MAGAZINE - BE.ONE

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BE 

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THE CONSCIOUS CULTURE 

ISSUE 1 

WELLNESS STYLE ADVENTURE FOOD

It’s the smile someone gives you when they 

understand what you’re going through and they know everything will be ok.

CONTENTS

14.A man called Adam 

Interview with Adam Ellar 

22.Greater expectations 

Article by Paul Scadding 

28.Lets make tea 

Article by Tamsin Marshall 

38.The love we deserve 

Article by Naomie Thompson 

44.Why is the “V” word so 

controversial? 

Interview with Nick and Rich Stone 

50.Do you know your ego? 

Article by Emma Sparrow 

54.The Universe 

Interview with Jack Roper 

62.Ethical & sustainable fashion 

Interview with Kelly Levell 

64.Clerkenwell vintage fair 

Review by Kerrie Reeves 

74.Yoga adventures 

Interview with Jamii Prince 

80.For the love of plants 

Recipes by Nataile Sabih

EDITOR 

Kerrie Reeves 

IMAGES 

Ina Halsor 

Lucy Mooney 

WORDS 

Paul Scadding 

Tamsin Marshal 

Emma Sparrow 

Naomie Thompson 

CONNECT 

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DEAR BROTHERS, SISTERS, LOVERS, MISFITS, AND 

LONG LOST FRIENDS 

WE CREATE WHAT WE DO OUT OF A LOVE FOR BRINGING LIKE MINDED PEOPLE 

TOGETHER. YOU KNOW THAT FEELING WHEN YOU SPOT SOMEONE AND YOU THINK, 

THAT’S MY TYPE OF PERSON, I COULD BE FRIENDS WITH THEM. WELL, HERE AT 

BE.ONE WE ARE CREATING THAT COMMUNITY. THE INQUISITIVES, THE WARRIORS, THE 

REVOLUTIONISTS, VISIONARIES, EXPLORERS, DEEP THINKERS, AND BLACK SHEEP - 

THE CONSCIOUS CULTURE. 

BE.ONE IS CONCERNED WITH DOCUMENTING THE UNDERCURRENT OF THE CONSCIOUS 

CULTURE AND GIVING PEOPLE BOTH A SPACE TO SHARE THEIR STORY, AND BE 

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FEATURES ARTICLES AND INTERVIEWS WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE LEADING THE WAY FOR 

A PROMISING, HAPPY AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. 

WE UNDERSTAND THAT ALTHOUGH MANY OF US AIM FOR A MORE PEACEFUL, HAPPIER 

AND CLEANER LIFESTYLE, IT’S HARD IN THIS WORLD TO KNOW WHERE TO START. WE 

ARE HERE TO INSPIRE THIS PROCESS AND ENCOURAGE WELLNESS, FOR BOTH PERSON 

AND PLANET. AT BE.ONE WE AIM TO KEEP IT REAL BECAUSE THE REALITY IS, THAT 

MODERN DAY LIFE GOES ON WITH PEOPLE LIVING IN FAST PACED ENVIRONMENTS. 

LIFE CAN BE HECTIC AND WE DON’T ALL HAVE THE TIME TO DARN OUR SOCKS AND 

FERMENT KOMBUCHA. 

BE.ONE OFFERS A SPACE FOR SOME MUCH NEEDED CHILL TIME, TO REFLECT AND 

LEARN, WHILST EMBARKING ON AN INNER JOURNEY. HOWEVER, WE BELIEVE THAT 

THE OUTER JOURNEY IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AND THAT LIFE IS TO BE AND CAN BE 

ENJOYED, CONSCIOUSLY. 

IN THE FIRST ISSUE OF BE.ONE WE CELEBRATE DIVERSITY IN OUR INTERVIEW WITH 

ADAM ELLAR, WHO HAS LEARNING DISABILITIES AND A CURIOUS AND INQUISITIVE 

MIND WITH A UNIQUE PERCEPTION. HE SHARES HIS THOUGHTS WITH US ON WHAT 

LIFE MEANS. NAOMIE THOMPSON EXPLAINS HOW WE ATTRACT THE LOVE WE THINK 

WE DESERVE. WE ARE TAKEN ON A JOURNEY BY THE YOUNG AND INQUISITIVE MIND OF 

JACK ROPER WHO STATES WE ARE ALL JUST THIS ONE THING. WE LIKE HIS THINKING. 

KELLY LEVEL SHARES WITH US HER EXPERTISE ON SUSTAINABLE FASHION, WHAT IT 

REALLY MEANS AND WAYS THAT WE ADAPT IT INTO OUR LIVES. 

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ADAM ELLAR 

A Man called Adam 

Words. Adam Ellar / Kerrie Reeves 

Images and styling. Kerrie Reeves 

Adam Loves style, music and tai-chi. He 

doesn’t let his learning disability hold him 

back. His goals include being a model for 

Gucci and becoming a top DJ like Calvin 

Harris. Last year Adam turned 40. He moved 

into his own flat and for the first time lives 

independently. Adam grew up traveling the 

world and being home schooled. His diverse 

and cultural background, make him the 

inspiring man he is today, with many layers 

to his character, one cannot help but be 

intrigued by him. Adam has a face that can 

tell a thousand stories, beautiful inside and 

out. Adam shares with us some of his views. 

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“rob less shops, use cars less, turn off the lights, use less 

energy and kill less animals.” 

I BELIEVE THE WORLD COULD BE A BETTER 

PLACE IF … 

we all love one another, do less crimes, rob less 

shops, use cars less, turn off the lights, use less 

energy and kill less animals. 

I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE MORE CARE… 

of their bodies and the environment. 

TO BE AT ONE MEANS… 

taking care of yourself and others, keeping 

yourself healthy, making tasty food, going out for 

walks in the forest. 

TO BE MINDFUL IS… 

to make yourself happy by meditating, if you 

want to. 

I BELIEVE THE SOUL IS ... 

like a spirit, a vessel in your body you carry. You 

can nourish it through meditation. When we die 

your spirit and soul will go with you whereever 

we go next depending on whether you’re good 

or bad. You might go to heaven or you might 

get reincarnateded and come back as a dog or a 

human. 

SPIRITUALITY MEANS TO ME … 

to believe in a higher power, a higher realm and 

angels although its hard to believe unless you 

see it. I suppose when you die noththing could 

happen. Its a hard one. 

THREE TIPS TO BE HEALTHY… 

eat loads of vegetables, go for long walks or jogs 

and practice chi gong - it’s good for your mind 

and soul. 

STYLE TO ME IS… 

wearing cool clothes, cool sunglasses and shoes, 

and it helps get the girls or boys after you. 

IF I COULD BE INVISIBLE I WOULD… 

I cant say what I’m thinking, its naughty, i think it 

will get me in trouble. 

or i could be a spy. 

IF I COULD HAVE MORE OF SOMETHING … 

romance, a girlfriend and love. 

IF I COULD HAVE LESS OF SOMETHING… 

less sickness, less fat round my belly and less 

cold weather. 

DIVERSITY IS… 

When we’re not all the same as each other we are 

not doing the same stuff we don’t look the same 

and it makes the world a lot better place. 

