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Juice Fast - Healing your body & Changing Your Life

I am still fasting….today is day 23 of my plan for doing 30 days this time around. It feels so good to be back to fasting – I’ve done so many shorter fasts of 2 or 4 days over this past year or so, however, my body feels like it is working at creating greater change whenever I undertake these longer fasts.

Besides all of the mental, spiritual and emotional benefits, there is no end to the physical benefits a body experiences as you fast your way to better well-being. The sheer physical changes that a person goes through each day as we detox are astounding.

body mind soul, detox, energy, fasting, gut health, mind workTamsin Blackbourn16 June 2015Comment

April Danann's - Honey Bee Tea

We’ve decided to feed our bees, mainly because we are not at all certain they are getting the food requirements necessary to sustain them. Another reason is that we have seen them become weaker over these past 5 years with more losses and smaller hives with fewer stores of honey.

Critical point has long been reached.

bees and honey, ecosystem, holistic livingTamsin Blackbourn7 June 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

Wild Fermentation Workshop 11 May

Fermentation of food & drink is an ancient art and a necessary skill to maintain a healthy, balanced gut – turning ordinary vegetables, fruit and water into a healthy, tasty & probiotic food is the ultimate quest for the Food Alchemist. Join April Danann, a Naturopathic Nutritionist and an expert in Living Water fermentation techniques; for an evening with nature reconnecting to the finer points of nourishing your soul.

gut health, workshops, fermented foodsTamsin Blackbourn12 April 2015Comment

An Uncommon Light

Such an exciting year to be on this planet! We are waking up - of course, along with that comes looking at the world with those new eyes, clearer head and an unfurling spirit. Each one of these celestial events has been a trigger for the earth and for us - it's time to step forward into a new this uncommon light.

Pathways to the Spirit

With all that is going on around us – the world is waking up a little bit more each day – it is often difficult to remain focused on our common goals. I wanted to comment on these times as I have been both living this, working to change things and observing things as they come about for a very long time.

awakening, elevate the mind, energy, focus, goals, life force, mind work, self care, time, wellbeing, spiritual pathTamsin Blackbourn29 March 2015Comment

Food And Our Spiritual Essence

Over these past few years I have given a lot of thought to our Spiritual Connection with food – what went wrong and how to get back to that special place inside of our bodies where eating, drinking, growing, foraging, fasting and anything related to nourishing ourselves - once again becomes a part of our spiritual essence.

One main thing I have discovered is how much my own spirit has been pushed down – pulled apart and broken off over the years, to reach a place where food was just there for ‘eating’ (pushing something down, aside, keeping things in place) and had little other meaning attached to it.

healthy eating, holistic living, naturopathic nutrition, positive thinking, wellbeingTamsin Blackbourn29 March 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.