I take Hatha Flow classes twice a week at a local yoga studio called Yoga Mandala. I told my teacher last week that sometimes during yoga I want to blow chunks. She said it was totally normal to my dismay (I like to think I'm a freak of nature). She said it was because I have a fiery constitution. I was like umm, duh, red hair, I get it. But in actuality it has to do not with the color of my fur (curtains match the drapes) but with my Ayurveda. Sounds hippified right? Well it's basically a super ancient Indian healing method (developed like 10 thousand years ago). It means "knowledge of life" (yoga mandala).
With my fiery constitution I should be drinking more water (what every doctor tells me) and I should be eating cooling foods like coconut water, kale, bitter melon, etc. So I've been nomming on this cray amaze kale salad ever since. I don't know if it's working but I can tell you that I felt nominally more energized during yoga yesterday and I didn't feel like I wanted to yawn in technicolor once.
Here is the recipe for anyone who is interested:
Emerald Kale Salad
1 bunch of curly kale
1/8 cup olive oil
Wash & break kale into bite-sized pieces. Put into a large mixing bowl. Pour oil over kale and get in there and massage that kale (no joke) for 1-5 minutes.
1 1/2 Tbsp toasted sesame oil
1/8 cup soy sauce or tamari (wheat free tamari is totally acceptable too)
1/8 cup sesame seeds
Juice of one half lemon
Mix in sesame oil, tamari and sesame seeds into the kale. Juice the lemon on top. Toss & enjoy!
It's frigging delicious.
Love you, mean it
Emily
p.s. I'm going on a thrifting adventure this weekend - will update you with my treasures Monday! I'm looking to find something I can use to make some high-waisted shorts!
pictures found on google images
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