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G R E A 

EXPEC- 

TATI- 

ONS 

Words By Paul Scadding

T E R 

As a life coach, I work with many people 

who come to me seeking ways to be 

happier, feel better and live a more joyous 

life. A first step in guiding clients toward 

their goals and dreams - is to uncover and 

examine their beliefs about life. Beliefs 

are simply ideas that we have accepted as 

truth. By the time that we are just 5 years 

old, we have a complete belief system 

from which we operate and live our lives. 

As children, we soaked up information 

about life, how it seems to work and our 

potential from the adults around us. If for 

example, your parents were happy, had 

worked on themselves, and dissolved their 

fears and limitations - then chances are 

they passed on some wonderful beliefs 

to you. If the adults around you were 

angry, frightened, unkind or even abusive, 

then it’s highly likely that you picked 

up some very negative beliefs that are 

perhaps getting in the way in your adult 

life. This is not to create blame or guilt in 

any way - because we need to embrace 

the idea that everyone is always doing 

the best they can with the knowledge, 

awareness, wisdom and understanding 

that they have at the time. No one gets 

it “right” all the time. “It’s only when we 

know better that we can do better” - as 

the poet Maya Angelou once wrote. That 

is why for me - personal growth and the

pursuit of wisdom are so important, if we 

want better than our parents were able to 

teach us, and we want to move past their 

limitations, we need to seek out new ideas 

and create new beliefs for ourselves. 

People often come to me in need of 

help with anxiety and depression, and 

having suffered with both myself in the 

past - I am always happy to assist. In 

my experience, people who suffer with 

anxiety, are telling themselves a really 

awful limiting story about what the 

future holds for them, and then waiting 

for it to become real - all the while 

feeling stressed, depressed and fearful. 

This is a misuse of our imaginations. 

Life has infinite possibilty, so if we 

want something different than what 

we currently have, we need to order 

something different from life’s menu and 

tune into new ideas about how we can live 

life. I find that when we examine a client’s 

beliefs, release the old negative patterns 

and create better-feeling thoughts, the 

anxiety goes away, usually very quickly. 

In short, I help people to gain greater 

expectations for their lives. 

Our personal reality is formed by the 

thoughts we think, the words we use, the 

feelings we experience and the actions 

we take. Scientific studies in the field of 

neurology tell us that the average human 

being has 70,000 thoughts a day. It also 

tells us that over 90% of these thoughts 

are the same as the day before and the 

day before - and so on. In essence our 

limitations in life are a limit of thought, 

of imagination of expectation! Once we 

focus our attention on what we do want 

rather than what we don’t, the mind can 

then start seeking it out. If you lack 

money, thinking about the lack does not 

bring you prosperity, if you are ill, thinking 

about pain does not get you well. We need 

to expect that we will have more, get well 

and then we give the mind a clear picture 

to create. 

What are you expecting from life? Do 

you expect to live a long happy life, 

surrounded by people who love and 

support you both in life and in work? Do 

you plan to enjoy life with someone you 

trust and who loves and respects you? 

I was with a client recently, and I noted 

that as she was updating me on her life 

since the last time we had spoken, she 

kept saying “It’s always one thing after 

another.” - this was not said in a “people 

keep giving me flowers, presents and cake 

and life is a joy” kind of way. I pointed 

out to her that using phrases like this on 

a frequent basis (which she realised she 

was), was painting a really bad future 

for her. She soon realised that this was 

something her Mother used to say often. 

Essentially, this client was holding a 

belief, a subconcious expectation that bad 

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things would happen to her, this thought 

was creating a feeling in her body and this 

became her point of attraction. For those 

of you that don’t know about the law of 

attraction, essentially things that are like 

themselves are drawn to each other, and 

we become what we think about. You see, 

we need to impress upon our subconcious 

minds pictures of loving relationships, 

work that we love, prosperity of every 

kind, a belief that life is loving and 

supportive, and a picture of vibrant health, 

if that is what you want. 

To expect better, you need to think 

better feelings, thoughts and prepare for 

happiness - expect it and then take action 

to bring it about. I meet so many people 

who tell me they are seeking love but 

when I ask them what they really believe 

about the potential for love, their beliefs 

and thoughts are in opposition to the 

things that they say they want. We need 

to be in harmony with something if we 

are to have it. These subconcious beliefs 

then sabotage the person from taking any 

action, to come into proximity of the thing 

that they want. In a most basic sense the 

things you want cannot just materialise 

out of thin air, you need to take action to 

make them happen. But you also need to 

expect that they will come and believe 

that you deserve them. 

So how do we change our thinking so 

that we can change our lives? The best 

technique I know for creating personal 

change is to use affirmations. An 

affirmation is basically anything that we 

say or think, but when we use it as a self 

development tool or life affirming practice 

as I call it, the words and thoughts need 

to follow a three point pattern. Firstly the 

words need to be said in present tense. If 

you say “One day I will have more money.” 

the mind cannot recognise it as it is in 

future tense, which in turn does not seem 


“Practice, Patience and Persistence” 

to be of any importance, thus it gets 

kicked into the long grass and forgotten 

about. Remember we need to signal to 

the brain that has your 70,000 thoughts 

to pick through, that this is important - so 

instead of the above we would say “My 

income IS constantly increasing.” The 

second point for working with affirmations 

is that they need to be positive, and 

there is a good reason for this - the 

subconcious part of the mind where your 

beliefs are held, has no discernment or 

judgement, so if you were to affirm “I 

don’t want to be ill” the subconcious does 

not hear “I don’t want” it will just hear “BE 

ILL”, and this impresses a picture in the 

mind, and then in the body and hey presto 

you will get what you asked for even 

though you may not have meant to. 

A note here about affirmations is that 

one stray thought does not impress upon 

the mind, it’s a little like planting a seed 

but never watering it - it’s very unlikely to 

grow. The third point about affirmations 

is that they need to be personal i.e 

something that you truly want to believe 

and create in your life. Affirming “My 

income is constantly increasing”, does 

not of course bring you more money in 

that second, but if you want it to be true 

you need to buy into the idea. If you 

say the affirmation thinking it’s a load 

of nonsense, you are undermining the 

process. 

A further three ingredients that you need 

to help these new beliefs grow is Practice, 

Patience and Persistence. Practice your 

affirmations as often as you can - these 

seeds of new ideas need your attention 

if they are to grow, so repeat them often. 

Nurture involves patience, so trust in the 

creation of these new beliefs exactly the 

way that you would if you planted an apple 

seed - you don’t get a tree overnight! 

And lastly be persistent - keep at it and 

have faith that it will work for you at the 

perfect time, you need to have faith even 

if there is no sign of the thing showing up. 

Remember its’ darkest just before dawn. 

Please know that you deserve to live a 

happy life, just because you exist! I do 

not believe we are on this planet to be 

stressed and scared. You are the only 

thinker in your mind and you are more 

powerful than you have likely ever been 

told. You have the power to affect and 

change your life and live life based on 

your terms, free from lack and limiting 

beliefs. 

