01/02/21
Green Smoothie
With health (and delicious flavour) in mind enjoy a Green Smoothie Recipe by our amazing retreat chef Catherine from Wildings Vegan Kitchen. (more…)
04/01/21
Raw Bounty Cups
This will be a definite hit with the family as an after school or dinner treat and the best news is, it won’t break any healthy New Year Resolutions! Our fabulous retreat chef Catherine from Wildings Vegan Kitchen has lovingly shared her recipe with The Zest Life community to enjoy! (more…)
16/12/20
Winter Warming Ribollita Soup
Nothing beats a warming bowl of soup on a cold winter’s day! Here’s a fabulously hearty Italian favourite adapted by our fabulous retreat chef Catherine from Wildings Vegan Kitchen who has lovingly shared it with our The Zest Life community to enjoy! (more…)
10/11/20
Breakfast Oat & Chia Jars
A quick and easy recipe to kick-start your morning full of protein and fibre! Our fabulous retreat chef Catherine from Wildings Vegan Kitchen has lovingly shared it with our The Zest Life community to enjoy! (more…)
12/10/20
Tahini Coconut Fudge
A delicious guilt-free treat that will bring joy to all who manage to steal a slice. Our fabulous retreat chef Catherine from Wildings Vegan Kitchen has lovingly shared it with our The Zest Life community to enjoy! (more…)
13/08/17
BAM – the best Bamboo clothing
We have loved the brand BAM for a very long time now. Having followed their journey which began over ten years ago in the garage of their founder David Gordon. We love their values of delivering high quality, comfortable clothing and all the while their production sees that everyone is treated fairly and responsibly. Basically I see them as a company that cares! (more…)
22/07/17
Jilla Active – Yoga Gear
Hearing about a new active wear yoga brand is so exciting. Receiving their beautifully packaged garments through the post is one thing, wearing them to teach and to carry out my own practise is another and to absolutely love them is the icing on the cake.
Jilla active are a British designed active wear company based in London. Olivia and Bridget head up the company and have been so kind to send us a selection of items that all look gorgeous and feel amazing. (more…)
23/02/17
Banana Peanut Butter Flapjacks
A lovely healthy, guilt free alternative to a flapjack. Tastes a bit like a banana bread but has all the goodness of the oats you’d find in a flapjack. They make a great breakfast alternative and also a great snack for the mid afternoon energy slump. Wheat and dairy too. (more…)
28/11/16
Just Being – Peters Poem
Just Being
Sitting,
Just sitting
On Mother Earth,
Secure.
Absorbing Surya’s rays.
Listening,
Just Listening
To Terns and Wildfowl and
Their Soundtrack of
Communication.
Watching,
Just watching
As the Tides’ stillness
Edges
Deceptively ever nearer.
Waiting,
Just waiting
As ripples radiate
Revealing
A hidden Presence.
Breathing,
Just breathing
As Prana’s flow
Ebbs in and out,
Revitalising.
Stillness,
Just stillness
As all things ever changing,
Flow
Transform
Into this
Moment.
and then
Changing,
Just changing,
With no Beginning ,
Never Ending
Just Being.
09/11/16
chai tea
Since travelling in India I have always loved chai tea. Whenever I drink it I am always transported back almost twenty years to my first visit there. I remember sitting on a platform in Bombay waiting for my first train across India and being sold cups of wonderfully sweet chai tea while I waited. It was always served in tiny terracotta pots, almost like a shot of tea really and only cost just a couple of rupee a cup, a far cry from the tea prices of Starbucks. Anyway, a very good friend of mine Kate has given me this recipe of her divine chai tea to share. It’s a perfect spice blend to warm the hearts at this cold time of year. (more…)
