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100 Days - What is Life?

What is life exactly?

I’ve come to realize that LIFE is not only what is taking place outside of us, around us, with us and to us – it should be equally (perhaps more so?) inside of us. And for me, for a very long time, if ever at all – there was little life to be lived on the inside.

My gut had ‘dead-spots’, it was leaky, and generally non functioning in the appropriate ways to sustain life. By that I mean – there were not enough beneficial organisms helping me digest food, extract nutrients and make vitamins.

100 Days ......Juicing, Fasting and Bone Broth

We are back on our schedule of not really fasting....but not really eating either!! Let me explain.....

These past few weeks I have done 30 days on juices and smoothies - with at least 50% vegetables in each one and the rest some kind of fruit.

I am really finding great benefits from the cabbage - one of the most underrated healing foods of all time and indeed my best 'superfood' discovery to date. It has completely changed the way my gut works and helped build up those beneficial organisms in a massive way.

change, detox, fasting, fermented foods, gut health, healing, healthy eating, naturopathic nutritionTamsin Blackbourn11 August 2015Comment

Juice Fast - Day 10

Today I am fasting. Actually I have been doing a juice fast of the past 10 days or so. I must say this is the easiest fast we have ever done! LOL

Each day we are making a juice – both fruits and vegetables – often with some juiced garlic, drinking about 8 ounces or so of that in the morning, then spending the rest of the day drinking herbal teas and my own fermented drinks (Rebel Juice available on my market stall). Of course we taking medicinal mushrooms, herbal teas and water as well.

body mind soul, detox, elevate the mind, fasting, fermented foods, goals, gut health, healing, self careTamsin Blackbourn3 June 2015Comment

Saving the Bees.... One Backyard Hive At A Time - Bee Keeping Workshop

A chemical free - Natural Beekeeping Class is being offered on Sunday 7th June 2015 to introduce people to a gentler approach to Beekeeping at Liss Ard Estate in Skibbereen.
This is a perfect venue for the beekeeping class with plenty of space to roam around in their own natural habitat.

workshops, ecosystem, healing, bees and honeyTamsin Blackbourn31 May 2015Comment

Using Clay to Heal and Seal the Gut

Some thing I use a lot of here and cannot recommend it enough, is clay. Of course there are so many different types and kinds of clay; French Green Clay, Diatomaceous Earth, Bentonite Clays, Fuller's Earth, Red Clay, Kaolin and so forth….but their basic use is often the same.

Clays pull, encourage movement and remove toxins, wastes & debris from both your internal and external systems. They tighten up the membranes while gently sloughing off the uppermost layers of cells as they move along on the inside and pull toxins out of your skin allowing detox on the outside.

blocked energy, detox, gut health, healing, natural medicineTamsin Blackbourn23 March 2015Comment

New Moon, Eclipse, Equinox - The Greatest Show on Earth

SO...WE HAVE A CELESTIAL SHOW IN THE HEAVENS TAKING PLACE SHORTLY AND PERHAPS MANY OF US CAN 'FEEL' OR SENSE ALL OF THIS UNIVERSAL MAGIC UNFOLDING. OR MAYBE OUR LIVES ARE SO BUSY AND CLOGGED UP WITH EVERYDAY DISTRACTIONS, THIS IS JUST ANOTHER DAY LIKE ANY OTHER.

awakening, body mind soul, elevate the mind, energy, focus, goals, healing, life force, mind work, time, rituals, spiritual pathTamsin Blackbourn19 March 2015Comment

Fasting & Healing A Tooth - The Root of All Evil

Today is day 4 of my latest fast, another week in this journey towards bringing life back into my gut, body, mind and soul. This time around it has gotten even more interesting – to say the least! My body is balancing it's flora and living organisms - exactly what I hoped would take place.

Summer Solstice - Mid Summer Celebration & Altar

The summer Solstice is nearly upon us - Saturday 21st June is the longest day of the year and considered to be Mid Summer (already!). It is also a solar celebration and what better way to celebrate then with beautiful blossoms of one of the most sacred trees in Ireland.

energy, healing, life force, wellbeing, market stall, solstice, rituals, naturopathic nutritionTamsin Blackbourn17 June 2014Comment

Fasting with a Goal - Spiritual Quest

It is now 10 June and I am just finishing up 3 x 3 days of fasting on more of the same types of drinks….this time it has been mostly on my own as the others took longer food breaks. I kind of wanted to see how I would do on my own as well, and it was better then fine.

So, today is day 8 of my planned 9 days. I refer to it as 3 x 3 because I broke this fast down into 3 day or 72 hour increments with a goal to be achieved by the end of each section of 3 days each.

detox, fasting, fermented foods, gut health, healing, mind work, self care, wellbeingTamsin Blackbourn11 June 2014Comment

Post Viral Syndrome & Probiotics

Just wanted to catch you up on our fasting - we are still working away here - terrific insights every day - for the most part we are fasting for 3 to 5 days, then taking 2 or 3 days for food, increased exercise and all else!

Not sure what day we are on now (it all started on 30 April)….we took another 2 eating days over the bank holiday weekend and are now right back at the fasting again.