GROUP#2: FOOD IS MEDICINE ...EATING IS RITUAL

Food is Medicine

Eating is Ritual

Group #2...Mondays

SPRING INTO SUMMER WITH A NEW MIND AND BODY:

The workshops below are a step by step program best taken in full (although not required ) so as to truly create the proper conditions within the body and mind to attain higher levels of well-being, vitality, radiance, and longevity.  What is learned here is crucial to healing health conditions, illnesses, and injuries as well as truly breaking free from old mental and behavioral patterns that have not served you, others, nor the world at large.  

***There are two weeks between sessions to align your diet and lifestyle according to what is discussed.  This will facilitate steady progress and build community support***

Workshop/Step #1:  

Purifying your diet and gradual detoxification

Monday

May 26,  2014

5pm - 7:30pm

$30

(inc.  tea, talk, asanas, meditation & mexican lettuce veggie cups w/ avocado pico de gallo, shredded zucchini & a squeeze of lime)

Workshop/Step #2: 

Cleansing and strengthening liver function

Monday

 June 9, 2014 

5pm - 7:30pm

  $30 

 (inc.  tea, talk, asanas, meditation, &

 dark greens & beet salad 

w/ sweet garlic/cilantro dressing & onion)

Workshop/Step #3: 

Healing, rebuilding, and improving digestion

Monday

June 23, 2014 

5pm - 7:30pm 

$30 

(inc. tea, talk, asanas, meditation & 

Indian dahl soup w/ carrot)

Workshop/Step #4: 

 Maximizing nutrient absorption & elimination 

Monday

July 14, 2014 

5pm - 7:30pm  

$30 

(inc.  tea, talk, asanas, meditation &

 miso, quinoa steamed veggie roll w/

 namo shoyu & kim chee)

Workshop/Step #5: 

Strengthening the immune system, decreasing inflammation & balancing hormones for proper metabolism in the body 

Monday

July 28, 2014 

5pm - 7:30pm 

$30 

(inc. tea, talk, asanas, meditation &

thai green curry)

Workshop/Step #6: 

Optimal nutrition & remineralization of the body: super foods to the max! 

Monday

August 11, 2014 

5pm - 7:30pm 

$30 

(raw juices, smoothies, purees, asanas, meditation)

Register NOW

Space is limited:

Prema Devii "Trish"

E-RYT500, M.A

808-269-2638

trishteaches@gmail.com

hatarajyogacenter.com

Food is Medicine Eating is Ritual: Kitcheree Recipe and update

Food is Medicine

Eating is Ritual

As we have learned, some of the main culprits that wreak havoc on our health are: all processed and refined foods, artificial and unnatural additives, toxins in our environment and products, white sugar, bad food combining, bad digestive habits, excessive use of stimulants, unnecessary or overprescribed pharmaceutical drugs, and lack or loss of intake of vital nutrients.  In the ayurvedic system of health which is the sister science of yoga, toxins or "ama" are the main cause of disease.  If not properly eliminated, they get recirculated in the body and/or lodged as fat deposits. The toxicity of these culprits manifests as arthritis, chronic inflammation, allergies, gastrointestinal issues, depression,  insomnia, hormonal dysfunction/imbalances etc..., the list goes on.  So, detoxing and purifying our diet, making sure we eat whole, nourishing and healing foods, and taking steps to insure optimal digestion (intake of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, good fats, fiber, hydration) as well as  timely elimination is key.  This is the core understanding of this workshop.

Last, we are learning how to relate to food by tuning into what we eat and why.  Understanding what our body needs at any point in time and choosing foods, spices, herbs, and medicine to achieve a more full and whole profile of nutrients.  Only with this empowered, mindful, and attentive approach can we truly attain our potential not just in body but, also in mind and spirit for what we put into our mouths and how we live serves as the foundation for higher levels of consciousness.  Eat more crudifying and acid forming foods and living a life of constant stress and pressure to go, go, go, you must ask yourself what quality of life would be attained?; what would be the quality of your thinking process and behavior?  Eat more whole, organic, pure foods that hold essential nutrients and healing properties that alkaline, balance, and harmonize the body/mind, living a life of ease and cultivating contentedness and ask how that would feel and look like.  How can you see yourself and your life changed?  

