Macrobiotics and Me

Hola!

It seems there are some exciting things happening with macrobiotics at the moment. There is the new cafe which has opened in primrose hill (www.macrobioticcafe.com) :O). Hooray – London now officially has a macro cafe!!! yay!!

On the 18th October it is the Macrobiotic Association conference day where there will be talks from a few leading teachers (sooooo exciting!). Check out the website for further information (http://www.macrobiotics.org.uk/)

And finally, my teacher, Marijke De Coninck will be giving another talk that evening at Primrose Hill on healing the body, heart & relationships. Scroll down for further information about this. Marijke will also be offering private consultations during her stay in London over 3 days.

I’ve really enjoyed eating some simple food today :O)

Breakfast

Sweet rice & aduki beans with miso

Lunch

Sweet rice and aduki bean soup with tekka

Halva and puffed rice

Dinner

Millet & cauliflower with gomasio, carrot tempura & sauerkraut

No drinks!

Love & light

Sharlene

Marjike’s talk:

Healing the body, heart & relationships: what secrets to our bodies hold? With Marijke De Coninck

In this lecture we will learn the art of reading the body to unravel layer by layer what the body holds, physically and emotionally, and how this blocks us from moving forward in our lives. By releasting these blocks, we set ourselves free to take the next step, to see clearly and break long held patterns. We will find the weak and strong areas and organs in our body and we will learn how to heal them and treat them with respect.

Marijke will lead you in th art of diagnosis and healing. You will learn to look through the masks people are holding on to. Marijke can create, in a very short time, a safe space in which you are allowed to have an internal breakthrough whilst at the same time learning diagnostic skills. Marijke is giving private consultations in London on Sunday 18th, Monday 19th and Tuesday 20th October. Please email her at meridiaan@gmail.com to book. For people interested in her teachings in Devon and the 3 year training to become a Marcobiotic & Life Counsellor, there will be time after the lecture to talk to her.

It is on Sunday 18th October at 5.15 – 7.15pm at Triyoga in Primrose Hill & costs £25.

Hey!

Hello! :O) I am back in London again, albiet rather briefly before I return to Devon on Wednesday for more macro adventures!

Day 19

Breakfast

Miso soup & oat porridge with shoyu and gomasio, some seitan, sunflower seeds & a little bit of pumpkin and fu tempura

Lunch

I can’t quite remember exactly what it was but I know I had couscous, grain balls, seitan and some vegetables…(sorry to be a little vague! There is always an abundance of food and different dishes that it is sometimes very difficult to keep track!)

Granola and amazake

Grain coffee

Bancha tea

Dinner

I skipped dinner tonight to give my body a little bit of a break from the recent bombardment of food!!

Day 20

Breakfast

Brown rice and quinoa porridge with shoyu and sunflower seeds

Granola

Lunch

Hummous, pita bread, brown rice, boiled vegetables, sauerkraut, salad leaves, cucumber

Flap jack

Bancha tea

Snack

Flap jack

Dinner

I didn’t have dinner again as I had a snack and was travelling for almost 6 hours (zzzz!).

I’m finding myself beginning to really listen to my body and to know when to stop eating or when to not have a dessert or skip a meal. I always used to jump at any opportunity to have a dessert or to have a second portion of something particularly yummy but I am not feeling the urge to do that so much anymore. It’s so nice to be able listen more. Of course, there can be a multitude of things that stop us from listening (emotions, circumstances, habits etc) so trying to tackle those first could be a good place to start if you want to make way for more listening.

I feel a sense of relief to be home and to be cooking for myself again. Whilst having such delicious food prepared and cooked is always such a pleasure & a luxury, I guess feel that I am beginning to be able to cook for myself in a way that I know is most nourishing for my condition and I’ve missed having that precision. Ahh, home sweet home!!

It seems that it’s all about tuning in more and more!

Much love and fine tuning!

Sharlene

Hey!

Just a quick update from me:

Breakfast

Miso soup with onion & radish

Oat porridge with shoyu & gomasio

Almond, pumpkin & sunflower seeds

Lunch

Brown rice with gomasio, brocolli, sauerkraut & tofu pie

Drink made with kidney bean juice and shoyu

Dinner

Cous cous, corn, seitan, sauerkraut, falafel, red lentils & brocolli

Grain coffee with rice milk

Love & light

Sharlene

Hello!

I have many thoughts and questions about macrobiotics at the moment…hmmm…hmmm…hmm….but I am not ready to share that yet. When the time is right I will but for now I must go on questioning and learning, and so must you!