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TAMSIN MARSHALL 

Lets Make Tea 

Words. Tammy Marshall 

Images and styling. Kerrie Reeves 

Tea has a place in every single culture 

throughout the world, and loose leaf tea is 

making a resurgence in recent times, with 

new tea bars and tea shops popping up all 

the time. And who knew tea could change 

somebodys life. For me it did just that. 

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A little while ago I found myself at a crossroads 

in my life. My son had started nursery and I was 

looking to return to work. I had been selling 

jewellery online from home during my maternity 

leave but I am a people person and missed the 

face to face interactions and banter. I looked and 

found plenty of jobs that I could have done and 

found some satisfaction in but I wanted a job that 

I loved. One that felt like a passion and not ‘work’. 

I was adamant that I would not be apart from my 

son for just any old job. 

One day I came across an advert for a position in 

a tea shop and the excitement I felt and my gut 

instinct told me that this was exactly what I had 

been hoping for and where I needed to be. I was 

already aware of the company, so I went to meet 

with the owners of the business, a wonderful 

friendly couple and we got off to a great start. 

The first 3 months of working there was purely 

learning about the varieties and blends of 

teas and there really is so much to learn! The 

opportunity to learn from them about the world 

of tea and to help our clients find something that 

they enjoy and may not be able to find elsewhere 

is something that appealed to me, and that I am 

still thankful for everyday. 

Tea is much like the world of wine. Expert tea 

sommeliers source tea leaves from around the 

world and create blends of tea with a huge range 

of flavours. There is definately something to suit 

every palate and occasion.The taste and quality of 

tea is determined by many factors and variables, 

a few of these are …. The type of plant it is grown 

from, climate, soil, the time of year the leaves are 

picked and how it is treated after picking. 

Most people are aware of Black tea and Green 

tea. There are however many more types such 

as White, Oolong, Pu-Ehr, Matcha, Rooibos, 

Herbal and Fruit Infusions ( although the last 3 

are not tea in the classic sense they make a tea 

like beverage). I am passionate about all teas, and 

can even appreciate ones the nuances of that I do 

not particularly like myself. Let me tell you a little 

about a few of my most favoured and ‘go to’ teas 

and blends. 

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Japanese Cherry 

Blossom 

A beautiful blend of sencha green tea enriched with rose petals, 

currants,candied pineapple cubes and cherry blossoms. This green tea 

base is beneficial for health as the antioxidants and polyphenols mop up 

free radicals and support your bodies abilities to detox itself. It has a fruity 

floral flavour that is truly magnificent. All green teas taste best when made 

with a lower temperature of water ( about 75 degrees ) this prevents them 

from becoming bitter in taste. 

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Special Milky 

Oolong 

Oolong tea is somewhere between a black tea and a green tea, and this one 

is unique in its taste. Despite the name there is actually no milk in it, and 

although it smells soemthing like white chocolate it is named that because 

it creates a pale milky liquour once brewed. The leaves start out rolled up 

in tight balls and expand hugely when hot water is added The flavour is 

delicate and sweet as well as refreshing. Oolong tea provides many health 

benefits, is a metabolism booster and is packed full of very steadily released 

caffeine, so is great if you need extra energy. The leaves can be brewed up 

to 5 or 6 times and taste delicious every time. I love to start the day off with 

this one and come back to it throughout the day. 

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WE ATTR 

THE LOVE 

WE THINK 

WE DESE

ACT 

E 

K 

RVE 

Words By Naomie Thompson 

Images By Kerrie Reeves

How we inadvertently push love and 

intimacy away and how to draw 

it back to us again. 

Once upon a time there is a little girl who just 

wants her daddy to love her; and he does. 

But not in the way she understands love. 

She needs him to take an interest in her, 

spend time with her, compliment her, hear 

her, remember to pick her up and when her 

birthday is. At the same time in another place 

there’s a little boy, who wants to be a good 

boy for mummy, he wants her appreciation, 

her respect and trust but try as he might 

to win her approval he feels criticised and 

somewhere deep down he’s decided that when 

she’s not happy it must be his fault, It must be 

something he’s done wrong. 

This little boy and girl grow up and each 

go out looking for the one who’ll give them 

what they feel they missed out on. Both with 

the deeply held belief that they’re somehow 

lacking, somehow bad inside, not quite good 

enough and all they need to do is to meet 

someone who will make them feel good and 

whole. And at the same time both believing 

that if anyone comes too close they will see 

that they are indeed unlovable or not good 

enough, 

Then comes the strange dynamic, despite 

the greatest efforts they both attract the type 

of person who’s a reflection of how they feel 

about themselves. They attract someone 

who ultimately treats them the way they treat 

themselves. Someone who is unable to meet 

their true needs.No one is going to treat you 

any better than you treat yourself. 

But by changing your beliefs about yourself 

on the inside you’ll totally change the vibe 

you put out on the outside. You’ll then start 

to attract the love and relationships that you 

really want, that will really satisfy you. 

These negative beliefs we have are like 

a nasty voice shouting, “you’re not good 

enough! you’re not lovable! etc” We believe 

it, and we’re afraid that if anyone gets too 

close they’ll realise that we’re exactly that, 

not good enough, unlovable etc. This voice 

comes from a belief we formed when we were 

little and we can turn it around. 

This nasty voice wants us to stay small and 

safe and not reveal who we really are, but this 

is the opposite of safe. Keeping hidden is not 

safe. It becomes a habit and a habit can be 

changed. 

How this can show up in our relationships: 

.You may stay with a person who repeatedly 

cheats on you even when they’ve shown 

themselves to be un trustworthy. 

.The relationship keeps you both small and 

your partner doesn’t support you to be the 

best person you can be, to learn and grow, or 

they don’t want to learn and grow with you. He 

or she may be very critical and put you down. 

.You’re in an abusive relationship, this could 

be physical or emotional abuse. You may be 

keeping details of your relationship secret 

from family and friends out of shame. 

.You may feel that you can’t be yourself in the 

relationship. That you’re constantly changing 


who you are to fit what you think your partner 

wants you to be to gain their approval and 

acceptance. 

.As a woman you may find yourself being 

overly critical and resentful of your partner. 

.As a man you may find that you withdraw, 

this may be physically, emotionally, sexually, 

or that you zone out when she talks to you as 

you get the nagging feeling that whatever you 

do you can’t make her happy. 

A person who feels great about who they are 

is magnetic. Putting yourself first, making 

yourself and your wellbeing a high priority 

raises your value enormously, you’re setting 

the example for how others need to treat you 

if they want to be around you and in your life. 

When you build yourself up and treat yourself 

with the utmost care and respect you’ll get 

that you’re worthy, special, deserving of great 

things. Then you’ll automatically attract a 

mate who’ll be able to treat you this way, and 

you’ll naturally filter out those who are unable 

to treat you in the way you now feel you 

deserve. 

The question for me is how can we be whole 

and complete for ourselves? How can we 

end this relentless search for someone to 

complete us? Like we are somehow broken or 

incomplete. 

In these modern times of marrying for love we 

choose a partner for our emotional security. 

We give our partners the job description of 

being our greatest lover, our best friend, our 

trusted confidant, our intellectual equal, our 

emotional support. There’s an endless list of 

needs that we’re expecting someone to fulfil. 

