Yoga of Regeneration, sacred song and touch immersion!

The ancient wisdom of yoga teaches that Life is already given to you, you are completely loved, you are here now. It teaches that we are not separate, cannot be separate from nature, which sustains us in a vast interdependence with everything. The universe comes perfectly, and is awesome in its integration and infinite existence. This union is our natural state, this union is Yoga.

When you experience this connection to the fullness of creation, of nurturing source, you are doing your Yoga. Yoga is your direct participation in nurturing source.
All of us at Heart of Yoga are committed to broadening this message: You are fully loved, you are fully able, you are perfectly capable the way you are. We strive to teach the healing power of intimate connection, in the traditions of 10,000 years, recaptured for our era. We hope to transform individual awareness of this interconnection, and thus human consciousness and the societies we have created.
This website is our virtual home, we will offer you things we believe can help you do your yoga. It is not a one way dialogue though, so please join our community, join the conversation, contribute and help out with local events. The Heart of Yoga is in all of us.
Om Shanti
Mark Whitwell
Founder, Heart of Yoga

I am thrilled and honored to be a part of an extraordinary weekend event!

SEPT 30 - OCT 2YOGA 

WITH MASTER TEACHER

MARK WHITWELL

IMMERSE INTO THE HEART OF YOGA IN BIG SKY COUNTRY

AT HAYMOON RESORT IN WHITEFISH, MONTANA

Hosted by Arlisa & Kelly of MeWe Collective

Experience:
• Advanced Yoga for every One: “If you can breathe, You can doYoga.” 

• Yoga of Intimacy: The Secrets of Yoga that turn your Life into Love 

•Freeing your Voice w/chanting & Sacred songs

• Rejuvenating your Spirit with Restorative touch 

• Vibrant Vegan meals catered by Michelle Berry of Berry Bliss (for full immersion registrants)

Guest Musician: Daphne Tse

DETAILS:

Fri, Sept 30: 7p - 9p ($20)

Sat, Oct 1: 9a - 5p ($95)

Sun, Oct 2: 9a - 5p ($95)

*Special concert: Sat, Oct 2: 7p - 9p ($20)

FULL IMMERSION EARLY BIRD PRICE by SEPT 18th!! $180.00 

To Register:

406-261-2924

“Yoga is every person’s direct intimacy with reality, which is an entirely abundant, regenerating, and nurturing power. This is yoga from the heart for the heart.” - Mark Whitwell

IMMERSION DETAILS: All levels welcome!

Friday, September 30th 7 - 9 PM Opening ceremony with Mark Whitwell, Daphne Tse, Arlisa Houston & Kelly Ordway: Introduction to the Heart of Yoga Immersion! Come join us for an evening of meditation, pranayama, movement, and chanting!

Saturday, October 1st

9 - 11 AM w/Daphne Tse, Arlisa Houston & Kelly Ordway

Sacred Sound & Touch: Free your Voice & Fluid Vinyasa (pt 1) Dive into the healing power of sound as we open our voices & bodies through chanting & embodied flow. You will learn tools to connect to your authentic voice through chakra chanting, mantra & sounding. Relax deeper into your own being as we explore the Essence of Yoga & Sacred Touch. 1 - 5 PM w/Mark Whitwell Advanced Yoga for everyOne: The Principles of Yoga applied exactly to your individual needs The five principles of practice to make Yoga entirely your own, efficient, powerful and safe. Breath, asana and bandha integrate as a seamless design. Apply breath and bandha efficiently to produce a powerful practice that is right for you. Adding these five principles to the Yoga you already know and Love. No Yoga Experience Needed.

7 - 9 PM SPECIAL Music Event!

Sacred Song & Kirtan Concert with Daphne Tse & friends! Join us for heart opening community gathering of chanting and singing. We'll offer sacred songs from many traditions honoring the Shakti that is within each of us... No singing or musical experience needed! If you can talk, you can sing... so come and join us and enjoy diving into musical inspirations from around the world!

