Finding Emotional Balance Through Yoga: Cultivating Calm Amidst the Storm

By Janina | May 2, 2024

In today’s world, tuning into the news often feels like bracing for an onslaught of negativity: wars, hatred, violence, pain and suffering. It’s overwhelming, enough to make one …

Pumpkin Pasta Bake/Lasagna

By Janina | May 2, 2024

Behold… we are making some serious comfort food here. This vegan and gluten-free pumpkin pasta bake/lasagna is the perfect dish for Autumn. As temperatures get a little cooler …

Parsnip and Hazelnut Soup with Thyme and Cardamom Koftas

By Janina | March 26, 2024

A warm, nourishing, easy to digest dinner that will hit the spot in these cooler months! Serves 8 Koftas: 1 medium zucchini 100gm button mushrooms 1 cup cooked …

Yoga for Back Pain

By Janina | March 26, 2024

Yoga for back pain. For some people it’s a preventative, for others a cure, for some it’s maintenance while for a very rare few it might be a …

Yoga: A Healing Path for Cancer Survivors

By Janina | February 29, 2024

With sadness I am submitting this article for this month’s newsletter because the dear friend I was writing it for has lost her struggle with cancer and is …

Easy Vegan Bounty Slice

By Janina | February 29, 2024

A vegan and gluten free twist on a favourite sweet treat 🙂   Ingredients: 500gm Desiccated Coconut 320gm tin coconut condensed milk 1 tsp vanilla essence 3 tbs …

Vegetable Ragout with Spiced Quinoa

By Janina | February 5, 2024

Serves 8 Part 1 (cook in a pot): ¼ cup Olive oil 1 tbsp fennel seeds 350gm carrots, peeled and diced 1cm 5 sprigs thyme 3 small sprigs …

The Healing Power of Yoga: Stories from ASMY

By Janina | February 5, 2024

Yoga is not only enjoyable but improves our health. I was reading the other day about a study that showed how a steady yoga practice far outweighed stretch …

Satay Tempeh

By Janina | January 9, 2024

Tempeh is traditionally from Indonesia.  Having a higher protein content than tofu, it is easy to digest & contains iron, calcium & magnesium.  Serve it with a yummy …

Tiptoe Mountain Pose

By Janina | December 4, 2023

Balancing poses hone our ability to focus and concentrate. They provide a wonderful feedback system – as soon as the mind wavers we start to wobble. Because the …