Serves 8
Ingredients:

1 1/2 organic unbleached flour (or gluten free all purpose flour)

1 T. Baking Powder

1/2 t. sea salt

4 eggs

3/4 cup organic raw cane sugar or sucanat

2/3 olive oil

2 T. rosemary finely minced

1 T coconut oil

2 organic peaches sliced

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.  Oil an 8 1/2 or 9 inch loaf pan. In a small bowl mix the flour, baking powder and salt until combined and set aside. With an electric mix beat the eggs in a bowl on high for 30 seconds. Add the sugar and keep beating until foamy. While the mixer is still going add in the oil. Then fold in the rosemary. Add the flour to the egg mixture and mix just until combined. Bake for 45-50 minutes, turning the pan half way through cooking time. Bake until toothpick comes out clean. Let it cool for 10 minutes. Remove from pan.

When ready to slice and serve, heat coconut oil in a pan on medium high heat. Add the peaches and saute until cooked through. Serve the cake with warm peaches.

1 bunch kale, either curly or tuscan, chopped

juice of 1 lemon or 2 if the bunch is big)

1/4 cup olive oil

1/2 teaspoon sea salt

1/4 cup peeled carrot

1 avocado cubed

1/4 cup raisins (optional)

1/4 cup roasted sunflower seeds
Mix the lemon, olive oil, and salt. Pour over kale and carrots. Let it sit for at least an hour. Then add the raisins, avocado, and sunflower seeds.

This can be made and refrigerated overnight.

1/4 cup raisins

In this one-day class, learn the Access wellness routine, a simple series of exercises that you can do on yourself or your loved ones.  In less than ten minutes a day you can:

• Balance your brain, which decreases the stress response and increases brain functioning
• Strengthen immune function.  Increase your body’s ability to deal with allergies, bacteria, viruses, parasites, and to process toxins more effectively.
• Correct the body’s ability to fully use the water it has available – thereby greatly improving the efficiency of all physiological processes.
• Optimize posture and overall musculoskeletal balance, which can have a positive effect on many forms of injuries, arthritis, circulatory issues, coordination patterns, spinal problems and chronic pain.
• Learn an effective first-aid system that is non-invasive, safe and extremely simple to speed up the healing process for common minor injuries such as bruises or burns, and to keep the body from going into shock.  For serious conditions, it is designed to be used safely until specialized healthcare arrives.

WHEN
Friday September 10th, 9am-5pm

WHERE
125 E 69th Street Apt 1 New York, NY 10021

TUITION
$100.

Anyone attending Module 1 & 2 will receive a discount for attending this class. CEU’s available for Massage Therapists and Acupuncturists.

Click here to register for BodyTalk Access.

• 1 large banana, frozen (see notes)
• 1/2 cup rice milk, plain
• 1/2 cup coconut milk, low fat
• 1 tablespoon almond butter
• 1 tablespoon flax meal, or flax oil
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Method:

Add all ingredients to blender; purée until smooth.

• 1 cup cooled quinoa
• 1 cup of almond, rice or hemp milk
• 2 T. shredded coconut
• ¼ cup dried fruit ie. Raisins or cranberries
• ¼ cup toasted walnuts
• 1 T. maple syrup

Method:

Place the milk and quinoa in a small pot and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer the quinoa until it begins to thicken. Add the coconut and dried fruit and cook for another 5 minutes. Pour the hot cereal into a bowl and top with nuts and maple syrup.

• 2 T. olive oil
• 1 heaping T. ginger, minced
• 1 bunch swiss chard, leaves stemmed and chopped
• 1 sweet potato, small cubes
• ¼ cup water
• 1 t. tumeric
• ½ t. cinnamon
• ½ cup cranberries
• ½ cup onions, carmelized
• 1 t. maple syrup
• ¼ cup toasted walnuts

Method:

Heat the oil in a large sauté pan over medium high heat. Add the ginger and sauté for 2-3 minutes. Add the sweet potato, tumeric, cinnamon and a little water to the pan. Cover and steam just until fork tender, about 3 minutes. Then add the chard and cranberries and mix. Cook for another 2-3 minutes until the chard is cooked but still a vibrant green. Add the maple syrup and mix. Take off the heat and serve with the onions and nuts.