Sunday, October 2nd

9 - 11 AM w/Daphne Tse, Arlisa Houston & Kelly Ordway

Sacred Sound & Touch: Free your Voice & Fluid Vinyasa (pt 2) 1 - 5 PM w/Mark Whitwell The Yoga of Intimacy: The Secrets of Yoga that turn your Life into Love This workshop will include theYoga of Patanjali, an in-depth study of the first four sutras of Patanjali's Yogasutra and the first sutra of book two; on the the three qualities or actions of personal Yoga practice. Getting it right for yourself and others. Awaken your Yoga practice to the peace and power of your natural state. Weaving the tools of Yoga into personal and powerful systems.The beauty of non-obsessive, yet actual daily practice.We will define daily practice and discuss the purpose of yantra and mantra in asana and pranayama. No Yoga Experience Needed.

LUNCH BREAK: 11AM - 1PM

SPECIAL for FULL IMMERSION registrants: Vibrant Vegan Lunch Included

OPTIONAL: Lunch for non-immersion (please inquire for rate)

LODGING AVAILABLE AT HAYMOON RESORT CONTACT ARLISA: mewecollective@gmail.com

Bios:

Mark Whitwell has enjoyed a life-long relationship with the teachings of Krishnamacharya,“the teacher of the teachers,” notably of B. K. S. Iyengar, K. Pattabhi Jois, and T. K.V. Desikachar. Having studied since 1973 in the home of Krishnamacharya, Mark is committed to communicating timeless yoga principals with compassion and clarity. He contributed to and edited Desikachar's book,The Heart ofYoga: Developing a Personal Practice. Mark is the author ofYoga of Heart:The Healing Power of Intimate Connection. www.HeartofYoga.com

Daphne Tse is a spirited, soulful artist originally from Texas & currently based in Bali, Indonesia. Since her initial yoga class in 1994, she has explored merging her spiritual practice with her contemporary folk singer/songwriter style. She studied music at the University of Texas at Austin, the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago and with Jai Uttal in Guatemala. She has travelled extensively sharing her music around the globe. Her music has been featured on yoga music compilations with Shiva Rea and her current album, Mata, features songs dedicated to Mother Spirit. www.daphnetse.com

Arlisa Houston & Kelly Ordway of Me We Collective... Me We Collective - Evolution of Self cofounders Arlisa Houston & Kelly Ordway are both Massage Therapists/ Energyworkers and Vinyasa Flow/

Kundalini Yoga Teachers. Based in Whitefish, Montana, known as "The Last Best Place.” It is their vision to share the Essence ofYoga & Sacred Touch in Potent Places around the World!

Register NOW! 406-261-2924 or email: mewecollective@gmail.com

Early Bird Price $180 by September 18th!

Act through love and harmony Everything is God. The trees, the light of the sun, the animals, the buildings, the roads. We are all that. ~Sri Mahayogi

I hope that you may be able to be a part of the weekend as well! We are so blessed to be a part of a wonderful community.

Love & Bliss,
Michelle

Huckleberry Bliss!

Last weekend we went camping on the South Fork River, it was beautiful! Morgan, Alex and I were able to go huckleberry picking!

Huckleberries are relatives of the blueberry and the cranberry they are high in antioxidants, vitamin C, manganese, iron and a good source of vitamin A.  They are a good source of vitamin B and helps speed up metabolism and potassium keeps skin, nerves and muscles happy and healthy by regulating water balances and eliminating wastes.

Huckleberries are medicinal for the blood and liver, they help manage serious illnesses such as heart disease, eczema, lowering cholesterol, muscular degeneration and diabetes by lowering blood sugar levels, they also have bacteria fighting capabilities that are particularly useful in countering urinary-tract infections. 

Wow. 

There have been many clinical studies done to show that the huckleberry promotes eye health, especially against diabetic retinopathy and cataracts. However, back during World War I, the pilots in the Royal Air Force in Great Britain swore that eating huckleberry jam or drinking huckleberry cordials prior to flying night missions over Germany significantly improved their visual acuity in the darkness.

These sweet berries are a cooling food and perfect for summer! 

Huckleberry Cheesecake:

Crust:

1 1/2 cup pecans or almonds

1/2 cup shredded coconut, dried

7 dates (soaked)

Process crust ingredients in a food processor and press into bottom of a springform pan. If it feels too wet, place in dehydrator while you are preparing your filling to remove excess moisture.

If you were blessed with an abundance of huckleberries, place some fresh ones on the crust so you may have bursts of fresh huckleberries in your pie!