So when they choose us we believe that we 

are all this to them. We are everything! We 

are the chosen one! We are indispensable. 

Our focus goes to our partner to meet our 

emotional needs and we assume that we 

must be the one to meet theirs. 

When you meet your own needs, when you 

really look hard at what you’re willing to 

tolerate in a relationship and what is no 

longer tolerable; a shift starts to happen in 

what you accept and what you believe you 

deserve. 

When you start to ask yourself what you are 

dissatisfied with in your partner and how can 

you meet that need in yourself you gradually 

become empowered to change your 

experience of the relationship. For example 

are you feeling neglected? I would ask you, 

where are you neglecting yourself? What 

can you do to treat yourself with the utmost 

care? Instead of waiting for your partner to 

do it. If your complaint is “he never listens 

to me”, then I ask you, where in your life are 

you not listening to yourself and your deep 

needs? 

This is about assuming full responsibility 

for your emotional well-being. This is you 

taking care of and accepting yourself. This 

is self love. 

This kind of self love and self acceptance 

and taking full responsibility for ones 

emotional needs clears the way for the 

intimacy and connection that we all deeply 

desire. 

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NICK AND RICH STONE 

Why is the “V” Word So 

Controversial? 

Interview. Kerrie Reeves 

Images. Kerrie Reeves 

After becoming a vegan last year for many 

reasons, I still sometimes feel uncomfortable 

with announcing this in a social setting. I say 

it and almost wait for the views of others to 

ascend, I don’t see the same with people that 

are vegetarian so why is it that people see 

veganism as an extreme? 


Many people that have become vegan have 

done so after being educated about the animal 

agriculture and feel quite strongly about it from 

a compassionate point of view. Yet many of us 

feel hushed to voice our opinions in fear of being 

seen as an activist. So why is it that the “V” word 

is so controversial? And seems to evoke strong 

opinions and feelings in others. I speak to Rich 

and Nick Stone, twins, that currently work in 

the building trade and became vegan two years 

ago. They say they would never change it for the 

world, no matter how much people may take 

the piss. Rich is currently studying nutritional 

medicine and the two of them have plans to go 

traveling for adventure and further study in plant 

based nutrition, Ayurveda and yoga. Nick and 

Rich generally finish each others sentences, so 

these answers are combined points of view. 

Can you tell me how your vegan journey started? 

I suppose you could say I was having a bit of a low 

point wondering what am I doing in my life at the 

moment, then I was about to order 20 chicken 

breasts, (we were going to the gym a lot at the 

time and thought we needed the meat for the 

protein) It really dawned on me and struck a cord 

and I thought shit I’m going to be contributing to 

all that death and I would be accountable for the 

death of 10 chickens. It didn’t feel good. We then 

went veggie for 6 months. We carried on eating a 

lot of cheese and dairy, but the more we looked 

into it we realised that this wasn’t ethical. Some 

friends of ours went vegan and we were like wow 

thats cool, imagine going the whole way, so we 

did. 

Can you explain how some people say becoming 

vegan can help with health? 

When you look at the human body and you look 

at what foods are aligned with the body and what 

foods have negative affects on the body you will 

see how animal produce does not tally up with 

what the human body is designed to consume. 

We don’t deal well with dietary cholesterol and 

eating meat is very heavy on the body. Whereas 

with plant foods, our bodies are designed to 

take in all of the antioxidants. There are so many 

studies out there that have proved that illness 

and diseases can be stopped and reversed from 

living on a plant based diet. 

Apart from health benefits and saving animals 

,veganism can hugely help the environment. 

Some people may even go as far as saying it 

could save the planet. What are your thoughts on 

this? 

Yeah totally the foot print that animal agriculture 

has on the planet is huge. The amazon rainforest 

is being torn down to create space for crops to 

grow food for agriculture but the rainforest is the 

worlds lungs. The documentary Cowspiracy is 

amazing to give all the environmental facts and 

figures, we would really recommend that people 

should watch it. 

What was the hardest thing about becoming 

vegan? 

Giving up cheese. 

And how did you get past that? 

Manned up, seriously you just think of the 

animals first. 

How do people take it when you say that your 

vegan? 

More recently it feels more accepted but I think 

that’s because we are a lot more confident. To 

begin with people would take the piss they would 

think that it was extreme and weird, but it helps 

now that were more educated. 

Many people seem to think that being vegan is 

extreme but yet don’t question whether killing 

animals is extreme, whats your view on this? 

There’s a really cool Youtube video called the 


extremism of veganism, by bite size vegan. I 

believe it boils down to, that some people aren’t 

truly educated on what goes on in the system of 

producing animal products and they are blinded 

by agriculture propagander. 

You mentioned before when meeting someone 

new you prefer to strike up a connection with 

them before you tell them your vegan? Why is it 

you feel you have to do this? 

You mean before we drop the V bomb! Well we 

never say, “Hi we’re Nick and Rich and we’re 

vegan” The majority of people seem to think that 

vegans are skinny and frail, tree hugging hippies 

(ok a little of that might be true) I don’t think 

we are always portrayed well in the media, so 

I suppose our approach has been to build up a 

good rapport through familiar ground and quite 

often say that we have a plant based diet. We 

never tend to say the vegan word as it seems to 

have a negative connotation with it, not to every 

one, but to many mainstream eaters. 

It seems sad though, do you not think that by 

acting the way we feel compelled to act, is also 

stopping the way we should be proud of being 

vegan. Sometimes it feels like we are tip toeing 

around people? 

The aim of the game is to educate people and 

to all live in a happy world where the animals 

and humans run around naked together haha! I 

completely agree sometimes we do beat around 

the bush, but each situation is completely 

different, some people that eat meat are totally 

cool and admire that we are vegan. 

On the other hand some might say veganism has 

become quite fashionable over the last couple 

of years. What’s your take on this? Do you think 

it could just be a fad or do you think people are 

becoming more aware? 

It does seem that it has become very fashionable, 

but to what proportion I would be unaware, 

because I don’t follow the media, we actually 

came off social media around the time we 

became vegan. I didn’t want to become part of 

this trend. I believe some people genuinely wake 

up to what is going on with animals, the planet 

or health. Others might give it a try but then 

accidentally eat a beef burger. 

Do you get negative comments for being vegan, 

and how do you deal with them? 

We get a bit of harmless banter. Some days I deal 

with it better than others. The bottom line is, 

I know the real truth and why I’m doing it and 

those people don’t. They haven’t actually sat 

down and processed the reality of what is going 

on. So I don’t really care if they think I’m an 

extremest because I know the truth. 

Sometimes people almost feel the need to excuse 

themselfs for being vegan. I’ve often found my 

self saying, “Sorry, I’m vegan,” when in actual 

fact I’m not sorry at all. Do you ever find yourself 

doing this and do you think we should excuse 

ourselves? 

Yes, I have and sometimes do, its a confidence 

thing. We don’t need to excuse ourselves but 

when living in a society where the majority in 

this point and time aren’t vegan, it can be an 

inconvenience when your invited out to eat. We 

often offer to bring our own dish. 

Do you think its important everyone is educated 

about farming agriculture? 

