Back To The Roots

Recently I added another recommendation to the books in the Well-Being category.It is a book that I bought a while ago in Germany, not long after I got my certificate for Nuad Thai (the traditional Thai massage – a must have treatment!!)

When I browsed through the book, I remembered how intrigued I was at that time about the Chinese, Japanese, Thai and especially the Ayurvedic Indian kitchen. Part of our studies for Nuad Thai was making our own Ghee (cleared butter), own herb bags for a certain type of massage and authentic Yogi tea (a combination of organic herbs and spices like black pepper, ginger, cinnamon…).

We also learned to cook with the five elements, which was fascinating. We had been given a sheet with the different food in the different element categories. We could start in any category we wanted, but we always had to go in a circle, a certain way and pick only one ingredient from that category, always finishing with the one category that would complete the circle. In the end we had sometimes seemingly strange combinations, but surprisingly they always tasted really good.

At home I tried it with my older boys and without exception they loved it, although it was “healthy stuff”.

I forgot about that when we came over here, but the book brought the memory back. Interestingly though, I just changed my diet again to eating more natural and less processed food and carbohydrates, which works really well for me to have more energy and also for loosing weight.

Although I should have known better, I was actually surprised to find a very similar suggestion for food intake in the book. So for today I will be going back to the roots of the old Chinese tradition and have a “5 elements meal” for dinner.

What is a root you could go back to today?
What could you do that you have not done for a while that would ground you?
Reading a very old book that you read as a child?
Walking a certain path? Visiting someone?

Whatever it is – enjoy it and remember to LIVE LARGE TODAY!