If you haven’t read the third installment of The Wellness Ritual with @katewaitzkin head over to the Medicine Kitchen blog linked up in my profile to hear about her daily practices and wellness wisdom! #selfcare #wellness #yogalife #austinyoga #naturalhealth #healthyliving #healthymama #momlife 📷 by @heathergallagher.photography
I’m over on @lovechildmag today talking about tips to keep your kids healthy and fight illness naturally during the school year. Head over there to get all the info! 📷 by @heathergallagher.photography .
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#lovechild #austinmom #momlife #healthykids #healthyfamily #immunehealth #coldandflu #schoolbugs #medicinekitchen #unitedinmotherhood #holistichealth #naturalhealing #healingfoods #herbalmedicine
Mango Lime Gelatin Bites //// Purée 1 whole ripe mango in blender until silky smooth. Add juice of ½ lime. Heat up mango juice on stove with 1 spoonful raw honey, until just simmering and then add 3 Tbsp beef gelatin powder 1 scoop at a time - dissolving each one completely with a whisk before adding another. Pour it into molds and set in fridge. So easy. Takes about 15 min. //// These little guys are so nice to have around for tiny, grabbing hands. When Woods kept asking for candy after Halloween - every day, naturally - I thought good God what can I do to distract him from this? Made some gelatin-rich fruit based gummies and they have worked like a charm! I used @vitalproteins Grass Fed Beef Gelatin that is totally flavorless. I love giving them a treat I have zero guilt about. 💛💛.
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#foodismedicine #gelatin #healyourgut #loveyourguts #healthyeating #healthykids #healthysnacks #medicinekitchen #healingfoods #foodtherapy #wellness #momlife
WOOD // Cucumber-Herb-Dandelion Salad with Lemon Yogurt Za'atar dressing and Red Chili. All these fresh green herbs- parsley, basil, mint + a bit of bitter dandelion greens & lemon really activate the Liver Qi and aide in cleansing. It was served up with a side of wild salmon and screaming children tonight - that’s just some real life for ya. We do what we can! 🤗
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#foodismedicine #healingfoods #eatyourgreens #eattherainbow #momlife #momsofinstagram #chinesemedicine #medicinekitchen #woodelement #salad #fiveelements #foodtherapy #holisticnutrition
Sharing this article I did recently about Prepping your Body for a Healthy Pregnancy for @lovechildmag. You may have noticed my partnerships with Love Child lately - this online mag is such a wonderful, positive resource for moms and parents of all shapes, and I’m so happy to be a health & wellness contributor for them! If you’re thinking of starting a family soon this is a must read. Link is up 👆🏻.
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#momlife #parenting #motherhood #pregnancy #healthymom #healthyliving #prenatal #womenshealth #naturalmoms #naturalwoman #wellness #holistichealth #childbirth #modernmom #medicinekitchen #lovechild
Hello mamas-to-be! I’ll be @littleyogahouse with @lovechildmag on Sunday, August 13th holding a little Natural Pregnancy Q&A for you! Come for a lovely prenatal yoga + meditation class and stay after for swag bags, snacks and holistic health chatting with me. Hope to see you there! ❤️
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#lovechildmag #prenatalyoga #prenatal #momlife #wellness #prenatalhealth #healthymama #chinesemedicine #naturalhealth #medicinekitchen #treatyoself #nourishyourself
•Grain Free Nut Muffins•
I’ve made these nut flour muffins many times and this time may have been my favorite. Got the process up as a story currently. They are made entirely of nuts as a base so you don’t get the fluffy airy texture of a normal muffin- but I actually like the texture and the flavor so much we eat them up in hours usually - the kids devour them for snack and/or breakfast. Great for low-carb eating and gluten-free folks. Here’s the super simple recipe //
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1 ½ C raw nuts - here a combo of mostly almonds, with hazelnuts and pecans.
3 free-range eggs
¼ C pure maple syrup
¼ tsp sea salt
1 tsp vanilla extract
Ground nuts in a Vitamix (or food processor would work probably) until you achieve a coarse flour.
Add all other ingredients & mix until a smooth batter is formed.
Pour into greased or buttered muffin tins and bake at 375 for ~14-15 minutes. Made about 8 muffins for me. Slather with grass-fed butter & believe me I think this step is essential. ❤️
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#grainfree #lowcarb #glutenfree #wellness #medicinekitchen #eatclean #foodismedicine #momlife #unitedinmotherhood #nourishyourself #healthykids #healthyeating #naturalhealth #wholefoods #forkyeah #holisticnutrition #healthyfats #healthathome #grassfed
Mother’s Day - one of my favorite holidays. I’ll be here May 10th with @nicelynoted and @sabiaapothecary to get beautifully addressed cards for Mom, the best in holistic skincare gifts and a Sarah Senter, LAc + Medicine Kitchen giveaway door prize! Join us next week! ✨
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#medicinekitchen #mothersday #bewell #momlife #supermom #austinevents #wellness #holistichealth #naturalbeauty #giveaway #naturalhealth #bossbabes #motherhood #motherlove #greenbeauty #organicskincare (at Austin, Texas)
Afternoon pick me up:
½ tsp Astragalus
½ tsp He Shou Wu powders
½ Maca root powder
½ tsp coconut oil
½ tsp maple syrup
All melted into 8oz hot steeped chai tea and topped with foamed up coconut milk! They teach us not to combine Chinese herbs with anything but water so that they retain their healing qualities and your body can focus on assimilating the herbs in their pure form - I get it. I normally follow this rule. But hey, this mama is tired and needed a treat. 😉.
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#nourishingfood #nourishyourself #herbalmedicine #herbs #astragalus #foodismedicine #treatyoself #chinesemedicine #onthetable #stressreliever #chai #wellness #momlife #momboss #medicinekitchen
What’s for dinner? Asian Salmon with Bok Choy & Hei Zhi Ma - aka Black Sesame seed! Hei Zhi Ma is a legit Chinese herb we use for deficiency/depletion especially relating to the Liver and Kidneys. It’s very nourishing to the blood and YIN 🌑parts of our body. Personally, I got majorly depleted & lost a ton of hair after both my pregnancies - using herbs like this (among many other things) is a little daily ritual for me to cultivate more yin in my life. ❤
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#orientalmedicine #holisticmedicine #momlife #healthyliving #onthetable #liveauthentic #eatclean #eattherainbow #herbs #herbalmedicine #nourishingtraditions #salmon #medicinekitchen #foodtherapy #foodismedicine #familymeal #wholefoods #whole30 #wellness #yinyang
Practice News! I will soon begin a training in experiential & mindfulness-based therapies called Minding the Heart. Mindfulness & body awareness has always been a part of my practice, but I have recently experienced great enjoyment working deeper in this way. Through this program I will be able to bring new methods like the application of mindfulness and somatic experience in treating physical pain, trauma work, attunement training, working with defenses and emotion, & tracking the body into my acupuncture practice. I know these techniques will be a great compliment to Chinese medicine which already looks at the body, mind and spirit in such an interconnected way. I also look forward to tying in this training in mindfulness with women’s health as we know infertility, pregnancy, the post-partum phase & general parenting can cause unforeseen stress in our lives! Love this image embodying the creative mindful mind by @hannabarczyk. ❤
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#mindfulness #meditation #anxiety #stress #peaceofmind #attunement #motherhood #momlife #mama #parenting #relaxation #holistichealth