100% I think all people should be educated, 

everyone should be aware. 

If someone was thinking about becoming vegan 

what would your advice be to them? 

Do it! Educate yourself and do a comfortable 

transition period. 



DO 

YOU 

KNOW 

YOUR 

EGO? 

Words By Emma Sparrow 


It can bring you power, it can make you 

miserable and it can cause you abundant 

happiness. Since you were born it has been 

evolving inside you and affecting every decision 

you make. You think you’re in control? Think 

again. Do you know your ego? 

The word ego is thrown around a lot in 

everyday conversations. To many of us the idea 

of an ego is linked to a superiority complex - I 

am better than / sexier than / smarter than / 

quirkier than / more spiritual than … 

Yoga and other cultures have taught for 

thousands of years that understanding and 

separating ourselves from the ego is our 

path to enlightenment. At the opening and 

ending ceremony of my yoga instructor 

course we chanted and threw spices into a fire 

symbolising the burning of our egos. 

I clearly remember sitting 

down afterwards totally 

perplexed, what did burning 

the ego even mean? 

I started to think that I should throw out my 

mascara, only wear boring clothes and ditch 

everything that made me feel good about 

myself. I asked my guru Mahesh after class 

if he could explain what the ego was and he 

very kindly spent our next philosophy class 

talking about just that. He explained the ego as 

comparing yourself against others. 

The ego is a build-up of memories, beliefs and 

opinions – we all have one. What matters is if 

our ego is healthy or not. 

An unhealthy ego is like a 

parasite, 

it lives within us affecting our behaviour and 

ultimately our health and although we may 

think we are under control it controls us. 

Caroline McHugh (Author and motivational 

speaker) describes two states of a fragile ego, 

the superiority complex and the inferiority 

complex. The inferiority complex is extremely 

common, it is a lack of self-love and refusing 

to accept ourselves as we are. A healthy 

ego McHugh calls an ‘interiority complex’ - a 

completely uncomparative state. Developing 

this interiority complex she goes on to explain 

is the art of being yourself. We are born 

into a particular environment with a specific 

biological blueprint. As young children we 

are ego-less. We have a unique identity right 

then and there which is everlasting, pure and 

constant throughout our lives. 

When yoga and other philosophy based 

systems teach us to remove the ego it is to 

remind ourselves that we are more than our 

egos, and to try glimpse this childlike and 

pure source. Has anyone seen those Natwest 

adverts “we are what we do”? I hate them! Your 

ego is what you do. Listen, this is important, 

you are not the clothes you wear, you are not 


your past, you are not defined by your thought 

processes – all those things change over time. 

You are everlasting, pure and constant. To find 

yourself you need to scrape everything else 

away, 

your true joyful self lies 

under the ego. 

So where does the ego come from? As we grow 

we develop opinions related to ourselves. “I 

am good at writing, I have stumpy legs, I can 

sing well, I am terrible at maths, I am awkward 

in social situations… “. None of those opinions 

would exist if we were the only human alive - 

they are all comparative. Those opinions form 

a unique mixture of superiority and inferiority 

complexes as your ego. If you were born in 

the wilderness with no contact with humanity 

you would still have a sense of self, an ego, 

but it would be an interiority complex – totally 

uncomparitive and healthy. 

So an unrealistically healthy ego is fully 

accepting yourself without comparing yourself 

to anybody else. 

Once you can accept 

yourself as you are you can 

celebrate what makes you 

different 

and that is when you can be the awesome 

version of yourself that you were designed to 

be. 

Realistically we all compare ourselves to others 

in some ways. In the capitalistic word we live 

in we need to make comparisons in order to 

survive. However, we have many habits that are 

unnecessary and through diligent practice we 

can strip them away. Looking around the urban 

environment so many of us live in, we can see 

unhealthy ego traits everywhere. Selfie culture, 

conversations all about talking and not about 

listening, competitiveness in the workplace 

and even the yoga studio! Not to mention the 

epidemic lack of self-confidence sweeping the 

world. 

So let’s wrap this up. You are not only your 

ego. Try and get to know your true self under 

the ego – and often this means stripping the 

ego away. You need an ego in the capitalist 

world so try and make it a healthy one by 

gradually changing your habitual superiority 

and inferiority complexes. Then use your ego 

to help you express your unique qualities and 

achieve what you want to achieve. You are here 

in this crazy beautiful world and you can do 

great things – your ego can help you, don’t let it 

hold you back. 

simplysparrow.com 


JACK ROPER 

The Universe doesn’t 

Create Life, Life Creates 

the Universe 



“Spiritual development—and its relatives, 

spirituality, religion, faith, and belief— 

is one of the awkward issues in youth 

development and a blind spot in the broader 

field of human development. It focuses on 

a dimension of life that is difficult to define 

and contentious to talk about. People hold 

strong opinions about what it is and why it 

does or doesn’t matter. Some see it as offlimits, 

a private matter for families—not the 

stuff of public discussion or shared action. 

Or, on the other hand, the devout can be 

skeptical if the discussion is not grounded in 

particular religious or cultural beliefs.” 

(Dr. Eugene C. Roelkepartain) 


Jack Roper is a young talented artist studying 

film at the The Arts University Bournemouth. He 

uses art to express his spiritual journey. When 

Jack turned up to meet me with his floppy hair 

and effortless style, I had a nostalgic feeling of 

a crumpled grainy poster blue tacked on my 

bedroom wall back in 1995. Jack didn’t know who 

River Phoenix was, but my guess would be they 

would have got along just fine, maybe like a Cara 

to Kate. A film student with many talents, Jack 

tells us about his inspiration behind his art work 

sharing his conclusions on spirituality and how 

by simply saying yes has brought him out from 

hiding. Jack is just one of those people that is so 

easy to believe in. 

Tell me a little bit about your background and 

what got you into your arts? 

I guess my Dad, he’s an actor and my brother, 

he works on films. So I guess the film stuff has 

always been in the family. When I was younger 

I was in a play with my Dad, I had an agent for 

a while and did a few auditions, but nothing 

really came of it. Then when I was 12 we moved 

to Spain, I felt trapped in Spain, it was more 

academically driven. It was when I came back 

to the UK at 17 I started doing more acting and 

enrolled on a filmmaking course. The art stuff 

has always been in me. When I was in Spain I was 

just watching a shit load of films, I guess I was 

just filling my brain with potential concoctions 

to make ideas happen. You watch a lot of films 

and then you mash them all together in your 

head and come up with good ideas I guess. I tried 

drawing, I was kind of good at it but it would take 

me about 10 hours to draw one portrait. I’ve also 

been playing the guitar and trying to sing since 

I was a teenager. I’m not that good, but my voice 

is now listenable. It’s a lot of practice, trying out 

new stuff on my guitar and trying out new stuff 

with my voice. I’ve a couple of old friends from 

Spain. We always send each other our songs, we 

used to make music together so now whenever 

we get together we just pick up where we left off 

and start writing songs again. It’s really nice to 

have feedback from people doing the same sort 

of thing as you, and we’re always really honest 

with each other. 

