by Kayla Freudenberg | Jul 16, 2022 | Culinary
I originally prepared this recipe for a recipe development project I have been working on for a client- the ‘rules’ for them are no oil, no high-fat plant foods (such as avocado), no salt, and no sugar, but with lots of greens, starchy vegetables, and...
by Kayla Freudenberg | Apr 3, 2022 | Meditation Toolbox, Mindful Musings
I’ve been noticing the beautiful word Embodied coming up quite frequently lately, and I have found myself pondering, what exactly is the author trying to convey in using the word embodied? Is there a common definition for this? Is this another spiritual ‘fluff’ word?...
by Kayla Freudenberg | Mar 13, 2022 | Culinary
This recipe was a spur-of-the-moment creation to use up some leftover lentils, and it is equally an ode to the delicious fresh corn tortillas that are on every street corner in Mexico- which is in my opinion, the best 11 pesos you’ll ever spend. Since the...
by Kayla Freudenberg | Mar 4, 2022 | Meditation Toolbox
Broad, vast, and mysterious- These are some descriptors that come to mind as I start off this guide to beginning & thriving in meditation because I’m here simply honoring that my ways may not be your ways, but also, that I can support with tools to find your...
by Kayla Freudenberg | Feb 25, 2022 | Culinary, Mindful Musings
Ahh, the old adage “You are what you eat”, take a moment and feel into that one for a moment. If I’ve done my research properly this saying is routed back to a French lawyer who said, “Dis-moi ce que tu manges, je te dirai ce que tu es.”, or “Tell me what you...
by Kayla Freudenberg | Feb 18, 2022 | Meditation Toolbox, Mindful Musings
Take a moment and consider, how has setting hard goals worked or not worked for you? It’s easy to come across varying opinions on how effective setting hard resolutions or goals for ourselves really is, and I will leave it up to you to decide, but here in this...
by Kayla Freudenberg | Jan 24, 2022 | Meditation Toolbox
We have surely all come across the sentiment of gifting our younger selves with some wisdom we have earned if given the opportunity, and I’ll go ahead and start this off by sharing one of my nuggets of gold: do not try to tame your wildness for spiritual endeavors,...
by Kayla Freudenberg | Dec 3, 2020 | Mindful Musings
You can find them everywhere. How did I not see them before?I knew the feeling of a holy space.It had been imprinted on my heart before.I first felt the feeling in the obvious spaces.You know, the temples.Made of stone and religious text — yes, one version is a...
by Kayla Freudenberg | Nov 12, 2020 | Mindful Musings
How I am applying the lessons of mindfulness I’ve learned There was such a taste of familiarity when I came home from my life abroad to California to enter a self-imposed lockdown. Quarantine. Pandemic. Nowhere to ‘hide-out’ from it all (although I was...
by Kayla Freudenberg | Nov 12, 2020 | Mindful Musings
And I promise to never take that role for granted. I was teaching yoga in Thailand this past winter, and although this was not my first time teaching at this retreat center or abroad in general, it was a unique and challenging experience- one that has transformed the...
