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SH Travel & Wellbeing Supplement
Rest & Replenish
Henrietta Norton explains how the New Year should
be all about nurturing your body and soul
From Buddhism to Judaism,
eating practices, such as fasting,
cleansing or more recently
named ‘detoxing’ have been used over
the centuries as a means to clear and
energise the body, to reconnect to our
spirit or essence so that it may flourish.
You need only to read the front covers
of January’s magazines to see how our
views have changed. Feature titles include
‘New Year, New You’, ‘Detox yourself
slim’ and ‘Exercise to bust the fat’. Where
did we lose the nourishing, spiritual
essence of wholesome food to one that is
now synonymous with deprivation and
punishment for festive gluttony?
However, the New Year is far from
this. Instead, I see it as a time to rest,
restore, replenish and, in line with pagan
traditions, to find the light amongst the
dark. In a time when our lives are more
hectic and disconnected than they ever
have been, our need to return to these
practices and turn away from the ‘New
Year, new you’ and calorie-counting
has never been stronger. It is my
belief that this month we should
embrace a way of eating that
celebrates the connection between our
body and our soul, that celebrates the
seasons and reconnects us with nature.
A way of eating that is free of ‘good’,
‘bad’ but rich in nourishment and
tenderness for our body and mind.
The following are some gentle
guidelines to do just that this month:
Avoid the non-nourishing foods such as
sugar, alcohol and white flour products.
Replace with organic whole
grains (wholegrain rice,
amaranth, buckwheat,
quinoa), seasonal
vegetables, broth, pulses
and natural sugars (local
or manuka honey).
Drink warm filtered
water with ginger
and spices to warm
and revive. This encourages the
movement of the lymphatic system
and supports the ‘flow’ of nutrients.
Start the day with a mug of hot
water and the juice of half a lemon
or a capful of apple cider vinegar.
This alkalizes the body and stimulates
digestion for a lighter start to the day.
Use a body brush before you step
into the shower each morning. Use
upward strokes until you get the level
“Start the day with
a mug of hot water
and the juice of
half a lemon or
a capful of apple
cider vinegar”
of your heart and downward strokes
from the head down to your heart.
Don’t scrub, just gently brush.
Bathe in magnesium flakes or
Epsom bath salts to soothe the body
and soul at the end of the day.
Stew seasonal fruit, apples, pear and
berries with warming spices, such as
ginger and cinnamon, and add to cooked
millet or quinoa flakes to start the day.
Bone broths and
vegetables soups are rich
in healing nutrients and
light on the digestion. Use
real stock and seasonal
root vegetables to deeply
nourish the digestive
system and liver.
Consider supporting
your body with
natural cleansing supplements such
as chlorella or a cleansing complex.
Take long walks in fresh air in the
light, and use the evenings to rest away
from stimulus as much as possible.
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