My family are my harshest critics but recently 

my brother sent me a video of Ed Sheran on the 

Jonathan Ross show. He showed a song from 

when he was 15 and he could not sing at all. It 

made your ears bleed. So it gives me hope. 

You mentioned to me that you feel you are on a 

bit of a spiritual journey. How did this start for 

you? 

I believed in god as a kid then I became atheist, 

then I decided there is something to it, there is 

some sort of spiritual connection where we’re all 

connected, theres not one saviour, or the great 

being. We are just this one thing collectively. 

I’m not sure what planted the seed. One day it 

popped into my head that this is something I’ve 

been thinking a lot about. When I moved in with 

a housemate, who was really into spiritual things, 

we discussed it a lot, some stuff I agreed with 

some stuff I didn’t. But it made me do my own 

research into it and I listened to talks by Allan 

Whats and Terran McKenna. Learning about 

Buddhism and spirituality in general made me 

come to the conclusion that a lot of this stuff 

was true and thats not coming from a faith stand 

point I’m quite a logical thinker, so for me to 

come to that conclusion makes me think anyone 

can. 

My housemate lent me a book called 

Biocentrinism By Robert P. Lanza. He said I 


think you will really dig this book. I took it on 

the train home to Brighton, read it every night 

and finished it on the train journey back. It really 

just confirmed everything I theorised in my 

head. How the universe doesn’t create life, life 

creates the universe. So everything we see, we 

see because we see it, if there isn’t an observer 

then the universe wouldn’t exist. It’s like the old 

proverb if a tree falls in a forest and no one’s 

around to hear it does the tree make a sound? 

and the answer actually is no, it doesn’t. Sound 

waves go through the air and they are only 

converted to sound when they hit our eardrums, 

So there would be no sound if we weren’t around 

to hear it. Its just really interesting to think 

about. 

So what would you class as some of your core 

beliefs? 

I believe if you have a positive outlook your life 

becomes more positive. If you have a negative 

outlook then your life becomes more negative, 

It’s all in the way you view the world, so you 

could be in the worst situations but as long as 

you have a positive outlook it’s not going to affect 

you, it’s not going to bring you down. When I 

was growing up I thought right, if I’m a pessimist 

and always expect the worst then I can never be 

disappointed, and that was a horrible, horrible 

way to look at the world, because it just meant 

that I was always miserable and going through 

the motions not really doing what I wanted and 

thought, oh well bad shit happens and theres 

no way to stop it. Now I look at the world in a 

positive way. People want people to succeed and 

want to help each other. Theres always going 

to be some negative people but I choose not to 

associate myself with them, When you change 

your outlook and realise that you don’t need 

some negative people in your life, you just start 

to surround yourself with positive people. It’s not 

even intentional it just happens. They are drawn 

to you because of your energy I guess. I believe 

in synchronicity and lots of little things sync up, 

I get more work from it because I’m saying yes 

to more things. I suppose I’m being myself more 

rather than just hiding away. There’s always an 

opportunity and depending on your outlook you 

will decide whether to take that opportunity or 

not. 

You describe your art as a manifestation of your 

journey, tell me more….. 

It started out as I wanted a tattoo, I didn’t just 

want some random piece of art, I wanted a 

piece that means something to me. Im going 

through this journey and I wanted something 

that represented that and my new outlook on life, 

I started thinking about how I could use shape 

and form to represent that. I find it easier to 

represent visually rather than verbally what I’m 

going through on my journey. For instance on 

this design (opposite page) you have the centre 

which is empty which represents the ego then if 

you branch out you’ve got an area which is the 

people you surround yourself with, then you have 

their egos, then outside of that you have got the 

three circles which represent the expanse that 

you you can delve into with consciousness, its 

all connected. Another one of my designs was 

inspired by my meditation practice, I started 

realising that peace really did come from within 

and I wanted to represent that, if you base your 

whole sense of self from that than you will find 


it, rather than looking for outside sources. As 

well as happiness you can’t find it from outside it 

all comes from within just like biocentrism, the 

whole universe you see comes from within, If that 

makes sense? 

It does to me Jack :) 

It’s difficult to sometimes get across what you 

mean with words it’s such an abstract concept. 

You’re studying film at the moment. Where do see 

yourself progressing? 

I decided really early on that I didn’t want to 

spend 9-5 in an office punching in numbers, 

I want to live an interesting life that I will be 

happy living. As soon as I knew that I knew 

film was the best bet for me as there’s so many 

different areas to go into, It’s all about telling 

stories. In life I’ve always been an observer, I 

watch stories evolve in front of me and thats 

what I find enjoyment in. Watching someone 

tell a story based on something they might have 

seen or experienced. All sorts of films have 

some hint of truth in them. Even if it’s fully 

fantasy there is still some hint of truth in it. 

There was something that set this story teller in 

motion to come up with this whole world, to tell 

and share with people. 


KELLY LEVELL 

Moving Forward with 

Sustainable and Ethical 

Fashion 


Images. Lucy Mooney 

The concept of sustainable fashion is an 

oxymoron in itsself. Given that fashion is 

all about the new and latest trends, it’s no 

wonder why people are confused by such a 

contradiction. Fashion is the second largest 

polluting industry on our planet. Many don’t 

realise the impact that fashion has on the 

world. Here we interview Kelly Levell, an 

expert in ethical and sustainable fashion 

who gives us her insights and a few tips 

on what steps we can make to lessen our 

fashion footprint. 

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“It is up to the next generation to be the change 

that we want to see in the world.” 

What is your opinion on how important 

sustainability is in the fashion industry today? 

I think ethical fashion has reached tipping point, 

I was at London fashion week in February and 

all of the window displays in Selfridges were 

communicating ethical fashion. This is a clear 

sign that the fashion industry is starting to take 

sustainable fashion more seriously. 

Do you think that the consumer is becoming 

more aware of the fashion industry? 

Yes, 76% of UK adults pay attention to ethical 

credentials that brands are using today. The 

attitudes of consumers are changing a lot. When 

they are out shopping and if the choice of an 

ethical item is there they will tend to choose 

this option. This is where brand transparency 

is important, for instance H&M now do a green 

label, So they are offering the products for the 

consumers albeit in a smaller way. 

How have you seen the sustainable fashion 

industry change/develop in the past five years? 

It has changed by growth, I think there is an 

array of fabulous brands that you can actually 

go and buy from now, whereas 7 years ago when 

I first started out on my journey with ethical 

fashion and my lifestyle change, I’d made a 

commitment to myself that I wasn’t going to buy 

from the high street anymore, So I was looking 

all the time and It was quite hard. Now I just 

want to put all the brands in one place and tell 

everyone where to find them. 

Where do you see the sustainable fashion 

industry heading in the future? 

I think it will become the norm, it wont be a 

separate niche thing. Everyones going to have to 

be more transparent with there practices, their 

employment, how they treat their employees 

because consumers know the truth so they cant 

hide any more. 

I believe it is up to the next generation of 

designers to clean up fashion. New designers 

are taught about ethics and sustainability within 

fashion yet there is still that influence of how 

fashion is today. Do you believe that young 

people currently have enough role models ? 

