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Bright Lights and Light Green Refresher Juices!

24 Thursday Jul 2014

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Hey! Sorry for the lack of posts recently. Things have been a bit hectic here. I am back in the blog- sphere and ready to go. I have my ‘Bright Lights Juice” and my “Light Green Refresher Juice” recipes to share. We have been having a bit of a heat wave here, I think in other countries it may be know as “Sum-mer”. It is a wonderful thing. I have been able to partake in outdoor yoga again, neighbours haven’t started throwing things out their windows at me yet!!! 😉

My view doing Yoga

My view doing Yoga

Yesterday I had my crazy colourful juice. It is filled with anti-oxidant rich wonders, including the “Chard Bright Lights” which I have named the juice after.

Bright Lights pre the juicin'

Bright Lights pre the juicin’

Bright Lights Juice

  • Three Rainbow Chard leaves and stems
  • One medium beetroot
  • Two GAINT stalks of celery (3 small)
  • One unwaxed lime
  • Four mint leaves
  • One oregano stalk with leaves
  • Four inch/ 9cms piece of cucumber
  • Piece of turmeric size of baby finger nail
  • Piece of org ginger the same size
  • Bundle of wheatgrass one inch/2.5cm in diameter
  • Optional: A double shot of water kefir

I use all organic stuff, but i am lucky to work somewhere that sells the stuff! I emphasis the organic ginger as sometimes non-organic can have been irradiated. This juice is anti-oxandiant rich. Contains anti-inflammatory goodies like turmeric and ginger. These double up as great for the digestion as is mint. Oregano has anti-bacterial properties, the kefir is filled with good bacteria! It has the obvious b vits, vitamin c, potassium and the amazing superoxide dismutase found in wheatgrass. i had an intense lime- so it was very limey, yours may not be.

 

Bright Lights Juice

Bright Lights Juice

Here is tonights green wonder. I call it the Light Green Refresher!

Light Green Refresher

Light Green Refresher

I made two of these. So the recipe will give you one decent sized juice. It is in the high 20sC here, about 80F. I came in from my after work stint in the sun. I did my yoga indoors tonight- I decided burning shoulders may not be good for shoulder stands! I wanted a light thirst quenching green boost- so here it is…

Light Green Refresher Juice

  • One unwaxed granny smith apple
  • One stalk of GIANT celery
  • Two inch/5cm of cucumber
  • Bundle of wheatgrass 1inch/2.5cm in diameter
  • Two inches/ 5cm of a carrot (I had nibbled the rest!)
  • 1cm/half inch piece of turmeric
  • Same of organic ginger

C’est Ca! Easy, light , sweet and refreshing and packed full of good things!

Hope you try them! Xs Aissa

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Get my Sunday Going Yoga

13 Sunday Jul 2014

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I followed this routine yesterday and I about to do it again.It sent me about my afternoon limber and in a good mood! If there is synchronisity maybe one of you guys will be doing with me! It’s a lovely energising routine with lots of sun salutes. In fact being no attention span girl,about half way through I couldn’t take a repeating them again I did a few of my own favourite poses in between. At the end I did a head stand against the wall,child pose, a shoulder stand that brought me down into corpse pose-savasana. In the last yoga video I shared there is a good advise on how to do safe head stand. I really liked the way she included the variations of regularly poses all in one go, esp. pigeon. Hope you get as much out of it! Xs Aissa

Power Shot

03 Thursday Jul 2014

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soooo greeeeennnnn!!!

soooo greeeeennnnn!!!

I practiced a yin yoga routine this evening. It was what I needed. Had a bit of an odd dislocatey moment at the start, but managed to put myself back together! 🙂 It is more of a mental challenge to stay in poses for a longer time. I am such a fidgeter and my attention span is that of…. some creature with a low attention span. A butterfly? Seems insulting to butterflies. I digress. The Yin was good, really increased my flexibility.
Here is the “little juice that could” (I think that is a Thomas the tank engine reference). Felt energised after my yoga but this zapped me up another level. Nutrient packed, which has a lot to do with the wheatgrass. Alkalising, anti- inflammatory,good for the digestion and your immune system. Hopefully good for helping repair over stretched dislocatey bits too!! 😉

Power Shot

  • An inch an a half (3.5cm) bundle of wheatgrass
  • A whole unwaxed lemon
  • Three inch (7cm) piece of cucumber
  • A knub of fresh turmeric (about the size of the top of my thumb)
  • A sprig of fresh oregano
  • Six fresh mint leaves

Taste wise its a good one! The cucumber lightens and freshens that strong wheatgrass flavour. My lemon was lovely and ripe so it was sweet and sour at the same time. Turmeric floated on the background with the oregano as slightly earthy. The mint was the hero though, made it really refreshing!

