raw chocolate tart
nicky’s raw chocolate tart Base ½ cup of pistachios ½ cup of cashews 1 cup of unsweetened desiccated coconut or coconut flakes ½ cup of cacao nibs 1 tsp of vanilla powder ½ a large red chili (seeded is optional) a good pinch of Himalayan or Celtic salt 1 tbs of rice malt syrup or… Read more »
grounding
Thomas Dreier said: if we are ever to enjoy life, now is the time. Not tomorrow or next year. Today should always be our most wonderful day. And as much as we know that this is true, and that we should practice daily gratitude, it is a small minority that do. But to give thanks… Read more »
mindfulness
Jon Kabat-Zinn, a world authority on the use of mindfulness, says that it is: the art of conscious living It is about waking up and connecting with ourselves so that we can truly appreciate life from moment to moment. Mindfulness is a state of active, open attention on the present. When we are mindful we… Read more »
mealtimes
The father of medicine, Hippocrates’ said: let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food and really, have there been wiser words spoken. A simple, grounded, real philosophy that not many could argue against. Yet, centuries later, we have removed ourselves so far from this statement that we have made ourselves sick. The modern… Read more »
About Nicky
Founder and owner of green soul, Nicky is a sports & brand marketing career girl turned holistic health & wellness advocate. Struck down with Ross River Fever, that snow balled through to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia and a cocktail of auto-immune conditions, Nicky became her own guinea pig. For many years basic functions like breathing and blinking were near impossible, but through a mind, body, spirit approach, she fought to heal. Deeply connecting with all that her body responded to she now practices Bowen Therapy, is an Empath, Energy Worker, Kids Yoga Teacher, Meditator, Blogger, Writer, Self Taught Wholefoods Yogi and East meets West lover of Ayurveda and Qigong; she thanks her body everyday for the gift it gave her.
