clean body, clear mind

Self-love, health, balance, acceptance and happiness. Mum of two beautiful, wild girls. Postgrad psychology student. Vegan for the earth and the animals. #gethealthywithme

[blossombirdy]

Happy Wednesday! I’m feeling more relaxed today after a heart rate raising, muscle burning, toning power workout this morning (which I can still feel in my arms and abs, thanks @sarahs_day 😂), a group therapy session, nourishing food, family support and basically just a bit of radical acceptance of our current situation. What will be will be! Emotionally resisting adverse situations intensifies distress and suffering, whereas when we practice radical acceptance, we make space for problem solving, we react less intensely and our suffer reduces. ⁣ ⁣ When I’m stressed, it’s really important for myself to not neglect my body by filling up on processed foods, but instead continue to eat a vitamin-rich plantbased diet that allows my body and mind to thrive. Eating colourful, nutrient dense meals is an important everyday self-care and self-respect practice for me! Tonight’s dinner is my latest obsession, a pumpkin + garlic-cashew nourish bowl 👌 this is steamed pumpkin, with steamed veggies (bok choy, mushrooms & courgette) & red kidney beans, all topped with a garlic-cashew sauce, parsley & chilli flakes. Delicious and nourishing!! ✿ https://www.instagram.com/p/B-thsefBkOm/?igshid=nk67mlp9ntqm

[theblondeyogini]

avocado toast, everything but the bagel seasoning, balsamic glaze ✨

[tinykitchenvegan]

Kale Pesto Mushroom Pistachio Bowls

[frachella]

[blossombirdy]

Today was a really wonderful day!

[blossombirdy]

Beauty smoothie to kickstart my day ✨🌻⁣ Bananas, blueberries, maca, vanilla, cashew butter, flaxseed & vanilla zinc drops, all topped with @lonijane burcher for extra nutrients and crunch! Full of antioxidants, potassium and omegas for that skin glow 🤗 ⁣ ⁣ This morning I woke up reallllyy feeling yesterday’s #sweatittoshredit workout. Just after I posted about starting SITSI during quarantine, @sarahs_day announced an 8 week challenge starting Monday, so I’ll restart the program then to do it along with everyone else! So pumped for this! Today I just did a quick barre workout instead and later I have to brave the supermarket (I’m actually super anxious about that 😫). I hope everyone has a great day and is able to get some outside for a bit! ✿ https://www.instagram.com/p/B-QLRHqhZzH/?igshid=y7yi18miimbw

[blossombirdy]

Snack #1263789437 of today because quarantine life has me restless snacking constantly. How is everyone else doing in self-isolation? Is there anyone who is not having to be in isolation still? Level 4 lockdown begins in NZ tonight, we just got the emergency alert and it’s all very overwhelming, surreal and intense. We did have to go to the supermarket this morning for a couple of essentials and the vibe was so strange and creepy. I’m missing normality, as we all are, but I am grateful for the slower days and more time with my two girls. The last two days have basically been board games, books, puzzles, painting and cleaning (trying to do that deep clean I’ve been wanting to do for a while!). This morning we went for a “teddy bear hunt” to search for the teddies that local community members had placed in their windows, so that children have something to search for while getting some daily fresh air. I also tried to get a workout in today but that didn’t really work out between Ophelia stealing my workout gear for herself between sets and Beatrix treating me like her jungle gym 😂 I’m hoping to get a yoga flow in once the girls are asleep as long as Beatrix stays asleep for long enough 🤞 if not, there’s always tomorrow! Kia kaha everyone, stay well and STAY INSIDE! 


