Archive for July, 2011

Diary of a 7-Day Water Fast – Part 2

July 20, 2011 ( Categories Nutrition, Philosophy | Tags: , )

Here is part 2 of 3 installments covering Palasis’ recent water fast. You can read part 1 here. As a nutritionist and soon to be dietitian, I do not endorse such extreme measures to be undertaken in today’s western body and environment, unless the individual has a deep understanding of the risks and methods involved [...]


Intuitive Eating

July 17, 2011 ( Categories Nutrition | Tags: , , , , , , , )

The perfect diet In an ideal world, there would be no need for someone to tell us what and how to eat. Like animals in the wild, prehistoric humans, and some modern yogis, dancers and athletes who are very in touch with their bodies, we would naturally be drawn to eating a vibrant, delicious, satisfying [...]


The 8 Limbs of Yoga

July 7, 2011 ( Categories Community, Philosophy | Tags: , , , , , )

The practice of yoga is an art and science dedicated to creating union between body, mind and spirit. Its objective is to assist us in using the breath and body to foster an awareness of ourselves as individualised beings intimately connected to the unified whole of creation. This art of living was perfected and practiced [...]


1-Day Weekend Detox Retreats – Currumbin Valley

July 6, 2011 ( Categories Community, Messages, Nutrition, Yoga | Tags: , , , , , , , )

Tap into a well of inner strength and vibrancy after a one-day mini yoga and soul-food retreat in the Gold Coast Hinterlands, wellness retreat hub. For the first time, Green Smoothie Yoga is able to fuse our passions for food and love of yoga into one life-changing event, at a cost the fraction of the [...]


Superfoods Madness on Mt Tamborine

July 4, 2011 ( Categories Community, Messages, Nutrition | Tags: , , )

A big thank you to the eager beavers who attended our Superfoods Workshop at Bodhi Health & Healing on Sunday. We had an absolute BLAST and apparently, so did you! Your feedback revealed you found the workshop inspirational, informative, beautifully presented and delicious, and that you want more! Rest assured there are definitely more workshops [...]