My goal with these workshops is to help you be empowered and feel healthy in body and mind!  This means vitality in your internal organs, radiance in you smile, longevity in your lifespan, and well-being in your heart such that life becomes so full of spirited life force that abundance and service just flows.  Empowered in right intention, thoughts, words, and actions, what better place to start, then the very food we choose to eat and how we eat!  We are going right to the source...learning to take better care of THIS BODY, THIS MIND, THIS LIFE right now!

Some recipes of the dishes we had that demonstrate some key concepts we discussed:

 KITCHEREE (left)

*A nice way to start detoxing by going on a mono-diet.  This is 3-5 day fast eating just kitcheree which in ayurveda helps detox the body and heal digestion.  

1-Soak 2 cups split red lentils for at least .5 hours

2-Wash 1 cup basmati brown rice at least 3x 

3-Add lentils and rice in a pot filling w/ purified water 2" above (add more as needed) bringing this to a boil for 7 minutes then cover and simmer for 20min

4-In sauce pan sautee in coconut oil: mustard seeds, cumin, corieander, fennel bulb, tumeric, ginger, garlic, onion, clove, cardamom, and cinnamon until mustard seeds start to pop...then add chopped cauliflower and carrot until tender

4-Add the sautee to the lentils and rice and stir well on low heat 

5-Turn off when everything is a soft, thick consistency

6-Add celtic sea salt to your liking and serve w/ cilantro and fresh squeeze of lemon on top

-stay tuned to my blog for recipe for:

 Shitake vegetable lettuce cups 

with asian slaw (right)

*Reminder to my Saturday Group:

You are doing castor packs, abdominal massage, and trying the mono-diet of kitcheree for 1-5 days...3-5 is recommended :))  Keep up with the changes you are making moving more and more into healthier options, substitutes, and ways of living!  Fourth step will resume to Mondays starting in June...I will e-mail to bring us together!

Namaste,

Prem Devii 

(E-RYT 500, Thai Posturer, M.A. Education)

808-269-2638

hatarajyogacenter.com

(see details for full workshop at my website above)

trishteaches@gmail.com

SPRING INTO SUMMER WITH A NEW MIND AND BODY!!!!

Food is Medicine

Eating is Ritual

SPRING INTO SUMMER WITH A NEW MIND AND BODY:

After our yogic discussions on how the universe came into being through pure consciousness, it is time to put into practice a new way of relating to food, our body, and our mind such that we feel the greatness of that pure, conscious, awareness breaking free.  It is the quality and flow of prana (life force) that we are improving by focusing on how best to detox, heal, and nourish ourselves from the inside out.  

The workshops below are a step by step program best taken in full (although not required ) so as to truly create the proper conditions within the body and mind to attain higher levels of well-being, vitality, radiance, and longevity.  What is learned here is crucial to healing health conditions, illnesses, and injuries as well as truly breaking free from old mental and behavioral patterns that have not served you, others, nor the world at large.  

(***There are two weeks between sessions to align your diet and lifestyle according to what is discussed so as to facilitate steady progress and build community support...)

Offered now:
 Food is Medicine & Eating is Ritual
mini-workshops: 

 

Workshop/Step #1:  
Purifying your diet and gradual detoxification
Saturday
April 19,  2014
5pm - 7:30pm
$30
(inc.  tea, talk, asanas, meditation & 
 asian vegetable & brown rice 
lettuce cups w/ ginger sesame sauce)



Workshop/Step #2: 
Cleansing and strengthening liver function
Saturday
 May 3, 2014 
5pm - 7:30pm
  $30 
 (inc.  tea, talk, asanas, meditation, &
 dark greens & beet salad 
w/ sweet garlic/parsley dressing & onion)

Workshop/Step #3: 
Healing, rebuilding, and improving digestion
Saturday 
May 17, 2014 
5pm - 7:30pm 

