A note to my family, students, clients, community, tribe. I have been receiving emails and texts from many of you asking where Heather and I have been the last couple weeks. On November 17th at around 5pm, my loving father, Terry Thomas Mills, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly, a few weeks before his 75th birthday at his home in[…]Read This Blog Post
Author: Nathan Mills
Life Balance (Part 3)
We spent the last two articles starting with the fundamentals of beginning to create more balance, less stress, more adaptability in your daily life so you can maneuver obstacles and thrive rather than just survive in this brilliant day-to-day existence we have been blessed to experience. (Feature Photo/Art Richard Shilling www.richardshilling.co.uk) Today, we continue where we[…]Read This Blog Post
Life Balance (Part 2)
Earlier in the summer, we started a conversation about life balance. We discussed some ideas and thoughts about balance, and we even gave a “challenge” of picking one thing you have been putting off around your “self care” and practicing it throughout the summer. Some of you may have had lots of success with this[…]Read This Blog Post
Rhubarb and Strawberry Compote
Ingredients: 3-4 rhubarb stalks, trimmed and washed, sliced into half inch pieces 1/4 cup of water 1/4-1/2 cup maple syrup or honey 1 tsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp cardamom 1 tsp of vanilla extract 5-7 strawberries halved (optional 1 tbsp of coconut oil) Instructions: Combine ingredients in a heavy saucepan and cook gently until the rhubarb[…]Read This Blog Post
Savory Sweet Potato Pancakes with Maple Yogurt
Ingredients: 1 cup flour (I used organic spelt flour for this recipe.) 2 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp cardamom 1 tsp curry powder 1 tsp sea salt 1/2 tsp turmeric 1/4 tsp cayenne 1 medium size sweet potato 1 small bunch of broccolini 4-5 crimini mushrooms 3 large cloves of garlic chopped 1/2 chopped red onion[…]Read This Blog Post
Recipe: Basil & Berry Smoothie topped with Mint Leaf
Ingredients: 1 cup Filtered Water (add more less for thicker consistency) 1/2 cup Organic Blueberries (fresh or frozen) 1/2 cup Organic Strawberries (fresh or frozen) 1 Banana (optional for thicker consistency) 1/2 cup Fresh Basil 1 Mint Leaf (as edible garnish) Food As Medicine: Basil has antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties and is high in[…]Read This Blog Post
Lifestyle and Balance (Part I)
I recently had a client ask me “when will I know my life is ‘balanced’?” I often use this term “balance” when I am coaching my clients and students to signify some sort of equilibrium. However, this can often be misleading, insinuating perhaps that at some point we will “arrive” in balance never to be[…]Read This Blog Post
Alleviating Misunderstandings Between Teachers and Students
I was recently in a counseling session with one of my nutrition clients and she told me this story that has happened to her more than once in a yoga class. I have heard enough similar stories from several of my students in the last few years that I thought it would be worth addressing[…]Read This Blog Post
Nutritionism
Recently I had the opportunity to attend one of the largest natural product expo’s in world. The purpose of this expo is to get buyers who are looking for healthy alternative products in one location together with sellers who have products they are trying to expand into larger markets. You cannot imagine the sheer size[…]Read This Blog Post
Touching the Void
It was the middle of the night. I was lying in the back of my fiancé’s car feeling the uncomfortable sting of winter air clawing at my cheeks, nose and ears. I was trying without success to bury my head under the bath towel I was currently using as a makeshift pillow while still desperately[…]Read This Blog Post