Hope you try it. Xs Aissa

little bowl of fabulousness

little bowl of fabulousness

P.S. i accidentally liked my own post! Weird that I can even do that! Don’t know how to undo it. I just thought I’d mention it incase you guys think it is a bit of an odd thing to do.

 

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Energising Yoga for a lazy sunny Sunday

22 Sunday Jun 2014

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I woke up feeling out of sorts. A little stiff and not really refreshed. So I had my “Not so smooth energy smoothie” for breakfast, a giant mug of organic coffee (that large crashing sound was my health guru myth collapsing ). Still feeling blah decided a get up and go wake up yoga routine is what I needed. I have followed this video before.

This routine is very well thought out. Challenging but never too much. She gives options as to how far to take poses. If something seems too much you don’t have to stop your yoga and just watch whilst feeling inferior. I did watch her do the headstand, it was a good reminder on correct positioning, as I have bad habits! I feel amazing after it, all that blood to my head really woke me up. My limbs are acting like my own again. I ready for the outside world once more 🙂 Hope you guys like it too. have an amazing day! Xs Aissa.

Sunshine, salad, kale and strawberries.

18 Wednesday Jun 2014

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O what a glorious few days of sun we have had. Got up into the high twenties (low 80sF). I got home from work, dropped shopping, jumped into shorts and was out the door. Sun, sun, sun sun O how I adore the big glowing ball of radiation! I practiced my yoga outdoors again, curling my toes in the warm grass. I reached up into the solid blue sky in my shoulder stand. I was extremely warm but also the heat increased my flexibility, my happiness to be in the good weather may have helped too! A lovely hour practice- including sun salutes as I mentioned in my last post- as it seemed rude not to 😉

I listened to the radio, read and just lay there for another hour and a half, as if there was nothing else I had to do. You have to take the sun when you can get it here in Ireland. You never know when the clouds will reappear.

I am still doing my healthy juice a day. I wanted something super green! I had eaten a plum and green apple while laying in the grass. I decided that was enough fruit so made a veg based one. It is CRAZY green and REALLY NOT sweet. So much so I had a beautiful ripe strawberry with it to balance it out. Now that I’m typing I’m thinking I could have diluted it… but eh!

kale and strawberry

kale and strawberry

Kale and Stawberries etc.

  • Four leaves and stalks of flat kale (cavolo nero)
  • A bunch of wheatgrass just under one inch in diameter (approx 2cm)
  • Three small carrots (equal to one large)
  • An inch long 1mm(.05inch) thick piece of organic ginger*
  • Half that amount of turmeric root
  • A couple of mint leaves
  • Optional: a quarter teaspoon of magnesium to balance the oxalic acid in the kale
  • Two ripe strawberries- to eat with the juice
  • I recommend diluting it with some water or water kefir

*organic as sometimes non-organic can have been irradiated

I made a salad with organic leaves, sunflower sprouts and miso

Organic salad

Organic salad

 

 

Grass Green Juice, Green Grass Yoga!

17 Tuesday Jun 2014

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Green Grass Juice- pre the juicing!

Green Grass Juice- pre the juicing!

Summer continues to be summer here in Ireland. It is a rare and beautiful thing. Every free moment I have is being spent in sunshine. I am building up vitamin D stores and the pale is going off me too 🙂

After work today I headed to a grassy sunny spot. It was over 25C (about 80F) lovely, sunny a hint of a breeze. I decided to do my yoga routine. My neighbours prob. now think me a little odd…. well odd and flexible! It was great, I have never done yoga outdoors on soft thick grass before. I started with sun salutes, seemed appropriate, headed into Triangle and Warrior one and two. I did a more yin practice after that, open hip positions, Pigeon, Double pigeon, Swan, Mermaid, leg stretches,some back bends and shoulder stands. I ended with some core, Crow and Shavasana Feeling the grass and gripping the uneven surface of the earth with my toes really focused my attention. It was much more calming away from the distractions of my living room. The breeze reminded me to breath, the grass tickling my nose helped me relax. If you get the chance and have your vegan sunscreen I highly recommend it.

