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Off The Mat, Into The Kitchen: Bringing Mindfulness to Our Plate

Off The Mat, Into The Kitchen: Bringing Mindfulness to Our Plate, by Tamal & Victoria Dodge. Photograph of two meals by Victoria Dodge
All food photographs by Victoria Dodge

Renowned yoga teachers connect their yogic philosophy to their plates, creating simplicity, ceremony and holistic health (plus 2 yummy recipes!)

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Yoga teaches us to examine and question life, to search our hearts and minds regularly, and to use our intellect for spiritual study and growth. And what better place to start than with the food we eat? The information and advertisements we regularly take in do not necessarily put the planet and spiritual wellbeing at the forefront. They don’t share the back story. They don’t connect the dots. It falls on us as individuals to look into these subjects and create change. We have all heard the old adage, “Change

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