Filling:

3 cups cashews (soaked)

1 1/4 cup almond milk

1-1 1/2 cup huckleberries

1 cup huckleberry honey

1/4 cup lemon juice

2 Tablespoons vanilla

1/8 teaspoon salt

1 cup coconut oil (melted at low temperature in dehydrator)

2 Tablespoons lecithin

Blend first seven ingredients in vitamix or blender until smooth. Add coconut oil and lecithin last. Pour mixture on top of pie crust. If you desire, you may choose to reserve two cups of the huckleberry mixture and add two tablespoons of chocolate and two tablespoons on vanilla, mix in blender and pour on top of huckleberry mixture in pan. Swirl it and twirl it to make it beautiful! Place in freezer for two hours or overnight before serving or in the fridge for 6 hours or overnight so that it may set. Serve and enjoy!

Tip: If your mixture is too thick add some date soak water. If your mixture is too thin add some coconut oil or more cashews.

I hope you are enjoying  your summer and spending as much time as you can outdoors with your families!

All of life is a journey; which paths we take, what we look back on, and what we look forward to is up to us. We determine our destination, what kind of road we will take to get there, and how happy we are when we get there. ~From A Little Book of Happiness

Love,

Michelle

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Wellness Fair, May 4, 2010

Come one, come all to be motivated by Dr. Brian Clement, author, international lecturer and director of the renowned Hippocrates Health Institute, will explore the institute’s fifty years of helping people to heal themselves. He will also discuss dealing with disease, cancer, serious illness and the possibility of miracles. An extensive question and answer period will be offered so that participants will leave with viable, personal roadmaps back to completely healthy lives.

Berry Bliss will be there with some scrumptious munchies and a delectable dessert for the potluck!

Wow! 

There will be fabulous information and wonderful food!

Please come and join the fun!

TUESDAY, MAY 4^TH 

KALISPELL, MONTANA

THE WELLNESS EDUCATION CENTER PRESENTS:

“Change Your Lifestyle, Save Your life”

National Guard Armory

2989 Hwy. 93 * Kalispell, MT

Admission $5 (advance) $7 (at door)

4:00-6:00 pm Wellness Fair (local resources)

5:00-6:00 pm Book signing by Dr. Clement

6:00-7:00 pm Raw Food Potluck Supper

7:00-9:00 pm Dr. Brian Clement -Lecture + Questions & Answers 

“HOW TO PREVENT AGING AND HEAL DISEASE"

In this lecture, Dr. Clement will address the half century of work on disease and longevity conducted at the renowned Hippocrates Institute. Cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, MS, ALS, Parkinsons, fibromyalgia and more can be altered, prevented, and at times conquered with phyto-chemicals, antioxidants and other nutrients consumed on a diet of organic vegan living food. Dr. Clement will explain the basic science and extraordinary mechanisms that bring about a heightened and balanced immunity. Hundreds of thousands worldwide share enthusiasm in their greatly improved health by utilizing unprocessed green foods. One of the exceptional benefits acquired from this powerful cuisine is longevity.

Hope to see you there!

Blissfully,

Michelle

Save the Salmon Patty!

Today I want to share an amazing dinner that I prepared for some wonderful people right before a juice fast! It was so fun to get together with everyone and share a delicious meal!

Menu:

Cherry Orange Soup

Save the Salmon Patty Served on a bed of Fresh Greens and topped with a Spicy Mango Sauce

Root Salad Served on a bed of Spicy Sprouts

Buckwheat Onion Bread Served with Detox Pesto

Tomato Wedges

Dessert:

Chocolate Hazelnut Cream Pie

The cherry soup really gets peoples bowls moving right along, and everything else was so light and green, it was a really great last meal right before a juice fast!

Yumm!

Save the Salmon Patty!

• Blend Until Creamy:
• 2 cups sunflower seeds, soaked 1-2 hours
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 3 cloves galic
• 1 bunch dill
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• carrot juice , as needed
• Blend In:
• 5 whole carrot pulp, (run through juicer)
• ½ cup red onion, finely chopped
• 1 cup celery, minced
• ½ cup parsley, chopped
• ⅛ cup chives, or green onion
• ¼ cup lemon juice
• 2-3 tablespoons kelp powder
• 2-3 tablespoons dulse
• 2-3 tablespoons nama shoyu
• Directions:
• *Juice 5 carrots.
  *Blend first 6 ingredients until creamy and blend i the rest of the ingredients! Form into loaves or patties and serve! Or you may dehydrate at 115 degrees for 4-6 hours. (I like to dehydrate for that warm feeling)
  *Top with mango sauce.
• 
  