$30 

(inc.  tea, talk, asanas, meditation &

 miso, quinoa steamed veggie chard roll w/

 namo shoyu & kim chee)

Workshop/Step #4: 

 Maximizing nutrient absorption & elimination 

Saturday

May 31, 2014 

5pm - 7:30pm  

$30 

(inc. tea, talk, asanas, meditation & 

Indian dahl soup w/ carrot)

Workshop/Step #5: 
Strengthening the immune system, decreasing inflammation & balancing hormones for proper metabolism in the body 
Saturday
June 14, 2014 
5pm - 7:30pm 
$30 

(inc. tea, talk, asanas, meditation &
thai green curry)

Workshop/Step #6: 

Optimal nutrition & remineralization of the body: super foods to the max! 

Saturday

June 28, 2014 

5pm - 7:30pm 

$30 

(raw juices & smoothies)

Register NOW
Space is limited:

Prema Devii "Trish"
808-269-2638
trishteaches@gmail.com

The creation of the universe, our relation to food, and raising consciousness

The creation of the universe, our relationship to food, and the raising of consciousness...

Join us as we start our 2014 meditations to initiate the spring season.  As spring is a time for re-birth, for transformation, it is only fitting that we return to our previous discussion on the birth of the universe and how it relates to the way we take care of ourselves...what we feed our body and how we develop our minds! 

Reflect on the quality of how you are feeling in your life and how you are living it.   Are you living a life that allows for deeper resonance with the universe, with nature...its cycles, rhythms, and healing power?  Are you aligning your thoughts, words, and actions with IT?  If so, you may be experiencing greater synchronicity, harmony, joy, wonder, balance, and inner peace.  You may feel energized, inspired, your skin aglow, strong in health and resilience, able to endure, stay on track, and attain higher aspirations.  If not, you may be experiencing greater discord, struggle, sadness, rigidity, and disconnection.  You may feel fatigued, unmotivated, pale or discolored, vulnerable and prone to illness and injury, distracted, unfocused, and/or settling for less feeling stuck.  

The very universe without is the very universe within and if you are feeling more of the later, it is crucial to look at those areas that are not in accord with nature herself.  The consort of the universe is nature herself so lets look at natures laws and witness the very elements of the universe within her.

The seed in spring is governed by proper timing, proper conditions in the soil, and proper watering.  The sprout is governed by proper sunlight and nutrients.  The plant is governed by proper circulation of air and sufficient space.  Within nature we witness the fundamental building blocks of the universe.  Like a plant, so too are we.  We are of earth, water, light, air, and space...we are the universe within and all of these things determine our health, our ability to resist disease, to heal and rejuvenate, and to bare fruit which is our awareness, our presence...our consciousness.  The sweetness and fullness of our consciousness, of our life, is directly cultivated by our practice .

Yoga and ayurveda are systems that are based on applying these very principals, to the cultivation and development of our body and mind.  

From this understanding yoga and ayurveda have much to offer a world that in its technological advancements in the material world, has all too long distracted or taken people away from, the natural and intuitive knowledge that lies within.  Too much unconcentrated fragmentation on what lies outside us. 

So, when we engage in our practice with full awareness of the laws governing the universe and apply those laws in what and how we eat, maintain our bodies, and develop our minds, living becomes a sacred, artistic stream of actions.  Our body becomes the temple, our mind the altar, and our consciousness divine.    

Join us as we talk about the creation of the universe, developing a healthy, spiritual relationship to food, our bodies, and minds, and taking our lives to a higher level of awareness!!!!

Saturday

March 15th, 2014

5:00-7:15 pm

$10
 *5-5:45 pm ..........tea, gayatri mantra & talk

 *5:50- 6:20 pm.... asanas/postures 
*6:25 -6:50 pm ......OM meditation
*6:55-7:15 pm ... organic chard veggie roll

Om to remembering together, the power in our lives...one thought, word, and action at a time...

