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Fermentation Workshop 4th July in Rosscarbery West Cork

My next workshop in West Cork 4th July! A full on evening of fermenting fun for wild foodies......we will cover the entire range of fermented foods to get you started on your journey to great gut health! Contact www.flavour.ie to book your space.....Looking forward to seeing you there

gut health, healing, workshops, naturopathic nutrition, fermented foodsTamsin Blackbourn24 June 2016Comment

Up Coming Workshops!

PROTECTING YOUR ENERGY IN CHANGING TIMES
WORKSHOP WITH MEDICAL INTUITIVE AND SCIENTIST APRIL DANANN

An afternoon intensive with Medical Intuitive and Scientist April Danann, on how to protect, heal, fix , alter, change and shore up your energy field (and body, mind and spirit) while living, working and walking in today’s world.

closing energy leaks, energy, healing, wellbeing, self care, workshops, naturopathic nutritionTamsin Blackbourn16 February 2016Comment

Fermentation Workshop 25th & 26th January 2016 in The Happy Pear & Skibbereen

Fermentation of food & drink is an ancient art and a necessary skill to maintain a healthy, balanced gut – turning ordinary vegetables, fruit and water into a healthy, tasty & probiotic food is the ultimate quest for the Food Alchemist.
Join April Danann, Food Scientist, Clinical Naturopathic Nutritionist and an expert in Living Water wild fermentation techniques, for an evening in nature reconnecting to the finer points of nourishing your soul.

gut health, healing, wellbeing, naturopathic nutrition, workshops, fermented foodsTamsin Blackbourn12 January 2016Comment

November Fermentation Workshop - West Cork

Fermentation of food & drink is an ancient art and a necessary skill to maintain a healthy, balanced gut – turning ordinary vegetables, fruit and water into a healthy, tasty & probiotic gut friendly food is the ultimate quest for the Food Alchemist.
Join April Danann, Food Scientist, Clinical Naturopathic Nutritionist and an expert in Living Water wild fermentation techniques, for an evening in nature reconnecting to the finer points of nourishing your soul.

gut health, healing, workshops, naturopathic nutrition, fermented foodsTamsin Blackbourn25 October 2015Comment

100 Days - What is Life?

What is life exactly?

I’ve come to realize that LIFE is not only what is taking place outside of us, around us, with us and to us – it should be equally (perhaps more so?) inside of us. And for me, for a very long time, if ever at all – there was little life to be lived on the inside.

My gut had ‘dead-spots’, it was leaky, and generally non functioning in the appropriate ways to sustain life. By that I mean – there were not enough beneficial organisms helping me digest food, extract nutrients and make vitamins.

100 Days ......Juicing, Fasting and Bone Broth

We are back on our schedule of not really fasting....but not really eating either!! Let me explain.....

These past few weeks I have done 30 days on juices and smoothies - with at least 50% vegetables in each one and the rest some kind of fruit.

I am really finding great benefits from the cabbage - one of the most underrated healing foods of all time and indeed my best 'superfood' discovery to date. It has completely changed the way my gut works and helped build up those beneficial organisms in a massive way.

change, detox, fasting, fermented foods, gut health, healing, healthy eating, naturopathic nutritionTamsin Blackbourn11 August 2015Comment

Food And Our Spiritual Essence

Over these past few years I have given a lot of thought to our Spiritual Connection with food – what went wrong and how to get back to that special place inside of our bodies where eating, drinking, growing, foraging, fasting and anything related to nourishing ourselves - once again becomes a part of our spiritual essence.

One main thing I have discovered is how much my own spirit has been pushed down – pulled apart and broken off over the years, to reach a place where food was just there for ‘eating’ (pushing something down, aside, keeping things in place) and had little other meaning attached to it.

healthy eating, holistic living, naturopathic nutrition, positive thinking, wellbeingTamsin Blackbourn29 March 2015Comment

Summer Solstice - Mid Summer Celebration & Altar

The summer Solstice is nearly upon us - Saturday 21st June is the longest day of the year and considered to be Mid Summer (already!). It is also a solar celebration and what better way to celebrate then with beautiful blossoms of one of the most sacred trees in Ireland.

energy, healing, life force, wellbeing, market stall, solstice, rituals, naturopathic nutritionTamsin Blackbourn17 June 2014Comment

Building A Gut Profile......Days 10 to 12 of Our Probiotic Fast

Day 10 to 12

We are now on day 13 of our fast and feeling pretty good. To be honest, most of the time I feel as if I could carry on indefinitely – I think this is what it feels like to make progress!

Now, to catch you up on what I have been doing….

Days 10 and 11, we just fasted on our fermented drinks, apple cider vinegar and beet root fermented juices. Oh, and I have increased my intake of herbal teas – now I am including a liver tonic along with the hormone balance herbs.

Onwards & Upwards - Days 6 to 9 of my Fast

Day 6 – 9

Right now I am on day 9 of this spring detox and it has been quite interesting to say the least. For starters, we broke our fast on day 6 for a few hours and ate garlic, some fermented veggies and thick smoothies with fruit.

I am still very focused on getting all those lovely probiotics into my system – with nothing at all to slow them down! Actually, I am finding this quite easy for the most part and every system in my body is thanking me for the effort.