Breakfast

A small bowl of miso soup made with onion, carrot & wakame

A small bowl of brown rice porridge with gomasio and shoyu

Lunch

Spelt pasta with courgette, carrot and pesto sauce, salad leaves & pressed beetroot

Grain coffee

Dinner

A teeny bowl of squash soup

Brown rice, sauerkraut with grated apple and carrot, curly kale and some beautiful black beans

Two desserts successfully avoided…phew!

Macro love a.k.a big love! he he!

Sharlene

Hey!

The day isn’t over yet but I thought I’d update you now just incase I don’t get a chance to later. I am on my way to Devon for much macrobiotic fun and frolics and I’m not sure if I’ll get a chance to post when I’m there (although I will try). However, I will keep a note of EVERYTHING I eat so I can update you upon my return.

Breakfast

A miso soup which turned into a kind of stew as it was so thick. Made of hijiki, onions, carrot & corn pasta with sunflower and onion bread. Yummy!!!

Lunch

Brown rice roasted before being pressure cooked with mu tea, & gomasio…this was soooo delicious. I think I may have found my new favourite way of eating/cooking brown rice :O)

My time in Devon is set to be interesting since I will be making more conscious decisions about what I eat. I usually just eat a bit of everything and anything without giving much consideration to the proportions (a.k.a yin and yang). I’m also not going to be eating any sweets (fruit or sweetners) so it will be a challenge resisting all the lovely daily desserts that will be there. We’ll see how I go!

Look after yourself in the meantime.

Much love & nourishment

Sharlene

Update

Yay – I am able to post :O)

Dinner

Soup with squash and leek

Brown rice & barley with gomasio, red cabbage, tempeh, brocolli and cauliflower, gherkins

Twig tea

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Breakfast

Brown rice and sweet rice with tekka and shoyu

Lunch

Corn pasta with mung bean sauce, buckwheat & red cabbage

Dinner

Miso soup with oven roasted squash (oven roasted squash in soup is sooo yummy!!)

Home made sunflower and onion bread

Mugwort mochi with shoyu

Mu tea

It is becoming clearer and clearer to me that good old simple simplicity is the way forward!

Good vibrations to you!

Sharlene

Good Evening/Morning/Afternoon!

I’m finding that eating just simple grains with gomasio or some shoyu or tekka is just so satisfying and feels very nourishing…mmm!

Breakfast

Sweet rice & brown rice with tekka

Nettle and mint tea

Lunch

Sweet rice & brown rice with gomasio

Dinner

Miso soup made with arame, onion & squash

Buckwheat, corn pasta with a mung bean, leek and squash sauce, red cabbage & pressed cucumber & some home made onion & sunflower seed bread

Twig tea

Spelt puffs with rice syrup

Check out www.macrobioticcafe.com for the new macro cafe in London. It’s situated in Primrose Hill. :O) I can’t wait to check it out! It’s about time someone opened a macro place in London. I hope we will see many more in the future too. Yay!! I think more and more people are seeing the light…lets keep praying that more and more people will begin to realise just how important food and lifestyle is :O)

Love & light

Sharlene

Hey!

I didn’t feel so great when I woke up this morning so I decided to give breakfast a miss.

Lunch

Brown rice and sweet rice with gomasio and tekka & some home made bread

Dinner

Brown rice with gomasio & red lentil dahl & sauerkraut – such a simple, yet very delicious & satisfying dinner.

Grain coffee with a spoonful of rice syrup

Oh there is some exciting news to share with you…there is a macro restaurant opening in London on the 19th September…YAYYYYY!! How exciting is that? I’ll post more details soon.

Also, there are a couple of lectures going on as well. Details to follow shortly :O)

Exciting times!

Love & magic

Sharlene

Hello!

Breakfast

I didn’t have breakfast this morning as I went out for a run at a time that didn’t allow me to have breakfast beforehand, and as I had a friend round for lunch today I thought I’d save myself for lunch :O)

Lunch

Buckwheat, pumpkin tempura, boiled mooli/daikon, steamed  brocolli, sauerkraut & some home made Ohsawa bread

Amazake & apple dessert with baby cookies

Some organic sweet wine

Dinner

Ohsawa bread, hummous, garlic bread

Ale

Love, light & laughter

Sharlene

Howdy!

Brrr, it seems the summer is well and truly over. I can see the trees preparing for winter as the leaves begin changing colour and the energy starts making it’s way inwards. Soon, there will be naked trees everywhere! It really reminds me that we must all focus on building and strengthening our inward energy (regardless of the seasons!).

Breakfast

Porridge made with barley and hato mugi with shoyu

Lunch

Miso soup made with dulse, onion, carrot & green beans

Sweet rice, pressed cucumber, roasted parsnip and sauerkraut

Dinner

I got home a little later tonight and wasn’t so hungry so I had an amazake dessert just to sooth me into the evening! ahhh!!

Another drinkless day!

Sweet amazake dreams

Sharlene