It is up to the next generation to be the change 

that we want to see in the world. They are getting 

the education now about ethical practices 

within businesses and the planet and ecology, 

that wasn’t in the national curriculum when I 

was at school. So they are growing up with the 

awareness and they are going to be making that 

change. The response we get from young people 

is fantastic. I work with them through the Miss 

Dorset competition to find positive role models 

for young people. We put them through award 

rounds which test them on their knowledge 

of fair trade for instance, They also modelled 

clothes from Peopletree on the catwalk which is a 

certified fair trade brand. 

What are your views on using animal products 

within fashion, leather, fur and wool for 

instance? 

It doesn’t need to be done. There are other 

things that we can use. There are technological 

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“fashion is the second largest polluting industry 

on our planet, my dream would 

be for that to change,” 

advancements in fashion and industry, practices 

to make things that are just as good. There are a 

lot of fake furs out there now which people can’t 

tell if they are real or not. 

In your opinion what is the most important thing 

to look for in ethical fashion? 

It’s really hard for me to choose one thing, I 

would just say do your best to buy ethical when 

you can. Don’t beat yourself up about it but when 

theres an ethical choice make it. 

Some people think that ethical fashion can be too 

expensive, how would you respond to this? 

Quality products do come at a premium. Buy less 

but better quality, this way you have clothing that 

lasts and doesn’t misshape. 

Could you name three ways of shopping more 

ethically? 

Shop Vintage, You can shop in charity shops for 

clothes that are nearly new or sometimes they 

are new and still have the tags on. Also check out 

kilo event sales. 

Buy less but better quality items from sustainable 

brands such as Peopletree. Look for the labels 

and logos, so there is the certified fair trade logo, 

soil association logo for organic. Keep your eyes 

peeled. 

Start shopping in your wardrobe first because 

you will probably rediscover things that you 

didn’t realise you had. You will also have it fresh 

in your mind what you already own so only look 

for items that go with them, rather than buying 

blind and impulse buying. 

Are you the change that you want to see in the 

world? 

I believe that I am the change that I want to see 

in the world and I believe that if everybody made 

a pledge to themselves to make a change and be 

the change then we will see the change - A more 

sustainable future. No ones perfect but you’ve 

just got to do your best. 

Do you have a favourite quote? 

“Theres no beauty in the finest clothes if they create 

hunger and unhappiness” 

(Gandhi) 

“He who can no longer stand wrapped in ore is as 

good as dead and his eyes are closed” 

(Einstein) 

To me this means slow down. No one has time 

these days to take in the beauty that surrounds 

us and take in the positive things out there. 

What is your dream? 

I have so many it’s hard to answer 

The problem is that fashion is the second largest 

polluting industry on our planet, my dream 

would be for that to change, for ethical fashion 

to become the norm, for people to live cleaner 

lifestyles and for everyone in the world to benefit 

from one another. 

wedoethicalfashion.org 

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CLERKENWELL 

VINTAGE 

FAIR66 

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Vintage romance meets modern luxury as Clerkenwell 

vintage fair arrives at its new home, the 5 star 

Courthouse Hotel in Shoreditch, during 

London Fashion Week. 

After checking into The Court house Hotel 

in Shoreditch and much to my delight 

realising that we were there for the first 

weekend of the Clerkenwell vintage 

fashion fair, it would be rude not to give 

up out Sunday afternoon plans to stroll 

around the many colourful stalls. 

Shopping Vintage is just one way to be 

ethical in your purchasing choices. It 

saves clothes from landfill and gives us 

an ethical way of satisfying a desire for 

new clothes without embracing fastfashion 

culture, let alone the fact that 

it’s completely nostalgic and you can get 

amazing one off pieces that you are not 

likely to see other people in. And don’t 

be fooled that you have to look like a 

50s throw back to wear vintage. Mix and 

match new and vintage items to create a 

unique look. 

The Clerkenwell Vintage fashion fair 

has been running since 2009, curated by 

Savitri an award winning events organiser 

with years of experience in the fashion, 

film, advertising and music industry. For 

2017 The fair has moved to The Court 

House hotel in Shoreditch steeped in 

Vintage glamour itself, the hotel used to 

be, yes you guessed it - The Court House, 

which was a regular meeting place for the 

notorious Krays brothers. The super chic 

bar with jail themed cocktails, still has 

the cells in place were Reggie and Ronnie 

where once locked up and now celebrated 

in these stylish VIP booths. 

Sure enough the queue started forming as 

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soon as the doors opened. Its great to see 

what everyone was wearing, I’m not sure 

that any one walked past me that hadn’t 

made an effort. The stalls were filled 

with garments ranging over many eras 

and ranging through many prices. From 

a pair of 1960s suede gloves for £8 to a 

1920s silk gown for £1700. Accessories 

and books are also on sale, I was quite 

mesmerised by a collection of original 

Biba posters. 

Back in 2009 Vintage fairs were popping 

up all over the place, but this one is 

definately here to stay. You can tell that 

stall holders are carefully selected just 

as the venue is, which makes the event a 

truly glamorous experience. 

Clerkenwell vintage fair is running 

monthly at The court house, shoreditch 

during 2017. 

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JAMII PRINCE 

Yoga Adventures 



After a skate boarding accident 7 years 

ago Jamii had to cut down on her dance 

teaching career but was not willing to give 

up, she knew she needed to keep her body 

strong and took up yoga. A Mum, a DJ, and 

dance teacher with a multitude of hobbies 

and interests. She is certainly a doer. Jamii 

always had a dream to go to India for her 

30th birthday, she didn’t know how she was 

going to do it but knew one way or another it 

would happen. She has recently completed 

her yoga training in Rishikesh, India. It’s 

early days for Jamii but she is one of the 

most determined women I have ever met. 

Here we talk about her eventful and very 

honest account of India. 

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I understand that your trip to India was quite 

eventful and didn’t go quite as you had foreseen, 

How did your journey begin? 

Once I got off the plain, I was meant to be getting 

a coach from the airport to Rishikesh, which is 

an 8 hour journey, to be told that there was no 

coach, so I tried to pay for a taxi. I had to get 

my bank card out of my suitcase but in doing 

so I then locked my bank card in my suitcase 

with my keys. I left the airport to get some air, 

only to realise they wouldn’t let me back in to 

the airport. I needed the toilet, had no money, 

my food was locked in my suitcase. I felt lost in 

the middle of India. Eventually I managed to get 

some internet reception, called the hotel, which 

they then contacted a driver to come and pick 

me up. I then had a 8 hour journey bursting for 

the toilet. 

What were your first thoughts when arriving in 

India, was it what you expected? 

No, I thought it would be westernised and 

cleaner, but it was just absolute chaos and 

mayhem. Everybody beeping their horn, dust 

and dirt everywhere, kids on the street running 

around naked, animals pulling carts that were 

way too big for them. I actually couldn’t believe 

how disorganised and how much poverty there 

was. On the 8 hour trip every few minutes you 

would see a massive pile of rubbish and there 

were dogs dying on the side of the road; really, 

really skinny. 

What would you say was the first challenge when 

you got to the yoga school? 

