Recipes

Delicious and nutritious, raw cacao is chocolate in its purest form, and it’s now becoming widely popular in blissful treats—without the unhealthy ingredients found in conventional chocolates. Touted as a superfood by luminaries including David Wolfe, raw cacao (pronounced “kah-kow”) is packed with antioxidants, iron, magnesium, chromium, manganese and “good…

With the approach of spring are you or your family experiencing seasonal hay fever, allergies, sickness and runny noses? Are you getting the urge to detox, clean out the cupboards and spring clean your wardrobe? These are all signs that spring is here. However, with the change in season, come…

You probably aren’t thinking about colds and flu when you’re packing your lunch, cooking dinner or gulping a smoothie after yoga class. But the foods you eat can have a powerful effect on your body’s ability to ward off everyday bugs, whether it’s the office cold everyone’s passing around or…

The first step toward changing your eating habits is to become aware of what and why you eat. Then your plate, like your life, can be delightfully full. By Lynn Ginsburg and Mary Taylor The muesli is in the bowl, the banana is sliced, and the first bite is at…

MY GENEROUS MOTHER could never receive a gift. On Christmases and birthdays, my brothers and I would each offer her something we thought she’d like – a jumper, a piece of jewellery, a certificate for a massage. She’d say, “Thank you,” of course. But she’d put the jumper in the…

LIVING WITH A BUSY FAMILY, I often feel just like one of the Tibetan monks I once saw making an intricately designed sand mandala. For months, they bent over the ground, arranging the sand grain by grain, and once their beautiful creation was complete, they cheerfully destroyed it in the…

AYJ – How did you come to activism and the creation of your organisation Off the Mat Into the World? How are these two things (yoga and activism) related for you? Seane – I have been involved with activism and social justice issues since the ’80’s. I worked as a…