I was given a jar of gomashio as a gift and marvel at its taste and simplicity, very Japanese. The condiment dates back to 17th century Japan and popularised in macrobiotic cooking. It’s made by grinding toasted sesame seeds with salt in a ratio of 10 to 1 in a traditional ‘suribachi”, which is the […]
I love pickles and fermented foods and made kombucha when sharing scobies was all the craze in the 1990’s. Beet Kvass is my favourite drink now. Even though it’s made from beetroot that is high in starch and sugar, all the sugar is used up in the fermentation process, compared to kombucha which has typically more than
This is the last in a series, WomanKind on reclaiming the feminine. A Dreaming Poem Do you ever feel like you exist between two worlds. This living and waking world and the world of dreams and visions? An origin story invited in by my sub conscious, like this one affirms my Piscean nature. Deeper and
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This is the ninth in a series, WomanKind on reclaiming the feminine. “author” from the Latin word auctus, which translates literally to ‘one who causes to grow.’ The story begins around the age of 50, it could be an alter-tale for many women. It goes something like this. Woman wakes from a recurring dream, one
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With every cut of the surgeon’s knife and the smell of cauterised burning flesh I’m taken deeper into the pain and grief of my mother and sisters cancers. I find the pain anchors me to them; I am part of the sisterhood of suffering, with our connected origin story. The surgeon is cutting the little
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Tell me what woman does not feel like running away? Away from children, partner, parents, job, even if it’s just for a fleeting moment. Especially, if like me you regularly get inundated by life and the waves of emotions. When this feeling becomes intense, my suggestion is to not ignore it, even if on the
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Radical Self-Devotion – Care and keeping of you It is nearing the end of 2020. Mind goes to all the things I “coulda, shoulda, woulda” done this year. My body thanks me for stopping, resting, caring and creating more space in my life, more freedom. My mind still the dominant talker agrees wholeheartedly. In this
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This is the eighth in a series, WomanKind on reclaiming the feminine. The body heals when I feel. Where does the pain reside, what does it need, what is love wanting to say to this place of discomfort, contraction, pain? How is the body teaching me to receive it? It’s a unique voice in all
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This is the seventh in a series, WomanKind, on reclaiming the feminine. The moment of bewilderment when I wake up from the trance. How did I get here? Where did I go wrong? How could I be so naive? I thought I knew my body. I’m 47 and unknowingly in my last bleeding year, earlier
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This is the sixth in the series, WomanKind, on reclaiming the feminine. Does the question, “What is your relationship with feminine power?” make you feel uncomfortable, ambivalent, angry, excited? When feminine + power exists in the same sentence, I’ve had to look at all the ways I’ve personally set down my power, consciously and unconsciously
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