Autumn Equinox, Pumpkin Buckwheat Scones, Yoga Schedule

Autumn Equinox,

We have passed the mid way point, where light equals dark, from here on, the light fades...

I find the change of seasons a natural time to reflect, harvest time especially I feel filled with gratitude for all the love and nourishment Mother Earth provides. I feel deep gratitude for all in my life that gives it greater purpose and meaning, and all the ways that allow me deeper connection to and alignment with the rhythms of life, light and dark, day and night, summer, autumn, winter, spring, full moon to dark moon.

Here is a fresh price list, now is a perfect time to stock your pantry for the slower, colder months ahead. Light, cool, summery food will slowly be replaced with warmer winter nourishment. I have organic black rice, which is highly nutritious and oh so delicious, I have been enjoying coconut black rice pudding as a warming breakfast. Rice, buckwheat and quinoa all make delicious nourishing gluten free porridge alternatives, and flavours are only limited by your imagination...

I am loving teaching Yoga at Kingston House, 123 Hone Heke Road. It is a perfect yoga space, local, quiet, beautiful wooden floors, doors that open wide to let the sun and fresh air in and a stunning outlook onto nature and greenery. Please join me, Mondays 6.30 - 7.30pm and Wednesdays 9.30 - 10.30am, also Wednesdays 3.15 - 4.15pm at Oromahoe School. $10 a class.

No Yoga at school this Wednesday afternoon as we hold workshops every day after school this week in preparation for the first Environmental Food and Film Festival at Oromahoe School on Friday April 7. There will be an outdoor cinema with environmental films for adults and children, food stalls and more. Come along, more details here

Here are a bunch of recipes for sweet and savoury gluten free pumpkin scones... you are either a scone person or not... if not, sorry. If yes... enjoy! : )

I would love to see some reviews, if you have ordered organic whole foods from me, tried a recipe or come to a yoga class I would love to hear some feedback and for you to review me on my Facebook page so others can get more of a feel for what Conscious Life is about...

Once past 12 reviews I will pick one of you lovelies at random to win a little yoga + organic whole food love package... free classes, a beautiful handmade savasana eye mask made by my beautiful and talented friend Jaye and some nourishing treaties.

All my love,

We are One Conscious Life,

Namaste

Kate

Pumpkin and Buckwheat Scones with Cinnamon and Raisins

Pumpkin and Buckwheat Scones

1 cup buckwheat flour
1 cup brown rice flour
2 cups grated pumpkin
1 tsp baking soda
1 - 1 + 1/2 cups coconut cream or milk of your choice

This is the basic recipe... for savoury add a pinch of salt and some fresh herbs, I used rosemary and basil. For sweet add some spice and dried fruit, I used 1 tsp cinnamon (ginger would work too) and 1/2 cup raisins.

Combine dry ingredients in a bowl, add coconut cream last and don't mix too much, see how much liquid you need, somewhere around one and a quarter to one and a half cups of liquid usually, you want it quite moist, not too dry. Flour your baking tray and spoon the scone mix onto it, dust some more flour over the top and then use your hands to shape into one big round or square. (Because it's gluten free to keep it soft and moist and not dry it needs to be a bit wetter than normal scone mix). Use a knife to cut into segments or squares and then bake at 180 degrees for 15 - 20 minutes.

Pumpkin and Paneer Buckwheat scones

Add to the basic recipe...

1 tsp cumin
1 tsp salt
1 cup chopped greens
1/2 cup chopped paneer or sun dried tomatoes

Pumpkin and Paneer Buckwheat Scones

Christmas Eve Chai Spiced Chocolate Ganache Tart

Happy New Year!

I hope you are loving up the summer heat and vibes, taking every opportunity to hit the beach, see the sea, get wet, gather with friends and family to celebrate life.

Here's a quick updated price list, with all the goodies and locally grown organic Macadamias, yum. Get in quick as I have a limited amount.

If you are like me you will be happy to be back to feeding yourself and your family with beautiful nourishing whole food after lots of holiday and celebration eating.

I am offering summer holiday Yoga in the park classes Monday mornings 9.30am in the shade of a tree in the park across the road from the Stone Store. Bring a mat if you have one and $10. The first class fees will be donated to the Standing Rock movement as the weather meant the original fundraising class was postponed. Please check my Facebook page as I will update that if the weather means a change in plans. These classes will tide us over until the school term starts and I can finalise class times and venues for a regular schedule. I am planning an after school class at Oromahoe School and a 6pm class for those who work.

Here's the recipe for a nearly raw, super simple, no bake, gluten and dairy free (as always) chai spiced chocolate ganache tart that I created for our Christmas Eve dinner. So much more beautiful to look at and eat than Christmas pud!

Thank you as always for your inspiration,

Enjoy!