• Mango Sauce:
• 
  
  • 2 inch ginger
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1 small serrano pepper
  • 1 whole mango
  • ½ cup coconut milk
  • ¼ cup cilantro
  • white pepper, to taste
  • Directions:
  • *Blend ginger, garlic and pepper. Add mango, coconut milk and pulse, add cilantro ad white pepper and pulse.
    *Serve on top of "salmon" patties
  
  
  A bit about sunflower seeds...
  More than any other flower, the sunflower suggests the glory of the summer sun itself. Wild, it lines roadways and gilds whole fields with its stunning, sun-colored mandalas. Cultivated in home gardens, it towers to impressive heights of fifteen feet in or more and boasts a flower up to two feet in diameter. A showy plant indeed.
  This daisy relative, which originated in western North America, is more than just show. Both sunflower seeds and sunflower tubers (jerusalem artichoke) were important Native American foods. Sunflowers were introduced in Europe in the 1500's and have become a staple in Russia. Until the popularization of health foods in the United States in the 1960's, its domestic use was primarily for bird feed; hence its one common name "polly seed." Sunflower seeds are also nicknamed "sunnies."
  The shells may be white, brown, black, or black with stripes. The US commercial supply primarily comes from the Red River valley of Minnesota.
  Health Benefits Sunflower seeds are an energy tonic and nurturing food used to treat constipation. Sunflower seeds contain more protein than beef and 20 percent fat, most of which is unsaturated. A good source of calcium, phosphorus, and iron, as well as vitamins A, D, E, and several of the B-complex, they also contain a trace of flourine, which may explain the Russians' claim that they are good for the teeth. Sunflower seeds are tridoshic used in moderation; in larger quantities, they primarily reduce vata.
  
  
  Superbly Delicious!
  Here are a few pictures of everyone enjoying the evening!
  
  Jean & Dicky
  
  
  
  Beautiful Linda
  
  
  
  My mom and me
  I love you mom!
  xoxoxo
  
  
  
  Sweet Skip
  
  
  It was a lovely evening. Thank you to all who attended! I love you!
  Have a wonderful day!
  Blissfully,
  Michelle
  
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Very Pretty Smoothie

Happy New Year!

Its already January fourth and we are now easing back into routine. The girls are in school, Noah is at work, and me? I'm writing, practicing yoga, making lists and preparing for the upcoming juice feast I am hosting. I am so excited to start off the new year with a weeklong cleanse that will start on January 15th.

Today it's sort of snowing and raining at the same time, Noah and I started our morning by having a wonderful smoothie and finishing our scrabble game we started the night before.

Very Pretty Red Smoothie

2 bananas

1 cup strawberries

1 thai coconut

1 cup beet juice

2 Tablespoons Pure Synergy

1 teaspoon bee pollen

Put all ingredients in a blender and voila! Superb!

The beet is the most intense of vegetables. The radish, admittedly, is more feverish, but the fire of the radish is a cold fire, the fire of discontent, not of passion. Tomatoes are lusty enough, yet there runs through tomatoes an undercurrent of frivolity. Beets are deadly serious.

~Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume

Wild beets grow along the mediterranean coasts where they seem happiest just above the high tide mark--a land-bound, but sea loving, vegetable. Beets are a member of the ubiquitous goosefoot family.

As their color suggests, beets are a blood tonic and are good for anemia, the heart and circulation. They purify the blood, alleviate constipation, aid the liver, and promote menstruation. Beets reduce vata and kapha.

A starchy vegetable, beet roots are high in natural sugar. The greens have notable amounts of calcium, iron, magnesium, and phosphorus; they also contain vitamins A, B-complex, and C.

Why is it that one day eating a beet turns your urine pink, whereas another day and another beet produce magenta stool? According to nutritionist Jeffrey Bland, PhD., pink urine may indicate an iron deficiency while magenta stool indicates adequate iron.

Info about beets is from the New Whole Foods Encyclopedia, by Rebecca Wood.

Then for lunch I had my usual salad. I know it sounds weird but I love salad and I love to eat it everyday!

Simple Salad:

Green lettuce, chopped

1 avocado, diced

2 Tablespoons dried cranberries

dash of cayenne

dash of kelp powder

favorite dressing!

Sometimes I also add red onion. I like to slice it super thin!

Toss in a bowl and enjoy!

