NATURAL PRODUCTS: Booties
It’s not often that I mention baby things lately, I guess because I’m so immersed in the world of a toddler, but I know that lots of you have little bubbas, or are expecting, and so I just had to share my find of these beautiful booties with you.
I’m guessing most of you will have seen the much-talked-about Times Magazine cover with a sexy-looking mother, Jamie-Lynne Grumet, breastfeeding her 3-year-old son. It’s caused a massive stir worldwide, mostly amongst mothers, and it makes me sad.
LOVING IT: Evie’s Kitchen
Seeing as though there have been lots of mentions of raw food on my blog lately, I thought I’d share with you a book that I recently learned about from Candice (who wrote last week’s Raw Story). I then actually heard about it a few days later from another friend, and I have a rule that whenever I hear about a book twice, from separate sources, I’m “meant” to read it. Whilst I don’t have my copy yet, I thought I’d tell you all about it, in case you’re interested too. For starters, it’s called Evie’s Kitchen. read more…
Today’s recipe is another from Rawlicious. I’ll be honest, I was a little skeptical about eating a raw curry, I thought that frying the spices was the only way that the flavours are released, but I’m pleased to say that I was totally wrong! As soon as I began to blend all the ingredients together, I could smell the aromatic spices right away. And I was skeptical about the “rice” too. Again, totally delicious. I really liked how the “crunch” from the rice gave the meal some texture.
NATURAL PRODUCTS: Green.Kid Bottles
Take a look at these fabulous stainless steel bottles, recently launched by parent-team, Green.Kid. Annelize, Jackie and Shannon wanted to find a solution to the problems, which so many of us know about, in using plastic bottles.
Before I show you the sequences to follow whilst pregnant, I thought it’s best to show you the ones that are not safe to practice according to Iyengar Yoga for Motherhood. They’re most commonly known as Closed Twists, extreme Forward Bends and Backward Bends. The reason why these are no-no’s is because they all have a lifting or wringing action which can thin the inner lining of the uterus.
Here are the specific poses which can be a threat to your embryo.
It’s quite a strange idea that getting space, creates a stronger connection, but somehow it worked for me. What I’m referring to is my connection with Lily. I wrote a post a while ago where I had a little breakdown about feeling disconnected from so many people in my life. What I’ve realised since then is that it’s easy to maintain some sort of connection with people who you care about, but it’s a deep, true, real connection that isn’t easy to maintain. Those are the ones that take work, effort and discipline.
But then going back to getting space, what I’m also finding is that besides purely putting in extra effort, since Lily’s started going to school, I’ve had a natural urge to deepen the connection, to want to spend more time with her, QUALITY time with her. read more…
GUEST POST: A Raw Story
One of my lovely friends from Cape Town has offered to share her little family’s raw food journey with all of you. Thank you so much, Candice :)
Matt, Lila and I have adopted the raw lifestyle and it has been the most special and oh-so-very-raw journey. Matt lost 9 kilo’s in 6 weeks without trying to (we had been eating chocolate brownie, ice-cream, cake, etc at 11ish at night) and Lila’s hair and nails grew radically 2 weeks into it. Matt and I also noticed after a few weeks that we almost felt “high”; we just felt so amazing and so connected to everything, especially to one another.
I finally bought the Rawlicious recipe book! I’m making more and more effort to incorporate raw food into our daily lives. I plan to share with you a few of my favourite meals from their book, hoping to entice you to follow their way of eating too! This first salad is super quick and easy, and really, really tasty.
NATURAL PRODUCT: Bamboo Toothbrush
My whole little family are loving our new Environmental toothbrushes. They’re 100% biodegradable, as is all of the packaging that they come in.