[blossombirdy]

Everything feels very surreal right now. NZ is officially in lockdown and self-isolation has begun. We are so privileged to have such a proactive prime minister and I am so grateful to be going through this in a time where we can live digitally and stay connected through social media. I’m feeling anxious, scared, worried, overwhelmed. As my husband works in food, he will be continuing to work, but the girls are both with me all day as schools and daycare is closed. I don’t know what this will mean for my study and whether I will withdraw, but on the bright side, I am looking forward to the chance to slow down, spend more time with my babies, get back to basics and out of that instant gratification mindset we are so used to, to spend more time experimenting in the kitchen and (best of all!) to have a trial run with homeschooling, which I have always wanted to do but it’s just never been a realistic choice. My main focuses are just keeping my family safe and happy, keeping myself healthy and calm, and staying positive 🌻 I’m so thankful for this platform to help keep me connected, knowledgeable and motivated to keep taking care of myself! l hope you are all doing okay and, as someone who struggles with anxiety (esp. triggered by change and the unknown), I understand all too well how challenging this all is mentally, so I’m always here to talk ☀️ // todays lunch (or dessert 😏) was peanut butter + vanilla banana ice cream topped with @lonijane rawnola and @elsas_wholesomelife chia jam - so delicious! ✿

[wildermouse]

dreaming of being an ancient traveller, wandering the nordic wilds on horseback ↟ ↟

[grace--upon--grace]

@stuffhannahdoes.

[blossombirdy]

Melon baby 🍉🍉

[blossombirdy]

⁣ I basically ate my weight in icing yesterday (just icing, because I’m a five year old and only eat the icing off cake 😂) and I had some pizza, even though something about it destroys my stomach and I end up crouched over in pain and extremely bloated (whoops!), so I started my day today with my fave breakfast to have when my stomach isn’t feeling great - superfood flat tummy burcha, soaked in dairy free greek yogurt and topped with blueberries and a tiny bit of manuka honey. I’m feeling a lot better tonight after a day of taking care of my body and actually eating foods that agree with me! While I’ll never, ever turn down eating their birthday dinner and cake with my girls, I do like to get back to what my body thrives on the next day! ✿

[blossombirdy]

Tomorrow is the big day! My little baby smoosh turns ONE! It’s been a really emotional day today reminiscing on this past year and I’m in shock about how fast it’s all gone by. I think I’m feeling it particularly hard knowing that these are my last newborn experiences, since Bea will be the last child I have. I absolutely love pregnancy and that first year, as tiring as it is, it’s the most amazing time filled with so much love you think you’re going to explode 😍 ⁣ ⁣ On the other hand, I am officially #12monthspostpartum tomorrow and I can honestly say that it’s only over this last month that I’ve even BEGUN to feel like a version of my old self. I’m at a really good place now with my diet and exercise “routine” and I’m starting to feel stronger and healthier. It’s nice to feel not so limited by my body anymore and just feel more like myself again - as an individual person, a woman and not just a feeding machine (although feeding machine we still are also 😂). I am still recovering from pregnancy and birth a year later, and I still have a journey to get back to where I was (if that ever happens) but it feels good to finally be feeling like I’m moving in that direction! ⁣

[blossombirdy]

Almost 12 months #postpartum and I’m so excited to finally start introducing inversions back into my life! I absolutely love getting upside down and whenever I’m feeling stressed or sleepy from studying, doing inversions for just a couple of minutes picks my mood up and reenergises me again (plus it gets me feeling like a powerful boss bitch 😂). This week is such a busy week with baby B’s first birthday and my block course and test coming up next Monday, so taking a few minutes today to play with some upside down shapes honestly helped keep me grounded and focused. Also, it just felt great after sitting at the computer so much these past few days 👌 Today I stuck to headstands but this year I really want to get over my fear of falling and learn to fall safely so I can do handstands and forearm stands in the middle of the room - at the moment I don’t need the wall but my fear stops me from attempting to do them without it. The mind is always the biggest obstacle! ✿

[blossombirdy]

To satisfy my night time sweet tooth this week, I made these amazing cheesecake cupcakes by @chocolatecoveredkatie 😍 In them I used cashew cream cheese and unsweetened almond greek yogurt so I was still getting a really healthy, whole foods version of these! I also used raw honey as my sweetener (as its currently most compatible with my body) and topped them with warm blueberries and plain almond yogurt to make them honey + blueberry flavoured, although they are really good on their own too 👌

[launoa]

[oceancuresall]

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