
🌿 Mouse pantries: seed stashes under leaves
🌿 Fox watchposts: warm resting spots at the base

Stacking branches creates unseen shelters that help countless animals thrive. 🌱✨

12/11/2025

12/11/2025

Kindness is a facet of the jewel of compassion. It is the desire to help that arises when we remember that we are connected with every living being we meet. Each person is precious, each person is fragile, each person matters.

12/07/2025

Chia Seed Crackers

Our last Magnificent Mints class (Monday) is going to be lots of fun.
Link: https://wisdomfeed.thrivecart.com/magnificent-mints/
We will go hands-on with remedies.
Make tasty treats.
Brew up medicinal condiments.
Recipes galore.

I have been creating a functional-food seed cracker.
Having fun looking at everyone else's seed cracker recipes.
They are so easy to make.
Everyone's doing it.

Many seed cracker recipes insist on raw seeds.
Problem.

All raw seeds contain anti-nutritional substances:
Like phytic acid/phytate, lectins, oxalates, goitrogens, and tannins.

Raw seeds are designed to counter your ability to use important nutrients.
Like iron (lack makes you tired)
Calcium (lack makes you anxious)
Zinc (lack impairs immune function)

Toast those seeds.
(I leave the chia untoasted so it will gel up.)

Here's my recipe.

Heat a cast iron pan, or stainless steel skillet.
Toss in a handful of seaweed.
I like nereocystis kelp, but any light seaweed will work.
Dulce is nice.
So is nori.
Toast until golden, stirring often.
Doesn't take long.

Let seaweed cool.

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Oil it well.
Turn on the oven to 325 degrees F.

Add a teaspoon of salt to the seaweed into the pan.
Use the back of a spoon to smash it into little pieces.

Turn fire on under pan again.

Add
¼ cup sunflower seeds
¼ cup pumpkin seeds
¼ cup sesame seeds
¼ cup ground flax seeds/flax meal

Toast, stirring constantly, until
A nutty aroma arises or
Until sesame seeds pop.
Not too long.
Pour 2 tablespoons olive oil
and 1 cup cold water into a bowl.
Add ½ cup chia seeds.
Mix well.
Add hot seeds.
Mix well.

Optional:
Add 2 tablespoons mushroom powder.
Lion's mane, relishi, or sh*taki taste good.
Chaga is bitter.

Optional:
Add 2 tablespoons coconut or cassava flour

Let sit for 5-10 minutes—but not longer.
Too long = stiff batter

Put mixture onto prepared baking sheet.
Place another piece of oiled parchment paper on top.
Using a spatula, a small bottle, and your hands,
Spread into a single, even layer.

Take your time.
Evenness is difficult to achieve.

Bake in a preheated oven for 50-55 minutes or until the edges turn light brown.
Remove from the oven and let cool.

Do not eat all the crackers at once.
They are so delicious, you'll be tempted.
Flax is laxative.
You'll regret it.

Enjoy.

I walk in beauty.
I breathe in a giveaway dance with the plants.
My heart beats as one with the heartbeat of the earth.
I am surrounded by green blessings.
I am filled with joy.
Gratitude

12/07/2025

12/07/2025

✨ 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐲 ✨
Join 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗚𝗹𝗮𝗱𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿 & 𝗘𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗥𝘂𝗳𝗳 on 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗗𝗲𝗰 𝟭𝟵 𝗮𝘁 𝟳 𝗣𝗠 𝗘𝗦𝗧 for a one-hour refuge of stillness on the final New Moon of 2025.

This isn’t another December task — it’s permission to pause.
To honor this year’s grief + joy, release what you’re ready to let go of, and welcome the returning light.

🌑 Herbal wisdom for winter
🕯 Gentle reflection + release
🌞 Intention-setting for the light’s return
📘 Includes replay + Winter Solstice workbook
💗 Love offering supports Sage Mountain’s Grief Care

Step into the longest night with intention, rest, and community.
❄️ 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀.
𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 & 𝘀𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲. ✨

https://register.moonmedicine.org/solstice/

12/07/2025

Self-compassion is entirely interdependent with acting responsibly and caringly toward others. Forgiving ourselves clears the way for a loving presence that can appreciate the goodness of others and respond to their hurts and needs. And, in turn, our way of relating to others affects how we regard ourselves and supports our ongoing self-forgiveness.

11/20/2025

11/20/2025

These fermented honey cranberries are a healthy, colorful, and delicious fermented recipe that is perfect for your holiday dinner.