• 1 cup quinoa
• 1 ½ cup water
• ½ t. salt

Dressing

• ¼ cup Tahini
• zest of lemon
• ¼ cup lemon juice
• pinch of salt
• 2 T. hot water
• 2 T. olive oil
• 1 garlic clove minced

Method:

Wash the quinoa well. Then bring water and quinoa to a boil in a small pot. Lower heat to simmer and cover the pot. Cook for 10 minutes. Turn off heat and steam for another 10 minutes. Remove the lid and fluff the quinoa with a fork.

While the quinoa is cooking mix the dressing ingredients till combined.

• 1 bunch basil
• 2 cloves garlic chopped
• Juice of 1 lemon
• ¼ cup toasted pine nuts or walnuts
• 1 heaping T. yellow miso
• salt to taste
• 1/3 cup olive oil

Method:

Place all ingredients except olive oil in a food processor and start blending. While the machine is on, pour in the olive oil until the mixture reaches a smooth consistency.

For the last 8 years I have been working in the yoga/fitness field, taking classes and trainings in dance, Pilates, Gyrotonic, yoga, Body-Mind Centering, Franklin Method, Zumba, Bangra, and more. But I had never heard of IntenSati, a cardio workout that combines the physicality of aerobics, dance and yoga while finding the connection within yourself through verbal affirmation.  Students are lead through a sequence of movements from yoga and aerobics but  what makes IntenSati different is the students echo phrases that are empowering and self-actualizing.

An avid yogi, I was not sure what to think at first but as I screamed out “I am strong” while holding a deep squat I felt powerful, peaceful, determined and felt like the warrior the teacher described us to be. And then this smile appeared on my face that I just couldn’t erase for the rest of the class. It was one of the most engaging, rhythmic, uplifting workouts I’ve ever experienced. I also woke up pleasantly sore this morning.

Where so many classes are about focusing on a position or step, Intensati offers something truely unique which is verbal expression. When we hear our own voice speak affirmations we believe in ourselves more and when we believe in ourselves we can do anything we set out to.

Namaste

Well Florida can be nice but when our bodies are calling out for us to pay attention to physical, emotional, and mental signals this is a good time to come back and at our habits like overloading on sugar and caffeine, accepting too few hours of sleep in order to make the deadlines, suppressing uncomfortable emotions. We not only hurt ourselves when we ignore the negative effects of our habits but we affect those around us as well.  Have you ever changed a habit and then realized that something that used to bother you in your environment or with another person shifted along with your own shift. Well you can picture that happening inside your body as well. Your cells experience those same reactions when we stop and slow down and address the stress that is causing us to feel tired, irritated, bloated, intolerant, allergic, in pain, etc. When you start to notice and change one thing be it your diet, exercise, social life, it’s like your cells begin to say” hey, she’s finally smelling the roses and paying attention to her body”.  Our bodies are incredibly wise and when we begin to mindfully attune to how we are feeling we can better understand our interior landscape.

BodyTalk is a comprehensive system that addresses all the possible ways in which the bodymind complex can re-regulate to a state of balance.  In the Access class you learn how to improve brain function, stress threshold, hydration, immunity, musculoskeletal balance as well as a first-aid protocol.

By the end of the day the students were applying the tapping techniques like seasoned practitioners and experiencing incredible changes in themselves and one another. We all have this intuitive ability to move our energy, to expand our consciousness, to create possibility in ourselves and our environment.

If you are interested in taking a BodyTalk Access course or having a private session you can contact me at 413.717.0459 or at martiwolfson@yahoo.com.