I took this image from etnayoga.blogspot.ie I am not familiar with her blog. I had a glance it seems nice, I must go back and have a proper look. I think this simple drawing is very effective.

sun salute

sun salute

I stayed out reading and warming my bones for another hour or so after. When I came back in I was ready for a refreshing anti-oxidant hit.

In honour of the good weather and the outdoors I made Green Grass Juice!

  • Six dark flat kale leaves and stalks (Cavolo Nero)
  • An inch an a half in diameter of wheatgrass
  • One unwaxed golden delicious apple
  • one little carrot
  • One unwaxed lemon
  • A 2mm (.10 of an inch) thick slice of organic ginger
  • Roughly the same amount of organic turmeric root
  • Three stalks inc. leaves of oregano
  • Five mint leaves
  • Optional: A dash of organic apple cider vinegar (one with the mother)
  • Optional: A double shot of water kefir- for the good bacteria and yeasts
  • Optional: A third of a teaspoon of magnesium powder*

*I put in magnesium as I worry about the oxalic acids in the kale, it will bind with the magnesium from what I have read.

This is enough to make two small juices or one big mug of a juice. My partner found it a little sour, prob. due to the giant lemon and apple cider vinegar. I like the sour and intense green taste. If you are new to green juices or wheatgrass, perhaps half the wheatgrass and add another apple. This juice is supports the bodies natural detoxification process. It is alkalising and energising. The ginger and turmeric are good for digestion and have anti-inflammatory compounds. It is packed with vitamin C , the B vitamins and vitamin K and the super lemony-ness was really refreshing after all my time in the sun! It tastes summery.

Grass Green Juice!

Grass Green Juice!

Wishing you all good weather and a good yoga practice. Xs Aissa

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Sunny Morning Yoga

31 Saturday May 2014

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It’s an actual sunny day in summer! Irish weather is behaving, a rare occurrence. With the sun streaming in my window I wanted to kick start my day with an energising routine. It is nicely paced, you warm up gently. Half way through I found myself more challenged but ready for it! Hope you guys like it!
Xs Aissa

Lovely Evening Yoga

23 Wednesday Apr 2014

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Hey, wanted to post over the last few days, sorry I haven’t had a chance. I have some fun recipes coming up that I hope people will like. In the meantime I found this Lovely Evening Yoga routine and thought I would spread the word. It was just what I needed this evening so there must be someone else out there that feels the same?!

Xs Aissa

Have a flexible day!

30 Sunday Mar 2014

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I find sometimes I get stuck in yoga routines I like, I guess I see myself making progress in certain positions and it is tempting to stick to this as I can quantify my improvement. But every now and then in effort to shake it up and work on areas maybe I have neglected I search out new inspiration. It was after doing this routine for the first time that I managed to do a proper Mermaid pose, so I went back to it this morning and found it just as great. Hope you like it too! 🙂

X Aissa

Spring morning Yoga

09 Sunday Mar 2014

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Spring morning Yoga

So I am just after a great few of hours of yoga- and I wanted to share with you because I am high on the endorphins and still all with the “world can be okay if you spend two hours or more just thinking about stretching” 🙂

I always like to have something antioxidant rich and chlorophyll filled before I start- a shot of wheatgrass or maybe a cup of barleygrass with a dash of maca and some gogi berries or blueberries- bit of energy and protect your cells!

I did my usual routine the fresh air and sunshine coming in my window- bird a tweetin’- cats lying on the rooftop taking in the heat, felt a bit like a cat myself, discovering new flexibility! I really enjoyed two videos and I thought i would share.

The first is real yin – open hips, holding poses for a long time really relaxing into them. She is super smiley- but knows her stuff!

The second one I think is a nice one to follow that. It’s long, intense at times, but it really works on the whole body.

Hope you enjoy them too.

xAissa

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