_/\_

Namaskar

Prema Devii

(E-500 RYT, M.A. Eduction)

Register:

trishteaches@gmail.com

808-269-2638

Food is Medicine...Eating is Ritual (WORKSHOP SERIES)

Food is Medicine

Eating is Ritual

In each workshop you will:  
(offered individually or as a series)

*Learn how to relate to, prepare, and eat food nutritionally from ayurvedic, taoist, and modern approaches!
-samples & recipes of inspiring, tasty, organic raw juices, smoothies, meals, & snacks included to showcase what to eat/drink for breakfast, lunch, dinner, & snacks (80% vegan & gluten-free)
-showcasing optimal live, raw & cooked organic foods, superfoods, medicinals, herbs, teas, and healing supplements 
-each person learns their unique constitution and how to eat according to it as well as the seasons to keep in balance with the elements

*Purify and nourish the body, mind, and spirit 
properly, from the inside out w/ structural guidance and method, communal support, & yoga!
-information & techniques will be deepened through yoga instruction 
and workbook (included) 
-the yoga helps to detoxify as well as deliver nutrient rich fluids to deprived areas of the body and mind

*Attain vibrant health, healing, fitness, & conscious development through empowered understanding, insights, and meditation!
-two weeks are given to put into practice the delicious and motivating changes 
in diet and lifestyle for each step
-your commitment to taking each step and putting it into practice is essential so we will be strengthening will and focus through key yogic techniques

Workshop/Step #1:  
Purifying your diet and gradual detoxification
Saturday
January 11th,  2014
10am - 3pm
$108

Workshop/Step #2: 
Cleansing and strengthening liver function
Saturday
 January 25th, 2014
10am - 3pm
$108

Workshop/Step #3: 
Healing, rebuilding, and improving digestion
Saturday 
February 8th, 2014 
10am - 3pm 
$108

Workshop/Step #4: 
 Maximizing nutrient absorption & elimination 
Saturday
February 22nd, 2014 
10am - 3pm 
$108

Workshop/Step #5: 
Strengthening the immune system, decreasing inflammation & balancing hormones for proper metabolism in the body 
Saturday
March 1st, 2014 
10am - 3pm 
$108

SPRING CELEBRATION POTLUCK

sharing of recipes, stories, food ceremony, closing thoughts & reflections celebration, sunset yoga & meditation... 

MARCH 20TH
12 noon-sunset
(outdoor location to be announced)


"...you are what you eat and you live according to how you think..."

Register w/ Prema Devii "Trish"
(500 RYT, M.A. Education)
trishteaches@gmail.com
808-269-2638

Winter Solstice Meditation & yogic talk on the creation of the universe!

                                                                  

                                                                                                                                                                                        Photo by Prema Devii

Winter Solstice Meditation & 

Yogic talk of the creation of the universe

We are in a countdown of ever darkening days till the winter solstice December 21st, 2013!  A time of the darkest dark to the brink of increasing light.  It provides an opportunity to delve into our deepest lessons, reflections, and realizations about ourselves, our lives, our inner journey of the soul without attachment or criticism.  To really feel and integrate the changes both obvious and subtle so they truly become part of us.  It is a time to go within and nurture those aspects of ourselves that we have denied, ignored, or neglected as well as to embrace those aspects we have accepted, attended to, or cared  for and to ground it all into our being without regret but with resolve.  This is a closing of our annual trek around our solar birth star and likewise our own individual orbit around our soul.  As the solstice unravels with increasing light,  every step is out of the old and into the new and the only way to be renewed, is to know from what depth we have come...May the darkest dark bring that depth, for no matter how we think, it is from the dark depth that we know the highest light...

The Evening:

-Gayatri Mantra 13x

-Prema's talk about the creation of the universe...

a yogic perspective

-Yogic grounding and integrative practices

-25 min meditation (10 min guided)

-Savory root vegetable soup

-Community building: reflections & sharing

Saturday, Dec. 14th, 2013

Hataraj Yoga Center 

(Prema's Studio)
6pm-7:30pm

$10

Confirm your spot:

Prema Devii

trishteaches@gmail.com

808-269-2638