LOVE

We are One Conscious Life,

Namaste

Kate

Christmas Eve Spiced Chocolate Ganache Tart

Base

1 cup shredded coconut
1/2 cup desiccated coconut
1/2 cup brazil nuts
1/2 cup raisins
1 heaped tbsp raw cacao powder
1 tbsp coconut oil
1 tsp vanilla
pinch salt

Add everything to a food processor and blend until it's all sticking together nicely. Press into the base of a tart dish or silicone cake mould and pop into the freezer to firm up.

Chocolate Ganache

8 dates
2 avocados
200ml or the solidified part of a can of coconut cream
1/3 cup raw cacao powder
8 pieces of Whittakers Dark Ghana Chocolate
1/2 tsp chai spices
pinch salt
extra coconut cream
berries, shredded coconut and flowers to garnish

Add the dates and avocado to a blender. Ever so gently warm the coconut cream in a pan and whisk in the cacao powder, chocolate, salt and spices until a lovely smooth, thick, glossy ganache forms. Add to the blender with the dates and avocado and blend until smooth. You can use a little bit of extra coconut cream if you need to. Pour or spread over the tart base and chill to set. Once nicely firmed up you can gently remove it from the pan or mould and decorate before serving.

Thank You

Hello friends,

Just a quick letter to Thank You! Thank you for being a part of this journey with me.

Conscious Life is more than just a small business providing Organic Whole Food ingredients at an affordable price.

Conscious Life is about saying YES to co-creating a healthy, sustainable, abundant future for our children and future generations, through Conscious Living; the awareness of the immense power each of us holds to co-create our world and reality through the thoughts, words, decisions and actions we make every day.

Together we CAN create a nourishing future, free of toxins, with clean air, forests and oceans and a deep respect for ALL life.

Thank you for joining me, for being Conscious, for Loving, for your custom, your feedback, your energy. It means the world to me.

I am super excited with dreams looking into the New Year of making Conscious Life better and brighter. And of course lots of Yoga!

Right now though I am feeling the end of year energy and am looking forward to a rejuvenating break and returning refreshed with rekindled energy to pour into this!

I will be in touch in the New Year with exciting things and a regular Yoga Class schedule.

For now here is a refreshed summer price list, I am fully restocked with lots of beautiful new products. Superfoods invigorating and enlivening Matcha Green Tea Powder and Beetroot Powder, Carob Powder, Popcorn is back, and Coconut Oil plus all the usual delicious nutritiousness.

I wish you a summer break full of love, laughter, salt, sand and sea, nature and rejuvenating energy, I wish you an inspiring New Year!

LOVE

We are One Conscious Life,

Namaste

Kate

Protecting our Mother Earth, The Defining Issues of our Time

These are the defining issues of our time, the defining times of our lifetime. I can feel it in my bones. The protection of Water, Mother Earth, All that is Sacred. Life itself. This is why we are here, why we were born now, in this lifetime. As protectors, guardians of the land, the future and all that is right.

The joining of the Native American Indian Tribes, Indigenous Peoples of the World, and all People of the Earth in the protection of the Water and Sacred Land at Standing Rock is the visible pinnacle the whole world is watching of the transition we are making from the old, poisonous, toxic, destructive, unfair, oppressive, fossil fuel, death system to a new, fair, sustainable, clean energy system based on a deep respect for ALL Life.

The next Global Synchronised Prayer for Standing Rock will take place on Monday 5 December at 5am New Zealand time. You can sign up to join the live broadcast here; praywithstandingrock.com There you will also find information on how else to support the protection of Water and Life through signing petitions and donating to the Water and Life Protectors camps.

I will be holding a fundraising for Standing Rock Yoga Class on Monday December 5 at 6pm in the Park across the river from the Stone Store. Please bring $10 to donate to the Standing Rock camps. We will consciously devote our practice and energy to the support of the Water Protectors at Standing Rock.

I will hold a fundraising Yoga class on the first Monday of every month as a reminder to ourselves of our part in the bigger picture, and our power to awaken and create change. We will start the month with the intention of sending energy and prayers where it is needed. We can collectively decide what to devote our practice and donate to.

We are not here to take as much as we can in one lifetime. We are here to share our unique gift in benefit to the whole, to leave the Earth better than we found it for our children and future generations. We are deeply interconnected in this giant web of life. If you are being called to speak up, to take action, speak your truth, do it now. It takes courage to stand up for what is right in the face of the last breaths of this dying system, to awaken to the power we all hold. Your children and grandchildren will ask you where you were and what you did now.

There is a new price list attached to this newsletter, remember the power you hold in each conscious thought, decision and action you take. Nourishing yourself and your family with organic whole foods is a powerful way of speaking for the future you want.

I have plenty of yummy recipes to share but feel the deeper space created in this newsletter I was called to write isn't the place to share them... hopefully you will hear from me soon enough again!

LOVE

We are One Conscious Life,

Namaste

Kate