YUM!

I hope you have the best year ever!

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another. ~Walter Elliott

Love and Laughter,

Michelle

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Delicious Broccoli Salad

The last week has been magical and fun. Spending time with friends and family, reliving memories and seeing the girls with sparkles in their eyes.

The recipe in this post is one from Beatrice Arroe. Noah and I served this salad at our wedding, everyone loves it!

Delicious Broccoli Salad:

• 1 bunch broccoli, cut into bite sized chuncks
• 1 handful almonds
• 1 cup scallions, or green onions
• ¾ cup raisins, currants or olives
• DRESSING BLEND:
• 1 cup coconut milk
• ½ cup tahini
• ½ cup red onion
• 1 whole lemon, juiced
• ½ whole jalapeno pepper, seeds removed
• 2 cloves garlic
• 3 tablespoons oil, to taste
• 2 tablespoons vinegar, to taste
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon corriander
• 1 teaspoon sea salt, to taste
• 1 teaspoon ginger, (optional)
• 1 Tablespoon agave, to taste

Cut and toss body ingredients into a bowl.

Blend dressing ingredients in a blender, add to body ingredients, massage together and enjoy!

Broccoli is cooling in nature, and helps reduce eye inflammation. It is slightly diuretic in action. Broccoli reduces pitta and kapha. Broccoli contains twice the vitamin C as an orange, and almost as much calcium as whole milk-and its calcium is better absorbed by our bodies. Broccoli contains selenium, is a modest source of vitamin A and alpha-tocopherol vitamin E, and has value as an antioxidant.

(The leafy greens--not the blossoms--offer the most nutrients)

Yumm.

Hope you are all having a wonderful holiday season!

Pray for snow!

xoxoxox

Michelle

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Vegetable Medley Soup

Merry Holidays!

Its the day after Christmas, my family is going skiing and I am thinking of something that will satisfy them after a day of fun in the snow! Soup! Yumm! Delicious warm soup!

This soup recipe is one I picked up from the Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center in Patagonia, Arizona! It has quickly become one of my family's favorites as well as a favorite of the Live Food class that I teach on Wednesdays! It is delicious and sooooo good for you!

Thanks Tim and Michela for all your wonderful teachings and recipes!

Vegetable Medley Soup:

3-6 whole bell peppers, s-bladed 1 bunch spinach, s-bladed 1 bunch celery, 2mm-disk 1-4 bunches cilantro , or basil s-bladed 2-3 cups sundried tomatoes, soaked, s-bladed 4 whole avocados, diced 1 ½ cups pumpkin seeds, or hemp seeds, whole ½ cup cumin ½ cup olive oil, or sesame oil ½ cup lemon juice, or 2 Tablespoons apple vinegar ¼ cup kalamata black olive brine ½ teaspoon salt ½ tablespoon cayenne pepper ½ teaspoon hing, or garlic 1 cup miso 4 cups nettle, dandelion, or rooibos tea

To make tea:
1/2 cup nettle, or dandelion or rooibos dry tea.
3 cups tea kettle water
steep for 20 minutes.

Add all ingredients to a bowl and serve. You may choose to warm on stove till soup is warm to the touch or you may use a candy thermometer and heat to 120 degrees.

Note: When I say s-bladed it means to use the "S" shaped blade in your food processor to chop ingredients. Be careful not to process to much and puree it. Just chop.

Nettles are used throughout the world to build vitality, nettles are delicious and if your in a moist area, free for the taking! But do take carefully! (Preferably with gloves) To harvest the leaf, you come at the leaf from the bottom, folding it along its central crease, yanking it gently from the mother plant, and then rolling it up so as to enclose the top of the leaf (where the stingers are most commonly found).

Nettles are persistent perennials that can grow taller than 2 meters (6 feet). Nettles grow in multiple thin stalks arising from the ground. Nettle leaves are typically collected, eaten and or dried in May and June, just before coming into flower. The stems and leaf tops of the stinging nettle plant are covered with thin, hair like protrusions. These protrusions, if touched, release a stinging fluid containing histamine and formic acid, which causes temporary burning and irritation. This injection, which is like and ant's bite, increases circulation, and provides external treatment for arthritic pain, gout, sciatica, neuralgia, hemorrhoids, and scalp and heir problems. Nettle juice can be used as a hair rinse to restore natural color. Nettle extracts are used in many shampoos.

