Soul Food

The Friend You Need

The one that heals your soul

For when you need gentleness and compassion. The day when you just need a hug. Today is your hug day. Some days we need some love, especially on those days we want to run and hide from it. This guide will heal the soul. It’s the warm blanket on a cold, rainy day. It’s the warmth on your skin when you step outside. It’s that hot cocoa on a snowy day. The warm chicken noodle soup your mother cooked up when you were sick.

PODCASTS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC3pSt70_Jw

FOOD

Recipes

  1. Matcha Latte https://www.jessicaquinnayurveda.com/ayurveda-matcha-latte
  2. Soothing Breakfast Porridge https://www.joyfulbelly.com/Ayurveda/recipe/Cinnamon-Rye-Berry-Porridge-with-Prunes/33945
  3. Blue spirulina Smoothie young coconut water/ banana / dates /acai juice/ coconut shaving toppings/ papaya topper/ banana topper/ granola topper/ mango topper / Blue Spirulina / Cinnamon topper 
  4. Kitchari (you can take a Dosha quiz to figure out what type of adjustments to make https://www.jessicaquinnayurveda.com/ayurvedic-kitchari
  5. Bliss balls 

Exercise

For some, the absence of visual stimuli can feel stifling. After all, a healthy imagination does not come naturally to everyone.

The activity of Mindful Seeing may be helpful to anyone who identifies with this.

It is a simple exercise, requiring only a window with some kind of a view. The facilitator guides the group following these steps:

  • Step 1: find a space at a window where there are sights to be seen outside;
  • Step 2: look at everything there is to see. Avoid labeling and categorizing what you see outside the window; instead of thinking “bird” or “stop sign,” try to notice the colors, the patterns, or the textures;
  • Step 3: pay attention to the movement of the grass or leaves in the breeze. Notice the many different shapes present in this small segment of the world you can see. Try to see the world outside the window from the perspective of someone unfamiliar with these sights;
  • Step 4: be observant, but not critical. Be aware, but not fixated;
  • Step 5: if you become distracted, gently pull your mind away from those thoughts and notice a color or shape again to put you back in the right frame of mind.

BOOKS

  • The Alchemist

MUSIC

  1. Londrelle Morning Asana
  2. Follow the Sun Xavier Rudd
  3. Faiths Hymn Beautiful Chorus

MOVIES

Little Miss Sunshine