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For more information contact Louise on 07788440211 email: theyogacook@me.com

Healthy Eating, Fitness and Yoga Weekend

These weekend and week long retreats are designed to motivate, empower and inspire women to make healthier lifestyle choices. Combining Yoga with Fitness, Core conditioning, Consciousness Coaching and Nutrition our aim is to rebalance and nourish the body on all levels. They are held on the Beautiful Osea Island in Essex less than an hour from London. Osea has long been known for its healing qualities, situated close to Maldon the air is rich is sea ions and the mud rich in minerals.
The accomodation and facilities are superb and include

Massage
Sauna
Fitness Studio
Heated outdoor swimming pool
Tennis Courts
Bike and Kayak Hire
Stunning Walks and Nature
Art Studio

The Yoga Studio is beautifully located with nature all around allowing us to be in touch with the peaceful serenity that the island offers. Eating well is an integral part of a Lifestyle Retreat; nourishing the body and soul from the inside out is an essential part of our mantra. During our retreats we savor delicious superfood-rich vegetables, grains and when available fresh local fish caught off the Island.

You will leave our retreat feeling revitalised, nourished and deeply rested.

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Healthy Eating and Yoga Day

These days held in South London offer a mini retreat from the stresses of living in a big city!
Recharge your batteries with yoga, meditation and fantastic tasting healthy food. Recipes included.

Sample schedule:
10am Fresh Ginger and lemon Tea
10.30-12.00am Dynamic Yoga
Talk on Healthy Eating
1-2pm Lunch eg Homemade Soup
Brown Rice sushi
Salads
2pm Cookery Demo on healthy sweet treats
2.30-3.45 Restorative/yin class
3.45-4.30 Fresh herb tea and sweet treats!

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To find out more information contact theyogacook@me.com

Healthy Eating Workshops

Healthy Eating Workshops are taught from my kitchen in Balham,South London. Alternatively If you have a group of over 5 people and a suitable kitchen or preparation area, I can teach in your home or office.

These workshops are designed to inspire you to want to cook and eat healthy. They cover subjects such as, what constitutes a balanced diet, tips to maximize nutrition in a busy life, how to prepare your kitchen with equipment and food basics, how to shop, food psychology and the meditation of eating. Most importantly they provide healthy recipes which taste fantastic.
The recipes are vegetarian and can be adapted for vegans (or meat eaters!)

Food Workshops currently offered in Balham. (See Schedule for Dates and Costs)

Recipe Demonstration and Nutritional Information Workshop -These are 2 hours long with plenty of tasting, Nutritional info and Recipes to take away.

Practical Hands On Cookery Workshop These are 4 hours long where we create a variety of dishes and then sit down to eat them. Includes Knife skills and other practical kitchen skills and Recipes sheets to take home.

Alternatively Choose from below a workshop that interests your group.

What’s what in the Health Food Store

A look at some of the ingredients commonly available in health food stores but which may be unfamiliar to you. Eg seaweeds, miso paste, umemboshi plums, xyltol, agave , goji berries, quinoa, oat grouts, nut butters etc.
Taste them, learn about their benefits and how to incorporate them into your diets.
The importance of reducing sugar and salt.
Learn about healthy alternatives and recipes incorporating them.

Raw Foods

The benefits of eating raw foods.
Transitioning to a raw food diet.
How to introduce more raw foods into your diet.
Setting up a raw food kitchen.
How to sprout.
Tasty raw recipes that you can easily do at home.

Eat Your Greens

Why it is so important.
Introduction to Sprouting.
Different methods of cooking. Preparing Greens including seaweeds for maximum nutrition.
Tasty recipes to maximize your greens input.

Food Allergies

How to recognize if you have a food allergy. What happens in the body.
How to deal with a food allergy.
Good and bad grains, sugars and fats .
Wheat, gluten, sugar and fat free recipes

Pulses

How to make them exciting and digestable!
The benefits of pulses.
How to maximize the nutritional value of pulses.
Tasty recipes for second helpings!!

Lunch box

Alternatives to sandwiches.
Simple, fast recipes.
How to organize and prepare a weekly menu.
Healthy snacks including great tasting smoothies.
How to maximise nutrition for sustained energy throughout the day.

Sweet treats

Learn which ingredients can be substituted in place of Sugar Understand what a low GL diet is and how it can help you lose weight. Recipes that give you that sweet kick without the sugar. Learn how to make healthy cakes and desserts that are good for your health as well as your waistline.

These residential weekends are held on Osea Island in conjuction with The Lifestyle Retreat. Dynamic yoga classes in the morning and Restorative Yoga in the evening leave you energised and refreshed. The meals are organic, seasonal and balanced to support the yoga practice. Nutritional advice, cookery demonstrations, massage and a fabulous location make this an unforgettable experience. For more info www.thelifestyleretreat.com

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