Internally, nettles are a kidney tonic with diuretic properties that help flush the blood and cleanse blood through the kidneys. Nettles afford allergy relief, enrich the blood, and thicken the hair. Due to their iron rich content and ease of absorption, nettle juice is more effective than spinach juice in building blood. Nettle leaves are highly alkaline. They neutralize and dissolve acidic wastes in the blood. Its power to purify the blood will do wonders for chronic skin ailments. Its effective against eczema on the upper body, especially on the face and neck, and ears. This benefit is likely due to its high silicon, chlorophyll, and vitamin C content.

Nettle juice is perfect for weight reduction. Nettles are also good for hypoglycemia, as they help reduce blood sugar levels, and they also ameliorate high blood pressure. Used for anemia and excessive menstruation, nettles also build overall energy and chi. Nettles reduce pitta and kapha and can be used, in moderation by vata.

Wow!

Stinging nettles probably originated in Eurasia, although there is some evidence that they were growing in the Americas when the Europeans arrived. Some of the strongest varieties grow in the United Kingdom and Germany.

Mythologically, the Nordics associated nettles with the thunder god Thor. Nettles were perceived to protect one from lightning. The incredible strengthening properties of the nettle plant really do make one more resistant to the elements.

When nettles are eaten, the saliva neutralizes the sting, so that one cannot be stung in the mouth or throat.

Mother nature provides her unique balance by providing a remedy for the nettle sting by allowing burdock to grow in the same locales as nettles. Mashed-up burdock leaves applied to the skin relieve nettle stings. Also the juice from the stinging nettle leaves acts as an antidote to the sting as well, when applied topically.

Simply and amazing plant!

Hope you all are having a wonderful end of the year!

Lots of hugs and blessings!

Michelle

PS. The information contained in this post came from the books, Eating for Beauty, by David Wolfe, and The New Whole Foods Encyclopedia, by Rebecca Wood.

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Walking Lightly Soup

It's that time of year, when I love to eat tons of soup! There is absolutely nothing like soup! By nature its eccentric, in the fact that no two are ever alike!

This is the soup I make most often out at the ranch. It is derived from the basic soup recipe in the book Sunfood Cuisine by Frederic Patenaude. I have posted the basic recipe below, so check it out; try it and create something new every time!

Walking Lightly Soup:

1 whole apple

1 whole avocado

1 bunch greens (mustard, arugula, collards, broccoli, spinach, baby lettuces, or other favorite greens)

1 bunch herbs, (basil, parsley, cilantro, or other favorite herb)

1 whole zucchini

2 tablespoons miso

dash nama shoyu

2 cloves garlic

1 inch ginger

dash cayenne pepper

2 to 3 cups blessed water or more if needed

Place all ingredients in a blender, blend and serve!

Basic Soup Recipe:

*2 cups non-sweet fruit

Choose between cucumber, tomato, zucchini, pepper, or tomatillo. You may choose to use one or more of these.

*1 to 2 cups liquid

Use one cup first. Then if needed, add more liquid at the end. Choose between blessed water, coconut water, or vegetable juice.

*1 to 2 cups greens

Vegetables or herbs. Choose between kale, parsley, spinach, arugula (also a spice), celery, and your favorite herbs and veggies!

*1/2 to 1 whole avocado, meat of one young coconut, or 2-4 Tablespoons of tahini.

*4 Tablespoons olive oil, or other cold pressed oil like flax or hemp.

*2 Tablespoons Miso

*1/2 to 1 whole apple

*1/2 teaspoon sea salt, or 2 tablespoons nama shoyu (or Bragg's for gluten sensitive)

*1 inch ginger (optional)

*1 clove of garlic

*1 pinch cayenne pepper

Blend all ingredients. You may choose to create a chunky soup by dicing some of the vegetables, or adding some. Warm it up till it feels warm to the touch! But not over 120 degrees so that you may preserve the enzymes and keep the soup ALIVE!

Some other great additions are kelp noodles or zucchini noodles, marinated or grated vegetables, chopped avocado, chopped onions, chopped tomatoes, olives, or sprouts.

Be creative, have fun and enjoy!

"Good Soup is one of the prime ingredients of good living. For soup can do more to lift the spirits and stimulate the appetite then any other one dish."

~Louis P. De Gouy, The Soup Book (1949)

Many Blessings! ~ Michelle

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