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Hildegard’s Spelt Flour Banana Bread
My over ripened bananas often hit the freezer where they are stored for smoothies or homemade frozen banana ice cream. As temperatures start to drop in the fall, the last thing I want is a frozen smoothie. Whipping up a nutritious batch of spelt flour banana bread is a great way to use up ripened…
Hadley’s Living Creativity
We first met Hadley Meares through a story she had written about Hildegard. Hadley’s biography on Hildegard offered a fresh new perspective on our namesake’s living creativity. Hadley captured the essence of Hildegard with a light-hearted reverence that made us laugh, but also reminded us of just how remarkable Hildegard of Bingen was in her…
Hildegard cookies of joy
Hildegard of Bingen believed food nourished the soul. She recommended having one of these Hildegard spelt cookies every day to enrich and bring joy. According to Hildegard, these spelt cookies strengthen the nerves and improve the mood. However, due to their high concentration of cinnamon and nutmeg, we recommend consuming in moderation. Hildegard cookies of…
6 Ways to Preserve Fresh Herbs
Autumn is bittersweet. The burst of color left behind as plants gather their energy inward for the winter is a delight, but it also means that the outward signs of life will retreat into the dormant – and often barren landscape. Even though the bounty of the Hildegarden has waned, we can still gather what remains,…
Hildegard’s 7 Health Benefits of Beer
Every autumn, a meadow near the city center of Munich transforms into the world’s largest beer and folk festival or Volksfest. Known as Oktoberfest, the 16-day celebration is referred to by many locals as Wiesn, short for Theresienwiese, or Theresa’s Meadow, named for the place where King Ludwig I wed Princess Therese in 1820. This is…
Recipe for Spelt Pizza Dough
This spelt flour pizza dough recipe may be of particular interest to those who are sensitive to gluten, as spelt may be easier to digest. Your body may tolerate this spelt flour pizza crust version better than the usual high-gluten, refined wheat flour that goes into the typical pizza crust.
Holistic Healing: Six Steps to Holistic Health
Your health and wellness is about much more than just the condition of your body. Take your health into your own hands with a holistic approach to your life. We will show you the wisdom behind holistic healing, why we need it, and how to incorporate holistic healing into our daily lives. What is Holistic…
Food Activity Rest
The rhythm of Food Activity Rest predates medieval medical treatments, and yet the concept helps set the foundation for Hildegard’s healing harmony. We first discovered a modern perspective on Food Activity Rest by reviewing Dr. Matthew Edlund’s work on Circadian Medicine. The value of Dr. Edlund’s mnemonic FAR has far-reaching health benefits. In its most basic form, it has helped…
Slow Food and Hildegard of Bingen
Hildegard of Bingen could not have anticipated that progress would render the cultivation, preparation, and consumption of food to something of an annoyance, a chore to be avoided in favor of saving time. Nor could she have expected that her medieval diet would eventually be referred to as something novel, like the slow food movement. This post…
Hildegard’s Viriditas- Dynamic Meditation in Nature
For strength of spirit, Hildegard considered regular dynamic meditation in nature as a powerful source of health and vitality. Hildegard of Bingen saw nature as a manifestation of the divine. It was in this divine healing power of nature and the transfer of energy from plants to humans, that she saw as a principal means to embrace the…
7 Natural Constipation Cures
In her book, “Causae et Curae”, Hildegard of Bingen suggests certain foods can lead to disruptions in the digestive process in some people. Specifically, some foods are more prone to slowing the digestive process or removing water from the digestive tract, resulting in waste remaining in the colon longer than normal. Since much of Hildegard of…
Hildegard’s Kundalini Awakening Process
We first discovered Teri Degler while trying to broadly understand the kundalini awakening process, and more simply, our own motivations to explore creative spirit. As it turns out, Teri has devoted much of her life to writing, teaching, and coaching people to embrace their creativity. In her book, The Fiery Muse: Creativity and the Spiritual Quest, Teri explores the…