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Grounding: April 2022

This month we will clear anxiety and calm the nervous system as we bring our focus to grounding in the root chakra. We’ll rebuild our energetic foundation through our connection to earth energy. 

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Grounding Healing

Root Down to the Beet: Live Cooking Class

Join chef Krystle Seiden as she talks about the grounding benefits of Root Veggies. She will take you through a live cooking class and teach you how to prepare one of her most requested retreat soups.  Please make sure you have all the ingredients ready to go so you can follow along in class.

Coconut Beetroot Purée Soup 

What Else You Need: 
Parchment paper, measuring cups & spoons, peeler, small pot, blender or equivalent, fork to check beet tenderness, spoon to taste.

 

*NOTE: have extra Sea Salt, Pepper, Coconut Milk/Cream to flavor to taste.

Recipe: Servings: 2

2 cups Beets (peeled and chopped)
1/4 Sweet Onion (peeled and diced)
1 1/2 tsp Garlic (minced/chopped)
1 1/2 tsp Ginger (minced/chopped)
1 tsp Coconut Oil
1/2 tsp Sea Salt
1/4 tsp Pepper
Coconut Cream
2 cups Broth
(I used my homemade herbal broth blend, but veggie broth works great; if you don’t have broth on hand, you can use water)
1/2 cup unsweetened Coconut Milk (full fat)OR 1/4 cup

KRYSTLE SEIDEN
Traveling Retreat Chef Alchemist & Herbalist, Krystle Amber, works closely with both organic plant based foods + natural medicine bringing you literal “Food As Medicine” for the body. She shares quick tips & tricks to create meals packed with tons of flavor that really excite the taste buds, all while providing knowledge of the ingredients and nourishment; Krystle will guide you in opening the senses, building confidence in flavoring to taste, broadening your pallet & TRUSTING the gut.

HOMEWORK


 JOURNAL QUESTIONS

  1. What does ‘being grounded’ mean to me?
  2. How can I encourage the feeling of being grounded in my life?
  3. What does an ordinary day as my most grounded and secure-self look like?
  4. When my energy feels depleted, what can I do to nourish and nurture myself?
  5. What daily practices can I introduce to increase mindfulness and help me remain in the present moment?

EXERCISES

  1.  The 5-4-3-2-1 Technique:
    This is the most common grounding technique because it calls upon all the senses to bring you back to the present. It involves thinking about:  

    • Five things you can see;
    • Four things you can feel;
    • Three things you can hear;
    • Two things you can smell; and
    • One thing you can taste in your immediate environment. 

    Identifying things in your physical world slows your heart rate and takes your focus off the intense feelings of anxiety.

  2. Designate a grounding chair
    Pick a cozy chair in a quiet space in your home. Sit in it and think about how it feels as you sit. How does the material feel on your skin? How does your body fit into it? Lean back in the chair and imagine all of the negative emotions spilling out of your feet and onto the floor and relax every muscle on the way down.

  3. Stomp on the floor:
    It might feel good to stomp around a little bit, thinking specifically about how it feels when your foot lands on the floor. Focus on the ground beneath you and the sensation it causes when it makes contact with your foot.