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Healing Powers of Garlic - On A Garlic Fast

Right now I am taking raw garlic crushed in food just to generally clean up my system after a long winter. In the past I have used it many times for naturally fighting illness, infection and inflammation. And it works far better then anything else I have come across.

Garlic is an amazing herb and works on many levels within the healing processes of the body. For instance it helps with DNA repair, carcinogen metabolism, inflammatory response, hormone regulation, apoptosis, cell cycle shifts and of course detox. Each one of these are vital functions in our bodies.

Rebel Foods in Bantry Tomorrow!!

April Danann - Rebel Foods Market Stall
will be in West Lodge Hotel in Bantry
on Sunday 2nd March from
12 noon to 5pm..... Free Event!
Come out to meet some wonderful people in arts, healing, therapies and nutrition from all over West Cork as part of the Health & Wellness Open Days

Lacking Energy - Nothing in Reserve….

For so many of us our bodies have been running on empty and we don’t even know it. We never seem to really connect with the simple fact that just like any other instrument, we need to be tuned up, cleaned up and not taken for granted.

So….I have always wondered about this myself….if for instance I am eating right, exercising, resting when I need to, working at what I love doing and otherwise in a few (not all!) healthy and good for me relationships in general – why am I drained or tired or why doesn’t there ever seem to be enough to go around?

Getting On With Living….

Today I am fasting again….however, it was nice to eat loads (read way too much!) over the Christmas holidays and equally nice to be experimenting, cooking and tasting the rich seasonal foods on offer. Life really does revolve around food and eating in this house!

Day 16 of my Fast - It's All in the Mind!

Day 16

We are now on day 16 and deep into a detox cycle – which means a full day or two of feeling all over the place, toxic and generally tired or yukky. But, in reality, I have plenty of those days when not detoxing – so, go figure!

blocked energy, closing energy leaks, detox, elevate the mind, exercise, fasting, goals, focus, gut health, healing, self careTamsin Blackbourn10 December 2013Comment

Fasting - Healing & Sealing the Gut

Day 13

Today is another day fasting – we are living without food and taking in only liquid drinks, but we are not without sustenance. We were just chatting about how we feel after nearly 2 weeks without solid food and the consensus is – pretty good!

detox, fasting, fermented foods, gut health, healing, rituals, self careTamsin Blackbourn18 November 2013Comment

You May be Awake…. But Are You ALIVE? Spiritual DNA

We read a lot about awakenings these days and nearly everyone has had some form of a wake up call or other, often in a health or emotional crisis. Actually if you haven’t yet, you are probably not even reading this, but never mind.

detox, energy, gut health, healing, self care, wellbeing, naturopathic nutrition, fermented foods, spiritual pathTamsin Blackbourn13 November 2013Comment

I. AM.FASTING. Day 7….. #amfasting

Did you know that there are studies out there stating how people who fast regularly have lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol, lower blood sugars and generally weigh less – of course all with better health?

detox, fasting, fermented foods, gut health, healing, naturopathic nutrition, wellbeingTamsin Blackbourn12 November 2013Comment

Energy Vampires.....Leave You With Nothing in Reserve

These days I find myself back onto the subject of Energy Vampires with some further insights and deeper understanding of how they may be operating in our lives….some of the most common questions are, just what have they stolen from us, and where, how, why is it being taken?….

If You Don't Like Your Mother....Change Her!

These days I haven’t felt the need to do much more then 1 or 2 days of fasting at a time. Actually after my last couple of years of marathon detox/cleanse/fasting and so forth, I feel as if I am finally on the other side of ‘it’.

And I know exactly what it is! It is life.