I had booked on to do my ashtanga teacher 

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training course and when I got there I was 

dropped in the middle of a more intense teaching 

course, which meant I had to study a lot, practice 

a lot to catch-up with everybody else. The group 

had already bonded and I was the new one. 

Do you feel your training challenged you 

mentally? 

I had to really focus on the education side 

of it because I’m not very good at retaining 

information, so I found that the physical 

challenge wasn’t so hard. I was learning, training 

then catching up. It was non-stop continuously 

for 2 weeks. 

Did you have any moments of realisation, aha 

moments as I refer to them? 

I did a day of silence, I normally talk a lot, I think 

thats more of a nervous thing, but the silence 

gave me a chance to recognise that I really enjoy 

being in peace and when people don’t have an 

expectation of me to talk I didn’t feel the need 

to talk and I learnt a lot about myself in those 24 

hours. I’ve always been a talker not a listener and 

now I understand the importance of listening. 

Did you take a book? 

Yeah I did, I read a book called living with The 

Himalayan Masters and on the way home I 

bought a book on ayurvedic diet which I found 

massively interesting and I want to go on and 

learn more about that now. 


“Yoga is a way of life, it’s not just the postures, 

the postures are one limb of the 

eight limbs of yoga.” 

Do you feel yoga is a way of life or a way to 

exercise and meditate? 

Yoga is a way of life, it’s not just the postures, the 

postures are one limb of the eight limbs of yoga. 

The eight limbs cover your breathing, your way of 

eating, your way of treating yourself and others. 

The postures themselves are to prepare the body 

for long periods of seated meditation. 

How’s it going now at home? 

The yoga classes are going brilliantly, I’m 

getting fully booked quite easily. I am practicing 

regularly, but not as often as I’d like to and I 

haven’t had any time to study since I’ve been 

back. I will never stop learning. I want to do 

another course already to keep evolving my 

knowledge. 

If there are other people out there that have the 

dream of becoming a yoga teacher what would 

your advice be? 

Do plenty of yoga practice before you go and do 

your teaching course so you’re physically ready 

for it. Always be open to whatever your teacher 

wants to teach you and always remember that 

you never stop learning. 

Was your journey home any better? 

Well thats another adventure, which included 

scary mopeds and busses, but I made it home 

alive and well. 


NATALIE SABIH 

For the Love of Plants... 

And Food 

Creative Direction. Kerrie Reeves 

Images & Styling. Ina Halsor 

Natalie Sabih is a keen plant based chef, who 

has been running a pop up restaurant from 

her beautiful home in Dorset. She shares 

with us some of her much loved recipes. 

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Fresh alkalising Juice 

makes 3 pints 

1 lemon, 1 apple, 5 inches of ginger, 1 banana, 1 avocado, handful of blueberries, 3 handfuls of spinach, 

3 of kale, 4 stems of cavolo nero, 5 broccoli heads, 1/3rd of a cucumber, 1 red bell pepper, 1 pimento 

pepper, 3 beetroots, bunch of coriander, mint and parsley, ¼ of a red cabbage, ¼ of a green cabbage, 

bunch of spring greens, 1 large sweet potato and 6 carrots. 

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Golden milk 

2 week supply 

100grams Ceylon cinnamon 

100grams turmeric 

1 teaspoon black pepper 

2 tablespoons of coconut oil 

In a pan, put the turmeric, cinnamon, the ground black pepper and half pint of water (for now). 

Bubble it all over a low heat stirring occasionally for about 15 mins 

until it forms a gloopy paste, you may need to add more water to get that consistency. Let the paste 

start to cool and then stir in the coconut oil. 

Once cooled pop into a jam jar/ kilner jar etc, pop in the fridge and it will set. I use a large teaspoon 

every night in warm koko milk and the same every morning or mix in porridge for breakfast. 

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Sweet TomatoTostada 

serves 1 

1 soft tortilla wrap 

140g Fresh sundried tomatoes diced. 

¼ red onion diced 

1 avocado 

Juice of ½ lemon 

Small bunch of mint and coriander chopped 

Salt and pepper 

Vegan sour cream and violife cheese (optional) 

Fresh diced chilli 

Handful of watercress 

Cress and grated carrot 

In a bowl mix the onion, tomatoes, mint and coriander. 

Get the avocado and mash until desired consistency, add the lemon juice and salt and pepper and 

mix. 

Pop the tortilla into a hot oven for 5 minutes to slightly warm 

Once out, grate the violiofe cheese onto it then sprinkle the tomato and onion mix all over leaving a 

space in the middle for the avocado. 

I like to add my avocado mix to the middle, sprinkle the cress and carrot on top and also sprinkle 

fresh chilli and then a few drops of the sour cream. 

You can either fold in half or eat open like a pizza with the watercress on the side. 

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Sweet potato and Quinoa 

curry 

serves 4/6 as a side dish or 2 as a main 

300 grams of Quinoa (rinsed) 

600ml water 

1 veg stock pot 

1 red onion diced 

2 sweet potatoes diced 

250g petit pois 

2 teaspoons of Garam masala 

2 teaspoons of cayenne pepper 

2 teaspoons of madras curry powder 

2 teaspoons of cumin 

2 tins chopped tomatoes 

Salt and pepper to taste 

1 teaspoon garlic granules 

Bunch fresh coriander 

Sprig of mint 

Alpro soya yoghurt (plain) 

¼ cucumber grated 

Dice the sweet potato and season with garlic granules, cumin and cayenne. Roast for 15 minutes until 

soft. 

In a pan fry the onions until slightly soft, add the quinoa, the veg stock pot, the water, all the spices, 

petit pois and the tinned tomatoes. Gently bubble away on a low heat stirring frequently as may need 

a touch more water depending on the cooking speed of the quinoa. It takes about 20 minutes for the 

quinoa to become light and fluffy but may need slightly longer. Mix in the cooked sweet potato, salt 

and pepper to season. Sprinkle the coriander on top of the curry to taste. 

Mix the grated cucumber, yoghurt and chopped mint into a bowl for the cucumbereita and serve on 

the side. 

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Tofu Courgetti 

serves 2 

3 courgettes 

300 grams Cherry tomatoes 

Fresh coriander 

1 fresh chilli 

Cayenne pepper 

Juice of 1 lemon 

150grams firm Tofu (not silken) 

Oil of choice for frying (I use coconut oil) 

With your choice of spiralizer, make the courgetti. (I use a julienne peeler as it makes the courgettes a 

lot thinner and more like spaghetti) 

Set aside and start to prepare your tofu into small cubes (about 2cm squared) 

In a pot add your cherry tomatoes (whole) sliced fresh chilli, a splash of water, your lemon juice and a 

sprinkle of cayenne pepper (to your preference for heat) pop the lid on and fry on a low heat stirring 

occasionally. 

Once the tomatoes have softened nicely and the mix has become slightly saucy add your courgetti. 

Pop the lid back on and keeping on low heat gently simmer for 5 minutes. 

While it’s cooking get a stir fry pan with some hot coconut oil and stir fry the tofu on a fast heat with a 

dash of cayenne for flavour frying for 5 minutes also stirring occasionally. 

Once cooked add the courgetti to a bowl, toss the tofu on top and the fresh coriander and serve. 

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