Our nourishment and our connection to the Earth
Our nourishment starts with our personal connection to the earth, to the natural processes and to the biology of foods.
How can you choose pure foods that are beneficial to your body and special needs, if you are disconnected from the earth?
How can you feel resonance with the essence of the foods that will nourish you if you are not aware of the natural processes that sustain them?
How can you be intuitively drawn to certain ingredients that your body needs if you haven’t met their essence and the essence of the earth who created them.
How can you appreciate abundance if you are not aware of the time and energy needed for the natural processes to occur?
How can you appreciate the existence of a fresh ingredient on your table if you are disconnected from the natural processes that created them on this earth?
These are some of the questions that occur when we are talking about deep nourishment and the selection of pure foods that are aligned to our bodies. The foods that are as far as possible unadulterated that will be grown on local land and according to the season by small scale farmers instead of large agricultural corporations.
When you meet the essence of an ingredient from its biology to its cycle of life on this earth that created it, you are opening up a dialog and a conversation between the ingredient and your body to discover if this is something for you. In the modern world most of us we have been disconnected from the earth and from the natural processes of growing food and following the process of transformation from seed to food.
As a result, we take food abundance for granted, we might be disconnected from seasonal foods or foods that grow on the local land where we are located. We also sometimes tend to over-consume or buy more than we need to as we don’t value the time and the earth energy that each ingredient required to be produced.
Furthermore, the energetic connection between the earth, the local land and the food produced is interrupted, creating imbalances that could lead to us consuming more than what we are supposed to be consuming or feeling empty or unsatisfied even if we have just eaten.
An invitation to some simple everyday practices to reconnect to the earth from wherever you are:
EARTH CONNECTION PRACTICE 1:
Whether you live in a crowded city or in the countryside, I invite you to slowly become aware of the space of earth around you whenever you can see it. Observe the beauty all around you.
Pay attention to her, to her colours and her textures, touch her if she is calling you to be touched. Notice what grows on her and what not. Does she seem to be fertile and healthy or is she exhausted and intoxicated?
How are the plants growing on her? Do they need your attention? Do they call you for some extra water or some extra food? Are their leaves suffocating from the dust or the pollution of the city? Or are they soaked in the early morning fresh mist?
Slowly and gently show your attention to her as an act of offering and reciprocity for all that is given by her. The support and the soil beneath our feet, the food growing on her skin for us to enjoy and sustain our existence.
Give her an offering if you feel like it, a little water, some flowers, some honey or seeds, and promise to take care of her.
EARTH CONNECTION PRACTICE 2:
Wherever you might be living, may it be the countryside or an apartment in a crowded city, attempt to grow some of your favourite herbs or small vegetables. Choose organic seeds of herbs or/and vegetables and plant them in organic soil. Monitor them day by day and follow the little seeds on their life journey from sprouting, to seedling and towards the mature plant. Feel their life cycle unfolding and observe the time, care, love and patience it takes for the growing of the plant that will eventually be your food.
Thank you for following and trusting on these exercises to guide you on your journey to reconnect back to the earth.
If you want to cultivate a deeper connection to the earth and the natural world that creates the foods through their sacred cycle of life, dive deep into the essence of foods that resonate with your body, reconnect to your body’s inner voice and wisdom -
Join the 1:1 FOOD SESSIONS to experience a tailor-made in depth guidance towards your essence connection to your nourishment and the to earth. Feel free to book a discovery call to feel if this is something for you.
With love and gratitude that you are here,
Alexandra
